DePaul fraternity throws St. Patrick's Day party as pandemic persists - The Depaulia

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This St. Patrick’s Day weekend, people across the city gathered to celebrate — including a DePaul fraternity, which threw a party on Saturday, March 13 that violated Covid-19 safety guidelines, numerous sources confirmed to The DePaulia. While many of the attendees can be seen wearing green, none were wearing masks. 

Multiple DePaul students posted photos and videos of an outdoor party, gathered in large groups and not social distancing. Members from DePaul fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Chi were in attendance. 

Angel Flores, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, was one of the party goers who posted a video from the backyard. Flores’ video shows a bagpipe player serenading the crowd from the deck above.

Screenshot of a video taken at a party thrown by a DePaul fraternity. (Angel Flores on Instagram)

Other DePaul students posted similar videos and images from the party. Their posts show the numerous activities that took place, including an outdoor beer pong table. 

The photos and videos also show just how large the party was, far exceeding the ten people limit  as is recommended, per CDC guidelines. While the party did take place outside, which is recommended over indoor gatherings, numerous guidelines were not taken into consideration including DePaul’s health and safety practices. 

According to DePaul’s guidelines, “The health and safety of everyone at DePaul depends on the cooperation of all who come to campus. By taking care of yourself, you protect the entire community.”

On March 2, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady advised against celebrating the holiday as the country passed the one year anniversary of the pandemic.

“We are in a much better place than we were a few months ago, right? You saw we were able to expand bars and restaurants to 50% capacity, some expanded hours there, but we’ve got to keep the Covid precautions in place and I would just ask people – not the year yet for a big celebration,” Arwady said. 

The city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled for the second year in a row to encourage people to stay home. 

While Chicago has recently seen record-low Covid-19 rates, large gatherings have been largely discouraged by public health experts. (Cristian Perez on Instagram)

Although the state’s Covid cases have decreased as more vaccines are being administered, residents still need to uphold Covid safe guidelines, even if they are fully vaccinated.

“All vaccinated individuals still need to follow other Covid-19 public health measures, such as masking, social distancing, and washing their hands,” the Ccity of Chicago website reads,   “A person is ‘fully vaccinated’ when it has been more than 2 weeks following receipt of the second dose in a two-dose Covid- 19 vaccine series or more than 2 weeks following receipt of 1 dose of a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine.”

Illinois health officials confirmed 1,484 new cases of Covid, and 19 additional deaths as of Sunday, bringing the state’s total to over a million cases and 20,943 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.  

DePaul previously announced that it plans to reimplement in person classes this upcoming Fall term. 

DePaul President Esteban said in a promotional video, “We pledge to maintain a healthy campus and to help slow the spread of Covid-19… while we continue to practice health and safety guidelines… please continue to take care of yourself, take care of each other, and take care DePaul.”

Clarification: This story has been updated to indicate that prior to the article’s publication, numerous sources confirmed to The DePaulia that the party in question took place on March 13, 2021. 

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