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The Daily Northwestern

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


A crowd gathers around Perry’s Stage for Galantis on Thursday night. NU students were among the over 400,000 people who attended Lollapalooza last weekend.

Northwestern students join crowd in Grant Park for Lollapalooza 2018

August 9, 2018

As many Chicago locals and visitors outfitted themselves in their finest basketball jerseys and covered themselves in glitter for Lollapalooza, spotted among the festival crowd were a few Northwestern...

Students wait in line for the La Cocinita food truck. The Evanston-based restaurant will return to Taste of Chicago on Wednesday for its third appearance at the annual food festival.

Evanston restaurant La Cocinita returns to Taste of Chicago

July 11, 2018

When Evanston restaurant and food truck La Cocinita made its Taste of Chicago debut in 2016, co-owner Rachel Angulo said the pork patacon was an immediate hit. The crispy green plantain sandwich, topped...

Vic Mensa performs at Grant Park stage on Friday night at Lollapalooza.

Northwestern students flock to Lollapalooza for four-day music festival

August 7, 2017

Muse’s “Starlight,” the band’s first massive hit in 2006 and the favorite song of Weinberg junior Mark Scovic, has always sounded a bit like a The Killers song — roaring vocals, heavy guitar...

First lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden (left to right in foreground) greet supporters at an Election Night watch party at McCormick Place in Chicago. The president was elected to a second term Tuesday;

‘More determined, more inspired than ever’: Obama gets four more years in White House

November 7, 2012

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Tuesday to secure a second term that he vowed to pursue with the same resolve that catapulted him to the White House...

For Obama supporters at CNN event, ‘nothing compares’ to Grant Park

November 6, 2012

CHICAGO — For many gathered at CNN's public watch party for Election Night in Chicago, President Obama’s ticketed event at McCormick Place was simply not an option. The news network put up a large...

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