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Northwestern University Dance Marathon will kick off its 52nd year Friday on the Norris University Center Cohen Lawn, raising money for Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation and the Evanston Community Foundation. As one of the largest independent student-run philanthropies in the nation, NUDM doubles as a fundraiser and 15-hour dance marathon. Dancing will start at...

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Just 18 months after his commitment to Northwestern, Tre Singleton has planned to enter the transfer portal. The freshman forward, who came to the Wildcats as the program’s highest-ranked recruit in the modern era, announced his intent to enter the transfer portal on Thursday afternoon via his agents. In the evening, senior guard Blake Smith...

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For Halle Bailey, stepping into the lead role of Anna in “You, Me & Tuscany” meant tapping into the 2004 film “13 Going on 30,” which she described as her favorite rom-com.  “I just love the whimsicalness of Jennifer Garner, the way she’s so innocent and whimsical and powerful and brave,” Bailey said at a...

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The Daily Northwestern · Everything Evanston: Protests, City Council and Chicago Stars turnover CLAIRE COFFEY: Thousands rallied during Evanston’s “No Kings” demonstrations Saturday, the Chicago Stars FC stepped away from a contested stadium contract and City Council rejected the plan for a proposed day care while Northwestern was on Spring Break. [music] EMERSON LEGER: From...

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The Evanston Reparations Committee advanced a new tax on Delta-8 THC products and a $310,000 allocation from a city property sale, both of which would expand the city’s reparations fund. The committee voted 4-1 to pass a recommendation to City Council to institute a tax on Delta-8 THC products. The tax would generate revenue that...

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Timothée Chalamet recently came under fire after an interview with Matthew McConaughey where Chalamet made the following remark: “I don’t want to work in ballet or opera or things where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore’ … All respect to all the ballet and opera people...

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Northwestern’s new on-campus pub opened at the beginning of Winter Quarter, with a menu featuring pub classics like a giant pretzel and a signature burger. Over two separate visits to Luna’s Pub & Grill, I’ve tried the bratwurst, the club sandwich and a couple of side items.  The bar pretzel ($15) was pretty good, but...

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