Real estate transfer tax increase to appear on November ballot
Elizabeth Byrne, Summer Editor
August 14, 2018
Filed under City, Latest Stories, Local, Politics, Top City Stories, Top Stories
Aldermen approved a resolution 6-2 to place the proposed real estate transfer tax increase on the ballot in November at a Monday meeting. City Council previously discussed increasing the real estate transfer tax at a July 23 meeting in an effort to increase revenue for the city. The tax, which individuals...
Alec Klein no longer at NU following harassment allegations
Kristina Karisch and Ally Mauch
August 10, 2018
Filed under Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Alec Klein, the former director of the Medill Justice Project, is no longer employed by Northwestern University following harassment allegations and an investigation into his behavior, according to a Friday email from interim associate vice president for equity Sarah Wake obtained by The Daily. Klein...
Football: Ryan Fieldhouse sparkles, but its ability to attract recruits is up for debate
Drew Schott, Reporter
August 9, 2018
Filed under Football, Latest Stories, Sports, Top Sports Stories, Top Stories
Football Khalid Jones, a three-star linebacker from South Carolina, signed his national letter of intent to play football for Northwestern in December. Jones, who enrolled at NU the next month, said he chose the school over programs like Wisconsin and Tennessee because of its academics and foot...
Northwestern students join crowd in Grant Park for Lollapalooza 2018
Elizabeth Byrne, Summer Editor
August 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
As many Chicago locals and visitors outfitted themselves in their finest basketball jerseys and covered themselves in glitter for Lollapalooza, spotted among the festival crowd were a few Northwestern students. The four-day festival in Grant Park attracted an estimated 430,000 festival attendees according...
Evanston farmers market vendor Kombucha Brava opens taproom on Custer Avenue
Andrea Michelson, Assistant Summer Editor
August 8, 2018
Filed under Business, City, Latest Stories, Top City Stories, Top Stories
Regina Sant’Anna self-identifies as a “farmers market chaser.” She seeks out farmers markets in every city she visits, and has shopped at the local market in Evanston for years. This summer, she is experiencing the Downtown Evanston farmers market from the other side of the table selling home-brewed...
One year after hurricanes, University spearheads arts development project in Puerto Rico
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 7, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Northwestern is leading a two-year arts development project in Puerto Rico funded by a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a University news release said. The Puerto Rican Arts Development initiative will involve ten emerging and ten established artists from the island. The project...
Lollapalooza 2018: A conversation with Evanston-born artist Femdot
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 5, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Latest Stories, Music, Top Stories
In his early performance at Lollapalooza’s American Eagle stage Saturday, Femdot brought all the energy. Fresh off releasing his album “Delacreme 2” and graduating from DePaul University with a biology degree in the spring, the Evanston-born and Chicago-raised hip hop artist performed for a sma...
Football: Scouting every game on Northwestern’s 2018 schedule
Joseph Wilkinson, Digital Projects Editor
August 2, 2018
Filed under Football, Gameday, Latest Stories, Sports, Top Sports Stories, Top Stories
Football Coming off a 10-3 season that featured an eight-game winning streak to end the season, Northwestern faces with an uncertain future as it heads into 2018. Senior quarterback Clayton Thorson’s progress from his ACL surgery is the big storyline, but the Wildcats also lost the leading rusher...
Obama endorses Pritzker, Stratton, in gubernatorial race
Kristina Karisch, Summer Web Editor
August 2, 2018
Filed under City, Latest Stories, Politics, Top City Stories, Top Stories
Former president Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and his running mate Juliana Stratton ahead of November’s midterm elections. Obama tweeted out a list of endorsements on Wednesday, expressing his support for candidates in a number of states, in both statewide and national...
Lollapalooza 2018: Who to see and what to eat
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 1, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment, Latest Stories, Music, Top Stories
Lollapalooza is an essential Chicago-area experience — four days of crowded trains, blistering August heat and all the music, food and fun you could ever wish for. The music festival will once again take over Grant Park this weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Here is your guide to Lollapalooza 2018: Who to see ...
NU Center of Wrongful Convictions helps exonerate client Marcel Brown
Elizabeth Byrne, Summer Editor
July 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
After spending 10 years in prison, Chicago-native Marcel Brown walked out of prison on July 18 after the state of Illinois dropped his murder charges due to help from the Pritzker School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions. Brown was officially released after the state dismissed his previous murder...
Bail set for man accused of sexual assault in Foster-Walker Complex
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
July 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
A man was ordered held on $100,000 bail Sunday on charges that he tried to sexually assault a woman in Foster-Walker Complex early Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Tribune. Emmanuel Boadu, who works as a sterile processing technician for Northwestern Medicine, allegedly attacked the woman around 1 a.m. in her...
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