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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


“Ragtime,” the 76th annual Dolphin Show. Students are calling for more inclusive casting in student processes.

Students call for color-conscious casting at Northwestern

January 15, 2020

When RTVF professor Henry Godinez graduated from a classical acting program, his first TV role was a Columbian drug dealer who burst into a family’s birthday party and massacred a room of children. He...

Cast members rehearse “Hookman.” Presented by Lipstick Theatre, the 75-minute production will run in Shanley Pavilion from Nov. 21 to 23.

Lipstick Theatre explores trauma, college transition with slasher comedy “Hookman”

November 20, 2019

Communication junior Valen-Marie Santos imagines the experience of growing up as a woman isn’t too far off from living in a slasher movie, a message explored in Lipstick Theatre’s latest production...

Two actors embrace while rehearsing for “Earthquake Chica.” The show touches on feminism and Latinx culture.

‘Earthquake Chica’ to premiere this weekend, touch on feminism and Latinx culture

November 28, 2018

Communication sophomore Lucia Boyd said she wanted to create a show that was accessible to everyone, not just the theater community. Through outreach events like a multicultural poetry night, a free...

Medill senior Stephanie Bernstein (left) and Communication freshman Valen-Marie Santos sit at a table in Norris University Center. The students are part of the Northwestern Gun Reform Project, which held events Friday to honor the victims of the Columbine shooting.

Students honor victims of Columbine shooting on 19-year anniversary

April 22, 2018

The recently renamed Northwestern Gun Reform Project held Friday events to honor the victims of the Columbine school shooting on April 20, 1999. Friday marked the 19-year anniversary of the shooting,...

Northwestern students Farrah Sklar (left), Maddie Gaines (center) and Valen-Marie Santos, who helped organize Northwestern Stands With Marjory Stoneman Douglas, attend the March for our Lives event in Parkland, Florida. Several NU students participated in marches across the country on Saturday to protest gun violence in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland.

Northwestern students participate in March for Our Lives across the country

March 26, 2018

Medill senior Stephanie Bernstein is from Plantation, Florida, just a 30-minute drive from nearby Parkland, Florida. When a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on...

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