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Northwestern football’s 2025 rollercoaster season still took them bowling

Northwestern battled it out against Illinois in the Land of Lincoln Trophy match on Nov. 29, 2025. Photo courtesy of Northwestern Athletics. Football season’s closure is upon us. No. 1 Indiana claimed ...
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ is a mess, but an enjoyable one

Withered Chica jumps toward the camera during a jump scare in Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Photo courtesy of Ryan Green/ Universal Pictures via AP. Was “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” incredibly better than ...
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Activism in the time of social media

Protest photograph by members of the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association, c. 1969-70. Photo courtesy of the Northwestern Archives. These days, it’s hard not to know what’s going on. With ...
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Jazz in Your Socks: In a Church Street apartment, a student quartet hosts living-room jazz nights

The sign gives it away. In an apartment complex on Church Street, up a few flights of stairs, you’ll find a sheet of paper duct-taped to an otherwise inconspicuous wooden door. On it, scrawled in red ...
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Slow down, you’re doing fine: The do’s and don’ts of pre-professional culture

Going into my first year at my previous college, I, along with many of my friends, was entirely clueless about what to study. Many students start college undecided about majors or careers, but as ...
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Seeing Northwestern in a blue light: First-year Ryan Ottignon explores, audits emergency telephone system

The telephone that should stand on the west corner of Kresge instead stands on the southwest corner of University Hall. Photo by Sami McKenney / North by Northwestern Medill first-year Ryan Ottignon ...
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Students raise concerns over religious group’s recruitment tactics on campus

Weinberg second-year Daniela Caceres was waiting at the bus stop on Chicago Avenue when a stranger approached her, gesturing for her to take off her headphones. Caceres thought the stranger needed ...
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Why an Evanston chocolatier is staying out of the Dubai chocolate trend

Whether it’s inside the glass case at Kilwins or amid the colorful aisles of Target, there are plenty of spots to get a taste of Dubai chocolate in Evanston. Since its creation in 2021, Dubai ...
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Lights in the night: More fireflies may be flashing at Northwestern this summer

Big Dipper firefly (Photinus pyralis) flashes in a Kentucky backyard. Image courtesy of Richard Joyce / Xerces Society Just past 9 p.m., near the Lakefill’s edge, small points of yellow light hover ...
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Student interest slows in Buffalo Joe’s

The exterior of Buffalo Joe’s at 812 Clark St. Little has changed about the restaurant since its opening on May 1, 1984. Photo by Maya Segal / Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute When Yale ...
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Lollapalooza 2025: The best and wildest moments of Chicago’s biggest weekend

Gracie Abrams performs on the evening of the first night of Lollapalooza. Photo by Mary Amelia Weiss/ North by Northwestern Lollapalooza came and went to Chicago last weekend, complete with a ...