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              Facebook profiles seeing red By MEGAN DEPPEN Staff Writer Students on spring break typically update their profile photo with photos from a Florida beach, but not this year. Instead, Facebook news feeds were Hooded with a sea of red. The first day of Supreme Court hearings for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on March 26 inspired a Facebook movement in support of marriage equality. The first day of arguments questioned the constitutionality of the California Marriage Protection Act (Prop 8), followed by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on March 27. Participants chose to change their Facebook profile photos to a pink equal sign on a red background in support of the acts. Overnight, many Facebook users changed their profile photos to the equal sign, many adding their own twist to the sign. Popular online characters such as Grumpy Cat were incorporated into many photos, called logo memes. Unicorns, bacon, corgis, kittens, beer cans, tacos, and hearts were also some of the images substituted for the equal signs on a red background. According to the Supreme Court of the United States Blog, the issue at stake in Prop. 8 is whether a clause in an amendment of the Constitution prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. The other case questions whether DOMA violates the The See EQUAL, page 14 For more on marriage equality... See Opinions, By KEVIN GROSS Staff Writer page 12 DePaul's Student Government Association (SGA) brought a group of about 40 students to Cinema program goes Hollywood with new studio By GRANT MYATT Design Editor While touring Cinespace Chicago last March, DePaul professor Matthew Irvine marveled at the facilities. A stage was the final piece to complete his vision of a fully functioning film and television studio. Fast-forward through a year of negotiations and the deal is signed. DePaul University's School of Cinema and Interactive Media announced a partnership with Cinespace Chicago April 8, providing an exclusive cinema production space offering hands-on learning opportunities for students. "There's no other film program like this," the State Capitol in Springfield April 10 to lobby against the potential cut to the Monetary Award Program (MAP) Grant. As of now, there are two budget possibilities in the Illinois legislature. One is a plan devised by Gov. Pat Quinn that would Arkansas oil spill Nation & World, page 10 DePauliaOnline.com DePauliaOnline.com SGA vice president Casey Clemmons directs students with Illinois lobbyist Peter Coffey as they protest cuts to the MAP grant. "There's never enough money" Students visit Springfield to fight for statefinancial aid prevent further cuts to the MAP grant. The other is a to-bespecified plan that would most likely involve multiple cuts to be devised by the general assembly. In order to persuade lawmakers to support Quinn's budget, students went door to said Irvine, director of the School of Cinema and Interactive Media, 'it's going to be a oneof-a-kind opportunity for students to work shoulder-to-shoulder with industry professionals who are working on current productions."NBC's "Chicago Fire" currently films at Cinespace just doors down from DePaul's Matthew Irvine (above) secured DePaul's partnership with Cinespace Chicago. The studio space is located at 2621 W. 15th Place in the North Lawndale neighborhood. KEVIN GROSS The DePaulia door to leave parcels at the office of each state legislator and senator. Each parcel contained a letter and resolution from the SGA that highlighted the longterm economic importance of See MAP, page 7 Photo courtesy of DEPAUL NEWSLINE stage. Located in North Lawndale, the facility will span 1.5 million square feet when completed, projecting it as the largest studio in the U.S. outside of Hollywood. Irvine said he hopes this partnership will See CINESPACE, page 6 90's Throwback playlist Arts & Life, page 24