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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


Northwestern spokesman Al Cubbage briefs reporters on the disappearance of McCormick sophomore Harsha Maddula. Cubbage said Maddula's absence "casts a shadow" on the start of the school year.

Updated: Northwestern spokesman: Harsha Maddula’s disappearance ‘somber start’ to school year

September 27, 2012

Update, 5:30 p.m. Thursday: Cubbage said authorities are still trying to piece together what happened after Maddula left an off-campus party early Saturday morning. University Police is interviewing...

Police officers remove the crime scene tape surrounding the harbor Wednesday evening. As of Wednesday night, Maddula has not been found.

Family’s hopes fade as search for Harsha Maddula expands to Wilmette

September 27, 2012

The search for missing Northwestern student Harsha Maddula took a grim turn Wednesday. Investigators launched a massive search effort in the morning at Wilmette Harbor after learning that the last signal...

The Search for Harsha Maddula: This is not about you

September 27, 2012

In the past, Daily staffs have used editorials to speak from our position as journalists in an attempt to reshape or add a new perspective to campus debates. Today, we speak as students heartbroken over...

Wilmette police officers examine the perimeter of the harbor Wednesday. The search for Maddula began in the morning and continued until sunset.

Updated: Coast Guard searches for Harsha Maddula in Wilmette Harbor

September 26, 2012

The search for missing Northwestern student Harsha Maddula has expanded to Wilmette. In a news release this morning, University spokesman Al Cubbage said authorities are "widening" the manhunt to include...

Communication freshman Katherine Koller, Weinberg freshmen Margaret Kuo and Sarah Holmstrom (left to right) show Ihanthan Toodi and Sairavi Suribhotla the way to University Place where they planned to recruit passersby to find the missing student. Toodi and Suribhotla, who are not friends or family of Harsha Maddula, responded to a Facebook alert calling for volunteers to mobilize a search party on campus.

Search for missing Northwestern student Harsha Maddula intensifies as new details emerge

September 26, 2012

The search for missing Northwestern student Harsha Maddula intensified Tuesday as FBI officials arrived on the scene and search parties scoured campus and downtown Evanston. Family and friends of the...

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