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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


Social media continues to limit us, writes columnist Alexandra Huang.

Huang: Social media continues to limit us

April 14, 2019

Social media has made the concept of friendship ever more confusing. Sure, 560 people follow me on Instagram. Sure, I have 700 friends on WeChat. But how many of them do I actually care about, and how...

Bian: Saying goodbye to the “unbiased journalist”

Bian: Saying goodbye to the “unbiased journalist”

March 8, 2019

In November of my first quarter at Northwestern, I wrote a column about the problem with legacy admissions at elite universities. It was only the fourth column I had ever written for The Daily; looking...

Blotter: Tires slashed in north Evanston

October 31, 2018

Evanston Police Department officers responded to a report of slashed tires on a gray 2007 Ford Escape in the 1400 block of Foster Street in west Evanston on Monday morning. A 25-year-old Evanston resident...

The Facebook login screen. Facebook has recently come under fire for how it handled user data over the past several years.

Months after Cambridge Analytica scandal, students still say they trust Facebook

October 15, 2018

Despite recent controversies over privacy and security, Northwestern students said their trust in Facebook hasn’t wavered. The company has been rocked with scandals over the past year regarding its...

Jackson: Pressing ‘delete’ on social media isn’t always a loss

October 2, 2018

This June, I caved under the weight of my extreme FOMO and downloaded Instagram and essentially… I came, I saw and I left. Just two months after signing up, I pressed the “permanently delete” button....

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