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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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Northwestern will undergo the accreditation process this spring for the first time since 2015. The University has participated in the Higher Learning Commission since 1913. HLC — one of six institutional accreditors for higher education — works with the University through their Open Pathway process for re-accreditation. The re-accreditation cycle will culminate in a final...

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Northwestern took down its web page for Student Enrichment Services and redirected the link to a “Community and Belonging” page expressing that NU is reviewing its policies to ensure compliance with recent changes in federal and state laws and requirements. The “Community and Belonging” link the same page that other offices on campus have updated...

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When Jonathan Aguiar (Weinberg ’20, Feinberg ’24) and MD-MBA student Jonathan Theros were in medical school together, they realized study tools in healthcare education weren’t evolving with the times.  They wanted to introduce something new and flexible. Now, the company they founded has surpassed 25,000 signups, Theros said. Dendritic Health AI offers artificial intelligence tools...

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During her freshman year, now-Weinberg senior Julia Auerbach was at Bob’s Pizza in Evanston when she witnessed someone go into anaphylactic shock. Her friends didn’t know how to use an EpiPen, so Auerbach used her own to help.  “That was a moment where my jaw was to the floor, just looking around seeing almost the...

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Chicago is well-known for its vibrant arts scene and giving platforms to new musical artists. Local musicians Eddie Burns, Tanner Dane and Sparklmami explained Chicago’s appeal in terms of its musical landscape.  Growing up in Lincoln Park as the son of Stephen Burns, a classical trumpet player and founder of the Fulcrum Point New Music...

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Editor’s note: Some interviews in this story were conducted with the help of a translator. Responses originally stated in Spanish have been translated to English. Hundreds of dining workers employed by Compass Group went on strike Monday morning, according to a press release, gathering as early as 6 a.m. outside every dining hall on campus...

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What has the last quarter of Daily coverage looked like? What changes have been made to The Daily? How is the city of Evanston using its Sustain Evanston grants? The Daily answers these questions and recaps other top stories from the last week.  ANAVI PRAKASH: The Daily’s editor in chief recaps the last three months...

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Northwestern administration announced a new mandatory bias training called “Building a Community of Respect and Breaking Down Bias” in a Feb. 20 email. The training has been subjected to both approval and scrutiny from students.  A week after the training was announced, NU’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace...

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Immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump launched a deluge of executive actions against universities, particularly in response to alleged antisemitism. Northwestern professors condemned the orders as attacks on the First Amendment rights of universities. In a recent statement posted to Truth Social Tuesday, Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from universities that allow “illegal...

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Like many graduate students in the 1980s, Linda Edelstein (TGS ’82) and Carol Kerr (TGS ’86) co-wrote dissertations, attended conferences and shared Friday night beers.  They also created mystery plots together.  “We did it to keep sane while we were going through graduate school,” Kerr said.  As classmates, the two pledged to write a mystery...

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On a cold and snowy day, dozens gathered at the Federal Plaza in Chicago, joining thousands of others across the country Friday, to protest federal cuts to funding for research. Northwestern University Graduate Workers were among the many groups who attended.  The “Stand Up for Science” rally was part of a larger national movement “to...

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Since last summer, incoming student Amaad Garrett has been an intern with Texas State Sen. Royce West. For the past year, West’s office has fought anti-diversity, equity and inclusion legislation.  Garrett was admitted to Northwestern in the early round of QuestBridge, a program that partners with universities to recruit academically exceptional students from low-income backgrounds....

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The day is finally here. Ghost Mountain’s debut mixtape is out on all platforms. Avid — and sometimes psychotic — fans, also known as “Hauntaholics,” of the grimy, underground collective Haunted Mound know it’s been a long time coming.  Ghost Mountain, the stage name of Wren Kosinski, began his career collaborating with Sematary, with whom he...

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In Today’s Crossword: 7 across, 4 letters: French word for wolf

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Junior attacker Madison Taylor scored a career-high eight goals as No. 3 Northwestern dismantled Marquette in a 19-9 Friday night victory.  The Wildcats (6-1, 0-0 Big Ten) followed up a 6-4 first-quarter lead with a 13-5 run, starting the running clock with 2:48 remaining as they comfortably took down the Golden Eagles (4-2, 0-0 Big...

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Northwestern’s multicultural theatre board Vibrant Colors Collective (VC2) held its inaugural In Living Color Festival in Shanley Pavilion Saturday.  Student vocalists, dancers, playwrights and instrumentalists filled the intimate space with performances from noon to 10 p.m. The show also featured solo acts, such as a musical set from Communication sophomore Ellie Caro and a reading...

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When Northwestern entered Combe Tennis Center to face Wisconsin Friday, it hadn’t won its opening match of Big Ten play since 2022.  Now-senior, then-freshman Felix Nordby made his conference against Penn State that day, recording a win at the No. 1 doubles slot. Three years later, in his final Big Ten opener, he led the...

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Northwestern traveled to the Carolinas for the third straight weekend to take on The Citadel.  After losing the first two games of the series, the Wildcats (7-7, 0-0 Big Ten) battled back in the final two, splitting the weekend with the Bulldogs (9-7, 0-0 Southern Conference).  The Citadel’s offense got to work early in game...

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