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City Council passed the much-debated Healthy Buildings Ordinance in a 7-1 vote at its meeting Monday evening, putting Evanston on track to follow its Climate Action and Resilience Plan goals. The ordinance requires buildings of more than 20,000 square feet and municipal buildings of more than 10,000 square feet to eliminate on-site greenhouse gas emissions...

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I love to look back on the things and individuals that shaped the person that I am today. Even though I am a sophomore in university, I believe that it’s crucial to not just pay it back to those who supported you, but to pay it forward to a new generation that is inspired by...

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As an Air Force veteran (1964-1968), I reacted to Jeff Walsh’s letter with shared anger and sympathy, even though the circumstances of our military service differ greatly. I served in the military by obligation during the Vietnam draft era. I joined the Air Force to avoid being drafted by the Army. Mr. Walsh joined the...

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Bienen and Communication senior Mya Vandegrift’s “Pythia” premieres as a fusion of opera and musical theatre Thursday. As Communication junior and producer Nora James Eikner describes, the performance becomes “a genre of (its) own.” According to Vandegrift and Eikner, the show sold over 200 tickets in four minutes last Sunday for their five showtimes in...

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Two weeks ago, coach Chris Collins’ patchworked squad traveled to Minneapolis to take a stab at securing unlikely back-to-back Big Ten road wins as it approached the finish line of a season shell-shocked by injuries. Fresh off a blowout victory at Ohio State, Northwestern carried its winning momentum to the Land of 10,000 Lakes, trouncing...

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From 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Northwestern University dining workers picketed on campus, marking their first day on strike. From megaphones to drums to noise makers, workers made their desire for a fair contract heard. The workers have been without a contract since their previous contract between their representative body, UNITE HERE Local 1, and...

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights sent warning letters to 60 universities for antisemitic discrimination — including Northwestern. The letters inform universities of potential enforcement actions if they do not adhere to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which protects Jewish students.  Title VI prohibits any institution that receives federal funds...

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After months of rejection from various film festivals, co-director of “NECRO 101” Sam Friedman (Communication ‘24) said he was planning to just post the film on YouTube. However, that changed when he received an email from the Santa Monica International Film Festival. More than a year after production wrapped, “NECRO 101” became an official selection...

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“Danceworks 2025: signal::transfer” features ballet, tap, Afro-Colombian and contemporary dance styles to represent how information is transmitted through electricity to comment on how people communicate with each other. Artistic Director and Theatre and Performance Studies Prof. Thomas F. DeFrantz  came up with this year’s theme: “signal::transfer.” “As people trying to understand how to live near...

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Closing out months of debate and decades of occupancy, City Council voted 8-1 Monday to remove the possibility of returning city operations to the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The city is currently relocating to the new Lorraine H. Morton City Hall at 909 Davis St. in downtown Evanston, where it has a 15-year lease...

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An entertainer for the ages, Lady Gaga has nothing left to prove. She could sell out stadiums and win another Oscar in a heartbeat. She could host Saturday Night Live and serve as the musical guest — as she did last weekend — while redefining fashion trends on red carpets across the globe. She could...

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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education heard a financial evaluation at its Committee of the Whole meeting Monday.  Principal auditor at Baker Tilly Nick Cavaliere conducted an audit on the district’s fiscal year 2024 finances and found that the district’s cash and investments’ value was overstated by over $575,000. The audit also found...

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Welcome to The Daily’s inaugural The Quarter in Pictures. We’ve chosen one photo to represent each week of the Winter 2025 quarter — based on its visuals, community impact and ability to transport you into our photographer’s shoes. Email: photo@dailynorthwestern.com  X: @ashleydong01 Related Stories: — Gallery: Candidates go head-to-head at student-moderated ASG Presidential Debate  —...

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WASHINGTON — Political science lecturer emeritus Jeff Rice (Weinberg ’72) was a sophomore at Northwestern at the height of anti-Vietnam War protests. The day after students voted to end a schoolwide strike, he and a group of peers broke into the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps’ campus headquarters. The University did not take them to...

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Amid the rising challenges universities face from the Trump Administration, Rep. Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) introduced the Endowment Tax Fairness Act, a bill that would raise the excise tax levied on certain private university endowment profits from 1.4% to 21% Jan. 15.  The proposal is one of a few, including another from the U.S. Rep....

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This conversation is the first installment of a Daily initiative to speak with students and Evanston residents directly about issues affecting their day-to-day lives. If you would like to participate in a future focus group, reach out to the email below this story or to polling@dailynorthwestern.com. The Daily gathered three Evanston residents — Michael M.,...

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I have been away from Evanston this winter, participating in Northwestern’s Bay Area Immersion Program. The Segal Design Institute describes BAIP on its website: “Dive into the vibrant heart of San Francisco with the Bay Area Immersion Program, where you’ll embark on a journey of discovery, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible at the crossroads...

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Two wrestlers clinched spots in the 2025 NCAA Championships with podium finishes as Northwestern hosted its first Big Ten Championships since 2011, but performances elsewhere in the rotation left coach Matt Storniolo wanting more.  Redshirt senior 165-pounder Maxx Mayfield finished sixth and redshirt junior 197-pounder Evan Bates finished seventh en route to a 12th-place team...

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Chicago-based bubble tea franchise TE’AMO Boba Bar will replace Latin fusion restaurant Mas Salud on Clark Street. TE’AMO has more than a dozen locations in Illinois as well as shops in four other states. Mas Salud occupied 720 Clark St. from April 2023 until closing in late 2024 without public notice. The storefront currently displays...

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Students and faculty highlighted their passions for the intersection of art and social justice through photographs, theatre performances, art exhibitions and coursework this quarter.  Medill sophomore Ashley Xue is one student who uses art as a form of activism. Xue won the One Book One Northwestern photo contest, which focused on spaces that capture a...

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