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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

DownTo allows students across campus to connect with one another and make plans at the touch of just a few buttons.

Are you DownTo… download DownTo?

September 27, 2023

A new app crops up on campus what seems like every day, with ambassadors posting promotional Instagram stories and tabling in odd nooks and crannies of Norris University Center. The latest addition to...

It’s a crossover! Northwestern and UChicago students answer your questions about the student experience

It’s a crossover! Northwestern and UChicago students answer your questions about the student experience

June 4, 2023

    In this special episode, Daily Northwestern reporter Anita Li travels into unknown territory –– the University of Chicago. Along with The Chicago Maroon’s Chief Podcast Editor...

An iPhone with a graphic of Sidechat’s page in the App Store rests at an angle on a wooden table in between a pair of black headphones and an Apple Pencil. Below the phone is the top of a keyboard and trackpad for a desktop computer. Sunlight reflects off of the table in the top-right corner of the image.

Student ambassadors help launch Sidechat social media app at Northwestern

October 13, 2022

The anonymous, location-based app Yik Yak is being challenged by a younger version of itself.  “It’s this new app that’s like better than yikyak and it pays you to post,” read one meme that...

Dugo: The better angels of our nature

Dugo: The better angels of our nature

September 27, 2022

At this year's New Student Convocation, I listened as University President Michael Schill ushered in a new academic year. As dean of students, I was excited to welcome you, our extraordinary student body,...

Cooper: Yik Yak reflects issues with censorship, bigotry on Northwestern’s campus

Cooper: Yik Yak reflects issues with censorship, bigotry on Northwestern’s campus

March 3, 2016

At least 10 times throughout my day, I scroll through Yik Yak, which is largely a stream of innocuous comments and complaints about school and life in general. Amid posts about the broken doors at the...

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