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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


Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn launches online pension awareness campaign

November 29, 2012

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn launched a campaign this month to raise awareness about Illinois’ current pension crisis. The campaign, entitled “Thanks In Advance,” includes a website, Facebook page and...

@kendall_thought’s Twitter account mocks the Kardashian/Jenner family’s wealth.

This Week We’re Obsessed With: Parody Twitter accounts

November 26, 2012

For those of you who aren’t one of my 261 Twitter followers, you don’t know how obsessed I am with the site. I have tweeted more than 11,000 times and I constantly find new ways to annoy my followers...

Protecting the brand: Social media in college athletics

November 20, 2012

Trying to summarize your feelings in 140 characters is difficult enough for your average nobody, let alone when the whole world is waiting for you to screw up. Yet this is the atmosphere student-athletes...

The Northwestern University Marching Band plays the school fight song before the football game against Indiana on Sept. 29. The fight song will turn 100 years old later this month, and a contest is being held for fans to submit their own renditions.

University celebrates 100 years of ‘Go U Northwestern’ fight song

November 15, 2012

The Northwestern fight song has been around for a century, and the University is looking to use the anniversary to instill even more school pride in the NU community. University Relations is collaborating...

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, a renowned commentator on Arab affairs, presented different viewpoints on the evolution of the Middle East in light of the tumult in recent years. Al-Qassemi is best known for tweeting live translations from Egypt's Tahrir Square and was recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the 104 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011.

United Arab Emirates political analyst discusses Middle East, Arab uprisings

November 15, 2012

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, a celebrated political commentator from the United Arab Emirates, opened his discussion Wednesday speaking of the Arab Spring and its impact by discussing social media’s role...

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