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Le er From The Editor
A little humility goes
a long way
It’s a personal hell of mine to exist as a journalist and a habitually private person. From my understanding, one point of journalism, (unless you’re a columnist and even then), is that the journalist should not be the story. So it’s a li le weird to think that a er four years of chronicling other people’s lives in these faded, newsprint pages, it’s time to write a column all about me and my experiences at e Daily Northwestern and Northwestern University at large.*
If I were to write a generic senior farewell, I’d probably start with a li le anecdote about how I began working at this paper, mention people who supported me along the way, add more information about some things I did here, and wrap it up with a bow in the form of a lesson about community, friendship, empowerment, nding myself and other common themes of young adult, comingof-age novels. ese are all great stories that you should read and digest, but you won’t be ge ing any of the above out of me. Not because I don’t think I deserve it, but because there are plenty of those narratives to go around.
Instead, I invite you to think about the same existential question that journalism posed to me as a habitually private person. Each time I picked up the phone to call a source, a small voice in the back of my head asked “Why are you so entitled to this person’s opinion?” Clearly it wasn’t loud enough to stop me, but it did give me pause when approaching sensitive stories or when interviewing someone who wasn’t thinking about how their words might a ect future job prospects or their reputation.
What made me proud to work at e Daily Northwestern was that I joined this publication at a time where staffers were questioning their own entitlement. e broad brushstroke journalists use when defending our cra is that we’re about transparency and holding power to account. ese are great missions on paper, but in practice, they’re messier than one would expect.
Entitlement is dangerous, and most sources can sni out a bad motive (“we’re doing it for the greater good!”) behind a question in a heartbeat. If you want information, you be er have a good reason in the eyes of the person you’re asking, and it can’t be “just ‘cause!” Are you looking to be er something about this person’s situation by revealing inequality? Are you helping a deceased individual be remembered more completely in an obituary? Are you documenting a political event so that readers can see the truth about what’s happening and respond accordingly?
To me, these reasons are way be er than the selfaggrandizing, navel-gazing, and frankly, disturbingly entitled viewpoint of journalists who invade private lives, extract information and cast aside the consequences as necessarily casualties created in the pursuit of an amorphous and mystical “truth.”
See exceptions: Broken promises and lies from governments, companies and other entities (including
media!) who claim to be in service of others but fall short of that expectation.
As a private person, the only way you’re ge ing me to share my story is to demonstrate that your inquiries are rooted in impartial curiosity, empathy or a genuine want to lend history a more complete truth. Anything less than that, and I’m afraid the only stories out there will be from people who shout unprompted for opportunities to put their own story on center stage.
It’s been a good run. ank you to my friends, family, partner and hamster for ge ing me through each day. e journalists I worked with and the people they wrote about taught me a lot about myself, and for that, I am grateful.
* In fact, my commencement speech (to be posted next week on the Class of 2024’s graduation website) goes seven paragraphs until I crop up for two sentences and disappear for the rest!
Class of 2024 staffers of The Daily Northwestern
On being scared to tweet and the pressure to market yourself as a student journalist
In the winter of 2022, two of us (Caroline and Maia) were at long last ready to publish our In Focus — a monthslong investigation into how Northwestern Counseling and Psychological Services has repeatedly failed students. On the eve of publication, however, we nearly buckled under a nal hurdle: Our editors encouraged us to cra threads on Twi er, now known as X, to promote our reporting.
It wasn’t an entirely unprecedented piece of advice. Journalists o en post on social media to boost their major reporting projects, including authors of In Foci at e Daily. But one of us had tweeted only under duress for class assignments, and the other didn’t even have a Twitter account.
the subsequent experiences we had at e Daily and professional newsrooms, we kept grappling with how to pursue our careers while not swiveling the
important tool to reach broader audiences. And for journalists who aren’t institutionally trained and connected — especially those from communities historically underrepresented in newsrooms — it can be the key to “making it” in the industry.
We asked ourselves why — despite the countless hours spent interviewing students and administrators in addition to the numerous nights stuck in the newsroom writing and editing — one of the hardest parts of the In Focus process was dra ing a tweet. Why does it feel so uncomfortable at times to promote your work as a journalist?
is question continued to come up when the four of us worked together on the campus desk in spring 2022. at quarter, we also bonded over struggles to ll the paper, the minutiae of Associated Student Government bylaws and various Evanston brunch spots. While we all moved on to other roles at e Daily a er the year, we stayed friends and continued to navigate the social politics of student publications and the challenges of journalism together. And in
spotlight of our reporting on ourselves.
When it came time to apply to jobs and internships, we were faced with the reality of having to “sell” ourselves as journalists. Even our very rst Medill classes encouraged us to create Twi er accounts and build a social media presence.
But we realized that while sharing your own work and accomplishments is important, it can sometimes feel at odds with why we entered journalism: spotlighting underrepresented communities and bringing systemic inequities to light. What is the line between promoting your reporting and redirecting a ention away from the actual subjects onto yourself?
We understand that social media can be an
However, in the case of sensitive stories like our In Focus on CAPS, it can feel morally confusing to post about all the months you spent working on a story — especially when the sources themselves were the ones who were truly brave in sharing their painful, even traumatizing experiences with us.
