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This time of year can be special for Northwestern.  Just last season, then-junior Dianna Lee was fist-pumping on the 18th green of the North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa and running to her teammates after sinking a National Championship-winning putt against No. 1 Stanford. Around the same time, lacrosse was putting...

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The Daily Northwestern · Communal Shower Thoughts: Life imitates art I had an assignment during my senior year of high school to write an open letter, so I chose to write a short story and title it: “An Open Letter to a John Doe.”  It was about a journalist who had a thing for a...

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Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Students Association commenced its annual Discover Islam Week with an Islamic calligraphy workshop Monday evening.  Discover Islam Week consists of guest lectures, discussions and workshops that aim to promote understanding of the religion among the greater NU community. Weinberg senior and McSA Vice President Yahya Arastu said the organization has hosted the week-long...

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On Jan. 30, the Illinois Accountability Commission released its initial report documenting alleged violence and misconduct committed by federal agents throughout the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz. Governor JB Pritzker created the commission through Executive Order 2025-06, which he signed in October. The commission’s goal is to create a public record of the impact of...

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City Council voted to adopt six goals for this term at its Monday night meeting. The council reviews its goals annually, and they are used to guide council members in creating work plans and organizing quarterly updates. “Everything up here has a plan that works with it — the economic development, Evanston Thrives, climate action...

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Sustainability initiatives, financial management and attendance rates dominated the discussion at the Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education’s Monday night meeting. District sustainability update presents potential facility upgrade John Rocco, a representative from Honeywell, explained how large-scale facility changes, including the installation of solar panels, could be pursued under a Guaranteed Energy...

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In Today’s Crossword, 52-Across, 4-Letters: Shares an apartment on “Sesame Street” with 27-Down

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Content warning: This story has mentions of eating disorders.  It was the summer of 1987. Carol Boyd Earls, then a rising junior on Northwestern’s women’s cross country and track teams, was about to receive a call she would never forget. Her father, a Michigan track alum, who spurred her love for running from a young...

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Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders discussed his latest novel “Vigil” with moderator and journalist Peter Sagal before a sold-out audience Monday for the Chicago Humanities Festival at the Francis W. Parker School. After a brief introduction by Chicago Humanities Festival Co-Creative Director Michael Green, Saunders and Sagal took to the stage.  The author and professor...

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The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund provided $2 million in funding to eight faculty members’ research projects, according to a Feb. 10 news release. The fund supports projects as they develop from concept to commercialization. In the most recent round of awards, eight projects were selected from 41 proposals.  Part of the...

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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education swore in its newest board member, advanced changes to transportation policies and reviewed several district-wide updates at its Monday night meeting. Following public comment, Board President Patricia S. Anderson officially swore in Chris Van Nostrand, filling the seat of former board member Omar Salem, who resigned in...

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Northwestern found itself a game away from the Big Ten Tournament at the end of the 2025 season. Considering the way coach Ben Greenspan and the Wildcats suited up their roster in the offseason, they do not intend to be left out again this year.  NU brought in young transfers from UCLA, Clemson and TCU...

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Love is in the air. Here are three Evanston chocolate shops ready to spread the love with special items and deals for locals this Valentine’s Day. Kilwins Kilwins, located at 1724 Sherman Ave., is decked out with Valentine’s Day chocolates, treats and decorations. According to employee Gia Kirkland, the shop’s most popular Valentine’s Day treats...

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Last year, Northwestern wrote itself into history, upsetting then-No. 1 Stanford to claim the program’s first-ever national championship. The team finished the regular season ranked outside the top ten but competed its way to the third seed in match play before taking home the trophy in the final round. The team’s 2026 spring season is...

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Freshman Isaac Lee grew up playing golf with plastic clubs, following his father around the course. Now, he’s traveling across the country to play collegiate golf at Northwestern. The Hong Kong native is one of three newcomers to the Wildcat family, along with fellow freshman Monty Holcombe and Vanderbilt transfer redshirt sophomore Rowan Sullivan. Despite...

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On Friday morning, No. 5 LSU and No. 14 Tennessee took to Northwestern’s Combe Tennis Center for the opening match of the ITA Women’s National Team Indoor Championships, one of the premier events of the college tennis season. But, for two of the teams’ most high-profile players, the radiant sun of Orlando beckoned instead.  That...

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Behind iconic TV scenes, like the Taylor Swift needle drop on “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” is music supervisor and Chicago native Sarah Chapeck. The 34-year-old has spent the past five years at Black & White, an all-female music supervision collective behind the soundtracks of “The Penguin,” “Wednesday” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” Chapeck sat...

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The NCAA record for most goals in a season is 109. The second-highest single-season point total in NCAA history with 158. But to senior attacker Madison Taylor, who set both records last season, the accolades mean next to nothing. As Taylor’s Northwestern career comes to an end following this season, her focus is on bringing...

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Written in the late 1920s, just before the Great Depression posed a referendum on the wealth and excess of the Roaring Twenties, legendary playwright Philip Barry penned “Holiday,” a timely meditation on class and family values.  The play was a resounding success, eventually spawning a classic film adaptation with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn at...

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All good things must come to an end. After nearly two decades of rap royalty, rapper J. Cole is calling it quits with one final album, “The Fall-Off,” which he has teased since 2018.  Released on Feb. 6, the album proves to be one of Cole’s best, effectively capturing his growth and evolution. “The Fall-Off”...

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