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

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Balk: Cell phone etiquette in the age of the smartphone

Balk: Cell phone etiquette in the age of the smartphone

September 28, 2015

We are in the age of the smartphone — an era of constant connectivity with a vast digital world by way of a powerful computer, posing innocuously as a phone, that has become as central a component of...

Members of Collaboraction Theatre Company perform in “Crime Scene Chicago 2015: Let Hope Rise” Wednesday evening. The show served as a call to action and catalyst for social justice.

Social change takes center stage at Northwestern School of Law

January 22, 2015

Northwestern’s Law School used the power of theater as a catalyst for social change Wednesday night by presenting a free performance of "Crime Scene Chicago 2015: Let Hope Rise." Featured as a part...

Acosta: Technology has deteriorated human connections

January 6, 2015

One day a couple years ago, I sat bored out of my mind during a blackout with no laptop, phone dead and nothing to do. I realized whatever someone chooses to do during a blackout tells so much about them....

Hejaze: Twitter supplements journalism but isn't journalism itself

Hejaze: Twitter supplements journalism but isn’t journalism itself

November 23, 2014

Andy Carvin (Communication '93, '94), a former NPR digital media strategist, relentlessly tweeted on the Arab Spring, starting in February 2011. He once sent out 1,400 tweets for 20 hours straight on...

Ao: Social media is becoming less social

Ao: Social media is becoming less social

November 17, 2014

I remember when I signed up for a new Twitter account at the beginning of my freshman year. My journalism professor made it part of our assignments to tweet links to our stories, just to get us freshmen...

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