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OPINION
Reuben: NU Reunion Weekend is here, but I won’t be there
Reuben: NU Reunion Weekend is here, but I won’t be there
Kayla Reuben, Op-ed Contributor • 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
LTE: An open letter from NUGW members — Reinstate ASQ funding
LTE: An open letter from NUGW members — Reinstate ASQ funding
November 6, 2024
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 keep going (even when it’s hard!)
November 6, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Shame on traitors? Shame on Northwestern!
Letter to the Editor: Shame on traitors? Shame on Northwestern!
November 4, 2024
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 tell a story that isn’t boring
October 31, 2024
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
Zufall: The 2024 Election’s Climate Implications
Zufall: The 2024 Election’s Climate Implications
October 31, 2024
LTE: Culture-crusading NU students make it harder for progressives like me to get things done in D.C.
LTE: Culture-crusading NU students make it harder for progressives like me to get things done in D.C.
October 31, 2024
Title “The curse of being a prophetic dinosaur in the cretaceous period” over two boxes. In the first box a smaller dinosaur tells a bigger dinosaur “mommy, I can’t wait to live forever.” In the second box, the bigger dinosaur has a tear on its face.
Meher’s Cartoon: “The curse”
April 7, 2022
Meher's Cartoon: "Bear-er of bad news"
Meher’s Cartoon: “Bear-er of bad news”
November 19, 2021
Anonymous: What they don’t say about sexual assault on your campus tour
Anonymous: What they don’t say about sexual assault on your campus tour
November 10, 2019
The Spectrum: In the Moment
September 29, 2019
Editorial: Acknowledging what’s missing in The Daily’s current coverage of the Clark Street Beach shooting
Editorial: Acknowledging what’s missing in The Daily’s current coverage of the Clark Street Beach shooting
April 17, 2023
The Daily Northwestern’s Spring Quarter 2021 Diversity Report
The Daily Northwestern’s Spring Quarter 2021 Diversity Report
June 20, 2021
The Daily Northwestern’s 2023-2024 Diversity Report
The Daily Northwestern’s 2023-2024 Diversity Report
October 13, 2024
The Daily’s 2022-2023 diversity report
The Daily’s 2022-2023 diversity report
September 24, 2023
Dempsey: Northwestern needs transparent communication, not more hate
Dempsey: Northwestern needs transparent communication, not more hate
Cass Dempsey, Op-ed Contributor • October 17, 2024

Caleb Nunes’ recent op-ed in The Daily Northwestern is a shameful position to see from a member of the NU community. While Nunes raises reasonable concerns regarding the potential...

Kleinschmit: Voices of conflict — The dynamics of campus protest and global security at NU
Kleinschmit: Voices of conflict — The dynamics of campus protest and global security at NU
Stephen Kleinschmit, Op-ed Contributor • October 16, 2024

I am writing to state my support for the administration’s amended protest policies and move toward institutional neutrality, and as a response to a recent statement published by a...

Butera: Northwestern, stop weaponizing my Jewishness to suppress free speech
Butera: Northwestern, stop weaponizing my Jewishness to suppress free speech
Isabelle Butera, Op-ed Contributor • October 16, 2024

I am tired of my university exploiting my Jewish identity to silence those who speak out against genocide. In the past year, Northwestern has repeatedly asserted its commitment to...

Open Letter: Evanston’s Equity and Empowerment Commission must stay unbiased
Open Letter: Evanston’s Equity and Empowerment Commission must stay unbiased
Darlene Cannon, Op-ed Contributor • October 16, 2024

Dear Mayor Daniel Biss, During my term on the Evanston Equity and Empowerment Commission, the Commission actively worked on several important initiatives. Some of the initiatives...

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)
Mika Ellison, Assistant Opinion Editor • 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...

Bucciarelli: Applied arts should fulfill distribution requirements
Bucciarelli: Applied arts should fulfill distribution requirements
Nick Bucciarelli, Op-Ed Contributor • October 14, 2024

There are few journeys more treacherous for a Weinberg student than the gradual undertaking of fulfilling all of the school’s distribution requirements. Spread out across six continents...

Kallen: Competitive sailing at NU — the sport more people should know about
Kallen: Competitive sailing at NU — the sport more people should know about
Ronald Kallen, Op-ed Contributor • October 10, 2024

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (GLIOR) was held on Sept. 21 and 22. The course was about two miles east of Navy Pier. There were eight college teams sailing a boat...

LTE: An Open Letter from 52 Faculty — Oppose NU Demonstration Policy
LTE: An Open Letter from 52 Faculty — Oppose NU Demonstration Policy
52 members of NU Faculty October 9, 2024

Dear Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris, University President Michael Schill, Provost Kathleen Hagerty and Vice President of Student Affairs Susan Davis: We write as concerned...

LTE: The Daily should report the facts without bias, not SJP propaganda
LTE: The Daily should report the facts without bias, not SJP propaganda
Stuart Gibson, Op-ed Contributor • October 9, 2024

Dear Daily Northwestern Editorial Board, I have just finished reading your news report on Sunday night’s Students for Justice in Palestine-sponsored "vigil" and, as a Medill alumnus...

LTE: Students reject Compass mistreatment of Allen Center workers
LTE: Students reject Compass mistreatment of Allen Center workers
Students Organizing for Labor Rights October 9, 2024

On Thanksgiving Day, over 100 campus workers will be left stranded as reconstruction of the James Allen Center begins. With limited job security protections, workers at the Allen Center...

Behrens: My body is not a conversation piece
Behrens: My body is not a conversation piece
Bryden Behrens, Op-ed Contributor • October 9, 2024

This summer, I found myself in a bit of a professional exile to work my summer internship in Wilmington, Delaware. While being so far away from my home in the Midwest, I embarked on...

Nunes: Northwestern should not be a nursery
Nunes: Northwestern should not be a nursery
Caleb Nunes, Op-Ed Contributor • October 4, 2024

Does University President Michael Schill know what academic freedom means? In a letter he released last month, Schill wrote: “We embrace the values of free expression because they...

Huang: The Dangers of Chappell Roan’s Brand of Political Apathy
Huang: The Dangers of Chappell Roan’s Brand of Political Apathy
Lavender Huang, Reporter • October 2, 2024

For me, 2024’s summer belonged to Chappell Roan. I had her album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” on repeat and almost got a heat stroke lining up for her set at Lollapalooza....

Collins: Schill’s statement on free expression turns a page for Northwestern
Collins: Schill’s statement on free expression turns a page for Northwestern
Nora Collins, Opinion Editor • 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 —...

Ellison: How To Live Without A Dining Plan
Ellison: How To Live Without A Dining Plan
Mika Ellison, Assistant Opinion Editor • 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...

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