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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


Hwang: Wikipedia is what the internet promised to be

Hwang: Wikipedia is what the internet promised to be

February 14, 2024

Great sci-fi has the gift of extraordinary prescience, but I wasn’t thinking about that when I first read “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” I was a middle schooler enthralled by Douglas Adams’...

Balk: Academia should find a place for Wikipedia

January 15, 2015

I’ve been listening to teachers tell me not to use Wikipedia since fourth grade. Yesterday, looking at a slide that advised using podcasts and blogs for research but warned against the evils of Wikipedia,...

Hayes: What really bothers us about 'selling out'

Hayes: What really bothers us about ‘selling out’

February 26, 2014

“This trailblazer has earned Grammy nominations, a platinum album and the title of hottest MC in the game,” shouted Nick Cannon as he introduced Kendrick Lamar to the stage of New Orleans’ Smoothie...

Light those candles, even in the shade of the Christmas tree

December 4, 2013

If my dad weren’t such a nice guy, I think I would be a pretty big disappointment. Having grown up in Philadelphia, my father is a diehard Phillies baseball fan, watching every last game, beginning...

Caracotsios: No escaping education in summer TV wasteland

Caracotsios: No escaping education in summer TV wasteland

August 14, 2013

Summer classes just finished, so I’m sitting at home in the undisputed capital of Suburbistan – Naperville, Ill. – trying to find something with which to entertain myself. Though I’m actually...

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