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Illinois is currently home to over 200 data centers, with over 150 in the Chicago area. As of this year, Commonwealth Edison — the largest electric utility company in Illinois — has 75 pending applications from developers for artificial intelligence data center projects across the state. As data center developments expand, advocates are calling on...

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Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You can contact the photo editor by emailing photo@dailynorthwestern.com. Mayfest Productions hosted the 54th Dillo Day, Northwestern’s annual student-run music festival, Saturday. Notable performers included...

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In 2018, Evanston resident Krenice Ramsey embarked on a simple mission: visiting a bookstore to purchase a birthday gift for her young niece.  “There weren’t any books with Black little girls as the main characters,” Ramsey said. “I was really frustrated by that experience and just started out by saying, ‘I want to donate some...

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Este artículo ha sido traducido por Marisa Guerra Echeverría. Aquí está el artículo original en inglés.  La actriz y comediante Lauren Lapkus les recomendó a los graduados de Evanston Township High School que celebraran su “rareza” en su discurso durante la ceremonia de graduación el domingo.  “Las cosas que te hacen raro ahorita son las...

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The hours that followed the Board of Trustees’ announcement of Mung Chiang as Northwestern’s 18th president Monday were packed with meetings for the president-elect.   But first, he made a pit stop to meet students — and grab a scoop of ice cream.  Accompanied by a group of University leaders that included Vice President for Student...

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I am assuming there are other Jake Shane fans at Northwestern. In my eyes, everyone should know who he is. His podcast “Therapuss” has gotten me through some very mundane and dreadful times, and he is my favorite influencer.  Whenever I have to complete boring but necessary tasks, like traveling alone on the Red Line...

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I grew up as a reservoir for my mother. She poured her dreamy stories into me: scraps of her childhood, fragmented proverbs, memories worn thin by her discordant fusions of Mandarin and English. Even as a kid, I knew there were parts of her narrative I could not reach. Meaning slipped through my fingers. There...

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I am constantly plagued by a severe, existential fear of missing out — commonly known as “FOMO.” I worry that because I skipped the library, the gym or class today, I missed a cosmic encounter with someone who won’t be there next time.  This anxiety feeds directly into one of the heaviest burdens on my...

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Mung Chiang will be Northwestern’s next president, the Board of Trustees announced Monday. Chiang’s presidency begins July 1, according to a University news release. He will succeed former President Michael Schill, who resigned from the position in September 2025. Interim President Henry Bienen, who first served as University president from 1995 to 2009 and returned...

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In Today’s Crossword, 3-Down, 5 Letters: Ballet dresses

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Actress and comedian Lauren Lapkus told Evanston Township High School seniors to celebrate their “weirdness” at her Sunday commencement address. “The things that make you weird now are the things that will make you a cool, interesting person as you get older,” said Lapkus, who graduated from ETHS in 2004. “And if you’re already cool...

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Evanston art teachers showcased their students’ work at the annual YEA! Festival on Saturday in Raymond Park.  Teachers from 29 schools represented their programs at display booths, ready to answer questions about the projects their students designed throughout the school year.  This is the 39th year that Young Evanston Artists has hosted the event. Open...

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-DeKalb) knew she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare after being diagnosed with a heart condition in third grade. But it was interning at former President Barack Obama’s office while he was an Illinois senator that changed the course of her life, allowing her to understand the underpinnings of health...

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Veronica Roth (Weinberg ’10) spoke about her new book, “Seek the Traitor’s Son,” in Norris University Center as a part of the Chicago Humanities Festival on Sunday. Known for her 2011 “Divergent” book series, the Northwestern graduate returned to her alma mater to give the audience a taste of her thought process on her new...

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Mayfest Productions hosted the 54th Dillo Day, Northwestern’s annual student-run music festival, Saturday. Along with the Main Stage, artists performed at the For Members Only Stage, organized by and named after NU’s Black student alliance, and The Burrow, a new stage designed to promote collaboration between other student organizations. This year, the Korean American Student...

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Mayfest Productions hosted the 54th Dillo Day, Northwestern’s annual student-run music festival, on Saturday. Artists performed at three locations around the Lakefill: Main Stage, For Members Only Stage, and The Burrow stage. Main Stage performers included headliner Malcom Todd, penultimate performer BossMan Dlow and daytime headliner Daya. Editor’s note: Photography of Malcom Todd’s set was...

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Mayfest Productions hosted the 54th annual Dillo Day on Saturday, providing students a speedway into music, festivities, fun and more.  Students dressed in their best NASCAR-inspired attire in alignment with the festival’s “Dillo Speedway” theme, which was announced in February. With the warm spring weather, many sporty dresses, leather shorts and traffic cones crowded the...

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While Chicago’s Blue Line is among the nation’s most expansive metro systems, its “modern” approach to urban transit proves to be a detriment to the system’s integration into the city. Email:  g.koutrouvelis@dailynorthwestern.com   Related Stories: — Who Asked You: Blue Line shade, D.C. Metro wars and weird sightings on the “L” — Through the Blue...

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Some businesses on Noyes Street are counting on the success of Ryan Field as the stadium prepares to enter a new chapter. Martin Stadium, Northwestern football’s temporary home for the last two seasons, has a capacity of 12,000 fans, 35,000 fewer than the original Ryan Field and 23,000 fewer than the new stadium. Because of...

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Content warning: This review contains mentions of sexual assault and domestic violence. “Off Campus” has the unfortunate pleasure of entering an increasingly saturated market of TV shows about love on the ice.  The show faces the inevitable comparison to recent hit hockey romance “Heated Rivalry.” Obviously, Prime Video’s attempt at the genre does not live...

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