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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Weekly Podcast: Northwestern’s quarter system schedule, application record discussed

January 18, 2016

Welcome to the first edition of The Weekly, The Daily Northwestern's weekly news podcast. Here, you will find the week's biggest stories all in one place. In this week's episode, you will hear about...

Gates: The unintended benefits of the quarter system

Gates: The unintended benefits of the quarter system

April 1, 2014

We have many complaints about the quarter system: its fast pace, its large number of exams, its breaks that don’t align with semester schools. But many of us note the benefits: the opportunity to...

Gates: Time to rearrange the quarter system

Gates: Time to rearrange the quarter system

January 8, 2014

Heading back to my dorm this week in negative double-digit weather, I couldn’t help but think of my semester-schedule friends resting at home. Northwestern’s quarter system results in students returning...

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