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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


Vocalist Piper Fishkind and guitarist Sam Marshall rock out in The Mee-Ow Band’s Dillo Day performance.

The Mee-Ow Band twists, shouts and shines

January 15, 2025

Northwestern’s longest-running student improv comedy show, the Mee-Ow Show, has always been about more than just comedy. It relies on a format that is one-third sketch, one-third improv and one-third...

The Weekly: New editors recap year, share goals for coverage

January 7, 2025

The Daily Northwestern’s campus, city, arts and entertainment and sports desk editors review the year and preview the headlines they’re keeping their eye on. ANAVI PRAKASH: Academic freedom,...

In an animated drawing, a person stands on stage holding a microphone lit by a spotlight. Two laughing faces in the foreground turn to each other.

The Mee-Ow Show to perform ‘How Do They Pee in Mee-Owter Space?’ in Shanley Pavilion

January 27, 2022

Over the past three weeks, the Mee-Ow Show’s nine members wrote a two-hour show from scratch. The improv and sketch comedy group has met every weekday this quarter for four hours to create its upcoming...

Bruce McCoy (Communication '92) on the set of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

NU alumnus Bruce McCoy discusses his transition from RuPaul fan to a member of the Drag Race empire

October 30, 2019

Bruce McCoy (Communication ’92) was a senior at Northwestern when he was first introduced to RuPaul. The drag queen and New York nightclub personality had just released his breakout single, “Supermodel...

Communication junior Diego Abraham performs as part of The Blackout, a campus late night show.

The ins and outs of making it — or breaking it — in Northwestern’s comedy scene

February 13, 2019

At Northwestern, there are two paths for aspiring comedians: either you make The Titanic Players improv team freshman year, or you don’t. First-years can forget about trying for the Mee-Ow Show — rumor...

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