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The Daily Northwestern

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


Incoming Northwestern president Rebecca Blank transfers within the Big Ten West

October 12, 2021

Northwestern’s newest president comes to Chicago’s Big Ten Team from one of its biggest competitors — Wisconsin.  Rebecca Blank, currently chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins...

Ryan Field. The Big Ten’s leaders announced a plan Wednesday to start the conference’s football season in October.

Football: What to know about the Big Ten’s October return

September 16, 2020

Football After 36 days of postponement, the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) announced Wednesday its decision for football to return next month. Immediately after the move...

Jim Phillips watches from the sidelines of the Northwestern-Maryland football game in October. Phillips received $1.57 million in total compensation in 2017-18, making him the nation’s second-highest paid athletic director.

Jim Phillips ranked 2nd-highest paid athletic director in nation

May 15, 2018

Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips received the second-highest total compensation of all Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors this year, according to a database released Monday by national...

Hayes: NCAA committee a good creation

Hayes: NCAA committee a good creation

October 23, 2013

Last week, the NCAA announced its inaugural 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee. Evidently, even when the most universally despised organization in sports listens to the fans and does...

The Northwestern defensive line digs in during the team’s game against Maine. The Wildcats’ line will be key in slowing down Wisconsin’s rushing attack Saturday.

Gameday: Cats face huge challenge against gargantuan running Wisconsin game

October 10, 2013

By junior linebacker Collin Ellis’s estimate, he alone missed seven tackles against Ohio State, part of a Northwestern clinic on how not to tackle a bruising running back. On Saturday, the Wildcats can’t...

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