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Poet Nikki Giovanni tells students to ‘get a passport’

October 18, 2013

Writer and activist Nikki Giovanni brought advice and humor to campus Thursday night when she spoke at For Members Only’s annual State of the Black Union. More than 170 people attended the event,...

Northwestern’s Unite For Sight hosts first ‘Dining in the Dark’ experience

May 21, 2013

When students entered one by one Tuesday into the Jerome B. Cohen Commons in Technological Institute, they were met with a meal in complete darkness. Northwestern’s chapter of Unite For Sight, an...

Northwestern seniors work on NGO for Ghanaian children

March 7, 2013

Two Northwestern students in the African Studies department are working on their own nongovernmental organization to help disadvantaged children in Ghana. Help the African Child aims to build stronger...

Between the Sheets: My obligatory cynical Valentine’s Day column (with a twist)

February 6, 2013

Valentine’s Day is a shamelessly public celebration of heteronormativity. It propagates the image of straight, monogamous couples at every corner — on greeting cards, in cheesy Lifetime movies and...

Evanston resident to begin 27-month Peace Corps experience

February 6, 2013

A 22-year-old Evanston resident will leave for Panama later this month to begin a 27-month experience in the Peace Corps. Catherine Rolfe, a former Medill cherub, will leave Feb. 19 to spend three...

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