Heartbreak. Iowa defeated Northwestern 80-79 on a last-second buzzer-beater Tuesday, giving the team its first loss of conference play. Though the Wildcats (6-3, 0-1 Big Ten) maintained the lead down the stretch, Iowa’s Josh Dix hit a three-pointer as time expired to secure victory for the Hawkeyes...
Seventy-year-old musician Tony Toneji Garrett grew up in a time before Kwanzaa came into existence. He said his family instead celebrated what they called “Little Christmas,” where they exchanged small gifts to celebrate each other and their community. Garrett added that he always wanted a “form of self-identity” for the African American community but never found one. “I always thought, what do we have that we can call our own?” Garrett said. This holiday season, Garrett will be facilitating a drum circle at Evanston’s Kwanzaa celebration, co-hosted by the city and the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre. The event is on Dec. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Robert Crown Community...
