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College Republicans working to bring in controversial speaker By Kyle Woosley Staff Writer
With the recent ‘chalking’ incident on campus and a national debate over political correctness as a backdrop, the DePaul College Republicans are aiming to bring the self-proclaimed “internet’s greatest supervillian” to campus later this month. Milo Yiannopolous, a conservative activist, is known for expressing his highly controversial viewpoints on college campuses across the country. He is the
tech editor for Breitbart, a conservative website, and is also known for starting a scholarship program called the Privilege Grant, which is an award only extended to straight white men. Campus Republicans started a GoFundMe account to fund the event, scheduled for May 24 in the Student Center. While the College Republicans declined to comment for this article, the description on the GoFundMe page reads: “after recent chalking incidents, DePaul students need a wake-up call” and “Universities are under attack by liberal
agendas.” As of April 29, the page had received $1,095 out of the $3,000 sought to bring Yiannopolous to DePaul. Brandon Ferllini, a sophomore computer science major, donated $35 to the cause. He hopes the event will bring more attention to free speech issues on college campuses. “I donated to support Milo’s visit to DePaul because, in my opinion, Milo advocates for people’s right to free speech whether the words are offensive or not, especially in today’s safe space and trigger warning culture,” Ferllini said.
Jack McNeil, a DePaul freshman and the vice president of the College Democrats of Illinois, said he was not at all surprised by the news of the guest speaker. “The Republican lean on campus has an advantage in terms of outside money,” McNeil said. “They are able to get funding by anyone, especially more conservative grassroots organizations. They are able to go out and get high-profile and more provocative speakers.” McNeil said this decision demonstrates
See SPEAKER, page 4
Survey says: Chances are, you’re from Lane Tech By Brenden Moore News Editor
If DePaul’s latest marketing campaign touts its ‘world ready’ education standards, the university’s pipeline of students could be appropriately dubbed ‘locally based’. Indeed, an analysis of enrollment trends over the past decade shows that DePaul’s top feeder schools are by and large in Chicago and its suburbs. Specifically, the top 10 feeder schools include two CPS selective enrollment schools, a CPS neighborhood school and seven public high schools from the suburbs. The numbers show that while the university has increased its share of out of state students in the last decade, DePaul is still very local in nature. According to associate vice president of enrollment and marketing management Jon Boeckenstedt, proximity plays a key role in DePaul’s appeal as prospective students are pre-exposed to the university. “For a student in 2015, it’s very likely that they know several DePaul students,” Boeckenstedt said. “And we’d like to think that what they’re hearing is good stuff about what goes on here, and we’re also in the City of Chicago among the more welcoming universities for students from the Chicago Public Schools. So there is a strong record of DePaul enrolling students from local areas.” Selective enrollment high school Lane Tech was far and away the top pipeline for the university over the last decade, with nearly 550 students deciding to take their talents to Lincoln Park, just three miles from the high school’s massive campus on
See FEEDER, page 6
FIVE YEARS FOR THE KIDS
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DemonTHON, the 24-hour dance marathon to raise money for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, earned a record $274,887 this weekend. Full story, see page 8.
Student assaulted on ‘L’, bystanders watch By Kirsten Onsgard Digital Managing Editor
A DePaul freshman on her way home from class said she was beaten on the CTA Blue Line at 10 a.m Thursday as onlookers failed to intervene. Jessica Hughes said she was returning home from a morning class in Lincoln Park when a man and woman boarded the train near University of Illinois – Chicago at Kedzie and Homan. The man attempted to grab her iPhone, and punched and bit her hand, according to a CPD community alert. Hughes said she was left with a black eye and broken nose. After the man and woman left the
train, Hughes said the conductor found her after the doors of the car would not close. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and treated. Hughes has since returned to her Berwyn home, and said her swelling is going down and scars are beginning to heal. But what was most hurtful was that others did not intervene, she said. “When I was being attacked there were other people who did nothing,” she said. “It’s upsetting.” Her father, Richard Amador, said his daughter is in good spirits, but was outraged that others did not step in to help and at the lack of security on the CTA. “She got assaulted, and there was nobody really wanting to help her or what
needed to be done,” he said. “I’m angry, and sad, but grateful but my daughter survived this assault and grateful that she’s still with us, and that there’s no major problems. I thank God that she survived this.” Amador said police wrote up a report but said he felt like they were treating it as seriously as a “routine traffic stop.” The attackers are still at large, and witnesses have not come forward. “Nobody contacted me in the hospital, nobody contacted my daughter in the hospital from the Chicago Police Department until the news reports broke,” he said. “Now, they are starting to move on
See ASSAULT, page 9