After a convincing neutral-site win over Georgia Tech last Sunday, Northwestern returned home for a Windy City clash against DePaul, and things got out of hand fast Saturday. The visitors scored the first bucket of the game, but that would be about the only highlight for the Blue Demons (8-4, 0-2...
In the latest episode of the ever-tense relationship between Northwestern and Evanston, a plan to slap parking scofflaws near Welsh-Ryan Arena and Ryan Field with $125 fines sailed through an unusually taciturn City Council on Monday night. The fine applies to any driver who lacks a residential permit to park on the streets that surround NU’s athletic complex. Targeting the ongoing basketball season — and eyeing future mega-events at the rebuilt Ryan Field — the new stricture will kick in two hours before large events. Arriving just over a year after Mayor Daniel Biss broke a now-infamous tie allowing NU to use a rebuilt Ryan Field for commercial events, the 8-0 vote on the new penalty...
