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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Parker: Why I stopped acting at NU

May 23, 2023

  I used to be an actor. I was a classic theatre kid all throughout middle and high school, the kind who listened to musicals, obsessed about upcoming auditions and took acting classes after...

Li: The uprootedness of the rich

Li: The uprootedness of the rich

May 15, 2023

  Simone Weil’s “The Need for Roots”  describes the human need for rootedness through one’s involvement in “a community which preserves in living shape certain particular treasures...

Kang: We must invest in more public train travel

Kang: We must invest in more public train travel

May 11, 2023

Cars and planes have been U.S. residents’ predominant means of transportation for a while now, even if trains are significantly safer than traveling by car. According to economics Prof. Ian Savage’s...

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Parker: My Wildcard is now the truth…but

May 4, 2023

I did it. After the staff of Northwestern’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) reached out to me via email, I was able to go to the Wildcard Office with a friend to correct the names on our...

This is “Transfer Ticket,” a column covering the college transfer student experience.

Parent: If I built a school…

April 27, 2023

  Some of the greatest written works of this age are early-2000s children’s picture books.  They’re the ideal avenue for communicating important messages, given the books’ proclivity...

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