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While Northwestern’s deeply pre-professional culture can cut deep and be incredibly pervasive, that doesn’t mean students haven’t found ways to relax and enjoy themselves this summer — albeit in their own NU way.  Freshman Eliot Lee said he has spent most of his summer so far relaxing at home in Seattle. However, Lee said he...

The ‘Cats slayed a major dragon in front of a sellout crowd Wednesday evening.

Palmerton and Panther Valley will both be in action at Catasauqua High School Saturday as part of a Class 3A boys quarterfinal round doubleheader. The Bombers face Salisbury while the Panthers take on...

Though Northwestern’s positive COVID-19 cases have declined since a spike at the start of the quarter, this week saw cases rise by almost 25% from last week. The campus positivity rate has stayed at about 2% since the University suspended testing requirements for all students two weeks ago. Now, only students not up to date...

Last month, Columbia University’s graduate student union voted to authorize a strike. Mere weeks later, graduate students at Harvard University went on a three-day strike. There is a “real movement” happening with labor unions across the country, Northwestern University Graduate Workers Co-Chair Rose Werth said, and NUGW is hoping to capitalize on the momentum. Like...

For much of the past year, Asian American and African American Studies Prof. Nitasha Tamar Sharma said she felt like she failed her son. While her daughter has managed to independently finish fourth and most of fifth grade on Zoom, Sharma’s kindergartener son has struggled with isolation and remote learning. As a professor, director of African American Graduate Studies and caretaker for her mother during the pandemic, Sharma said trying to balance her many responsibilities with homeschooling ...

Rutgers spent record $114M to fund athletics in 2019-20 school year Updated Jan 22, 2021; Facebook Share Rutgers spent a record $114.2 million to fund its athletics program during the most recent academic year, an analysis of the university’s financial records reveals. NJ Advance Media obtained the Fiscal Year 2020 ledger that Rutgers submits annually to the NCAA through an Open Public Records Act request. FY2020 spans July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, which essentially covers the 2019-20...