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

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Fourth Wall is a weekly opinion column covering politics and culture, from Medill sophomore Aidan Klineman. Please forward questions and comments to aidanklineman2027@u.northwestern.edu.

Fourth Wall: Lessons from my quarter in the Bay

March 10, 2025

I have been away from Evanston this winter, participating in Northwestern’s Bay Area Immersion Program. The Segal Design Institute describes BAIP on its website: “Dive into the vibrant heart of...

Outside of brown brick building with lettering “Foster Walker.”

Students face mental health struggles in random room assignments after returning from off-campus NU programs

April 5, 2023

While some students spent Winter Quarter in San Francisco and others were in Washington D.C., many came back to campus with the same problem: an uncomfortable new living situation.  When students embarked...

Ortiz: Why I am still Greek

Ortiz: Why I am still Greek

April 2, 2023

  March 17 marked four years since I first joined my fraternity, Omega Delta Phi. That day, I capped off the end of the rigorous educational process with my new brothers and feasted on the...

This is "Transfer Ticket," a column covering the college transfer student experience.

Parent: Fighting the stigma of being (in a) single

March 31, 2023

  The summer before my freshman year of high school, I kicked my little sister out of the room we’d shared since she was old enough to sleep in a bed without a railing. I was freshly 14 and...

Yellow map of the U.S. with fists placed in the location of cities with reparation programs.

Reparations gain national momentum following Evanston’s implementation of historic program

January 31, 2023

Content warning: This article contains mentions of slavery. In March 2021, Evanston became the first city in the U.S. to implement a reparations program for Black residents. Now, cities across the country...

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