There is so much wrong about Samuel Aftel’s guest column “Northwestern Embraces Police Repression,” it is hard to know where to begin. While I respect passionate advocacy on any issue, including...
When I first volunteered to cover City Council my sophomore year, I had no idea what to expect. I’d never attended a city meeting, let alone covered one as a student journalist....
When I joined The Daily in my sophomore fall, I had no intentions of staying long. I had just spent my entire freshman year online, transferred from Carnegie Mellon and was never...
I had February 14, 2021 circled on my mental calendar for weeks. The Big Ten’s Olympic sports were returning after months of confusion and uncertainty amid the pandemic. That...
There’s something very special, yet unexpected, about The Daily Northwestern’s sports road trips. On the surface, it’s an opportunity to travel and cover a Northwestern program...
Taking great inspiration from my good friend Patrick Andres’ graduation column two years ago, I’d like to tell you about a place. But first, I need to tell you about a drive. The...
On May 22, Northwestern student Eli Kronenberg published an opinion piece in The Daily speaking on Qatar and Gulf politics. The piece described the supposed rationale behind NU’s...
Dear President Schill, Provost Hagerty, Dean Mayo and Dean Randolph, “Northwestern deeply values the contributions that graduate students make to its research and teaching missions”...
Content warning: This article contains mention of war, sexual assault and death. Like the long list of colleges that have had similar encampments, the encampment on Deering Meadow...
When I served as co-president of Northwestern’s Middle Eastern North African Student Association from 2023-2024, I witnessed firsthand the ways in which Arabs at NU assumed many roles:...
As University President Michael Schill prepares to testify this week before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, politicians are likely to compete for the spotlight...
"What do you believe is the purpose of education, and how do you think it should evolve?" As part of my endeavor to integrate myself fully into the Northwestern campus community...
Dillo Day had a rude start. I had smug plans to sleep in to avoid the midday exhaustion that would no doubt afflict most Northwestern students. Unfortunately, I live in Bobb Hall, and...
As the national anthem plays prior to each NU sporting event, I often find that my voice is a lonely one. Students around me sometimes look over in surprise and struggle to contain...
Almost a month after the release of Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” I could barely grasp my complicated feelings for the album — or rather,...
This opinion is a public response to an opinion article written by a fellow columnist at the Daily Northwestern, Mr. Stuart Gibson. Mr. Gibson suggests “following the money”...
