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Welcome to the 2026 Graduation Issue! This special issue provides a space for graduating Daily staffers to reflect on their time in the newsroom and at Northwestern, just in time for graduation. This year, 23 graduating Daily staffers contributed to the issue, whether it was by writing a personal essay or designing the print paper....

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Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence, hazing and sexual assault.  During the Class of 2026’s time at Northwestern, the University drew national attention for student demonstrations, federal investigations, shifts in leadership and much more. Here, we’ve compiled some of The Daily’s biggest headlines from the last four years. Sept. 12, 2022: Michael...

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This collection is a visual journey through the heart and soul of Northwestern and the city of Chicago over the past four years. Here, I’ve gathered some of my favorite moments, from the classic campus scenes and the beauty of each changing season to unforgettable memories shared with friends.   Email: eugeniacao2026@u.northwestern.edu X: @eugenia88159 Related...

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Natural disasters are interesting phenomena. Most of the time, the world seems to collectively agree that they’re no one’s fault — just a fact of life.  The summer after my freshman year of college, I experienced a natural disaster of sorts. My family had a house in Michigan filled with memories of siblings, cousins, grandparents...

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When you’re the editor in chief of The Daily Northwestern, a “ding” from your phone often means dropping everything.  We’ve sped out of our apartments, woken up disoriented from short sleeps and cancelled plans with friends at the hands of breaking news alerts. Whether it was the $790 million federal funding freeze, the resignation of...

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“How much do you want this?” During a 1 hour and 40 minute train ride back from a 15-minute Daily Northwestern training, I repeated this question dozens of times. Cigarette smoke from a nearby stranger burned my lungs as I stared out a Purple Line train window.  Transferring over to the Red Line, I shivered...

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Amid a morning run into Winnetka, reality struck me.  No, it wasn’t a red-winged blackbird — at least not this time. Note to readers, the area due north of the Baháʼí Temple ought to be labeled bird alley. I’ve long been labeled crazy (among other things) for my habit of running with no music. It’s...

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I’ve always been fascinated by probabilities.  I grew up in the horse capital of the world, Ocala, Florida, and my family immigrated to the United States from Colombia because of horse racing.  I remember seeing numbers on the bottom of the screens — 5:1, 7:2, 10:1 — and asking my uncle, a retired jockey, what...

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#501e4c: that’s the hex code for Daily Northwestern purple. It’s engrained in my memory. As a design editor, you need to know the brand.  Being on the design team entailed working late nights to assemble the print paper, finishing anywhere between midnight and 3:30 a.m. I would walk home alone with nothing but the company...

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I have over 115,000 photos on my phone.  Most people, especially Mr. “manage storage” from my phone settings, tell me to delete some of them, but I can’t.  A screenshot of an old event flyer can go, but most of my shots represent moments I want to hold in my hand forever.  They include my...

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ChatGPT can’t make you a crossword puzzle I learned this the hard way when I signed up to be the Daily’s second-ever Crossword and Games editor. Notably, I took the position not knowing how to write a crossword.  “It’s fine,” I said. “I’ll have the positive spirit and can-do attitude to learn on the job....

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For many staffers at The Daily Northwestern, the April release of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” felt like a holiday.  The Daily’s shoutout in the first movie solidified it as newsroom canon — so much so, that one of my favorite Daily memories was when a former managing editor surprised us by dressing up as...

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My looming graduation caused me to revisit Joshua Rothman’s article in The New Yorker, “Are You the Same Person You Used to Be?” which posits that everyone is either a divider or a continuer. In other words, do you believe that I’ve significantly changed over the course of my life, or, do you believe that...

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Niall Horan is back with the romance.  The Irish singer, who started his solo career in 2016 after One Direction mutually decided to split, released his fourth solo album, “Dinner Party,” on Friday.  “Dinner Party” is a love album, focusing on the ups and downs as well as the serious situations that come with relationships....

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I had never attended a concert alone before arriving at Chicago’s United Center on Wednesday for Megan Moroney’s “The Cloud 9 Tour,” the country-pop phenom’s first arena-headlining tour. Three hours later, after finding an outlet to revive my perpetually dead or dying phone, I relayed a simple message to my sister and friends: “Lives were...

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Chicago DJ Abigail Grohmann first met Lucy Rubinstein (Bienen ’25) at a coffee shop in Lakeview. Rubinstein brought a spiral notebook and a pen, asking questions and writing down Grohmann’s answers. Rubinstein, then 19, was learning how to be a DJ and Grohmann, one half of the DJ duo HOTPRETTY, took Rubinstein on as a...

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A ransomware attack targeted Evanston Township High School District 202, Superintendent Marcus Campbell announced in a Sunday evening email to students and families. In response, ETHS will be closed through Tuesday. Until then, all on-campus activities, including Summer School classes and sports camps, have been cancelled. Campbell wrote the attack has impacted access to “district...

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Listening to Jalen Ngonda’s music feels like stepping into a time machine. The UK-based artist is known for taking inspiration from his love of classic Motown records.  Ngonda’s second album, “Doctrine of Love,” released Friday, channels the sound of his Motown muses with a series of smooth, soulful slow jams.  “Anyone In Love” opens the...

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Content warning: This review contains mention of suicide.  Jill Biden unexpectedly reinvigorated my interest in teaching and provided a unique, personalized view into her and Joe Biden’s four years in the White House. In “View from the East Wing,” published on June 2, the former First Lady recounts her life inside and outside the White...

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Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. While violent crime in Chicago is near its lowest point in at least 40 years, many Chicago residents still live near high levels of gun violence, with more than 140 residents dying due to gun violence in 2026 so far, per the City of Chicago Violence...

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