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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


Michael Soffer was a student and later a history teacher at Oak Park and River Forest High School, where a janitor was revealed to be a former Nazi guard in the ’80s.

Bookends & Beginnings hosts Michael Soffer, author of “Our Nazi”

November 14, 2024

Bookends & Beginnings hosted history teacher and author Michael Soffer Wednesday evening to speak about his new book, “Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil,” which recounts the...

Sophomore guard Justin Mullins tries to jump the passing lane in a preseason exhibition.

Men’s Basketball: Justin Mullins embraces family, prepares for first season at Northwestern

November 6, 2023

Less than 20 miles from his new stomping grounds at Welsh-Ryan Arena, sophomore guard Justin Mullins discovered his love for basketball on his childhood courts in Oak Park, Illinois. He spent countless...

Junior Daeshawn Hemphill dribbles a basketball down the Beardsley Gym court as a Loyola Academy player runs beside him. Hemphill is part of the all-junior starting lineup on the Evanston Township High School boys varsity basketball team.

ETHS boys varsity basketball team emphasizes hard work, bonding

February 3, 2020

The huddle: it’s an old staple of team sports. But for the boys who don Evanston Township High School jerseys and play in Beardsley Gym, it’s a fairly new ritual. Junior Blake Peters, who has played...

Ross Freeland works with students at Evanston Township High School. He taught several courses in the math department in addition to assistant coaching the varsity baseball team before his death on March 14.

Evanston Township High School remembers math teacher, baseball coach Ross Freeland

March 30, 2016

It’s the bottom of the seventh in the home opener for Evanston Township High School’s varsity baseball team. The opponent: Oak Park and River Forest High School, described by ETHS athletic director...

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