Graduation Issue 2013

4 years, hundreds of stories: Best of City

June 19, 2013

1. ‘Brothel law’ strains town-gown trust No one has ever been evicted for violating the city’s so-called "brothel law," a rule barring more than three unrelated individuals for living together,...

4 years, hundreds of stories: Best of Campus

June 19, 2013

1. Schapiro becomes president Along with the current class of graduating seniors, Northwestern President Morton Schapiro entered campus in fall 2009. Schapiro brought a background in economics of higher...

Cohen: Letting go of control can make changes liberating

June 18, 2013

At pretty much every graduation I’ve been to, someone at some point has whipped out Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” You know the poem: Two paths, woodland imagery, the speaker picks the...

Lasher: ‘Livin’ on Northwestern Time’ means enjoying unique moments

June 18, 2013

The first and only entry that appears in the diary I brought with me to college is dated “September 11, 2009 – somewhere between New Jersey and Chicago.” Yup, that’s right. The only time I journaled...

Trautwein: What I learned in college: At Northwestern, passion is celebrated

June 18, 2013

Full disclosure: I’m currently in a very particular and precarious emotional state. I watched two movies today: "First Daughter" and "Shakespeare in Love." I have a final tomorrow, and a cold, and I...

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