Don’t pretend you’re perfect, Family Institute tells students
Cameron Cook, Assistant Campus Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under Campus, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
The Family Institute wants students to flaunt their flaws — and in return, they’ll offer hot chocolate and tips on how to cope with perfectionism and the chance to write perfectionism a postcard. The Family Institute hosted #PerfectlyImperfectNU at The Rock Thursday to make students aware of what...
NU’s international students to face stricter visa rules under Trump’s new policies
Amy Li, Assistant Campus Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories
International students at Northwestern continue to face more regulations as the Trump administration intends to set a new maximum period of authorized stay for student visa holders and make it easier for them to receive unlawful presence status. A rule published on Oct. 17 — and scheduled to take...
Northwestern, Evanston police increase patrol near Jewish institutions
Alan Perez, Campus Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Safety, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
Local police are stepping up safety patrols around the city’s Jewish institutions after a gunman shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire in a synagogue last weekend, rattling the nation’s Jewish community. The Evanston Police Department said in a Twitter post Thursday that officers are conducting “high visibility” patrols of ...
Northwestern asks faculty to rethink relationships with Saudi Arabia
Alan Perez, Campus Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under Campus, Faculty, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Northwestern is asking their faculty to reconsider its relationships with Saudi Arabia, just days after the University’s funding from a Saudi research organization was brought into question. Earlier this week, media revealed that the Saudi regime had donated millions of dollars to American universities, includin...
ASG introduces new academic resolutions to count pass/fail class toward distribution credits
Amy Li, Assistant Campus Editor
October 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Student Government, Top Stories
An Associated Student Government senator introduced two new resolutions to reform the structure of Weinberg distribution classes during Wednesday’s ASG Senate, proposing to allow students to count pass/fail classes toward distribution requirements. “As far as distributions are supposed to help...
Gun culture is alive and well but students hope for change
Pranav Baskar, Reporter
October 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
Ahead of the November midterm elections, Daily reporters are speaking to voters about issues they’ll take to the polls. In this article, students tackle the issue of gun violence. Anna Margevich has grown numb to the bloodshed. The Medill freshman said she walked out of her high school after th...
Budlong uses peanut oil — but many students didn’t know
Neya Thanikachalam, Reporter
October 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Facilities, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
The Budlong Hot Chicken, one of the restaurants that opened this fall in Norris University Center, has put signs up stating that their chicken is fried with peanut oil after facing pushback from students. The signs weren’t put up until Tuesday — prior to that, most students didn’t know about...
Political frustrations lead students to vote for more women, minorities
Cassidy Wang, Reporter
October 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
Ahead of the November midterm elections, Daily reporters are speaking to voters about issues they’ll take to the polls. In this article, students and Evanston residents take on the complexity of women in politics. Erica Washington is done voting for old white men. The Communication sophomor...
Margaret Atwood discusses modern day politics and the enduring power of “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Wilson Chapman, Web Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under Campus, Events, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Hulu’s take on “The Handmaid’s Tale” series had already begun filming when the 2016 election season began. The day after Donald Trump was elected as president of the United States, the creative team for the adaptation of writer Margaret Atwood’s famous dystopian novel suddenly found themselves...
NU researchers discover how black widow spiders’ webs can be used to produce equally strong materials
Narmeen Noorullah, Reporter
October 30, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Science & Technology
A Northwestern researcher’s findings will help unravel the process of how spiders transform proteins into steel-strength fibers, which may help scientists make equally strong synthetic materials in the future. Chemistry Prof. Nathan C. Gianneschi collaborated with other researchers to study black...
Northwestern researchers find that pets can tell time
Danielle Spitz, Reporter
October 30, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Science & Technology
Pets might be counting down the seconds until their owners say they can move and have a treat, according to a new Northwestern study that found new evidence to support animals’ ability to judge time. The study, conducted by neurobiology Prof. Daniel Dombeck and postdoctoral fellow James Heys, focused...
Five reports of sexual assault made to UP; two investigations still open
Alan Perez, Campus Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Safety, Latest Stories
Five reports of sexual assault have been made to University Police this month, a rise from zero for the same period a year ago. Two of the reports are still open, according to UP’s crime blotter. UP referred comment to Northwestern spokesman Bob Rowley, who said he doesn’t have details to share...
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