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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: Midterms Season (How to survive the quarter system)

October 23, 2024

Dear Reader, When I applied to college, no one had bothered to tell me the difference between the quarter and semester systems. I would hear the words on college tours, accompanied by good-natured...

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: Spooky Season (How to survive your first October in college)

October 16, 2024

Dear Reader, My first fall in Evanston was beautiful and filled with anxiety. I was doing terribly in all my classes. I had just met some of my best friends. I frequently ate dinner from vending machines....

Collins: Schill’s statement on free expression turns a page for Northwestern

Collins: Schill’s statement on free expression turns a page for Northwestern

October 2, 2024

In a joint statement with Provost Kathleen Hagerty Friday, University President Michael Schill announced a new policy on free expression and institutional speech at Northwestern — echoing many of the...

Ellison: How To Live Without A Dining Plan

Ellison: How To Live Without A Dining Plan

September 30, 2024

When I applied to college, I purposefully chose schools I knew would let me live on campus for all four years. This was mostly because my previous attempts at cooking had invariably ended with my mother...

Aftel: Northwestern embraces police repression

Aftel: Northwestern embraces police repression

August 8, 2024

The University Police’s recent arrest of two professors, a librarian and a graduate student over their role in campus protests against Israel’s genocide in Palestine represents a new and audacious...

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