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13 facts about commencement speaker Mikhail Baryshnikov

June 18, 2013

I’ll admit it. When I heard Mikhail Baryshnikov would be Northwestern’s 2013 commencement speaker, my mind immediately went to “Sex and the City.” But years before he broke Carrie Bradshaw’s...

Misulonas: Cutler, Israel have more in common than you think

November 27, 2012

There are many issues that divide Americans along ideological lines (abortion, gay rights and taxes, to name a few). But there are two divisive issues that share a lot of common ground, especially here...

Goodman: Never has a marathon been so important

November 8, 2012

“Never has a sporting event been less important,” exclaimed Christine Brennan, a USA Today sports writer, writing to persuade Mayor Michael Bloomberg and marathon director Mary Wittenberg to cancel...

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