In spring 2023, the other two of us (Russell and Joanna) covered the a ermath of the fatal Clark Street Beach shooting. Journalistically, it was a big story, but we avoided tweeting long-winded thoughts about our own coverage to keep the a ention on the victims. In both instances, tweeting felt self-congratulatory, even if it was to promote important pieces of reporting.
When we sat down to write this column, we were hoping to end it with our thoughts on how others might approach striking this balance. But the truth is we don’t really have an answer. All we know is, as we start our careers, we want to interrogate the emerging imperative for journalists to cultivate a personal brand.
We hope e Daily and Medill will start tackling these conversations, especially as social media plays an evolving role in journalism. Journalism has never been about the person behind the byline, and we believe stories have the most impact when sources speak for themselves through our reporting.
A l o v e l ette r t o the multimedia roo m
ose of us unfamiliar with the Daily may not even know where the multimedia room is. For reference, we’re located on the third oor, just like the “regular” newsroom, but on the other side of the space with the couches. I remember giving my nonDaily friends those exact directions and seeing them turn in circles in confusion as they looked around the oor and couldn’t nd me. As I would wave from behind the door of the tucked away multimedia room, I’d laugh as they came in and saw what we, an award-winning college newspaper, would be up to in there.
Don’t get me wrong, we got our work done, and I like to think we did it well, but part of what made the multimedia room so special was the camaraderie of the tight space. With standing lights, backdrops, equipment cabinets, desks, and wall decorations galore, we really had no choice but to be close to each other.
I spent way too many hours on the third oor of Norris my sophomore and junior years. But the dwindling hours of the night were always made brighter by the laughter and antics of my fellow friends and sta ers. Some of my favorite Daily memories are of watching and commenting on the cultural signi cance of the Twilight series as we edit and wait for stories to come in, ultimately leading to some crazy conversations about pop culture and media as a whole.
But the multimedia room wasn’t always smiles and silly movies. Entering as a freshman mid-pandemic, producing photo and video content was virtually impossible. As the newsroom adapted to remote reporting, multimedia was lost in the past.
Part of what makes the Daily Northwestern such an impactful organization in the world of journalism is its institutional knowledge and renowned reputation. But in the ever-changing world of multimedia content, it can be hard to keep up with trends and platforms and apply that knowledge.
I saw the photo desk rise from the ashes my
sophomore year. Later that year, I saw the video desk become a small but mighty force of digital reporting. All the while, audio was on the rise, and it was only a ma er of time before we introduced a data visualizations desk to the paper with the help of my former photo assistant Ava Mandoli (unrelated, but there’s an unspoken photojournalist to data journalist pipeline that should be studied). While we now “o cially” had these desks, garnering interest wasn’t always the easiest task – when people think “ e Daily Northwestern,” they usually don’t immediately think “immersive multimedia.”
I know that handling expensive equipment and using industry-standard editing so ware sounds intimidating. We did our best to make it as accessible as possible to interested parties – a er all, the goal of working at the Daily is to learn. To be honest, I was surprised we managed to keep the desks a oat some quarters given the few sta ers we had. It was de nitely a labor of love, ghting to pave the way for multimedia love in an otherwise print-heavy newsroom, but I wouldn’t change anything about my journey. Taking the unbeaten path and building something for future generations can be rewarding.
Also, I would be remiss to write a love le er to multimedia without recognizing the countless hours of the design team. While I myself haven’t touched InDesign in years, the design team keeps the print paper a oat each quarter. Your e orts and actions are so valuable to this paper, and don’t ever forget that.
So to everyone I shared a laugh with over crazy music suggestions and cursed Glee episodes – I’ll miss you. I met some of the best journalists – and people for that ma er – I know at the Daily, and I’ll cherish those relationships forever. e insane photos and papers plastered on the walls and ceiling of the multimedia room are just the start of a long living archive of what that li le windowless room is capable of.
Joanne Haner/Daily Senior Sta er
GOOD THINGS COME FROM THOSE WHO WAIT
I never intended to join a college newspaper sta when I imagined what the next four years would look like. ough spending the second half of my senior year in my bedroom was not how I envisioned the culmination of high school to look like, either. It’s funny how a pandemic can truly defy the odds, creating positive memories previously unimaginable. Becoming the subject of my re ection four years later.
I was actually a waitlist admit to Northwestern. In a world without a pandemic, where students may not have deferred their rst year of college, I don’t think I ever would have been stuck at Howard as many times as I have, waiting for the Purple Line to take me to Evanston. But a phone call in early May truly changed that, though e Daily Northwestern was still never on my radar.
I’m still truly not sure how I got to the level of involvement that I did during my time at Northwestern. I just know that logging into the fall Student Organizations Fair, I was drawn to how eager the students were to welcome any freshman looking for a way to understand Northwestern despite circumstances keeping us apart.
At rst, I was adamant about staying away from science reporting, having had enough of the subject in my freshman year courses. Instead, I became acquainted with the Evanston community without ever stepping foot in the city. I learned about the Associated Student Government from meetings I a ended on my bed. But in reporting for disparate subjects, I learned how unavoidable it was to separate the pandemic from our current lives. How unavoidable it would be to separate our health from our reality.
