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

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Lights that are different shades of blue hang from a tree.

Captured: Downtown Evanston is decked out in lights for the upcoming holidays

December 1, 2022

Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You...

Ortiz: Americans deserve more holidays

Ortiz: Americans deserve more holidays

December 1, 2021

Being a Northwestern student, in most cases, is an exercise in pain.  We work ourselves to the bone by taking complex, intellectually challenging classes with our only long-term reprieves coming during...

Holidays like Christmas belong to everyone

Holidays like Christmas belong to everyone

December 3, 2019

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I remember walking down the shopping lane as a child and seeing a swarm of Christmas trees lining the streets. Trees of every size with their prefixed ornaments...

An opinion editors’ guide to surviving the holidays with relatives

November 27, 2018

WATCH: Opinion editors Alex and Marissa give some serious (and not-so-serious) tips for how to survive going home for the holidays

International students spend Thanksgiving with local families

December 5, 2017

Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends. For some international students who are away from home, spending Thanksgiving this year meant joining domestic families for the holiday as part of the International...

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