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After a convincing neutral-site win over Georgia Tech last Sunday, Northwestern returned home for a Windy City clash against DePaul, and things got out of hand fast Saturday. The visitors scored the first bucket of the game, but that would be about the only highlight for the Blue Demons (8-4, 0-2 Big East) in the...

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Former SMU quarterback Preston Stone has transferred to Northwestern for his final season of eligibility, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg reported on Saturday.  The move immediately followed the Mustangs’ College Football Playoff elimination at Penn State, marking an aggressive acquisition for coach David Braun and the Wildcats.  With the portal opening prior to the postseason, Stone entered...

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Northwestern admitted over half of its Class of 2029 on Tuesday as its early admission rate lulled at about 20%. The early cohort of admits will comprise nearly 55% of the total size class, which is expected to reach 2,100 students, according to a Tuesday news release. NU’s early admission rates in 2023 and 2022...

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Student activist and SESP senior Kaylyn Ahn was announced on Monday as one of the 36 winners of the 2025 Marshall Scholarships, according to a British consulate news release. In memory of the former U.S. Secretary of State General George C. Marshall, the program annually draws hundreds of applicants from universities across the U.S. The...

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Following a week spent idle as players took finals, Northwestern men’s basketball took on Georgia Tech in the MKE Tip-Off Sunday. At the neutral site Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, the Wildcats (8-3, 1-1 Big Ten) made short work of the Yellow Jackets (4-6, 0-1 ACC), securing a wire-to-wire 71-60 win. Senior guard...

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In the latest episode of the ever-tense relationship between Northwestern and Evanston, a plan to slap parking scofflaws near Welsh-Ryan Arena and Ryan Field with $125 fines sailed through an unusually taciturn City Council on Monday night. The fine applies to any driver who lacks a residential permit to park on the streets that surround...

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Northwestern graduate student guard Kyla Jones split her foul shots to cut No. 23 Michigan’s lead down to two with 2:21 left in regulation, but the team failed to score another point for the rest of the game. The Wildcats dropped their first Big Ten game of the season, losing 60-54 Sunday.  The ’Cats (4-4,...

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I, along with over 8 million others and probably most of you, saw “Wicked” with my family during Thanksgiving break. The whole gang, fully decked out in green body paint and Emerald City couture, drove over to the nearest movie theater to see the highly anticipated movie-musical. However, I left the theater feeling conflicted about...

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