November 7, 2018
Alex Schwartz, Opinion Editor
November 7, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
My first time voting was in the 2016 election. I was excited to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton, eagerly awaiting morning of Nov. 9 when I’d say to myself, “I helped elect the first female president of the United States.”
I...
Marissa Martinez, Opinion Editor
November 4, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
There has been a huge surge, particularly among my generation, to go to the polls. Massive signup campaigns can be spotted on campuses and across many cities in the United States. National Voter Registration Day brought in a record...
Catherine Buchaniec, Op-Ed Contributor
October 23, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
We are a democratic republic — emphasis on the democratic. Despite the founding fathers’ fear of pure democracy, a concept they believed would ultimately lead to tyranny by “mob rule,” the notion of democracy was paramount...
October 15, 2018
February 1, 2018
Syd Stone, Reporter
March 27, 2017
Filed under City, Latest Stories, Local
Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center had the most ballots in Cook County during the first week of early voting, according to a tweet from Cook County Clerk David Orr.
Orr wrote in the tweet that 1,837 ballots had been cast at the Civic Center since early voting opened March 20. Evans...
February 15, 2017
November 7, 2016
October 20, 2016
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
For many Northwestern students, November will be the first time they cast a ballot in a presidential election. In just a few weeks, students will be lined up to pull a lever that will determine the course of our nation — no...
Alex Schwartz, Op-Ed Contributor
October 16, 2016
Filed under Columns, Contributors, Opinion
I recently heard someone at Northwestern say that it’s hard for them to be a Trump supporter on this campus. They expressed that the hostility and judgement they received from their liberal friends was, at times, too much to...
Eish Sumra, Op-Ed Contributor
October 11, 2016
Filed under Contributors, Opinion
The author of this op-ed is currently studying abroad in Paris.
The night of the Brexit vote, I fell asleep to the news that Britain would be leaving the EU and, like other Brits, had no idea what would happen next. I woke u...
