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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


Indian American comedian Nimesh Patel performed a comedy set and a Q&A for SASA’s fall keynote speaker event.

SASA fall speaker Nimesh Patel discusses South Asian representation

November 17, 2024

The South Asian Students Alliance hosted comedian Nimesh Patel as its fall keynote speaker at Alice Millar Chapel Friday evening, attracting around 300 attendees. Patel, known for his stand-up comedy,...

David: Hollywood needs to give Will Smith grace

David: Hollywood needs to give Will Smith grace

April 5, 2022

Content warning: This story contains mentions of physical and sexual assault. Traumatized, triggered, sickened — these are some of the words figures in Hollywood used to describe how they felt when...

A truck from the television show Fargo. The show filmed in Evanston on Thursday, Jan. 30.

FX anthology show Fargo films in Evanston

February 6, 2020

Fargo wasn’t in Kansas City anymore when the FX television anthology series filmed in two Evanston locations last week. The show’s fourth season, which premieres April 19, features stars including...

Peña and the cast of “Diary of a Future President” at the show’s premiere last week.

Hello, Ms. President: NU Alum Ilana Peña creates new Disney+ show “Diary of a Future President,” writing the struggles of middle school and girlhood

January 22, 2020

The Monthly Pan in on Elena, a 12-year-old girl with enough ambition for everyone at her middle school. Every day she journals her experience — one of a Cuban-American girl in Miami with the dream...

Mueller: Oscars format inappropriate for Rock’s important monologue

Mueller: Oscars format inappropriate for Rock’s important monologue

March 1, 2016

I was only able to watch the opening monologue of the Oscars this year and a few highlights after-the-fact. But that’s all I really wanted to see. I wanted to watch the monologue specifically because...

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