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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Margin Notes: Northwestern failed to meet my expectations. That’s a good thing.

Margin Notes: Northwestern failed to meet my expectations. That’s a good thing.

October 1, 2025

A question from a freshman friend recently left me tongue-tied — one I’d once tossed at upperclassmen back when I was a first-year myself. “When did you start to feel like Northwestern is home?” Boy,...

Sastoque: Why students should focus on their wellness during confinement

Sastoque: Why students should focus on their wellness during confinement

April 30, 2020

If we conducted a survey on the most common conversation topics among students in the time of online learning, these topics would most likely include ruined sleep hours, struggles in classes and a general...

NU Declassified: Home School: Growing up on Northwestern’s campus

NU Declassified: Home School: Growing up on Northwestern’s campus

November 14, 2019

DIVITYA VAKIL: Welcome to NU Declassified, a look into how Wildcats thrive and survive on Northwestern’s campus. I’m Divitya Vakil. ILANA AROUGHETI: And I’m Ilana Arougheti. VAKIL: Family Weekend...

Gutierrez: Parent-child tensions after the first year of college

September 26, 2019

This past June, I finished final exams after my first year at Northwestern and went back to my hometown, New York. For the first time in six months, I was home, in the city I grew up in, living with my...

Buchaniec: The iron wall needs to be one of anonymity

Buchaniec: The iron wall needs to be one of anonymity

April 25, 2019

Shrouded in secrecy, highly selective universities rarely give insight into their admissions practices. Within the past year or so, however, the curtain has slowly risen to reveal an apparatus plagued...

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