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The Daily Northwestern

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


Editors Haley Fuller and Isabelle Sarraf. Isabelle has black curly hair and is wearing a pink shirt, and Haley has straight blonde hair and is wearing a lavender shirt.

The Daily Northwestern presents: The top 10 holiday movies and TV episodes of all time

December 1, 2021

Maybe the real Knight Before Christmas (2019) was the chocolate gelt we ate along the way.  There’s nothing quite like curling up with a mug and a pile of blankets to watch snow glisten on the silver...

Anna Deavere Smith, known for her role as Dr. Nancy McNally, on NBC’s political drama, “The West Wing,” speaks at the Galvin Recital Hall in the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts on Monday. Smith reenacted interviews conducted with people she thought were affected by the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

‘The West Wing’ star focuses on educational, criminal injustice in play

April 24, 2017

As actress Anna Deavere Smith interviewed a series of people for a research project regarding the systematic oppression of minorities within the education and criminal justice system, she was inspired...

“Scandal” star Joshua Malina and Communication senior Harry Wood act out a fanfiction dialogue during Fiedler Hillel’s fall celebrity speaker event. Malina discussed his career as a Jewish actor and the upcoming election.

‘West Wing’ star Joshua Malina discusses career, politics

November 1, 2016

“Hello, non-baseball fans” were the first words out of actor Joshua Malina’s mouth as he addressed more than 100 people who chose to see him instead of watching the Chicago Cubs win Game 6 of the...

Claire Coffee stars on NBC’s “Grimm,” which airs its season finale on Friday. Coffee graduated from the School of Communication in 2002.

Q&A: Claire Coffee, Northwestern alum and ‘Grimm’ actress

May 13, 2015

A&E Claire Coffee (Communication ‘02) started at Northwestern as a journalism student before switching to theater and hasn’t looked back since. After appearing in a wide array of television shows,...

Cody Keenan (Weinberg '02) dressed up as a pirate for a photo taken in the Oval Office with Barack Obama. It was used at Obama's humorous speech to the White House in 2009.

Northwestern alum Cody Keenan named President Obama’s chief speechwriter

February 6, 2013

Cody Keenan (Weinberg ’02) will assume the role of President Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter and is slated to take the lead in writing next week’s State of the Union address. The Los Angeles...

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