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Ever since he was young, Communication junior Drew Slager has had two great loves: theatre and reality television competition shows. To reconcile these passions at Northwestern, Slager turned an idea “mentioned out of the blue” into a reality. In the spring of their freshman year, Slager created a game of “Big Brother” for about a...

What’s more stressful than waking up the end of Reading Period with more finals to take than hours of sleep? Answer: nothing. But a close second is going into break with no idea about how to navigate the looming holiday season. Thankfully, The Daily has once again come to the rescue with the annual Holiday...

I called my parents earlier this week, and, because they love me so much, they wanted to check in and ask about my final exams schedule. I told them: MATH 347H from 7-10 p.m. on Dec. 11 and PHIL 203 from 8-11 p.m. on Dec. 14. And, of course, there wouldn’t be any more classes...

Depending on students’ majors and how much they got done over Thanksgiving break, Reading Period is either a time for locking themselves in the library or for hitting the Christkindlmarket.  There is much to be accomplished in the short ‘calm before the storm’ ahead of Finals Week — flashcard making, slowly adding clothes to the suitcase...

About 150 Northwestern students gathered Sunday evening at the Fiedler Hillel Center for Northwestern Hillel’s annual Hanukkah celebration, Latkepalooza. The smell of freshly cooked latkes — potato pancakes traditionally prepared during the Jewish festival of lights — greeted students entering the building.  Laid across blue embellished tables were boxes of round jelly doughnuts known as...

Harvard’s Mental Health Failure | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

While some spend Thanksgiving morning sleeping in, preparing for dinner or running a Turkey Trot with family, Medill sophomore Izzy Lisco will be at O’Hare International Airport, boarding a 4.5-hour flight to make it home to Los Angeles in time for dinner with her family.  Students who have class on Wednesday afternoon, including Lisco, and...

When Weinberg freshman Isabel Toghramadjian decided to attend Northwestern, she was disappointed to learn there were no Armenian student organizations on campus.  Upon her arrival, Toghramadjian said she quickly found other Armenians because Armenian last names are recognizable. However, she said there was no way for them to meet in an organized setting, so she...

This story will be updated periodically as new testing data is released. This story is split into several sections:       — The methodology of the collected data       — A review of Winter and Spring Quarters 2021       — A review of Summer Session 2021       —...

Griffin’s Tale Children’s Theatre Repertory Company at Northwestern only performs work written by children. Founded in 1990, Griffin’s Tale empowers children to become creative and pursue writing. The group accepts submissions from nearby elementary schools and adapts them into skits, sketches, songs, raps, dances and more. It creates unconventional stories like “Green Paper Pantsuit,” in...