I could not have wri en half of the articles I wrote for e Daily had it not been for the pandemic. And
it became my unique way of melding my background and interests with journalism.
But my re ection isn’t about the science and public health reporting I did for e Daily. Or about how I would soon rise up the ranks, serving in the trifecta of managing editor roles. ough all important to the back story, it’s about why I stayed at the college newspaper.
When I came to the design room at the beginning of sophomore year, I felt like I had stumbled upon a circle of life-long friends. While I was planted on the third oor of Norris into weird hours of the night, I thoroughly enjoyed blasting my controversial music taste and marathoning through the Twilight series. Because journalism wasn’t my main eld of study, designing the print paper twice a week served as my reprieve from studying for organic chemistry. e Daily prides itself as a teaching newspaper, with students claiming that they learn more from e Daily than from their Medill classes. As a non-Medill student, it was pre y neat, then, to not only learn to use the whole suite of Adobe Creative Cloud so ware, but to also learn how to pick up a camera and nd myself traveling for sports games for years to come. I have made memories both in the newsroom and across the country that have become the highlights of my Daily tenure and my undergraduate experience. As a senior in high school looking forward to how my college experience would become, I did not see myself even becoming involved with a college newspaper in the rst place. In the newsroom now as a college senior, just a week shy from graduating, I can’t imagine a place more ing to spend the last moments of my time here at Northwestern.
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Rewind the tape.
May 12, 2021
Mike Polisky resigns as AD after nine-day tenure
Mike Polisky, a long-time athletics staffer, was named athletic director on May 3, 2021 following Jim Phillips’ departure for the ACC. His promotion sparked immediate backlash, as Polisky had recently been named a defendant in a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment in the cheer program. More than 200 students, faculty and staff marched to then-University President Morton Schapiro’s home to protest Polisky’s promotion on May 7. Schapiro defended the hire in a May 6 statement. Polisky resigned on May 12, writing in a statement that he did not “want to be a distraction to our incredible staff as it pursues the collective goal of helping our student-athletes become the best they can be.”
Spring 2022
Softball punches ticket to first Women’s College World Series since 2007
Elimination was knocking on the ‘Cats front door on May 29, as coach Kate Drohan and her squad trailed 5-0 in the third inning to No. 8 Arizona State in the third and final game of the Tempe Super Regional. It begged whether senior pitcher Danielle Williams, who had already thrown over 300 pitches total in the first and second contests of the series, could continue to do the impossible. Yet, with their back against the wall, the Cardiac Cats lived up to their name. Scoring four runs in the fourth, the ‘Cats would go on to score at least one more in the game’s final three innings, while Williams limited the Sun Devils to only one run in the bottom of the seventh. As sophomore third baseman Hannah Cady caught the final out in foul territory, it stamped the program’s first trip back to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2007.
Fall 2023
November 21, 2021
The Class of 2024 ’s top 10 Northwestern sports moments
Field hockey wins its first-ever national championship
The Cats used a dominant defensive performance to shut out Liberty 2-0 en route to the program’s first-ever national championship. The championship victory marked the first for an NU team sport since 2012, when lacrosse won its seventh national championship. The team bused back from Ann Arbor that evening, dancing in the street by the Walter Athletics Center as the NU Marching Band played. Maddie Zimmer was named Most Outstanding Player after scoring one of the Cats’ two goals in the championship game.
February 12, 2023
Basketball’s win over No. 1 Purdue
Propelled by a 17-3 run over the final four minutes of action, NU notched the program’s first victory over an AP No. 1 team. The Cats’ starting triumvirate of Chase Audige, Boo Buie and Ty Berry suffocated the Purdue backcourt, while Chris Lowery’s patented post traps gave Zach Edey fits, combining in 22 Boilermaker turnovers. As the seconds ticked away and the buzzer sounded, a horde of black-clad students and fans stormed the court in celebration. And no one offered a better summation of that fateful Sunday’s events than NU’s own Dave Revsine (Weinberg, ‘91) on the call for BTN: “The improbable season has taken an impossible turn.”
May 28, 2023
Lacrosse wins eighth national championshi p
After an 11-year drought, the Cats again found themselves atop the lacrosse world after defeating Boston College 18-6 in the national title game. NU was unstoppable after its sole loss to Syracuse in the season-opener, going on a 21-game winning streak that continued through the championship. Izzy Scane, who went on to win the Tewaaraton Award, led the team with 99 goals and 35 assists. After the championship, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller spoke about how she hit the “reset button” on the program and embraced what made it successful back in 2005 as a way to get back to the top.
Football goes above .500 post-scandal, wins bowl
Entering the 2023 season, expectations surrounding Northwestern’s ability to compete in the Big Ten remained razor thin. Following a tumultuous offseason and clear voids on both sides of the field, the ‘Cats proved many skeptics wrong early on largely in part through Ben Bryant’s play under center. After a 38-7 home victory over UTEP, NU earned its first victory over a calendar year. Over the next six games, the ‘Cats traded wins and losses, remaining at 3-3 entering the team’s bye. With six wins needed for bowl eligibility, NU followed an impressive home victory over Maryland with road wins at Wisconsin and Illinois. Off a 45-43 shootout against Illinois, the ‘Cats won the Land of Lincoln trophy for the first time since 2020 and finished the regular season with a 7-5 record. Matched against Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl, NU won a 14-7 defensive dogfight, following Bryce Kirtz’s game-winning, latefourth quarter touchdown.
