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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


Watters: Lowered expectations after debate race to bottom

Watters: Lowered expectations after debate race to bottom

October 21, 2012

When Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took the stage last Tuesday at Hofstra University, I already had the sinking sensation that the debate wasn’t going to go the way that I had hoped. After all, in this...

Northwestern students watch the second debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the Communications Residential College lounge. Tuesday marked the second watch party for the presidential debates hosted by CRC.

CRC hosts third watch party as Obama, Romney spar

October 17, 2012

As President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney returned to prime time for the second of three debates, Northwestern students returned to the Communications Residential College to...

Zink: Affirmative action dangerously shortsighted

Zink: Affirmative action dangerously shortsighted

October 16, 2012

The Supreme Court heard arguments last Wednesday over the propriety and legality of employing affirmative action in the college admissions process. Abigail Fisher, a white female rejected from the University...

Kearney: Students, your voter registration clock is ticking

Kearney: Students, your voter registration clock is ticking

October 15, 2012

With Election Day in three short weeks, the country is abuzz with discussion and debate about the presidential candidates.  Yet possibly because of Northwestern’s location in a liberal district of a...

Watters: Electoral College predictions give this voter sense of lack of impact

October 14, 2012

If there’s anything I’ve realized as the coverage of the election has intensified in the last few weeks, it's that my vote isn’t really going to do that much toward determining the presidency. It’s...

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