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A hundred-year-long science fiction odyssey. A quest to resurrect an orphaned 15-year-old in a medieval fantasy world. A sorcerer named Chad who exclusively wears jorts. What could these things possibly have in common? Students created all three as part of the collaborative storytelling aspect of Dungeons & Dragons. D&D is a tabletop roleplaying game that...
After a quarter of focusing on direct funding distribution and contract re-negotiation, Northwestern Students Organizing for Labor Rights is transitioning back to tabling and an in-person mutual aid distribution system. Tabling and in-person funding distribution is not new to SOLR, but during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization shifted to mostly virtual distribution....
On an average day, the line in Brewbike’s coffee bar in Café Bergson extends into the halls of University Library. The cafe’s tables are often full of students hunched over computers, filling the air with caffeine-fueled conversations. Unlike other coffee shops, Northwestern’s Brewbike location isn’t run by full-time employees. Café Bergson and its kitchen space...
Growing up, Evanston resident Catherine Johnson would beg her mother and grandmother to tell her stories about their family. But they didn’t tell her much. As a Black family that moved to Evanston during the Great Migration, their stories of coming north weren’t happy ones, she said, and her family didn’t typically share stories of...