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Editor’s note: Some interviews in this story were conducted with the help of a translator. Responses originally stated in Spanish have been translated to English. Nine months into a protracted contract dispute, about 30 Northwestern dining, hospitality and food service workers employed by Compass Group picketed Friday morning by The Arch and alleged Compass retaliated...

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In Northwestern baseball’s 2024 loss to Purdue at Wrigley Field, Owen McElfatrick was the only Wildcat with multiple hits. In his return to the Friendly Confines, McElfatrick led the offensive barrage in a 12-2 run-rule victory over Ohio State Friday. The junior infielder picked up his 30th RBI of the season in the win, the...

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After Northwestern football lost to eventual-national champion Ohio State at Wrigley Field in November, the school’s baseball team wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity for revenge at the same venue. With the Wildcats (22-24, 11-14 Big Ten) up eight runs in the bottom of the seventh, sophomore infielder Ryan Kucherak tapped into his clutch...

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The intricately crafted artistic visions of four Northwestern music composition undergraduate students filled the Regenstein Master Class Room on Thursday night. Bienen’s music composition department holds a quarterly Student Composers Concert for students to showcase their original pieces. The composers worked with performers prior to the concert to bring their pieces to life. Elisa Johnson...

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A year ago, Carlton Rosemond volunteered to help coach a girls flag football club at Evanston Township High School. Today, he leads a sectional championship-winning varsity program that will field a junior varsity and freshman team next season. Rosemond began tearing up as he talked about his experience coaching the all-girls flag football team to...

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Welcome to Recaptured — a weekly roundup of The Daily’s photojournalism, featuring our reporters’ most memorable moments. This week’s Recaptured includes photos from the Waa-Mu show, the Evanston Maker’s Market and Northwestern’s Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance’s annual Pow Wow. Email: photo@dailynorthwestern.com   Related Stories: — Recaptured: May Day protests, ‘BOOMSHAKA: after hours’ and...

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The Feinberg School of Medicine announced the closures of nearly a dozen research centers, along with a merger, in late April as a result of a faculty-led review conducted in the winter, according to an email obtained by The Daily. The changes were effective immediately, shuttering research hubs that focused on molecular cardiology, biomedical informatics...

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Northwestern redesigned the front page of its main website last month to spotlight faculty- and student-led research, showcasing the value of university research amid the $790 million federal funding freeze at NU.  “The new webpage highlighting the impact of Northwestern’s research is designed to showcase the University’s far-reaching research and innovation,” a University spokesperson told...

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Five Northwestern players earned spots on this year’s All-American teams, USA Lacrosse announced Thursday. Junior attacker Madison Taylor and senior defender Sammy White received First Team All-American honors, while graduate student defender Jane Hansen was listed on the Second Team. Senior midfielder Sam Smith earned a Third Team nod and graduate student goalkeeper Delaney Sweitzer...

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Each time Northwestern men’s basketball center Keenan Fitzmorris says yes to opportunities, things seem to come his way. It’s how he met 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, how he came to represent his fellow Division I men’s basketball players in meetings with the NCAA and how he became friends with Siri co-founder Adam Cheyer....

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In Today’s Crossword, 4-Down, 3-Letters: Rapper ___ Choppa

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In partnership with the city, two local nonprofits are transforming a once-blighted 5th Ward home into an affordable housing unit amid increasing uncertainty about the future of federal fair housing enforcement. The city purchased the property in 2023 after it was damaged by a fire and sat vacant for several years, said Rob Anthony, the...

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At Downtown Evanston’s annual Spring Sip & Stroll event Thursday, residents shopped 19 local businesses, enjoying sales and beverages while they strolled. Attendees started their stroll at Creative Coworking on Davis Street, where they checked in and received a Downtown Evanston drawstring bag. Tickets cost $10, and half of the proceeds will go to Black...

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Three hours. That was the amount of time between artist Sarita Kamat talking to her husband about expanding their business and signing a lease for a second space.  Kamat co-owns Artem Pop Up Gallery, which displays art from more than 50 local artists and has been open for six years. She decided to expand the...

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Students voiced mixed feelings about the nighttime headliner for Mayfest Productions’ 53rd annual Dillo Day music festival, British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield, who was announced Thursday. Best known for her 2000s songs “Unwritten” and “Pocketful of Sunshine,” Bedingfield follows previous Dillo Day headliners such as Swae Lee, Offset, Dominic Fike and Playboi Carti. Immediately after Mayfest...

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At Lefty’s Righteous Bagels, no ingredient is too strange.  The restaurant uses its thin, wood-fired Montreal-style bagels as vehicles for inventive flavors — from hot honey to cacio e pepe.  Lefty’s is located at 827 Chicago Ave., across from the Main CTA stop and just a short ride away on the Intercampus Shuttle. The shop...

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Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. Sociology Prof. Andrew Papachristos has worked on community-based gun violence prevention in Chicago for more than 15 years. Papachristos is a faculty fellow at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research and the faculty director for the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science, which he founded in...

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Content warning: This review contains mentions of suicide.  This review contains spoilers.  As a paranoia-induced trip through the psyche of a broken man, “The Surfer” condemns dogmatic loyalty to masculinity in favor of familial relationships. Its tropic aesthetic mixed with its bipolar tone creates a singular cinematic experience that should not be missed. The opening...

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Fast-casual eatery Olive Mediterranean Grill will return to downtown Evanston this summer after closing during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Khat Ghani, the restaurant’s head of marketing, said the restaurant aims to open by June 1 and is awaiting its final license from the city. In 2013, Khat Ghani’s husband, Faisal Ghani, opened Olive Mediterranean...

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British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield will perform at Dillo Day as the festival’s headliner, Mayfest Productions announced Thursday morning.  Bedingfield is a “global pop icon,” Mayfest Productions said, known for her “culture-defining smash hits” such as 2004’s “Unwritten” and 2007’s “Pocketful of Sunshine.” These two songs made waves in pop culture both in the 2000s and...

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