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The Daily Northwestern


10 questions you’re going to get during Winter Break and how to answer them all

December 1, 2015

Holiday Guide     Are you and your roommate getting along? You’ve been sharing a ridiculously small space with a stranger for the last three months, and naturally everyone you’ve...

NMQ and SMQ to be empty during Fall and Winter quarters

July 23, 2014

The North Mid-Quads and South Mid-Quads halls will be left unoccupied during the Fall and Winter quarters in an effort to fill other residence halls to their maximum occupancies and leave fewer vacant...

McCormick freshman Lauren Kearney studies in the Allison Hall first-floor lounge. Residence halls remained open over Spring Break for the first time this year as part of a new program.

Res Services plans to keep residence halls open over breaks

April 9, 2014

Residence halls stayed opened during Spring Break for the first time this year, as part of Residential Services’ new housing model.  Paul Riel, executive director of Residential Services, said his...

Gates: The unintended benefits of the quarter system

Gates: The unintended benefits of the quarter system

April 1, 2014

We have many complaints about the quarter system: its fast pace, its large number of exams, its breaks that don’t align with semester schools. But many of us note the benefits: the opportunity to...

Classic Winter Break questions: explain NU to your family and friends

December 7, 2013

It wouldn't be a Northwestern student's Winter Break without concerned friends and family bringing up at least one of the following conversation topics. Here are some tips on how to answer the inevitable...

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