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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

Frida (Weinberg junior Isadora Coco Gonzalez) and Alex (Communication senior Matheus Barbee) share a moment in the recently opened “Frida Libre” production.

Imagine U opens ‘Frida Libre’ celebrating youth ambitions, Latine culture

October 22, 2023

The Josephine Louis Theater resembled a children’s storybook coming to life when Northwestern theater group Imagine U opened “Frida Libre” on Friday.  The show, which draws inspiration from the...

A brown school sits on a row of green dollar bills.

‘Sick to my stomach’: 5th Ward school is $25 million over budget, board to consider alternate plans

October 17, 2023

The much-anticipated plans to build a new school in the 5th Ward are projected to cost more than $25 million more than the allocated $40 million budget, according to a recent financial assessment commissioned...

Judith (left) and Natalie (right) Raanan. The mother and daughter have been released for “humanitarian reasons,” officials confirmed Friday.

Vigil honors Evanston residents taken hostage in Israel as community copes with ongoing violence

October 13, 2023

Chabad of Evanston hosted a vigil Thursday night for congregants Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were taken hostage by Hamas while on a trip to southern Israel earlier this week. According to family...

Red brick building with glass windows and words that read, “Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joseph E. Hill Education Center.”

District 65 board approves 2024 final budget amid ongoing fiscal issues

September 20, 2023

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education approved its 2024 budget at a Monday night meeting. Board members spoke about the key differences between the 2023 budget and the current one,...

In Focus: Refugee family arrives in Evanston, a sanctuary city in need of a welcoming system

In Focus: Refugee family arrives in Evanston, a sanctuary city in need of a welcoming system

August 2, 2023

In September 2022, married couple William Soler and Yohana Cabrera arrived in Evanston with their two sons. Their family sought refuge after receiving kidnapping and death threats from a drug cartel in...

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