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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


Second year students and gap-year students dressed up and danced under the architecture of the Congress Plaza Hotel.

Northwestern hosts second year prom to give students a milestone experience

May 16, 2022

Students who graduated high school in 2020 faced many disappointments during their senior spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They missed out on classic high school celebrations and had to enter college...

Three women in metallic bell-bottom pants sing onstage.

ABBA, dancing queens and three potential dads: ‘Mamma Mia!’ takes stage at McCormick Auditorium

December 3, 2021

The music you know and love. A silly, chaos-filled plot. A “dance party in McCormick.” Most importantly, a reprieve from studying for finals. What more reasons could a Northwestern student need to...

Two individuals on a stage, one singing and one playing the oud, performing in front of a crowd.

Omar Offendum performs rap and poetry centers identity and first-generation experience

November 17, 2021

Syrian American rapper and spoken word artist Omar Offendum explored the intersection of culture and art with Northwestern students Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Middle East and North African...

The cast of “Xanadu.” The genderbent production brings a queer vision to a famously campy film.

Genderbending production of ‘Xanadu’ brings radical, queer joy to campus

February 20, 2020

When Communication senior Shane Eichstaedt was a “very gay and very sad” 13-year old, they went to see their friend in a local production of “Xanadu,” a musical version of the famously terrible...

Actors rehearse in "9 to 5: The Musical." The musical, which follows three women plotting against their sexist boss in a 1970s workplace, opens this Thursday.

Arts Alliance explores Dolly Parton classic ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ with #MeToo and ‘Time’s Up’ lens

December 5, 2019

As a first-time director at Northwestern, Gaby Godínez wanted to put on a musical that combined whimsical, mindless fun with a political relevance that could bring the student body together. The clear...

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