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The Black Lives Matter flag was raised over Norris University Center on Jan. 3 to commence two weeks of programming around the state of black lives in America. Two student groups cohosted a panel Tuesday about the intersectionality of race and queerness as part of the event.

Reed: Why Northwestern should fly the BLM flag into Trump’s presidency

January 5, 2017

Over the holidays, I was lucky to spend time with my 10-year-old cousin. She’s an excellent softball pitcher, boasting a fierce fastball and a pretty decent swing to boot. I asked her if she’d like...

Lee: Why Comic Sans is useless

January 5, 2017

I’m the former creative director at The Daily, and I'm writing a new series of columns about how typography subtly and thoroughly pervades our lives. I hope this series will reveal the powerful ways...

Kempis: Northwestern’s hyper-professional atmosphere is detrimental to students’ long-term goals

January 3, 2017

In 2011, Karl Pillemer, a professor at Cornell University, published a six-year research project designed to curate advice from America’s older population. He asked 1,200 Americans aged above 70. “Over...

Phillips: Stop patting yourselves on the back, ‘woke’ white people

November 21, 2016

In October, I sat in a packed room in Harris Hall listening to Barbara Ransby, the Allison Davis Lecture Series speaker. I was excited to see so many white students in the audience, but I felt a twinge...

Off Script: After Trump, using art as political resistance

November 15, 2016

On Wednesday night, I had to pull myself out of bed. As director of the 75th Annual Dolphin Show, “Little Shop of Horrors,” I should have felt the six months’ worth of daily preparation and giddy...

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