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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

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

The Daily Northwestern


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LTE: NU should pursue Soldier Field for temporary football stadium

April 9, 2024

In a February 4 article, "NU requests city analysis on possible lakeside football field," The Daily reported that Northwestern is considering adding capacity to Martin Stadium for up to 15,000 spectators...

A landscape photo of lake Michigan. Northwestern’s lakefill with painted rocks in the left frame, lake in the center frame with a sandbar and the Chicago skyline in the background. Blue-ish green water shows shadows of two fish.

Evanston moves forward with shoreline reconstruction plans

April 18, 2023

When Jeff Green was growing up in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, he’d spend his summers and winters on Howard Beach — sunbathing one season, sledding another. “I recently drove by there,...

Six people move around a table with a typewriter. They are surrounded by hanging blue bottles.

Tasia A. Jones and Gabby Randle-Bent co-direct ‘1919,’ a lyrical exploration of Black resistance and hope in Chicago

October 30, 2022

Steppenwolf Theatre presented “1919” this October, a lyrical play about the 1919 murder of Black teenager Eugene Williams near Chicago’s segregated lakeshore. The story, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks...

Ice skaters at the Maggie Daley Skating Ribbon. Despite an unusually warm winter, a foundation of ice early in the season and refrigeration systems below the Ribbon have kept the ice solid.

Warm days don’t faze Maggie Daley Skating Ribbon

February 9, 2020

The National Weather Service has ranked this winter as one of the warmest on record, but the Maggie Daley Skating Ribbon keeps its cool. Open for its sixth season and twice the length of a single lap...

Lake Michigan. The lake has experienced some of the highest water levels on record, and the rising trend is expected to continue.

High Lake Michigan water levels pose public safety concerns

January 14, 2020

Lake Michigan water levels, some of the highest seen in years, pose a discernible public safety concern, according to several scientists and experts. The lake levels, measured by the U.S. Army Corps...

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