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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

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Reel Thoughts: Amazing must-watch romantic comedies for Valentine’s Day

February 13, 2023

This piece contains spoilers. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and some of us are painfully single. But, who needs a significant other when you can just watch a romantic comedy? In honor...

Constance Wu and Henry Golding in the box-office hit “Crazy Rich Asians,” directed by Jon M. Chu.

Editor’s Letter: Diverse films made major bank in 2018. Hollywood has no more excuses

February 13, 2019

I’ll admit it: I was one of those people crying in the theater during opening week of “Crazy Rich Asians” last August. And, no, it wasn’t out of longing for authentic Asian cuisine, or defending...

The Spectrum: Saying Asians aren’t people of color is oppression in itself

The Spectrum: Saying Asians aren’t people of color is oppression in itself

January 31, 2019

The definition of a person of color, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “a person who is not white or of European parentage.” I’d say fairly early on in my life I figured out I did not...

Off Script: Despite representation, Awkwafina isn’t free from criticism

October 11, 2018

On October 6, actress and rapper Awkwafina stepped out onto the stage of Studio 8H to an applauding audience. During her opening monologue, she paid tribute to the last and only other Asian-American woman...

Buzzfeed’s ‘Worth It’ star Steven Lim gives talk on experience as Asian American in media

May 9, 2018

The Taiwanese American Students Club and Pi Alpha Phi fraternity invited Steven Lim, creator and star of Buzzfeed’s “Worth It,” to talk May 6 on campus about his hit food series and his experience...

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