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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


Li: The campus coastline

Li: The campus coastline

May 4, 2022

Northwestern has one of the best campus locations in the world. The way our campus is set along Lake Michigan and the Lakefill feels like how someone might conceive a university campus if they were daydreaming.  Somehow,...

Li: Porches, garages and community

Li: Porches, garages and community

April 20, 2022

We might take it for granted now, but the garage wasn’t always at the front of the house. Of course, before there were cars, there were no garages, but even with the advent of cars, it was not always...

The event, held on the fifth floor of Main Library this Thursday, celebrated its 50th year on campus as well as the architect, Walter Netsch.

University Library celebrates 50th anniversary

January 23, 2020

Main Library celebrated its 50-year anniversary this Thursday with an event commemorating the construction and its architect, Walter Netsch. The event was held on the fifth floor of Main Library and...

Mills: A love letter to Northwestern’s brutalism

October 29, 2018

There has been a recent desire at Northwestern to eradicate what the school is on an architectural level: a hot-spot of some of the most interesting Brutalist design in the Midwest. Buildings such as Norris...

Gates: Leave Main Library alone

Gates: Leave Main Library alone

February 28, 2016

I remember my tour guide during Wildcat Days telling me Main Library was the ugliest building on campus. I see why people take issue with this massive building’s brutalist architecture being planted...

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