March 12, 2023
Basketball punches ticket to March Madness
Six seasons removed from their first NCAA Tournament appearance, Chris Collins and the Cats were dancing again. After years spent toiling in the Big Ten’s basement, NU mustered the most conference wins in program history (12), a second-place finish in the Big Ten and secured a postseason bid to Sacramento, California, which earned Collins the distinction of Big Ten Coach of the Year. The Cats knocked off Boise State behind 42 points from Buie and Audige before they fell to UCLA in the round of 32. Collins came to Evanston wanting to “create history,” he said, and did so to an incredible degree during the 2022-23 campaign.
Summer 2023
Football hazing scandal/general athletic turmoil, Fitz fired
On the morning of July 8, 2023, The Daily Northwestern reported that inappropriate hazing traditions, involving coerced sexual acts, took place in the Northwestern Football program, a former NU football player told The Daily and was confirmed by a second player. This included reports that head coach Pat Fitzgerald had knowledge of some of these encounters and made reference to them at practice. Following Saturday’s story, more reports came out surrounding the program, as former players described a “culture of enabling racism,” over 15 lawsuits were filed and multiple players entered the transfer portal. After suspending Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay on Friday, July 7, Northwestern parted ways with the longtime coach on Monday, July 10. Fitzgerald filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in October 2023 and currently awaits his case’s trial date in April 2025.
Winter 2023
Boo Buie breaks basketball scoring record
Entering a late-February contest against Michigan at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Boo Buie remained just four points shy of surpassing John Shurna programbest 2,038 point milestone. While Buie tallied his first points off a quick running layup in the game’s opening minute, he needed to wait almost 10 minutes before surpassing the program highmark. Buie’s record-setting points came courtesy of a surefire three. Buie capped his historic evening with 16 points, seven assists and two steals, leading the ‘Cats to a 76-62 victory over the Wolverines, and one step closer toward eventual consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Over his illustrious fiveyear Northwestern career, Buie finished with 2,187 points, earning consecutive First Team All-Big Ten selections honors in his final two seasons.
May 12, 2024 Izzy Scane breaks NCAA all-time scoring record
With an early first period score in the second round of NU’s NCAA Tournament clash with Denver, Scane surpassed Charlotte North as women’s lacrosse’s all-time leading goalscorer. Scane, who helped lead NU to consecutive national championship appearances and a national title in 2023, finished with 88 goals and 21 assists in her final season in Evanston. The two-time Tewaaraton Award winner tallied 376 goals and 107 assists across 84 games in her illustrious five-year career.
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Keep sight of why student journalism matters
In late April of my senior spring, I reported on Northwestern’s campus for the rst time in a year and a half. As the pro-Palestinian encampment launched and the University gained national a ention, media swarmed Deering Meadow.
I was in the odd role of being part of the outside media as a freelancer for the Chicago Sun-Times, yet still a part of the NU community. I felt a strange sense of disconnect at the same time, watching as e Daily’s sta maintained 24 hour coverage, while my job did not require the same level of nonstop reporting.
From my unique position, I could see and appreciate the vitality of student media’s work, while covering the same exact circumstances myself for a broader audience. I haven’t wri en for e Daily since fall of my junior year, and that distance has given me some perspective.
Being a student journalist can feel like trivial and small work. When you’re covering a campus event with fewer than 10 a endees and you know the only people
guaranteed to read the article are your parents, it can start to feel pointless. When you’re navigating complex situations with no guidance, you can feel isolated and in over your head. And when you’re dedicating 40+ hours a week to that job without signi cant compensation or credit, it gets easy to lose sight of why it ma ers.
On those late nights working until the early hours of the morning, there are certain things that keep you going. It’s not money, or a line on your resume or masochism. It’s the friends you make, the only ones who will fully relate to your experiences — and who (I promise) won’t go away when your time at e Daily ends. It’s the pressure of the deadline to get the paper to press. It’s the responsibility of making sure the whole Evanston and Northwestern community will be re ected in the pages.
And it’s the knowledge that if you aren’t there for the li le events, for the day to day stories with small audiences, you won’t be ready when the University starts making national headlines and outside media descends.
We all know that local news is a crucial part of the media ecosystem, and so is student journalism. It’s not only the training ground for future professionals, it o ers crucial coverage of our generation. Journalism is at its best when reporters know and care about their communities, and that is where student journalism excels.
When journalism starts to feel like a slog and the fear of burn out creeps in, I think of my sources and I think of my audience. If I can make my sources feel heard, even if only by me, or reach one reader that needs to see my story, then I’ve done my job.
When I look back on my time at e Daily, yes I remember every crisis that felt like the end of the world. But I also remember how we always got back up and kept going, how we celebrated the big moments, and how we nished every quarter by staying up all night to watch the sunrise together on the Lake ll.
