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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


Verilife Medical Marijuana Dispensary on 1804 Maple Ave. From January onwards, residents of Illinois who are 21 years of age or older may partake in recreational cannabis use.

Northwestern students, officials speak on legalization of cannabis

October 8, 2019

In June, Illinois passed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, legalizing the possession of up to 30 grams of cannabis for residents of Illinois who are 21 years of age or older. When the law goes into...

Phillips: The normalization of binge drinking supports unhealthy behavior

April 22, 2018

On Fridays, I teach a class of freshman girls at Lake View High School about healthy decision-making as a peer health educator for Peer Health Exchange. We address topics like sexual assault, alcohol abuse...

Peer Health Exchange pilots consistency program aimed to foster student-educator relationships

February 5, 2018

Northwestern’s Peer Health Exchange is piloting a new consistency model for its national organization in the hopes of building closer bonds between health educators and their students. PHE is a nonprofit...

Northwestern Student Holdings awards GlobeMed $1K

May 12, 2014

Northwestern Student Holdings awarded GlobeMed, a student-run nonprofit, $1,000 on Saturday as part of its second Impact Week. NSH, a student-run holdings company, held Impact Week in an effort to increase...

Semester Online, a new online for-credit education platform, incorporates weekly video conferences with classmates and individual assignments.

Shifts in Semester Online participants raise concerns over cost, quality

May 14, 2013

As the registration deadlines near for taking the new for-credit Semester Online classes, concerns over cost and educational value have provoked shifts among participating universities. Since it was...

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