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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

The Daily Northwestern


The Monthly

Pizza from Union Squared Evanston, 1307 Chicago Ave. The restaurant serves authentic Detroit-style pizza in a small but cozy space.

Move over, deep dish. Union Squared is serving up a better Midwestern-style pizza in town

February 14, 2019

There’s a different kind of pizza in town that’s been flying under the radar, and it just might be better than the Chicago-style deep dish all Midwesterners are bred to love. Union Squared, located...

Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in “The Favourite,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

‘The Favourite’ deserves victory with its command of satire and absurdism

February 14, 2019

A race-winning duck named Horatio. Seventeen rabbits that run around and represent the death of children. Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone arguing, bickering and subverting power norms. That...

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga sing “Shallow” in one of the film’s climactic moments.

The stunning acting and emotional script begin a movie star-making turn for Lady Gaga

February 14, 2019

It’s a moment that transcends the film, the actors and even cinema itself. You know the one: Lady Gaga’s Ally, trepidation and anxiety evident in her shoulders, walks over to Bradley Cooper’s Jackson....

Communication junior Diego Abraham performs as part of The Blackout, a campus late night show.

The ins and outs of making it — or breaking it — in Northwestern’s comedy scene

February 13, 2019

At Northwestern, there are two paths for aspiring comedians: either you make The Titanic Players improv team freshman year, or you don’t. First-years can forget about trying for the Mee-Ow Show — rumor...

Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marco Graf as Pepe, Carlos Peralta Jacobson as Paco, and Daniela Demesa as Sofi in “Roma,” written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón transforms a deeply personal narrative into a universal project in “Roma”

February 13, 2019

On first scan, “Roma” appears to model the elements of films that have typically flooded the Oscars’ Best Foreign Film category: a hyperlocal setting; a simple, yet striking, plotline; a handful...

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