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The Faculty Senate is the elected body of Northwestern faculty, representing members from the Evanston, Chicago and Qatar campuses. The Senate consists of 94 members, including faculty from each department, individuals from the University Libraries and the Northwestern Emeriti Organization. NU faculty has shared governance of the University with the Board of Trustees and administration...

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City Council debatedHorizon Realty Group’s revised plans for The Legacy, a mixed-use building development at 1621-1631 Chicago Ave., Monday evening. The property is located just outside of downtown Evanston. The development will serve as a transition building between the densely built urban area to the west and the less intense developments to the east, according...

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Graduate students Holly Smith and Chloe Wellings sat on a couch in Northwestern cross country’s team lounge, coach Jill Miller’s dog Lou curled up between them. A year ago, the two United Kingdom natives had never met. Today, they’re roommates who watch British reality television together –– The Real Housewives of Cheshire is a favorite....

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Northwestern coach David Braun’s first football game inside Wrigley Field was a fourth-quarter heartbreaker, as Iowa’s game-winning field goal on Nov. 4, 2023, granted the Hawkeyes a 10-7 win.  Over a full year later, Braun leads his team into The Friendly Confines hoping to play the role of giant-slayer. The Wildcats (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten)...

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Three days after the Deering Meadow encampment disassembled in April, Northwestern Provost Kathleen Hagerty commended Kellogg Prof. Nour Kteily for his role in negotiating with pro-Palestinian student protesters.  “He spent an incredible number of hours teaching a very disorganized and upset group of students how to organize themselves,” Hagerty wrote in a May 2 email...

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Northwestern found itself back in the win column after taking down UIC 83-74 in a Tuesday night matchup. Junior forward Nick Martinelli got up to his usual antics, leading the Wildcats (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) with 27 points and shooting 10-14 from the field as NU extinguished the Flames (2-1, 0-0 MVC). “He’s such a...

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Written by South Korean author Han Kang and translated by British writer Deborah Smith, “The Vegetarian” masterfully explores the lure of volatile human desire by challenging South Korean societal and sexual norms. Published in Korean in 2007 and translated to English in 2015, Kang’s novel follows Kim Yeong-hye, an introspective middle-aged South Korean woman, and...

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Months before he declared his reelection campaign, Mayor Daniel Biss jokingly challenged potential rivals while flexing Evanston’s nascent plan for public campaign funding. “This was like an anti-incumbent mayor initiative, basically,” Biss told a largely supportive crowd at his State of the City address. “So get your petitions ready.” His May speech — and his...

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McCormick senior Rebeca Lion was 9 or 10 years old when she first streamed the cult classic film “Mean Girls.” As an international student from Brazil, her first glance into American high school stereotypes was through the film. “I remember it being the first time that I saw the ‘mean girl’ stereotype,” she said. Communication...

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Medill junior Lily Ogburn will be the next editor in chief of The Daily Northwestern, the paper’s publisher announced Tuesday. Ogburn, a current print managing editor, has previously served as the illustrations editor, assistant city editor and staff editor.  During summer 2024, Ogburn was both a news intern at the Cincinnati CityBeat and a multimedia...

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The 67th annual Grammy nominations are finally here, immortalizing the songs, records and albums that defined a whirlwind year in music. With a wide pool of music nominated in various categories, here are my musings on which songs and albums should dominate at the Feb. 2 ceremony. Album of the Year: Beyoncé’s “COWBOY CARTER” In...

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Donald Michelin Sr. (SESP ’73) goes by many names. In his 72 years living on Hartrey Avenue, students have known him as Mr. Michelin, high school runners call him “coach” and Evanston Township High School Athletic Director Chris Livatino considers him “the spirit of Evanston.” Evanston native Michelin is no ordinary high school coach. He...

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After taking on one of the toughest jobs in college football last season, Harlon Barnett was on the hunt for a new gig. Barnett, who spent two decades at Michigan State, found an unlikely home as the assistant head coach and safeties coach at Northwestern.  In September of 2023, Mel Tucker was fired from Michigan...

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After taking over the offensive keys ahead of Week 3, Northwestern redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack Lausch leapt into the limelight as a Power Four starting signal caller.  He’d previously run gadget plays as a designated scrambler, but coach David Braun and first-year offensive coordinator Zach Lujan threw the Chicago native straight into the fire.  Now,...

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Sophomore defensive lineman Michael Kilbane has solidified a significant role in Northwestern’s front seven this season. The Lakewood, Ohio, native has logged 18 tackles, three tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks as defensive line coach Christian Smith’s rotation has shined for the Wildcats (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten). The Daily spoke with Kilbane on Tuesday about...

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Three days removed from its first loss of the year, Northwestern men’s basketball took the court against UIC to try to get back in the win column. It did. The Wildcats (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) took down the Flames (2-1, 0-0 MVC) 83-74, using a tenacious defensive presence and strong second half to retain a...

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Northwestern College Republicans began painting The Rock red late Monday evening, just two days after students painted over pro-MAGA messaging on The Rock. Before the organization started painting, The Rock was covered with a coat of white paint and the message “Cats Against Hate.” This version of The Rock appeared after students awoke Saturday morning...

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If Donald Trump had been president when Evanston immigration lawyer Alen Takhsh was 13 years old, he might have never escaped the Iran-Iraq War and settled in the U.S. Had Trump occupied the Oval Office, Takhsh, an Iranian, would have been barred under the Muslim ban. Three and a half decades after he made the...

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When Weinberg sophomore Nur Yalinbas was in line for breakfast at Elder Dining Commons, she noticed a sign labeled “halal” over what she said looked like bacon. To her surprise, it was.  Yalinbas said she asked the dining worker whether the food under the “halal” sign was halal, and she said the worker confirmed it...

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Evanston City Council introduced a revised fiscal year 2025 proposed budget Monday night, representing a roughly $3 million decrease in expenses from the previously proposed budget announced Oct. 4.  After committee discussion, a public hearing and several ward meetings, the city’s proposed spending for 2025 fell from roughly $398.9 million to roughly $395.6 million, including...

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