So to all current and future Daily sta ers, here’s my advice: trust yourself but be prepared to grow, hold your
On the trials and triumphs of covering City Council as a student
When I rst volunteered to cover City Council my sophomore year, I had no idea what to expect.
I’d never a ended a city meeting, let alone covered one as a student journalist. I remember walking to Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center and feeling a rush of nerves. e historic building is beautiful, but intimidating. Looking at the brick exterior and crown molding, I felt out of place in my sneakers and jeans.
I had a few preconceived notions about how the meeting would go. I expected heavy jargon and deep discussions about topics I knew li le about. I didn’t
realize just how critical these meetings are to city news.
I also didn’t expect that covering City Council, my “night job,” would not only de ne my experience at e Daily, but also my journalism education at Northwestern.
A er years of si ing at the press table, furiously typing notes on my computer to keep up with the conversation, I’ve learned that student journalism equips you with the power to teach yourself almost anything. While we may be young and new to the job, we can use our relative inexperience to our advantage by asking questions, doing our research and meeting people where they are.
Hours of listening to the mayor, council members and community discuss a myriad of topics have taught me so much about Evanston. I’ve learned everything from how parking fees work to how the city has allocated COVID19 relief funding to what programs are available at the Robert Crown Community Center. Even the smallest details from these meetings ma er. When community members can’t make these Monday night meetings, it’s important to have eyes and ears in the room.
To cover these meetings well, I had to do my own homework. When it was time in fall 2021 for the City Council to cra , analyze, and debate the proposed city budget, I developed a new routine.
Each a ernoon I would click onto the city’s website and do what every city reporter does: stalk. I digested page a er page of charts stu ed with numbers and political jargon. I took endless notes in bad handwriting, lling my computer, scrap pieces of paper and even my class notebooks with thoughts and questions. e more time I spent with this ever-changing document, the more knowledge I gained.
I would lie if I said there weren’t times where I wanted to give up. When my nancial knowledge or ability to decipher the inner workings of a particular fund were limited, I got frustrated. How could I be the watchdog journalist I dreamed of being if I felt so confused by the budgets’ dozens and dozens of pages?
I learned that even though I could teach myself the basics of the budget at a desk in the back of e Daily’s newsroom, I couldn’t do the job alone. I leaned on my thoughtful editors and fellow city reporters. I talked with my Evanston neighbors before and a er meetings about the programs and investments they hoped to see. I emailed, called and interviewed council members for their comments. Eventually, our team at e Daily successfully covered the budget from proposal to passage.
It turned out I was more capable of boiling down
Four years in photos
jargon- lled conversations into accessible reporting than I had thought. To my fellow student journalists, I urge you to appreciate this power and never let yourself or others underestimate you. But, also, know that journalism takes a village — and building relationships with the community members at the forefront of local e orts and governments is essential.
Ultimately, covering even tedious elements of City Council le me with invaluable knowledge about Evanston, local politics and how to report well. When I got the opportunity at Medill on the Hill to report on congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., my experience came in handy. I was ready to listen intently, report quickly and ask politicians questions. At Northwestern I’ve learned that, in and out of journalism, the ability to teach yourself new skills builds con dence and resilience.
I remain immeasurably grateful for e Daily editors and reporters who made covering City Council communal, informative, and enjoyable. I’m also thankful to the Evanston residents who read this newspaper. As a college student, it can sometimes be di cult to get involved in the local community o campus. Journalism has given me the opportunity to meet others that call Evanston home, and for that I’m so grateful.
friendships close but make sure to live a life outside of the Holly and John Madigan Newsroom, and always remember the responsibility and power of your words.
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Congratulations, Class of 2024!
President Michael H. Schill , Dean Marwan M.
Kraidy, faculty, and staff of Nor thwestern University in Qatar wish the Class of 2024 success in their future endeavors.
