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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


Cats Corner: The instrumental part of the Northwestern community

Cats Corner: The instrumental part of the Northwestern community

January 23, 2022

    Northwestern’s Marching Band plays at every football game and provides some much-needed school spirit during the season. The Daily’s podcast Cats Corner takes a look at what...

Q&A: Ryan Simpson, Marching Band spirit leader

September 30, 2015

With his cheeriness, wit and love for all things Northwestern, McCormick senior Ryan Simpson, a trumpet player and the spirit leader for the Northwestern University Marching Band, keeps up the gameday...

Students get creative to raise money for Dance Marathon

November 24, 2013

The Dance Marathon fundraising season has begun at Northwestern, and dancers have already been doing their best to fill cans with spare change. Some students and groups, however,decided to stray from...

ASG, Wildside join NUMB to promote Purple Fridays

November 8, 2013

For members of Northwestern University Marching Band, Fridays have always meant one thing: Wear purple. Now, however, NUMB wants “Purple Fridays," one of its long-standing practices, to become...

Weinberg sophomore Michelle Lortie, a member of the Northwestern University Marching Band’s color guard, performs during the Homecoming pep rally Friday evening. University President Morton Schapiro, football Coach Pat Fitzgerald and Homecoming grand marshal Mike Greenberg (Medill ‘89) pumped up fans during the pep rally.

Wildcat pride displayed at annual Homecoming Parade

October 6, 2013

Homecoming Week ended Friday with the annual parade, with students and alumni traveling down Sheridan Road, cheering on floats from campus and city organizations. From Lincoln Street down to The Arch,...

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