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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


Ryan Field student section switches sides

February 6, 2014

Northwestern students will have a new view of Wildcat football next season. The Wildside student section, as well as the Northwestern University Marching Band, will move to the southeast corner of...

Northwestern launches new ID policy at Fitzerland tailgate

November 15, 2013

Students will now need to provide identification and wear a wrist band to consume alcohol in the university-sanctioned tailgating area Fitzerland, Dean of Students Todd Adams announced in an email Friday...

ASG, Wildside join NUMB to promote Purple Fridays

November 7, 2013

For members of Northwestern University Marching Band, Fridays have always meant one thing: Wear purple. Now, however, NUMB wants “Purple Fridays," one of its long-standing practices, to become...

SESP junior Tara McManus waits by the grill for her food.

Wildside brings students together with tailgating area Fitzerland

September 22, 2013

Before Northwestern's football team kicked off its game against Maine on Saturday, hundreds of purple-clad students gathered just north of Ryan Field at "Fitzerland," a new area for student tailgating. Created...

Updated: World of Beer calls off Illinois’ Coaches Caravan stop

May 1, 2013

Update, 8:30 p.m.: World of Beer owner Ted Mavrakis said his decision was influenced by the student response. "I don't want to alienate the community in which we live, so I made the decision," Mavrakis...

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