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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


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Northwestern community observes Holy Week and Easter on campus

April 6, 2023

Around campus, members of Northwestern’s Christian community are observing Holy Week leading up to Easter on Sunday. For Rev. Julie Windsor Mitchell, campus minister at University Christian Ministry,...

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Students adapt to celebrate Easter, Passover during the pandemic

April 12, 2020

Celebrating Easter usually involves attending church, while celebrating Passover includes large seder dinners with family, but COVID-19 caused students to observe their respective holidays differently...

Douglas: Religious traditions have secular value

Douglas: Religious traditions have secular value

March 2, 2014

Fasting is a blast. I’m not talking specifically about abstaining from food and water, although I’m sure that has its draws. What I'm talking about is mental and emotional fasting. Let me explain. I’m...

McLaughlin: Finding faith in college

McLaughlin: Finding faith in college

November 15, 2013

I stopped attending Mass regularly during high school. My father had taken my brothers and me to our local parish from the age we could sit still for an hour. But I increasingly became at odds with my...

Dunbar: Childhood traditions carry meaning into college years

Dunbar: Childhood traditions carry meaning into college years

April 4, 2013

This past Sunday was Easter. For me, Easter is the one day a year I go to church. And, from what I gather, that is the case for many other people who are not often religiously inclined. I tend to equate...

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