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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

The Daily Northwestern

OPINION
Mittal: My experience perusing World Market with 20 bucks
Mittal: My experience perusing World Market with 20 bucks
Angeli Mittal, Gameday Design Editor • November 29, 2023

I don’t normally love shopping in person — especially during the holiday season. I often feel the pressure to escape crowded shopping malls with items I could have leisurely looked for in my bedroom. And...

Sandy: Is ChatGPT secretly Santa?
Sandy: Is ChatGPT secretly Santa?
November 29, 2023
Cruz: Does it always have to be a ‘White Christmas?’
Cruz: Does it always have to be a ‘White Christmas?’
November 29, 2023
O’Grady: The sad truth about ‘Die Hard’ — it’s not a Christmas Movie
O’Grady: The sad truth about ‘Die Hard’ — it’s not a Christmas Movie
November 28, 2023
Less: Let’s find space for empathic dialogue
Less: Let’s find space for empathic dialogue
November 20, 2023
Crawford: The double displacement of an Indo-Caribbean American
Crawford: The double displacement of an Indo-Caribbean American
November 8, 2023
Crawford: The return of the R&B girl group
Crawford: The return of the R&B girl group
October 11, 2023
Alt: A government shutdown would be a letdown
Alt: A government shutdown would be a letdown
November 14, 2023
Turner: We need to talk about Autism
Turner: We need to talk about Autism
November 13, 2023
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
Mehers 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
June 20, 2021
The Daily’s 2022-2023 diversity report
September 24, 2023
The Daily Northwestern’s 2021-22 diversity report
October 9, 2022
Ryan: Make junk food giants pull their weight
Ryan: Make junk food giants pull their weight
Peter Ryan, Op-Ed Contributor • November 8, 2023

Ozempic and Wegovy have the potential to change the landscape of American public health, but only if we let them. These drugs, which first received public interest as new weight-management...

LTE: Stop the damn war
LTE: Stop the damn war
Jeff Rice November 2, 2023

In The Daily, two groups of faculty recently opined on the war in Israel and Palestine, one largely focused on the potential massacre in Gaza and the other with a defensive stance of...

Broward: Civility politics or complicity: Examining the dehumanization of Palestinian lives
Broward: Civility politics or complicity: Examining the dehumanization of Palestinian lives
Joss Broward, Op-Ed Contributor • November 1, 2023

In broadcast news interviews, on social media and in everyday conversations, it seems like Palestinians are always expected to prove their humanity. In today’s conversations about...

Nunes: Israel risks losing its moral high ground with unmeasured response to recent attacks
Nunes: Israel risks losing its moral high ground with unmeasured response to recent attacks
Caleb Nunes, Op-Ed Contributor • November 1, 2023

“This savagery,” was what I thought when first hearing of the barbaric attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. The historical significance of the date, 50 years after the...

AL-Hroub: Academics have the right to question Israel’s war misinformation campaign
AL-Hroub: Academics have the right to question Israel’s war misinformation campaign
Khaled AL-Hroub, Op-Ed Contributor • October 27, 2023

In times of crises, media professionals and public figures, including heads of state and celebrities, privilege emotions over interrogating reported accounts and the verification of...

LTE: There is no justification for pure evil
LTE: There is no justification for pure evil
47 Northwestern faculty October 27, 2023

This letter is in response to the “Open letter on NU leaders’ responses to war in Palestine and Israel” published in the Oct.16 edition of The Daily. The Oct.16 letter gave...

Editorial: The Daily remains committed to accurate and nuanced coverage
Editorial: The Daily remains committed to accurate and nuanced coverage
The Daily Northwestern Editorial Board October 26, 2023

Copies of The Daily Northwestern’s Oct. 23 issue were found covered by imitation front pages on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. We understand the page has confused, shocked and...

Students Publishing Company responds to tampering with The Daily Northwesterns distribution
Students Publishing Company responds to tampering with The Daily Northwestern's distribution
Students Publishing Company Board of Directors October 26, 2023

Hundreds of copies of the October 23, 2023, edition of The Daily Northwestern were tampered with in the past two days, with a false "front page" placed over The Daily's print edition,...

LTE: When leadership and moral clarity were needed, President Schill equivocated
LTE: When leadership and moral clarity were needed, President Schill equivocated
Bruce Zessar, Op-Ed Contributor • October 17, 2023

Content warning: This article contains mentions of death, violence and antisemitism. My wife Lauri and I are proud parents of a Northwestern graduate, Andrew Zessar (Weinberg '16)....

LTE: Open letter on NU leaders’ responses to war in Palestine and Israel
LTE: Open letter on NU leaders’ responses to war in Palestine and Israel
October 16, 2023

We write as NU faculty members who are scholars of the Middle East and North Africa to present a perspective on the current violence in Palestine and Israel that is distinct from the...

Lachman: Serving up hot, fresh, Krispy memories
Lachman: Serving up hot, fresh, Krispy memories
Ethan Lachman, Assistant Opinion Editor • October 11, 2023

As my 21st birthday rolled around earlier this year, I did what any person turning 21 does: downloaded the Krispy Kreme app. I was on a mission to celebrate with a free piece of fried...

Schieber: I grew up in the same locker rooms as Pat Fitzgerald
Schieber: I grew up in the same locker rooms as Pat Fitzgerald
David Schieber, Op-Ed Contributor • October 11, 2023

Content warning: This story includes mentions of sexual harassment. Pat Fitzgerald and I were raised in the same town: Orland Park, Illinois. We played on the same local peewee football...

Illustration by Colin Crawford
Crawford: Phone call phobia begone!
Colin Crawford, Opinion Editor • October 4, 2023

While typing those 10 seemingly innocuous little digits into my phone I felt the anxiety rising inside me. My chest tightened as I pressed the lime green phone icon on the bottom of...

Illustration by Shveta Shah
Lachman: The Fruit Loops are ready to bounce back
Ethan Lachman, Assistant Opinion Editor • October 4, 2023

Last year, my intramural basketball team’s name was the “Fruit Loops” (yes, we spelled our name differently than the cereal brand). We lost in the semifinals.  As Winter Quarter...

Crawford, Lachman: Opinion is for everyone
Crawford, Lachman: Opinion is for everyone
Colin Crawford and Ethan Lachman September 27, 2023

As the new academic year kicks off, we want to remind students, staff and Evanston residents that the opinion section of The Daily Northwestern is open to all. It is truly the epitome...

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