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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


Medill junior Michael Payant (center) attends nearly every Northwestern football or men's basketball game — often decked out in face paint and a purple costume — and encourages other students to do the same. "It takes so little to hop on the shuttle and walk down to the game,” he said.

Where are the students? Breaking down Northwestern’s attendance challenges

March 3, 2015

Gram Bowsher has heard it all. For more than two years as president of Wildside, the official student section of Northwestern Athletics, Bowsher fielded all kinds of complaints about his peers: that...

Redshirt freshman linebacker Anthony Walker dashes to the end zone with a game-sealing interception return in Northwestern's 29-6 victory over Penn State on Saturday. Making his first career start, Walker led the team with eight tackles, in addition to the pivotal pick-six.

Football: Defensive front seven essential in Wildcats’ win

September 27, 2014

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — As Anthony Walker cruised to the end zone with Northwestern’s third touchdown of the afternoon, more than 100,000 Penn State partisans at Beaver Stadium stopped in their tracks. “(The...

Becht: Support for Northwestern sports must extend past four years

June 19, 2013

Four years ago, we came to a school without much of an athletic reputation. Sure, alumni and older students would tell us that Northwestern was actually in its athletic prime, and they were right. But...

Goodman: Rooting for happiness in Happy Valley

Goodman: Rooting for happiness in Happy Valley

October 11, 2012

I remember watching Penn State lose to Virginia by a single point in early September. I watched the incredible Nittany Lion linebackers, especially Michael Mauti, crush the Virginia offense, recalling...

Junior quarterback Kain Colter said the offense will have a challenge with Penn State's defense. The team is using a similar blueprint to what they used in the 2010 Outback Bowl against Penn State defensive coordinator Ted Roof when he was the defensive coordinator at Auburn.

Football: Wildcats use unique ways to prepare for noisy Beaver Stadium

October 4, 2012

As the Northwestern offensive line jogged along the sidelines during practice Wednesday, one lineman blurted out: "We are ... Penn State!" It was not in a sarcastic or mocking tone — it had just become...

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