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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


The Ripple: Why is Chicago called the Windy City?

The Ripple: Why is Chicago called the Windy City?

May 18, 2021

Chicago is well-known as the Windy City, but where does the nickname come from? The origin of the phrase is widely disputed, but ultimately goes back to Chicago’s politics and rivalries.  SAMMI BOAS:...

Evanston History Center hosts lecture on jewelry shop

October 16, 2014

The Evanston History Center hosted a lecture Thursday on a 20th-century Evanston jewelry shop and its relation to the arts and crafts movement. Curator Mary McWilliams came as a part of the...

Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, explains the economic recovery to hundreds of students, faculty members and Evanston residents at Norris University Center on Monday. Krueger said the U.S. economy is "slowly healing" from an economic crisis.

Obama’s chief economic adviser: U.S. economy ‘slowly healing’

October 8, 2012

President Barack Obama's chief economic adviser declared during an on-campus forum this afternoon that the U.S. economy is "slowly healing." "Every month when the unemployment rate comes out, I put...

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