Aalaa Yousef Y A AlYacoub
Abbas Fateh-Ud-Din Asim
Abdulla Soud A H Al-Nasr
Abdulrahman Yousef H J Al-Fakhri
Abenezer Solomon Bekele
Ahmad Barakat
Ahmad Khalid A S AlObaidli
Ahmed Jaber Mohamed Asad Shehabi
Ahmed Mohammed Alashraf Anwar Mohammed
Aisha Ibrahim S S Al-Abdulla
Aisha Khalid M F Al-Khanji
Aljohara Abdulrahman S. F. Al-Thani
Alanood Ali A. T. Al-Thani
Aljazi Ahmed A F Al-Mazroei
Aljohara Khalid S. F. Al-Thani
Almaha Abdulrahman Al-Thani
Amna Mohammed A M Al-Homaid
Andre Hall Visperas
Anna Kurian
Archie Benedict Rogers
Arham Khalid Ahmad Juolay
Ayazhan Alikhan
Chaeeon Lee
Chaewon An
Chileleko Sibayumba
Christopher Fwalanga
Dana Thamir J. T. Al-Thani
Deema Ali A M Al-Ali
Fahad Mir R T Mir
Fai Fahad A K Al-Kaabi
Fardous Mohamed Ali
Fariha Ahmed
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Ghada Mohammed E M Al-Emadi
Ghalya Mohammed A A Al-Mohammed
Gongran Su
Haleema Ahmed Khan
Hamad Khalifa A E Al-Mannai
Hana Natsheh
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Haris Malik
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Hend Yousef A. Y. Al-Khater
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Ishmael Bonsu Nyame
Jana Alagha
Karam Sleiman
Katongo Lungu
Khalid Saleh S M Al-Mana
Khalifa Ahmad S A Al-Kuwari
Laiba Mubashar
Lanfu Liu
Latifa Yousef M H Al-Naema
Leonjre Awani Anderson
Liellina Teshager Molla
Lolwa Jumah R F Al-Jassim
Manar Fahad H I Al-Fardan
Maria Kunjumon Joseph
Mariam Assem Hamade
Mariam Dirar (T.) Alqasem
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Maryam Ibrahim A Khayat
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Mesned Muhammad M S Al-Misned
Milana Zhanat
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Mohammed Khalid M M Al-Qurashi
Muaaz Nazar Dembinski
Muhammad Wasay Mir
Muna Ali K M Al-Musalmani
Muneera Hamad I A Al-Mana
Mustafa Azhari Abdelrahman Noureldin
Najoud Abdullla Y H Al-Jefairi
Neige Tresor Ikuzo
Nekbakht Alibekova
Nesta Mwanansaluka
Noof Ahmed F. M. Al-Thani
Noof Jamal J A Marafi
Noor Khalid A S Al-Ghanim
Noor Ul Ain
Noora Abdulaziz A M Al-Thani
Noora Ahmed Al Nuaimi
Noora Nasser M A Marafih
Nora Grace Khatib
Noura Abdulaziz J. F. Al-Thani
Oweis Alsalahi
Razan Khalid M A Al-Mannai
Reyam Ahmed Assim Al-Jaafari
Rhassan Rachdi
Saad Saoud S F Al-Malki
Sadick Abdul Mumin
Safae Daoudi
Salem Mohammed S J Alhassan
Samip Khulal
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Saoud Ebrahim A A Al-Abdulla
Saoud Faisal A A Abdulaziz
Sara Abdulaziz A A Al-Emadi
Sara Aref M A A.Hussain
Sara Khalifa Y M Al-Jaber
Sara Mozafari
Sebastian Camilo Marmol Gaviria
Shaikha Isa Jawhar Qanbar Mubarak
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Sybille Teteri
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The unlikely path to my sports journalism stint
When I joined the Daily in my sophomore fall, I had no intentions of staying long.
I had just spent my entire freshman year online, transferred from Carnegie Mellon and was never in Medill.
Flash forward nearly three years later — some of my closest Northwestern friends are from the Daily.
My strong commitment to the Daily started at the beginning of my junior year when I covered the men’s basketball team. e beat initially daunted me. Much of the journalism lingo and etique e confused me, and I needed to manage the fast-paced schedule.
Working alongside beat writers Alex Cervantes and Lawrence Price and photographer Angeli Mi al, I found my footing several weeks into covering my rst full-time beat. Alex and Lawrence served as the Medill professors I never had.
But the real fun started on January 8, 2023 – the date of my rst road trip.
At the crack of dawn, Alex, Lawrence, Angeli and I trekked to Bloomington, energized by Lawrence’s nostalgia playlist, Alex’s valiant driving skills and Angeli’s back-seat cha er.
By the end of the 2023 season, we went on four trips — to Ann Arbor, Madison and Champaign.
While these road trips helped me nd balance outside coursework, the madness materialized in March.
Traveling to Sacramento for Northwestern’s second-ever NCAA Tournament was an experience my sophomore-self would have never envisioned.
And taking a photo of Jaime Jaquez Jr. and his teammates dancing for a TikTok video outside of Golden 1 Center before running away in fright was pre y memorable, too.
en, I applied to join e Daily’s Gameday sta in the fall of my senior year.
Nearly every fall Saturday remained solely devoted to covering football. is meant no tailgates or darties and early weekend wake-up times.
As the road trips continued, Jake Epstein, Angeli and I traveled to Lincoln for Northwestern’s Nebraska game. A er a near-eight-hour journey through the scenic Iowa farmlands, we arrived at Microtel Inn, a rundown motel o the highway.
Nearly having my credit card and driver's license stolen upon check-in and Angeli’s room door propped open as we returned later that night, Jake and I bonded
through the night in the corner of our shared room over sliced oranges.
Over the next several months, I took more initiative. Embarking on solo trips to Champaign for the Land of Lincoln Trophy or East Lansing and Piscataway for basketball, I was one of the only Northwestern student journalists in away venues.
My second stint covering the men’s basketball team was surprisingly more adventurous than the rst. By the season's end, I traveled to six venues — including Minneapolis for the Big Ten Tournament and Brooklyn for the NCAA Tournament. I a ended nearly every media availability — even missing class — just to tweet a photo of Chris Collins or Boo Buie with a quote. And the credential photos and pictures on opposing stadium courts persisted amid pushback.
