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Volume #100 | Issue #27 | May 31, 2016 | depauliaonline.com
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STORY BY MATTHEW PARAS AND BRENDEN MOORE Editor-in-Chief and News Editor
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om Ring grew up Students left reeling: page 6 in Madison, Georgia, a rural town with a C.M., to its response to the population just under situation. 4,000. Ring, a freshman, moved to How the event lost control Chicago in part to get away from Yiannopoulos’ visit the deep south. Throughout his life, was no surprise. College Ring said he saw members of the Ku Republicans began Klux Klan handing out flyers and soliciting donations through even had a friend of Indian heritage GoFundMe for the event in targeted by the Klan, who left stones April and soon after created and bricks in front of their house an event page on Facebook with notes of intimidation on them. for people to RSVP for And so when Ring heard the JOSH LEFF | THE DEPAULIA people to hear Yiannopoulos report of a noose found on campus, speak at the Student Center. it struck a nerve. Protester Kayla Johnson protests Milo Yiannopoulos’ And according to Nicole He went to Facebook and posted visit to campus. Been, president of College a message that condemned the act, Republicans, planning for the writing that the campus was unified event was months in the making. and telling whoever dropped it to “get the hell out.” The post The plan called for College Republicans member John garnered 443 likes and was shared 33 times. Minster to interview Yiannopoulos for about 20 to 30 minutes “When I came to college, I was naive that I could escape and then open the floor for audience questions the remaining racism,” Ring said about his post. “It was definitely some level hour. But this was not to be, as Yiannopoulos was interrupted of disappointment for DePaul, that DePaul had let me down. I by DePaul alumnus Edward Ward and other student protesters kind of realized that racism is everywhere.” inside the event. The reports of a noose being found is just one of the many “We had three tiers of people (ready to respond) that when developments since last Tuesday when protests erupted on something would happen, first it would go to one-tier, which campus from the visit of the controversial conservative speaker was us I believe, then it would go to administrators, then it Milo Yiannopoulos, shutting would eventually go to security,” Minster said. “And the third down the Student Center tier, if it got there, would be to remove people. So, in this case, On Tuesday, controversial conservative speaker and creating a charged when we had people threatening to assault Milo, we had people Milo Yiannopoulos visited campus, erupting in atmosphere that left many stalking the stage, we had people taking the mic from me, when students feeling unsafe. protests. See page 3 But while opinions we had that type of thing happening, that breached tier three of the event are sharply immediately.” University administrators told Been to announce that the divided, many are upset with the university’s perceived lack Chicago Police Department (CPD) had been called and that of action — ranging from Public Safety’s reaction to the tone anyone on the stage besides Minster and Yiannopoulos would of the Yiannopoulos event to an apology issued to the College Republicans from DePaul president Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, See MILO, page 4
TOP: DePaul students march with Breitbart reporter and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos on campus Tuesday.