I remember the first time I saw the Black House on Sheridan Road when I visited Northwestern. I was pleasantly surprised that the space existed on campus, and when I found out NU also has a black student...
When I told my high school friends last year I was applying early decision to a school in the Midwest, their eyebrows flew off their faces. And when I told them I’d applied without ever setting foot...
The 2016 election is unique in part due to the historically unpopular presidential nominees of both parties. Recent events have served to highlight each major party candidate’s significant weaknesses:...
In 2013, psychologist Angela Duckworth delivered a powerful TED talk on the importance of “grit,” or outstanding ability to persevere through failure, as a predictor of success. Duckworth claimed that,...
During the last few weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders has acted in a harmful and downright childish manner that has brought about catastrophic electoral consequences and incited serious violence. Although Sanders...