I would be lying if I said I didn’t shed a tear or two as I wrote my nal-ever basketball — and Daily story — from the Barclays Center media room a er Northwestern’s Round of 32 loss to UConn.
A special thanks to Patrick Andres, Gaby Carroll, Charlo e Varnes, Skye Swann, who all served as sports editors during my time and entrusted me despite my lack of journalism experience. Lastly, a shoutout to Elena Hubert, Lucas Kim and Henry Frieman — all of whom I covered games with over my Daily experience.
An Ode to Covering NU Women's Sports
I had February 14, 2021 circled on my mental calendar for weeks.
The Big Ten’s Olympic sports were returning after months of confusion and uncertainty amid the pandemic. That frigid Valentine’s Day marked the beginning of the season for Northwestern lacrosse, a program I had followed since I first picked up a stick in seventh grade.
I was nervous I’d enter Ryan Fieldhouse the wrong way, get lost inside or somehow break NU’s COVID-19 policy. But I was also thrilled as a kid who loved lacrosse and spent her middle school years reading USA Lacrosse Magazine cover to cover.
When gameday arrived, I watched Izzy Scane score nine goals, tying the then-program record, which she naturally went on to break later in her career. I was starstruck calling her and coach Kelly Amonte Hiller after the game, my heart racing as I dialed the phone. I couldn’t believe I could regularly interview one of college lacrosse’s greatest coaches and some of its best players, getting a better sense of how they saw the game.
I was hooked on beat writing, relishing the feeling that no one on campus knew more about the lacrosse team. What’s unique about my beat writing experience here is that I covered just one men’s sport: football during the ill-fated 1-11 season. My coverage lies in women’s sports: field hockey, lacrosse, volleyball and cross country.
section of student reporters at soccer and lacrosse games, chatting about NU athletic happenings.
Over 100 Daily stories and nine Big Ten schools later, I am proud of every second I spent with the paper. While the diploma I will receive this weekend will not mention journalism, I am happy to have le a legacy behind on the sports desk. I hope more non-Medill students will build their communities in the Daily just like I happened to.
This led to some of my favorite moments of my college experience. In a world where women are derided for every misstep, for every bit of emotion shown, for daring to be great, it was thrilling to watch countless Wildcat women defy expectations and be truly, fully themselves.
I’ll never forget lacrosse’s Hailey Rhatigan’s powerful stick drop in the 2023 NCAA Semifinal, an exclamation point on the Cats’ rout of Denver. Or when Lauren Gilbert crouched to the ground after North Carolina came back from an eight-goal deficit to defeat NU in the 2022 NCAA Semifinal. Or softball’s Danielle Williams’ dominance at the Tempe Super Regional in 2022 en route to a Women’s College World Series appearance.
These moments of women embracing their emotions and athleticism on the national stage are what I'll remember the most about covering NU athletics.
Covering women’s sports led to some of my favorite memories off the field, too. The lacrosse national championship in 2023 comes to mind, as I wandered Chapel Hill and got coffee and bagels with Jake Epstein, Sophia Vlahakis and Sarah Meadow. I loved being part of the
I feel lucky that my peers at The Daily and other student publications also care deeply about women’s sports. I’ve never met a NU student who’s treated women’s sports like a second-rate beat. There are also many phenomenal women in sports at NU, making it a shock when I interned and realized reality isn’t so utopic. Only 15% of sports stories are reported by women journalists, and just 15% of sports coverage focuses on women’s sports — a reality contradictory to Northwestern student journalists’ embrace of women’s sports. It’s disheartening that opportunities to cover women’s sports full-time are rare. It’s been thrilling to watch the rise of Caitlin Clark and see just how much has changed for women athletes in recent years. But, for now, jobs covering women’s sports aren’t arriving along with the rise of the WNBA and other women’s professional leagues. Regardless of where I work or what my beat is, I will always pitch stories about women’s sports and women breaking barriers in men’s sports. While I’ve cared about women’s sports since I was a kid, The Daily crystallized my desire to highlight trailblazing women in my work. I’m going to miss the beauty of a lacrosse game under the lights at Ryan Fieldhouse, pink hues of the sky over Martin Stadium during a women’s soccer game and the intensity of volleyball games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. These places, along with The Daily’s office on the third floor of Norris, were my campus homes.
I know student journalists will continue fighting the good fight covering women’s sports in these locations and wherever the teams travel across the country. Here’s to hoping professional media outlets catch up.
Life is a highway and is better with friends
ere’s something very special, yet unexpected, about the Daily Northwestern’s sports road trips. On the surface, it’s an opportunity to travel and cover a Northwestern program outside of the con nes of Evanston — an experience even some professional journalists don’t get to do.
But to me, it was much more than that. It’s where I built some of my strongest relationships and memories at NU.
ere was rarely a minute of silence in our rented enterprise cars or Alex Cervantes’ vehicle. e countless hours on the road were lled with either Patrick Andres and I’s music playlists, constant conversations about NU sports teams, or whatever crossed our minds. ere was always a collective search for a post-game fast food location to cap o the trip — usually something to accommodate Angeli Mi al’s dietary restrictions or outlets to charge our computers and nish our stories.
