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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

An iPhone with a graphic of Sidechat’s page in the App Store rests at an angle on a wooden table in between a pair of black headphones and an Apple Pencil. Below the phone is the top of a keyboard and trackpad for a desktop computer. Sunlight reflects off of the table in the top-right corner of the image.

Student ambassadors help launch Sidechat social media app at Northwestern

October 13, 2022

The anonymous, location-based app Yik Yak is being challenged by a younger version of itself.  “It’s this new app that’s like better than yikyak and it pays you to post,” read one meme that...

Masked person takes a selfie with a dog in a crate.

BeReal social media app offers students simplicity and spontaneity

March 29, 2022

If it seems like students in the dining hall or library often all take out their phones and excitedly snap selfies at the same time, it’s likely not a coincidence. They aren’t experiencing mass brainwashing:...

Northwestern reported a threefold increase in academic integrity violations in the last academic year. Assistant Dean Ricardo Court expressed his frustration with students in an internal email sent to faculty.

Assistant dean reprimands students in faculty email for threefold academic integrity violations

October 7, 2021

Assistant Dean for Academic Integrity Ricardo Court expressed concerns with students’ “carefree attitudes” and “clumsy” attempts to plagiarize in the 2020-21 academic year in a Sept. 29 email...

A football player holds a helmet, with a stadium looming in the background. The title A Labor of Likeness appears in the sky.

In Focus: As state, federal governments grapple with NIL legislation, Northwestern community members reflect on potential impacts

June 8, 2021

If Weinberg junior Cole Sias wants to post on her social media accounts, she could make money with just a few taps. Sias is a micro-influencer, with over 4,500 followers on Instagram, which means she...

Davis’ Instagram, where she posts photos of her new makeup looks. Davis’ latest post is part of her “Valentine’s Day Series.”

Q&A: Freshman Kenny Davis talks makeup, TikTok following

February 17, 2021

Medill freshman Kenny Davis has been applying makeup since she was 14 years old. In quarantine, she started to share her makeup looks through social media. Davis has since garnered more than 42,000 likes...

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