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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Bucciarelli: What’s really happening in our libraries?

Bucciarelli: What’s really happening in our libraries?

January 7, 2025

You can measure the academic output at a library anytime by stopping and listening. Bright, excited chatter means absolutely no work is getting done. If it's dead silent, people are actually studying....

Hernandez Gonzalez: What Trump’s second presidency means for dual citizenship

Hernandez Gonzalez: What Trump’s second presidency means for dual citizenship

January 7, 2025

This essay is part of The Spectrum, a forum in our Opinion section for marginalized voices to share their perspectives. To submit a piece for The Spectrum or discuss story ideas, please email [email protected]. Ever...

I’ve experienced how college is a hectic time packed with mistakes. It was important to experience those freshman-coded mishaps without it impacting another person, let alone someone I had just met.

Villaflor: The January Rule

December 4, 2024

When I was in high school, I obsessed over university life by reading an obscene number of online articles.  None impacted me as much as the admissions blog from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...

Best Guess is a weekly advice column on how to survive college, from Medill senior Mika Ellison. To ask a question or for advice, email opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Best Guess: Home for the holidays

November 20, 2024

Dear Reader, Week nine is in full swing, and as the holidays loom, I thought I would address some of the most common questions people have about how to navigate college, winter break and the deluge...

Best Guess is a weekly advice column on how to survive college, from Medill senior Mika Ellison. To ask a question or for advice, email opinion@dailynorthwestern.com.

Best Guess: How to love something that doesn’t love you back

November 13, 2024

In the days after the election, I kept losing things. I would walk out of classes without my umbrella, unplug my phone and leave the charger, and wander in and out of my house missing socks, wearing too...

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