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Reed: Freshmen, go for a walk

September 28, 2017

It’s only the second week of school, and if you’re anything like I was last fall, your first year in college isn’t going exactly as planned. At Northwestern, we don’t have a lot of downtime...

Letter to the Editor: You don’t have to deal with college stress alone

September 25, 2017

I read with great interest and sadness Isabella Soto's essay for The Spectrum. In the late 1980s, I also experienced high levels of stress and short nights of sleep as a Weinberg undergraduate. For years...

Balk: A Northwestern student’s guide to Winter Quarter apathy

January 7, 2016

Winter Quarter is the most challenging time to be a Northwestern student for many of us: the air is cold, the sky is gray, the nights are long and added stresses rear their heads. Fraternity and sorority...

Stoimenoff: Success is what you make it

October 20, 2014

Success is what everybody strives for. Goals and aspirations are a universal aspect of society. They motivate us and drive us to keep doing better. We are conditioned to meet failure with positivity by...

Pinto: Make the most of the best time of year

May 21, 2014

We’re approaching the end of the year — only a week or so of classes remain ahead of us, and we’re turning onto the final stretch. The weather’s actually becoming nice, and the campus has started...

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