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Este artículo ha sido traducido por Micaela Rivera Porras. Aquí está el artículo original en inglés.  La 23.ª conferencia anual de Modelo de Naciones Unidas de la Universidad Northwestern recibió aproximadamente a 600 estudiantes de secundaria provenientes de 40 colegios desde el jueves hasta el domingo. Los estudiantes debatieron temas globales y eventos históricos, que...

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Evanston/Skokie School District 65 fifth graders danced, sang and coded at the second annual BitCrush showcase at Chute Middle School Saturday.  Hosted by Northwestern’s Tangible Interaction Design and Learning Laboratory, the event consisted of a showcase and live coding competition for students to share music and coding projects created with TunePad or MusicLOGO 2.0.  SESP...

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A&O Productions’ Ball concert will be headlined by Canadian indie-pop band Men I Trust, the organization announced Monday evening.  The three musicians formed the band in 2014 and have since self-released six albums, most recently “Equus Caballus” in 2025.  The group first rose to popularity following the virality of their 2018 song “Show Me How”...

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Este artículo ha sido traducido por Marisa Guerra Echeverría. Aquí está el artículo original en inglés.  Algunos grupos estudiantiles de Northwestern organizaron el martes una sesión de entrenamiento en Swift Hall titulada “¿Qué debería hacer si ICE llega a Northwestern?”  Presentada por algunas organizaciones, entre ellas NU College Democrats y Bienestar, la sesión también contó...

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Carla Berube is already putting her fingerprints on Northwestern’s women’s basketball roster as the Wildcats landed their first two transfer portal additions. Former Syracuse guard Camdyn Nelson announced her commitment to the Wildcats on Sunday via Instagram, while former Kentucky guard Lexi Blue committed Monday, according to On3. The two new ’Cats counteract the departures...

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City Council is set to discuss the “Property Tax Circuit Breaker Pilot Program,” which aims to provide tax relief for eligible long-term homeowners, at its Monday meeting. The one-year pilot program, proposed by Ald. Clare Kelly (1st), would use $500,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund to provide qualifying residents with credit equal to 20% of...

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Northwestern University Model United Nations hosted about 600 high school students for its 23rd annual conference from Thursday to Sunday.  Students debated global issues and historical events, ranging from geopolitics in the Caribbean to modernization during Japan’s Taishō Democracy era. The debates took place across 15 committees including several noncrisis and crisis committees.  “We want...

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Illinois recently took a step closer to restricting the use of cell phones in the classroom.  The Illinois House Education Policy Committee approved an amended version of Senate Bill 2427 on March 25. The bill would amend the School Code to require school boards to adopt a bell-to-bell policy that would ban students from using...

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WildHacks, Northwestern’s largest annual hackathon, took place this weekend in the Technological Institute and Mudd Library. The event, which lasted from Saturday morning to Sunday evening, was organized in partnership with Major League Hacking, a student hackathon league. Participants had 24 hours to code a project that aligned with one of three themes, search for...

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Cooked At Northwestern, a “culinary arts club,” served diners a six-course meal on Thursday evening at the Sheil Catholic Center. The dishes were centered around a cinema theme, including dumplings from “Kung Fu Panda,” ramen from “Ponyo” and chocolate cake from “Matilda.” Around two dozen attendees, many of whom were friends of the chefs, came...

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Snail Mail debuted her third album, “Ricochet,” a hypnotic indie rock record exploring the passage of time, under the grand ceiling of Chicago’s historic Riviera Theatre on Saturday night. “Ricochet” offers 11 tracks of authentic, clever lyrics. It’s rare to find an album so carefully crafted. While original, every song fits together, and Snail Mail’s...

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Northwestern’s American Society of Civil Engineers’ Surveying Team mapped the Lakefill on Saturday as preparation for an upcoming regional symposium. Surveying is the science of mapping the Earth’s surface through measuring the relative distances and angles between designated points.  The six-member team set out to the Lakefill with a theodolite, a powerful surveying instrument, to...

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The Northshore Concert Band brought audience members to a world of childlike enthusiasm with its Sunday concert, “Story Tellers,” at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The program featured five pieces, all pertaining to the central theme of stories. Watching the performance, the band’s cohesive and expressive playing made it easy to drift into the music’s fantasy worlds...

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No. 56 Northwestern looked to bounce back after a series split between Michigan State and Michigan.  Taking on a first-time conference opponent in No. 10 USC, the Wildcats (13-10, 5-6 Big Ten) were unable to secure the win in the teams’ first matchup since 2003, falling 4-1 to the Trojans (17-5, 10-1 Big Ten).  The...

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The kitchen in the Shepard Hall basement filled with sizzles and pops Saturday as the Vietnamese Student Association hosted a bánh xèo workshop.   Bánh xèo refers to Vietnamese crepe, McCormick first-year and VSA Junior Executive William Ly said. It is a common street food and is usually made with rice flour, coconut milk and turmeric,...

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Syrian American poet and rapper Omar Offendum and Palestinian multi-instrumentalist Zafer Tawil performed Thursday at the Wirtz Center for Performing Arts.  The show opened the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs’ spring symposium “Brave New Futures,” which took place Thursday and Friday.  This performance was a take on Offendum’s off-Broadway show “Little Syria.” It was a...

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After more than 14 years in business, Todoroki Hibachi and Sushi continues to offer quality and affordable dining that sets a high standard in Evanston cuisine.   My friends and I ambled into the cozy restaurant located at 526 Davis St., where warm lighting and ornate sushi boats curate a lovely ambience. There is a separate...

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Three Northwestern students presented research at the 2026 Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday at the Palmer House.  Weinberg sophomore Sepehr Khavari, Weinberg senior Ethan Brazelton and SESP senior Sanad Alshubbak presented work on topics such as social media and medical devices.  More than 200 undergraduate students, including some from NU, gave poster presentations...

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Associated Student Government Presidents-elect Gauri Adarsh and John Sisco collected feedback from Northwestern community members at a town hall Friday in Harris Hall. Attendees’ suggestions ranged from an ASG newsletter to more advertising targeted toward McCormick School of Engineering students. But most feedback focused on better informing the NU student body of ASG’s functions.  “I...

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There aren’t many musicians who have had a career quite as peculiar as Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese jazz-rock legend who sold out Aragon Ballroom on Tuesday night.  The 73-year-old guitarist played Chicago as the third stop on his first-ever world tour. The “SUPER TAKANAKA WORLD LIVE” tour was announced eight months after his March 2025...

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