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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

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50 Years of Queer Anger: Jussie Smollett and anti-blackness in the queer community

50 Years of Queer Anger: Jussie Smollett and anti-blackness in the queer community

February 7, 2019

This is the third column in “50 Years of Queer Anger,” a series examining LGBTQ+ issues in the United States since 1969. On January 29, Jussie Smollett, a black gay actor, was attacked in Chicago...

Martinez: Gifted education is systematically denied to minority students

Martinez: Gifted education is systematically denied to minority students

February 6, 2019

I was, without a doubt, a precocious child — one of my earliest memories is reading out loud to my fellow preschoolers who couldn’t yet. When my parents noticed I was still reading at an above-average...

Buchaniec: There’s more to CRISPR than superbabies

Buchaniec: There’s more to CRISPR than superbabies

February 6, 2019

Since its public release a few decades ago, the internet has largely been viewed as the most revolutionary product of the past century. However, another innovation is starting to provide some competition...

Huang: Life should be an experiment, not a predestined package

Huang: Life should be an experiment, not a predestined package

February 4, 2019

Since the middle of last quarter, I started seeing my life as an experiment. I always thought of myself as a responsible and serious person, but realized I am more than that. I started to realize how incomplete...

Oh: The large-scale impact of getting an American name

Oh: The large-scale impact of getting an American name

February 4, 2019

Over the past couple weeks, I read Dani Zhang’s column on why she changed her name since she came to Northwestern because of the differential treatment she faced having a non-white name. This was compelling...

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