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Mayor Daniel Biss spoke to the importance of youth involvement in local grassroot politics and Democrats’ mission to flip congressional seats in Wisconsin at an event hosted by Northwestern College Democrats on Tuesday night. During the meeting, the club also announced they would be providing opportunities for students to canvass for Democratic candidates across the...

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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education reviewed the district’s annual Achievement and Accountability Report and heard an update on its superintendent search Monday night. During public comment, community members also advocated to preserve the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Education Center and called for greater transparency surrounding the district’s upcoming budget cuts. Earlier...

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Rapper Quavo will headline A&O Productions’ annual Blowout concert, the group announced Tuesday. Quavo will perform at 8 p.m. on Oct. 8 at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The event will include a basketball preseason show and is co-sponsored by Northwestern Athletics, according to an A&O news release. Quavo is best known as a member of Georgia-based hip-hop...

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Sep 5, 2026; Evanston, Illinois, USA; Northwestern Wildcats head coach ... Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, IL – Week 5 Schedule & Predictions

In Today’s Crossword, 36-Down, 6-Letters: Vehicle for interstellar travel, or quippy rodent member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

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... Illinois, at the age of 84. Carol was born on January 10, 1942, in Evanston, Illinois, to Robert and Lillian Seneco. She was a proud graduate of ...

City Council unanimously approved a zoning change at its Monday night meeting that will pave the way for the long-awaited establishment of an urban farm at Elks Park. While the Ridgeville Park District initially approved nonprofit Evanston Grows’ request to open an urban farm in Elks Park in February, the city paused the project in...

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Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual abuse.  This review contains spoilers. The year is 2006. You walk into the living room to see your mom watching Dateline NBC. Chris Hansen’s voice echoes as he coldly interrogates a man during the primetime showing of “To Catch a Predator.”  “Primetime,” A24’s newest film, explores the...

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Conference play is underway in the Big Ten as college football enters its midseason. How did Northwestern’s upcoming opponents fare this past weekend? Here are the latest stories in the Big Ten that could affect the Wildcats: Penn State: Wisconsin loss drops Nittany Lions out of rankings Penn State entered its last matchup ranked No....

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Murray, 76, is from Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago and has been a Cubs fan ever since. Murray made a career as a comedian and actor ...

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The play “Topdog/Underdog” opens on a man named Booth sitting in his room, shuffling three cards and imploring the audience to “watch me close, watch me close now.”  His voice bounces as he explains the difference between “winners” and “losers” and demonstrates the three-card monte, which appears to be another card trick but is actually...

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Pat Ryan Jr. (Kellogg ’97, Pritzker ’97) sat just outside the student section of Northwestern’s new Ryan Field, ready to field yet another batch of reporter questions about his family’s $875 million crown jewel. But the grounds crew was painting incorrect outlines on the field, so he briefly rushed away from the interview to fix...

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The Department of Health and Human Services published a notice Aug. 7 that would rescind current Head Start performance standards in their entirety and replace them with a substantially shorter set of requirements. Head Start is a federally funded program that serves our country’s most vulnerable children from prenatal to kindergarten, and their families. Our...

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The Daily Northwestern · Joke Walk: Do you have the time? When I was a child, I assumed that the qualifications for being a full-grown adult were owning a watch and an outfit that you wear day and night. For reference, I watched a lot of Project Runway, so obviously Tim Gunn was my spiritual...

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The Daily Northwestern · Communal Shower Thoughts: Be normal and say hello After enjoying happy hour one night this summer with two of my closest friends from high school, we decided to grab dinner. We weren’t in the mood to be waited on, so we went to one of the new trendy corporate slop-bowl places...

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Redshirt sophomore Ezomo Oratokhai, one of Northwestern’s two returning starters on the offensive line, will miss the rest of the season after suffering a lower-body injury in the team’s 41-7 win over Colorado on Sept. 19. Oratokhai earned All-Big Ten Honorable mention honors last season. He missed NU’s season opener against South Dakota State with...

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The lobby of the Evanston Art Center is full of secrets laid bare in its latest exhibit, “Whispers in the Dark.” The exhibition, which had its opening reception Sunday, features the work of seven creators using a variety of artistic mediums. The pieces examine mental health and taboo topics, often utilizing macabre imagery. When entering...

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Ross, Horton and co-defendants Antonio Ross and Alfonzo Lewis were each indicted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois ...

This review contains spoilers. There is one question at the center of every dog movie, and its answer determines whether the movie is watchable or review-bombed into oblivion. “Heart of the Beast,” the latest film starring a canine companion, is no exception to this rule. So before we get started: yes, the dog survives. “Heart...

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