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The Daily Northwestern

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


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Lichty: Does everybody really want this?

June 8, 2026

For many staffers at The Daily Northwestern, the April release of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” felt like a holiday.  The Daily’s shoutout in the first movie solidified it as newsroom canon — so...

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Winiarsky: A note to the future

June 8, 2026

My looming graduation caused me to revisit Joshua Rothman’s article in The New Yorker, “Are You the Same Person You Used to Be?” which posits that everyone is either a divider or a continuer. In...

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Huang: Knock on those doors, even if you’re late

June 8, 2026

This actually isn’t my first time preparing to leave Northwestern.  Three Junes ago, I was so ready to transfer that I’d booked a U-Haul east, firmly convinced this school was not the place for...

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Powers and Samson: Wherever you go, go far

June 8, 2026

One late night in The Daily Northwestern newsroom, we decided — while goofing around as usual — that, hey, studying abroad sounds fun! We perused the Global Learning Office website and stumbled upon...

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Tong: What whistling taught me about journalism

June 8, 2026

When the door slammed with a click, I knew something was wrong. A few futile jiggles of the door handle confirmed my fear: I was locked in an unknown hotel stairwell in the middle of Europe.  After...

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