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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


Chicago Blackhawks chairman endows Theatre and Interpretation Center

April 20, 2014

Chicago Blackhawks chairman William Rockwell "Rocky" Wirtz has created an endowment for Northwestern to foster student and faculty projects in the Theatre and Interpretation Center. Wirtz and his wife...

The Sideline: Amonte Hiller can't help but stand out

The Sideline: Amonte Hiller can’t help but stand out

April 9, 2014

Welcome to The Sideline, a series of profiles of Northwestern’s coaches where The Daily’s sports staff provides detailed looks into the lives and personalities of all 19 varsity coaches. Twenty...

Staff from Evanston Police Department and Evanston fire department gather Thursday afternoon to send off 10-year-old Julian Sims before his scheduled bone marrow transplant. Sims was diagnosed with leukemia last year.

Evanston police and fire officials reach out to 10-year-old with leukemia

January 30, 2014

When more than 20 police cars and fire trucks showed up on the street where 10-year-old Julian Sims lives Thursday, the commotion confused him. But when the officers and firefighters showed up on his doorstep...

Caracotsios: Just say 'yes' this academic year

Caracotsios: Just say ‘yes’ this academic year

September 19, 2013

I’ve never actually been to a Northwestern football game. And I’m a senior. There, I admit it. But before an angry white and purple mob appears outside my apartment with torches and pitchforks, listen...

Michael Kerr and his older brother Patrick Kerr take a break from working at a Chicago construction site in an undated photo. Patrick Kerr came out of retirement in the late 2000s and worked alongside his younger brother.

Iron worker killed on campus was diligent veteran of Chicago construction

May 28, 2013

About a decade ago, Jackie Rowles was taking a Wendella tour of Chicago when she realized her brother should be the one at the front of the double-decker boat pointing out the city's crowning achievements...

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