Rowan Lapi News Today

The past year provided several banner moments throughout Northwestern athletics.  Women’s soccer shot up the national rankings, field hockey clawed its way back to a second consecutive national championship appearance, men’s basketball stunned then-No. 1 Purdue and punched its ticket to the Big Dance, fencing trounced No. 1 Notre Dame in Ryan Fieldhouse, softball won...

There is no shortage of college students posting “a day in the life” vlogs to their YouTube channels. Many incoming Northwestern freshmen watch these videos to get an idea of what their life on campus may look like. This luxury, however, didn’t extend to student athletes until recently. Senior midfielder Rowan Lapi could not film...

Through a peer study program and events throughout the year, Northwestern’s Womxn in Economics seeks to uplift and empower students of underrepresented genders in economics.  “At NU, women make up just 37% of economics undergraduates and 24% of students seeking economics Ph.D.s,” Christy Anderson, an economics department assistant director of administration, told The Daily in...

Despite a common misconception among Northwestern students, most athletes purchase mopeds themselves, Weinberg junior and women’s soccer player Rowan Lapi said. However, student-athletes on full athletic scholarship receive a monthly stipend, which she said can be used to purchase a moped. In an email to The Daily, Athletic Communications confirmed that those on full athletic...