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

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

The Daily Northwestern


Brown Sugar, Northwestern’s co-ed South Asian a cappella group, prepares for their winter performance.

A cappella groups share plans for year, reflect on ‘Pitch Perfect’ rumors

November 5, 2024

It’s not uncommon to hear the rumor that the musical comedy film “Pitch Perfect” was inspired by Northwestern’s own a cappella scene from tour guides and a cappella groups. “The tagline for...

CB, played by Kieran Rowe, delivers an emotional monologue.

“Dog Sees God” balances comedy and heartbreak in Sit & Spin Productions fall play

September 29, 2024

A raunchy yet emotional twist on Charlie Brown, Northwestern’s theatre board Sit & Spin Productions’ rendition of “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” premiered at Shanley Hall...

Two silhouettes peek out from behind a red stage curtain.

Student understudy experiences lead to Wirtz Center policy changes

February 8, 2023

Due to safety concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters everywhere have turned to understudies as a saving grace. Northwestern’s Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts recently began to standardize...

Two of the actors in the musical kiss on stage.

Nintendo-themed comedy musical ‘The Waario’ is a dream come true, literally

January 8, 2023

The idea for a Nintendo-themed musical came to Bienen sophomore Khoi Le in a dream. And after just three days of rehearsal in a Willard Residential College seminar room, 45-minute-long comedy-musical...

Pencil facing up through the middle with one cotton swab (vertical, facing opposite directions) on each side. Two microbes to the right of the pencil and one to the left.

Students discuss challenges of fewer virtual learning options for those in quarantine and isolation housing

February 7, 2022

After testing positive for COVID-19 the same day in-person learning resumed, Communication freshman Gavin Shaub said he spent the first week of classes learning mostly through lecture notes and class assignments.  While...

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