The hours that followed the Board of Trustees’ announcement of Mung Chiang as Northwestern’s 18th president Monday were packed with meetings for the president-elect. But first, he made a pit stop to meet students — and grab a scoop of ice cream. Accompanied by a group of University leaders that included Vice President for Student...
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I am assuming there are other Jake Shane fans at Northwestern. In my eyes, everyone should know who he is. His podcast “Therapuss” has gotten me through some very mundane and dreadful times, and he is my favorite influencer. Whenever I have to complete boring but necessary tasks, like traveling alone on the Red Line...
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I grew up as a reservoir for my mother. She poured her dreamy stories into me: scraps of her childhood, fragmented proverbs, memories worn thin by her discordant fusions of Mandarin and English. Even as a kid, I knew there were parts of her narrative I could not reach. Meaning slipped through my fingers. There...
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I am constantly plagued by a severe, existential fear of missing out — commonly known as “FOMO.” I worry that because I skipped the library, the gym or class today, I missed a cosmic encounter with someone who won’t be there next time. This anxiety feeds directly into one of the heaviest burdens on my...
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Says there is “substantial doubt” whether school can “continue as a going concern.”
Home prices saw a 6.6% increase from 12 months ago.
Steve Tortorello has coordinated initiatives among the region’s Catholic high schools.
The engineering professor now is president of Purdue University.