Students aim to regain traction for new student center advocacy
May 20, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus, Student Government, Student Groups
A group of Northwestern students relaunched an initiative advocating for an improved student center last week, just days before Norris University Center celebrated its 40th birthday. The New Student Center Initiative first formed in 2010 when Associated Student Government attempted to garner grassroots... Read more »
Conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza raises student ire during diversity talk
May 20, 2013
Filed under Campus, Events, Top Stories
Northwestern students challenged conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza's controversial views on diversity during a tense Q-and-A on Monday evening. D'Souza addressed more than 80 people in Technological Institute's Ryan Auditorium before answering about a dozen questions almost equally divided... Read more »
David Schwimmer returns to Northwestern roots to discuss career
May 20, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Groups, Theater, Top Stories
David Schwimmer (Communication '88) spoke to Northwestern students Monday about his journey from a theater major to his multifaceted career of acting, directing and producing on stage and the screen. Anna Shapiro, a professor and director of the School of Communication's MFA directing program, proctored... Read more »
5K puts Black Alumni Association on track to reach scholarship goal
May 19, 2013
Filed under Campus, Events
The Northwestern University Black Alumni Association's Race for Diversity on Saturday helped the organization raise $50,000 for a scholarship that will be endowed by NU for the first time this year. The annual NUBAA 5K walk/run, the organization's largest fundraiser of the year, had its eighth run... Read more »
Student playwrights debut original work at festival
May 19, 2013
Filed under Campus, Events, Student Entertainment, Theater
This weekend's Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival was the culmination of an intensive, quarter-long endeavor for three Northwestern students. “It’s a fast and furious process,” Communication Prof. Laura Schellhardt said. Schellardt teaches the class in which the three winners of the Agnes Nixon... Read more »
PHA kicks off first Women's Empowerment Week
May 19, 2013
Filed under Campus, Events, Greek
The Northwestern Panhellenic Association put its values of female health and wellness into practice Friday by starting the first Women’s Empowerment Week. Women’s Empowerment Week, which lasts through Saturday, will involve Greek-only events as well as film screenings, discussions and philanthropies... Read more »
Relay for Life surpasses fundraising goals as 600 Northwestern students participate
May 19, 2013
Filed under Campus, Events, Top Stories
More than 600 Northwestern students came together Friday night to participate in Relay For Life, an event dedicated to raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society. Throughout the night, students walked around the track at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Aquatics Center to raise... Read more »
Social stigma panel explores intersection of race, mental health
May 19, 2013
Filed under Campus, Events, Greek, Top Stories
Top representatives from Student Affairs and Counseling and Psychological Services spoke Sunday afternoon about the stigmas generated through race, sexuality and culture that prevent students from seeking mental health care. Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, joined CAPS officials... Read more »
Liberal advocacy group J Street U looks to re-launch at Northwestern
May 16, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Groups
After months out of commission, a liberal advocacy group hopes to break back on campus with an explosively-titled event: “What the F--- is J Street?” Northwestern’s J Street U chapter, which advocates a two-state solution in the Middle East, dissolved earlier this academic year due to a lack... Read more »
Updated: Dmitri Teplov a guiding force for his online friends
May 16, 2013
Filed under Campus, Dmitri Teplov, Top Stories
This summer was supposed be a big one for Brittany Neumann. She was finally going to see her boyfriend of six months for the first time in person. She was going to spend a few weeks with him at his home in New York and even meet his parents. "I wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty, and he told... Read more »
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