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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


Waa-Mu Show increases inclusivity efforts through community outreach, transparency

May 4, 2017

After a year of thinking about superheroes and super powers, the Waa-Mu Show co-chairs learned how to see the extraordinary in the ordinary, both onstage and behind the scenes. “Beyond Belief: A Superhero...

Adhana Reid (center) and theater prof. Melissa Foster (right) speak during a panel on diversity and inclusion in the Waa-Mu show at Harris Hall last month. The panelists said theater productions on campus should cast actors of color in non-stereotypical roles and represent the American population more accurately.

In Focus: A New Waa-Mu

November 21, 2016

During “Gold,” the 84th Waa-Mu Show, Communication senior Adhana Reid found herself on stage, singing a song she never felt comfortable with. "There were a number of microaggressive things that...

Adhana Reid (center) and theater prof. Melissa Foster (right) speak during a panel on diversity and inclusion in the Waa-Mu show at Harris Hall last month. The panelists said theater productions on campus should cast actors of color in non-stereotypical roles and represent the American population more accurately.

Waa-Mu panel discusses need for casting actors of color in non-stereotypical roles

October 9, 2016

Students and a professor said Northwestern theater productions need to cast actors of color in non-stereotypical roles during a panel Sunday sponsored by the Waa-Mu Show, arguing productions should represent...

Chou: There is still magic in America’s Pastime

Chou: There is still magic in America’s Pastime

May 15, 2015

Two weeks ago, I sat in the dimness of Cahn Auditorium, smiling wryly as I watched some of the most accomplished performers on our campus champion the sport of basketball while asserting that “no one...

Burg: Engagement stipend shouldn’t just perpetuate ‘culture of busy’

November 16, 2014

Last Friday North By Northwestern published a piece by Aileen McGraw titled “The inequality of busy,” a meditation on the new Student Engagement Stipend program created by Associated Student Government...

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