In today’s mini crossword: 5-Across, five letters: All the rage for 1830s Dutch teenyboppers, perhaps?
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Center for Awareness, Response and Education hosted two-time Northwestern graduate Lisa Battisfore (Weinberg ’08, Kellogg ’15), founder and president of Reproductive Transparency Now, to discuss anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers on Monday in Annenberg Hall. The event was a part of CARE’s Sexual Assault Action Month campaign in collaboration with NU Physicians for Human Rights and...
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As Evanston/Skokie School District 65 plans to expand District 65’s Dual Language program to middle school students in the 2024-25 school year, parents of students at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies have requested that the district maintain the K-8 school building and bilingual program. District 65 announced its timeline for expanding Dual...
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Boasting an undefeated conference record and a 10-game home win streak, a hot Michigan squad entered Evanston for a highly anticipated early-April series against Northwestern. With Lauren Derkowski — one of the Big Ten’s top pitchers — leading the charge for the Wolverines, the Wildcats’ then 30-game unbeaten run at home seemed to be in...
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With conference play in full swing, the tight competition for the top spot in the Big Ten continues as multiple teams pull ahead of the pack. Meanwhile, some ball clubs, including Northwestern, are just starting to find their rhythm. The Wildcats began the week amid a nine-game losing streak, which grew to 10 after NU...
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Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity Yaffa spoke at Northwestern Monday about Palestinian and queer liberation. They discussed pinkwashing as a justification for colonialism and their life experiences. At the talk, Yaffa sold their books “Blood Orange” and “Inara: Light of Utopia” and their art, with all proceeds going to...
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Fifteen environmental and prison reform groups filed an emergency petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address dangerous water quality in Illinois prisons, organizers announced at a Monday press conference in downtown Chicago. The petition asks that the EPA order Illinois to develop an emergency plan for protecting public health at state correctional facilities...
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Newly admitted Northwestern students visiting the University for Wildcat Days experienced a different dining experience at Sargent Hall and Allison Hall midday Monday. Though the lines to enter each poured out of the front doors as usual, signs declaring that “NU loves colonizers” and that its “tuition bills fund genocide” lined the dining halls. NU...
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Evanston beach passes will be available for free for all residents starting Monday. Residents can pick up the pass at the Robert Crown Community Center, Levy Senior Center, Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center and Chandler-Newberger Community Center. All public swimming beaches will open on May 25. Community members are required to show proof of residency to pick...
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Northwestern’s weekend match against Indiana marked its final time playing at Combe Tennis Center this year. Before Sunday’s match play began, coach Claire Pollard gave a short speech about each departing player’s time with the program. Soon after, the Wildcats (17-5, 8-1 Big Ten) cruised by the Hoosiers (6-18, 0-10 Big Ten) in a 4-0...
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Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment,” at a Monday event. The novel provides an in-depth look at the prison abolition movement, the initiatives the movement has launched, the organization of...
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