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Beauty, in its simplest form, really does exist. It’s why you can’t dismiss the human experience as a ride on a floating rock. It’s why we still cry over sunsets, why we read poetry at weddings and why we ache to understand what’s beyond us. It’s also why you can’t strip a book down to...

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A crowd of about 200 gathered outside Chute Middle School around 2:15 p.m. Friday for an impromptu news conference, with many decked out in festive Halloween apparel. But between skeleton earrings, themed t-shirts and full-fledged costumes, a sea of brightly-colored whistles stood out from the crowd.  Students peered out from the school’s windows to get...

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The City-School Liaison Committee convened Thursday evening to affirm a city-school partnership and discuss public safety in Evanston. The main point of concern surrounded the potential closure of two schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Board member Omar Salem said he and other board members have received thousands of emails from community members over the...

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Being a university president is a difficult job: They must act as a politician, professor and entrepreneur all at once. As Northwestern has come under fire from the federal government, it’s become all the more challenging. I can’t see why anyone would want the job. Nevertheless, the institution must push on with its search for...

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Caught up with current events? See if you can ace this week's news quiz.

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Northwestern’s 15-year partnership with AmeriCorps’ early education program, Jumpstart, came to an end in May because of federal budget cuts. The Jumpstart program partnered with universities across the country, bringing university students into local preschools in underserved communities to implement literacy curricula. NU students who are Federal Work-Study eligible worked with preschoolers to improve their...

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Among many posters lining the walls of Northwestern’s dorms and dining spaces, a brightly colored Grounding for Public Service flyer stands out at first glance. What many students do not see is the community that lies beyond the poster, meeting Tuesdays in Parkes Hall.  At weekly meetings, students in GPS gather over dinner, sourced from...

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Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a transformation in primary education where young students learn from games and fun activities, finding math along the way.  Munson received the CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation with a $815,789 fund across five years, Northwestern announced Oct....

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Content warning: This article mentions domestic violence.  Purple tote bags stuffed with colorful brochures detailing fair housing resources, informational posters on legal aid for abuse survivors and graphics showing options for trauma-focused therapy hung from the shoulders of resource fair attendees as they made their way down rows of brightly-clad tables on the second floor...

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In the 85th minute of Northwestern’s Big Ten Tournament first-round matchup with USC, the Wildcats (9-3-7, 4-2-5 Big Ten) had weathered forty minutes of second-half pressure, losing territory as the Trojans (7-7-3, 4-5-2 Big Ten) pelted their goal and contained their attack with a disciplined offside trap.  As a 0-0 nail-biter drifted toward extra time,...

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Senior Dianna Lee secured the individual stroke play title before No. 23 Northwestern fell to No. 3 Oregon in the finals of a rainy East Lake Cup in Atlanta from Monday to Wednesday.  Inclement weather cut the tournament’s opening stroke play portion to just nine holes, in which Lee was one of two players to...

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Welcome to Recaptured — a weekly roundup of The Daily’s photojournalism, featuring our reporters’ most memorable moments. This week’s Recaptured includes a Performative Male Contest, South Asian Student Alliance’s Festival of Lights, and field hockey clinching the Big Ten title. Email: photo@dailynorthwestern.com   Related Stories: — Recaptured: Evanston ‘No Kings’ Protest, Night at the Art...

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If Goodreads fell in love and had a baby with Yelp, it would be the food reviewing app Beli. And oddly enough, Beli is actually the result of a love story. App creators Judy Thelen and Eliot Frost met in New York City after finishing their respective undergraduate degrees, developing their relationship around trying new...

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After playing less than five minutes in the first half of a Wednesday night exhibition game against Illinois State, junior center Arrinten Page heard a clear message from his head coach: Warm up hard at halftime. You’re needed on the court.  Page, who was pegged with his first foul call just 48 seconds into the...

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Welcome to The Daily’s photo blog: Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances and events around the community. You can contact the photo editor by emailing photo@dailynorthwestern.com. Northwestern defeated Illinois State 100-65 in an exhibition game at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Wednesday night. The...

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Wednesday’s Associated Student Government meeting featured the return of Hallosenate in The SOURCE, on the third floor of Norris.  The Hallosenate meeting kicked off with a costume contest featuring an eclectic cast of characters.  Donning wigs as Cosmo and Wanda from “The Fairly OddParents,” Parliamentarian JJ Nabors-Moore and Speaker of the Senate Kaitlyn Salgado-Alvarez tallied...

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Antonio Ross, the fourth defendant in an alleged kickback scheme involving former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton, was arraigned at the Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday morning. Ross pleaded not guilty to five counts of wire fraud and honest services fraud. The counts allege that Ross, a former principal of Hyde Park...

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When I was 11 years old, President Donald Trump had just been elected to his first term. I walked onto my yellow school bus that picked me up from the very end of my street and remembered to wave a quick goodbye to my dad, who held my younger sister’s hand on the gravel road....

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Northwestern’s only student-led sex education group, Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators fights to expand access to reproductive health resources for all students on campus. One of our biggest achievements was giving NU students free emergency contraception through our Plan B Hotline, a form students can fill out to get free Plan B on demand....

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Hours after Illinois’ 9th Congressional District candidate Kat Abughazaleh’s federal indictment, her campaign manager and nine candidates vying for the congressional seat gathered for a virtual candidate forum Wednesday evening. Hosted by Northwest Suburbs Organizing For Action–Indivisible, with co-sponsorship from Indivisible Evanston, Indivisible Skokie/Morton Grove and Indivisible Illinois, the event drew around 200 attendees. “This...

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