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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


Evanston health department launches tobacco cessation program

November 9, 2012

As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the Evanston Health Department launched a program to help Evanston adults quit smoking. Called “Break the Habit,” the program offers free weekly counseling...

Chicago residents watch election night returns on a big screen CNN put up on the Thompson Center in Chicago. Young people like those at the Election Night watch party were pivotal in re-electing President Barack Obama, according to a new analysis.

Electoral analysis: Youth vote decisive in some battleground states

November 8, 2012

Northwestern students may have woken up Wednesday morning to President-elect Mitt Romney if it were not for their peers’ votes, according to exit polls in Tuesday’s presidential contest. Early estimates...

Weinberg senior Tim White (left) and Medill senior Matthew Hays (right) introduce improv group No Fun Mud Piranhas’ goals for the coming year at a recent meeting. White and Hays are reviving a group that both David Schwimmer and Stephen Colbert participated in during their time at Northwestern.

Quirky Questions with Matthew Hays and Tim White of No Fun Mud Piranhas

November 8, 2012

No Fun Mud Piranhas — once a student club in which David Schwimmer (Communication '88) and Stephen Colbert (Communication '86) participated — provides an accessible outlet for hopeful comedians who...

Evanston Police investigation: No racial profiling in Greenwell incident

November 3, 2012

The Evanston Police officer who wrongfully handcuffed a Northwestern professor's son has been cleared of racial profiling after an internal investigation. During a burglary investigation in August,...

Updated: Daily wins highest honor in college journalism

November 3, 2012

The Daily was named a Pacemaker winner this evening, the sixth time in the past decade the student-led newspaper has taken home what is considered the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism. The prestigious...

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