Northwestern’s weekend match against Indiana marked its final time playing at Combe Tennis Center this year. Before Sunday’s match play began, coach Claire Pollard gave a short speech about each departing player’s time with the program. Soon after, the Wildcats (17-5, 8-1 Big Ten) cruised by the Hoosiers (6-18, 0-10 Big Ten) in a 4-0...
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Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment,” at a Monday event. The novel provides an in-depth look at the prison abolition movement, the initiatives the movement has launched, the organization of...
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When she was eight years old, Medill junior Daniella Karras immigrated from Egypt, her home country, to the United States. In California, she found connections and community within her church. But, when she came to Northwestern, she said her home away from home became the Middle Eastern North African Student Association. Karras, now MENA Student...
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On Sunday’s Senior Day, Northwestern easily handled Indiana, winning 4-0. The Wildcats (17-5, 8-1 Big Ten) secured the doubles point over the Hoosiers (6-18, 0-10 Big Ten) with victories from the pairing of senior Justine Leong and graduate student Christina Hand, as well as from the senior Maria Shusharina and graduate student Britany Lau duo....
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Northwestern’s 10-game losing streak is in the rear-view mirror after the weekend’s Maryland series. The Wildcats (12-20, 2-7 Big Ten) bounced back this weekend, squashing the Terrapins (23-14, 5-7). After extra innings and a walk-off hit in Friday’s game, a crushing 11-1 win on Saturday and a close 9-8 loss Sunday, NU is back on...
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Northwestern (12-20, 2-7 Big Ten) snapped a ten-game losing streak in its first game of a home series against Maryland (23-14, 5-7 Big Ten). The 6-5 victory was secured in the 10th inning after a Tony Livermore walk-off. Next up for the Wildcats is another Big Ten series against Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Email: emilyfosker2027@u.northwestern.edu...
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Northwestern defeated Ohio State 19-10 in its final regular season home game at Martin Stadium Saturday. Graduate student attacker Dylan Amonte scored a career-high six goals, and sophomore attacker Madison Taylor tallied five goals. The Wildcats (12-2, 4-1 Big Ten) will travel to Ann Arbor next Sunday to take on Michigan (14-1, 4-1 Big...
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A behind-the-scenes look at “Timeless,” the spring show of the Tonik Tap dance group. [nat sound of tap dancing] CARLOTTA ANGIOLILLO: Those are the sounds that filled the Wirtz Ballroom last weekend as Tonik Tap, Northwestern’s premier tap dance group, performed in its second show of the year. Today, we’ll take a look at how...
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In today’s mini crossword: 5-Across, five letters: Nickname for Dean Whitaker, say.
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After traveling more than 35 hours by land, air and sea from Mato Grosso, Brazil’s Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazilian Indigenous activist and Chief Tapi Yawalapiti arrived on Northwestern’s Evanston campus to speak with Illinois college students at an event in the 11th Illinois Portuguese Language Connection Saturday. Portuguese Prof. Ana Clotilde Thome Williams, who helped...
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Communication junior Mary Kate Tracy never thought of charging her friends for the loaves of bread she baked for them. But after she signed up to run the 2024 Chicago Marathon in October with Best Buddies, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting people with disabilities, she decided to combine her passions for baking and running to...
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