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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: Home for the holidays

November 20, 2024

Dear Reader, Week nine is in full swing, and as the holidays loom, I thought I would address some of the most common questions people have about how to navigate college, winter break and the deluge...

Zimmerman: Trump’s reelection isn’t the end of the American experiment

Zimmerman: Trump’s reelection isn’t the end of the American experiment

November 14, 2024

Following the reelection of Donald Trump last Tuesday, I, like many other Americans, faced some emotional reckoning. A lot of questions I did not expect to grapple with hit me full-force as I scrolled...

Reuben: NU Reunion Weekend is here, but I won’t be there

Reuben: NU Reunion Weekend is here, but I won’t be there

November 13, 2024

I was counting down the days until my 10 year reunion at Northwestern. Then, last Tuesday night, former president Donald Trump was reelected, and I realized I could not make the trip back to Evanston. As...

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: How to love something that doesn’t love you back

November 13, 2024

In the days after the election, I kept losing things. I would walk out of classes without my umbrella, unplug my phone and leave the charger, and wander in and out of my house missing socks, wearing too...

LTE: An open letter from NUGW members — Reinstate ASQ funding

LTE: An open letter from NUGW members — Reinstate ASQ funding

November 6, 2024

Dear University President Michael Schill, Provost Kathleen Hagerty, Graduate School Dean Kelly Mayo, and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Dean Adrian Randolph, We write to you as the collective...

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