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Following the reelection of Donald Trump last Tuesday, I, like many other Americans, faced some emotional reckoning. A lot of questions I did not expect to grapple with hit me full-force as I scrolled through The New York Times while in my 10 a.m. class on Nov. 6. I began to wonder about the response...

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In this episode, The Daily delves into the Northwestern Prison Education Program. The Daily explores the program’s evolution and impact as well as the role of education in promoting restorative justice for incarcerated people.  BRODERICK HOLLINS: This program is — it changed our lives. It gave us brothers and sisters. TERESA AYALA LEON: That was...

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In this week’s edition of Everything Evanston, The Daily explores the evolving fast-food scene in downtown Evanston, including Taco Bell’s return and concerns about health impacts. JACOB HARE: In a college town, it’s common to see students congregate late at night at a local fast-food joint after going out. But in downtown Evanston, there’s been...

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Climate Action Evanston hosted a virtual meeting with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, E-Town Sunrise, Fossil Free Northwestern and over 40 community members Tuesday to inaugurate the Healthy Buildings Coalition. The coalition will advocate for City Council to pass the Healthy Buildings Ordinance, which would require buildings over 20,000 square feet to meet three climate goals...

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The Cook County Circuit Court ruled Tuesday to invalidate Evanston’s pilot ranked choice voting referendum, dismissing the action to implement RCV in the Evanston 2025 Consolidated Elections with prejudice.  The court deemed the 2022 voter referendum to be “void” because it is not self-executing and stated that the Illinois Election Code prohibits ranked choice voting,...

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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 UIC 83-74 Tuesday night. Junior forward Nick Martinelli scored 27 points and pushed the...

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When the Provost’s Generative AI Advisory Committee began meeting in February 2023, the focus revolved around creating strategies to limit students’ use of AI, said committee member and McCormick Prof. Kristian Hammond. However, since demand for AI literacy has grown, the committee quickly pivoted to focus on ways to become a leader in the AI...

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I was counting down the days until my 10 year reunion at Northwestern. Then, last Tuesday night, former president Donald Trump was reelected, and I realized I could not make the trip back to Evanston. As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles, I have been politically active for as long as I...

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In the days after the election, I kept losing things. I would walk out of classes without my umbrella, unplug my phone and leave the charger, and wander in and out of my house missing socks, wearing too few or too many layers. Part of this was the natural upheaval of fall and the end...

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The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education discussed its Year in Review report and new mental health care tools at its meeting Tuesday night. The board also discussed the district’s School Report Card, and tax levy memorandum — which includes a 6.2% increase and is planned to be adopted at the board’s...

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Following Ald. Melissa Wynne’s (3rd) announcement that she will not seek reelection in 2025 after 28 years on City Council, three candidates are running for her seat: environmentalist Gennifer Geer, shelter director Shawn Iles and businessperson John Kennedy. The consolidated general election will take place April 1, 2025. Wynne told The Daily she plans to...

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Comedian, writer and actor Ilana Glazer is well aware of the TikTok edits to the viral sound “In da clerb, we all fam.” “I’m just eating it up,” Glazer said. Glazer performed stand-up and answered student questions in a Tuesday evening Q&A in Norris University Center’s McCormick Auditorium as A&O Productions’ fall speaker. Around 300...

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Students created tobacco ties and a banner Monday as part of the Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration: Making Activity event that honors Native American Lives lost in the tragedy. The event was the second in a three-part series hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance to commemorate the healing efforts of the Cheyenne and...

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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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