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The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian hosted its 45th Anniversary Benefit and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 19 at the Writers Theatre in Glencoe.  The event featured a keynote address by U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids, a citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation, who received the 2022 Dr. Montezuma Award for her contributions in advancing Native peoples...

A&O Productions will present a night of stand-up comedy featuring stars Hannah Einbinder and Megan Stalter of HBO’s comedy drama, “Hacks.” Stand-up comedian and Communication junior Orly Lewittes will perform as the event’s opener.  The annual Fall Speaker event will take place at Cahn Auditorium Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are free for Northwestern...

Freelance writer and TikToker Ashlee Mitchell (Communication ’22) has already interviewed big names in the music industry, including BTS, J-Hope, NCT 127, TWICE, NIKI and Saweetie — all without any formal journalism training.  Her journey into K-pop started when she first watched an online performance of BTS at the American Music Awards in 2017. The...

Since her Northwestern acting debut, performing on Broadway has always been a goal for Claire Kwon (Communication ’22). However, she never knew how fast the opportunity would arise after graduation.  “It’s hard to graduate and be like ‘Okay, I’m going to audition and hope that things work out,’” Kwon said. “It was also excitement and...

BLACKPINK is once again back in your area.  Two years after its last album release in 2020, arguably the world’s biggest girl group released “Born Pink” — an eight-track album featuring a variety of girl crush songs about love and being a badass.  Was the wait for only eight songs worth it?  As one of...

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. When Highland Park resident and gun violence prevention activist Stephanie Luger heard the first gunshots at the town’s Fourth of July parade, she thought they were fireworks. Then, she saw everyone running.  Luger made it safely to her car and said she was glad her children...

When Medill freshman Angela Zhang finished her first year of college, she had all the journalism fundamentals under her belt. Without professional experience, though, she said she didn’t know what pathways to explore. Spending the summer in Los Angeles provided the convenient opportunity to attend the Asian American Journalists Association’s first in-person national convention in...

Chicago’s Chinatown held its annual Summer Fair, a two-day event celebrating East Asian culture through food, shopping, art and music, this past weekend.  “It’s really encouraging having the fair because there’s a lot of people coming from different places in Chinatown and the suburbs,” Weinberg sophomore and Chinatown resident Naomi Wu said. “They’re all vibing...

One Northwestern student group just took home a top prize for its sustainability driven pitch. Project MED, a group that seeks to prepare high school students from underrepresented groups for careers in healthcare, won the inaugural U7+ Alliance of World Universities Student Challenge.  Hosted by École Polytechnique in France, the pitch competition asked student groups...