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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A Hispanic Heritage Month display at EPL. The observance is a yearly celebration that acknowledges and celebrates the contributions, history and culture of Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates Evanston’s growing Latine population

September 25, 2023

When Evanston resident Rocio Mancera moved to Evanston 22 years ago, Hispanic Heritage Month had been an official holiday for over two decades in the United States. But, celebrations in Evanston were few...

Three light brown empanadas with an Argentina flag stuck in one of them are stacked on top of each other with a white, yellow, and light blue swirl background.

5411 Empanadas has plans to open fourth location in Evanston

March 1, 2022

5411 Empanadas, a Chicago area empanada restaurant, has plans to open up shop on Davis Street this spring.  5411 was named after the international dialing code for Buenos Aires, Argentina, the owners’...

A photo of Lucy’s Cafe, a restaurant with white brick and a black awning, located on Roscoe Street.

Evanston original Lucy’s Cafe becomes Roscoe Village’s only vegetarian brunch spot

February 9, 2022

When Chicago resident Pradhan Balter (McCormick ’72) opened his first restaurant in downtown Evanston back in 1982, he said it was the first vegetarian establishment ever reviewed by Chicago magazine.  Now...

Angélica Casas in front of a dark purple background with four bands of increasingly darker shades of purple around her.

Angélica Casas wins Medill’s 2021 Cecilia Vaisman Award for Multimedia Reporters

October 3, 2021

Angélica Casas, a senior video journalist at BBC News, was recognized with Medill’s Cecilia Vaisman Award for Latine and Hispanic multimedia journalists Thursday. The award, which is co-sponsored...

In Focus: Northwestern community evaluates culture, resources for transgender students

In Focus: Northwestern community evaluates culture, resources for transgender students

April 21, 2014

When Bea Sullivan-Knoff played a drag queen in an adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” last year, she connected with a part of herself she never knew existed. “That was the first time I...

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