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The Daily Northwestern

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

Rows of students wearing purple and teal Wildcat Welcome shirts.

Some students criticize Wildcat Welcome sexual health programming

April 20, 2022

The Office of Student Transition Experiences is re-evaluating Wildcat Welcome amid student criticism of the True Northwestern Dialogue centered on sexual health programming.  Some students have expressed...

Illustration of a top row with boxes that represent letter grades and a bottom row representing the credit/no credit alternative.

NU will not reinstate Credit/No Credit Policy despite omicron surge

January 23, 2022

Northwestern does not plan to offer the Credit/No Credit policy for Winter Quarter, despite an increase in COVID-19 cases from the fall and demands for the policy’s reinstatement from some students.  The...

Miranda: Northwestern failed me when I tested positive for COVID-19. The University also saved my life.

Miranda: Northwestern failed me when I tested positive for COVID-19. The University also saved my life.

October 8, 2021

I’m Alex Miranda, a Medill freshman, and I had severe mental health issues senior year of high school.  I came out as gay last December while in a toxic relationship. That dynamic, coupled with in-person...

Bhardwaj: Wildcat Welcome was a chaotic return to campus

Bhardwaj: Wildcat Welcome was a chaotic return to campus

October 7, 2021

  When I stood in the corner of my brother's Elder Hall double at age 12, trying not to disrupt the chaotic unpacking process, I never thought six years later I would be moving into my own dorm...

Two students in purple shirts lead a crowd of other students as they hold up a flag reading “Saturdays are for the Wildcats.”

Captured: Class of 2025 and transfers participate in the annual Wildcat Dash

September 27, 2021

After a one-year hiatus, the Wildcat Dash tradition returned to welcome the class of 2025 and transfers. Led by their peer advisers, new students had a chance to sprint across Ryan Field before the Northwestern...

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