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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Farkas: Overcoming FOMO

Farkas: Overcoming FOMO

February 9, 2016

It’s a typical human feeling: the anxiety we feel when we believe our friends are having fun without us, that everyone we know is doing something while we are not. It’s a common fear among most people...

Lamps: Make a conscious effort not to oversimplify others

Lamps: Make a conscious effort not to oversimplify others

November 10, 2015

Think of your close friends. Did it take you a while to become friends with some of them because you assumed they were more simple and boring than they actually were? For me, this describes almost all...

Kempis: Climate change and the problem with ‘free swag’

Kempis: Climate change and the problem with ‘free swag’

November 3, 2015

When I reflect on Wildcat Welcome, my enduring memory is not of Purple Pride at Millennium Park, that awkward frat house hookup, or even the March Through the Arch. My clearest memory is the complete confusion...

Patni: There’s more to your NU education than your classes

Patni: There’s more to your NU education than your classes

October 12, 2015

I have never woken up on a Sunday morning and thought back fondly to the classes I took freshman year. I’ve remembered Wildcat Welcome, the friends I made and the first frat party I went to. But is it...

Angell: How we define home

Angell: How we define home

October 4, 2015

“And no matter where we go, we always find our way back home.” Andy Grammer’s lyric echoes a sentiment questioned by many of us at the start of the new school year, whether we are freshmen adjusting...

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