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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

Young adults such as Damiean Walker (left) and Malik Jenkins competed for a cash prize in a video game tournament at Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe, which was geared to provide job opportunities to Evanston youth.

Evanston youth group hosts video game tournament, offers job opportunities

October 14, 2013

The shrieks of teenagers playing a newly released basketball video game filled Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe  in an event designed to keep Evanston youth off the streets Saturday. The youth group...

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Evanston man accused of prostituting teenage runaway

September 24, 2013

An Evanston man abducted a 14-year-old girl who ran away from home and forced her into prostitution this summer, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. Donzell Mintz, 21, also hit the...

Kevin Coval, Lisa Wagner-Carollo, and Lauren Pacheco speak Tuesday evening in Fisk Hall about their work in uniting art with social justice. Coval is a poet, Wagner-Carollo is the founder of Still Point Theater Collective and Pacheco works in Chicago to diversify the arts community.

Artists discuss social justice, community connections at NCDC panel

May 28, 2013

Three Chicago artists discussed how to use art for social change in a panel event Tuesday evening. Poet Kevin Coval, theater director Lisa Wagner-Carollo and arts administrator Lauren Pacheco spoke...

Michael Kerr and his older brother Patrick Kerr take a break from working at a Chicago construction site in an undated photo. Patrick Kerr came out of retirement in the late 2000s and worked alongside his younger brother.

Iron worker killed on campus was diligent veteran of Chicago construction

May 28, 2013

About a decade ago, Jackie Rowles was taking a Wendella tour of Chicago when she realized her brother should be the one at the front of the double-decker boat pointing out the city's crowning achievements...

Mallazzo: Wildcat Days succeeds when highlighting student enthusiasm

Mallazzo: Wildcat Days succeeds when highlighting student enthusiasm

April 22, 2013

Surrounded by tiger moms and awkward dads dressed like they were coming back from a Grateful Dead concert, I vividly remember standing alone at the opening of Wildcat Days feeling hopelessly out of place....

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