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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


The Foster-Walker Complex building. The bricks are brown with green shrubbery on both sides of the main door. Above the door are the words “Foster-Walker.”

Foster-Walker Complex to shift from quarantine housing to residence hall

May 20, 2021

Foster-Walker Complex will return to its original residential hall status in the fall. Over the past year, the dorm, known as Plex, served as Northwestern’s on-campus COVID-19 housing. Students who...

560 Lincoln and Kemper Hall. The residency policy, requiring freshmen to spend their first two years living on campus and transfer students one year, will be reinstated this fall.

Two-year campus residency requirement to be reinstated this fall

February 11, 2021

Northwestern is reinstating the on-campus residency requirement for the 2021-2022 academic year, according to a Thursday email from Residential Services. The policy, which was suspended during the 2020-21...

560 Lincoln and Kemper Hall. When students hurried home in March in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many left most of their belongings behind in hopes that they would be back for Spring Quarter.

Residential Services to offer free storage for items left in dorms last spring, shipped to campus this fall

September 2, 2020

In a Wednesday evening email, Residential Services announced extensions to free storage and information on Fall Quarter housing after recent changes to on-campus housing. Prior to the planned arrival...

“Residential life will be different from in the past as we prioritize the health of the campus community,” a July 31 email sent to the student body reads.

New regulations for on-campus living in Fall Quarter, ways to personalize your room

August 16, 2020

Dorm life, if you are on campus, will look very different this year. Thus far, Residential Services has said the default housing arrangement would be single-occupancy rooms, with an option to choose a...

How to have fun in quarantine: A brief guide to remote social interactions

How to have fun in quarantine: A brief guide to remote social interactions

August 16, 2020

Whether you’re trying to keep in touch with friends from home or make new friends at school, there will be a lot of remote interaction this fall. Let’s be honest, incoming students have gone through...

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