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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


Junior midfielder Samantha Smith attempts a draw during last season’s NCAA Tournament game against Michigan. She is primed to return as Northwestern’s primary draw taker this season.

Lacrosse: Northwestern takes on Stanford in preseason exhibition

January 28, 2024

Within WakeMed Soccer Park’s manicured grounds and rolling hills, Northwestern bludgeoned Boston College in a dominant 18-6 national title victory to scale collegiate lacrosse’s summit an eighth time...

Here I finally am, about to graduate from Northwestern University, sitting down to write my senior column only a couple hours before I have to send it to my editor finally realizing — maybe academia isn’t for me.

Smith: Two Lists Before I Leave

June 5, 2023

If one thing has stayed constant throughout college, it’s that I love lists. I make lists for everything. To do lists, bucket lists, shopping lists, lists of poems to read, lists of restaurants to eat...

Northwestern Lacrosse, Kelly Amonte Hiller, Samantha Smith, Serafina DeMunno, Shaylan Ahearn, Emerson Bohlig, Mary Beth Todd, Mike Smith, David Smith, Karen Smith, Madison Smith, Mill Valley California, Tamalpais High School, Tenacity Project, Southern Marin Lacrosse Club, Theresa Sherry, Jill Girardi, Brennan Dwyer, Maryland Lacrosse, Syracuse Lacrosse, Tufts Lacrosse, Kathryn DeLillio, San Francisco Bay Area, Hailey Rhatigan, Kathryn DeLillio, Virginia men’s lacrosse, Virginia women’s track and field, Inside Lacrosse, Charlottesville Virginia

Lacrosse: ‘The hardest shot in the Bay Area’: Samantha Smith’s journey to No. 1 Northwestern’s draw command

May 11, 2023

For the first time in nearly three months, No. 1 Northwestern’s back was against the wall. In the Big Ten Tournament championship on May 6 against historic powerhouse No. 10 Maryland, NU trailed 5-4...

Three people stand together holding pizza in the newsroom.

Captured: Daily editors reveal their MOD obsession in the newsroom

December 1, 2021

It’s no secret that Daily staffers meet five nights a week to produce content. When we’re not in the newsroom, we may be found talking to sources, taking photos, recording audio or making graphics....

The Weekly: Week Nine Recap

The Weekly: Week Nine Recap

November 15, 2020

Heightened police presence at NUCNC protests, Angela Davis speaks at Black State of the Union, District 202 reports a widening racial achievement gap and the Evanston City Council is trying to ban beer...

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