On Nov. 11, 2023, though, our car ride back to campus felt a lot di erent.
Mostly silence and li le to no music. It almost felt unreal, like out of a movie.
Traveling back from the football team’s road victory at Wisconsin, Cervantes, Mi al and I, alongside sophomore Jake Epstein, recognized that it was our
nal road trip together.
It was a whirlwind of emotions and a chance to reminisce on our many shared experiences. ere was a feeling of happiness that our schedules would begin to free up and that the ‘Cats won, yet sadness that this was our last go-around.
More importantly, though, I realized that the road trips provided us a chance to escape from reality and not worry about whatever stresses we had going on, whether that was school, life or gripes with e Daily. It gave us the opportunity to get to know each other on an intimate and personal level outside of sports. We laughed, argued and ate together nearly every weekend.
I quickly understood that my sadness didn’t derive from it being our last hooray, but because I wouldn’t be able to hang out with friends in the same capacity ever again. I never thought I would become so close to a group of people when I started at the newspaper in Fall 2020.
And it doesn’t just stop at the sports desk, you
begin to realize the di erent people you’ve met throughout the years that have come and gone. e amount that you accomplished as a full-time student by day and full-time reporter by night, and how much you’ve grown as a journalist. e satisfaction of winning awards for your work and becoming an editor for three di erent desks in spaces that lacked Black personnel — in the newsroom and the press box. I couldn’t tell you how many road trips I went on throughout my time at the Daily, the number of phone calls we received from my previous sports editor Drew Scho nor the number of Welch’s Fruit Snacks I bought from the nearest gas station. But it’s safe to say that it made my tenure worthwhile and embodied my four years on Norris’s third oor. When asked to describe my time at the Daily, I ght between the terms ba le-tested and gratitude, as both feel ing at times. However, as this ‘road trip’ comes to an end, there’s nothing more appropriate to say than thank you.
The open road and the community I found
Taking great inspiration from my good friend Patrick Andres’ graduation column two years ago, I’d like to tell you about a place. But rst, I need to tell you about a drive.
e clock had just passed midnight outside of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and I was humming south along I-151. e headlights of my Hyundai served as the only source of light illuminating an otherwise at and dark landscape. I had been warned by my editors to remain vigilant of the animals that roam the highways and backroads across rural Wisconsin, but, being the proud North Carolinian I am and believing myself to be well-versed in how to maneuver around any late-night two-eyed obstructions, I brushed o their warnings.
Lo and behold, a mere two minutes a er merging onto the highway, a fox or coyote (I know, I apologize for not knowing which li le carnivorous fur ball decided to test my reaction time) darted in front of my car. Brakes were slammed, my body tensed and there was a brief pause before I pressed my foot against the accelerator.
As I white knuckled my way back to Madison, capping yet another night ying solo on my JR, I remember longing for one thing: to have shared that experience with someone else.
Admi edly, it’s a bit of an odd thought. Why would I want to share this startling event with another person? But all I could think about was how I missed the companionship that e Daily a orded me during other sports coverage-related road trips.
My car, at that moment, with each passing tire rotation inching me closer to my destination, felt emptier than usual. I wanted and wished it was full of the laughter, conversation and, most of all, the people I’d come to so deeply appreciate.
And I almost never got to experience those road trips.
My freshman year experience of self-induced isolation sucked. I certainly don’t believe my experience to have been unique either. Ma er of fact, it makes sense that the combination of a global pandemic, somewhat crippling introversion and acclimating to a new environment would result in the seclusion I subjected myself to. Heading into my sophomore year, aided by some sage advice from my parents, I knew I needed to nd an outlet on campus to cover Northwestern sports.
I joined e Daily, spurning the invitation of Chili’s provided by InsideNU, under the encouragement of Lawrence Price. What followed was a 2.5-year rollercoaster of emotions and sports coverage, highlighted
The scoop on Kathryn Hahn
Actress and comedian Kathryn Hahn (Communication ’95) will give the 2024 Commencement address at Northwestern, the University announced in a Saturday press release.
Hahn is famous for her performances in multiple TV series, including “Tiny Beautiful ings,” “WandaVision,” “ e Shrink Next Door,” “I Love Dick” and her own production, “Mrs. Fletcher.” Soon, she will reprise her “WandaVision” role of Agatha Harkness to star in the Marvel/Disney+ limited series “Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.”
Source: Northwestern Now
Hahn has also graced the silver screen, featuring in movies including “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Private Life,” the “Bad Moms” franchise, “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”
Hahn has won Best Villain and Best Fight at the MTV Movie + TV Awards, an Ensemble Cast Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, a Female Stars of the Year award at CinemaCon, and more. She has been nominated in the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Critics Choice Awards and the Gotham Awards.
Hahn announced her speakership to the Class of 2024 in a video that played Saturday night at the senior class formal at the eater on the Lake in Chicago.
“I’m going to be your commencement speaker — ta-da!” she quipped in the video. “To me, it really is like my greatest role that I’ve ever got a chance to play.”
In another video posted to the o cial NU Instagram, Hahn sported sandals and socks as she walked her dogs and joked about being famous for stealing a soda from Norris University Center during her time at NU.
Hahn also visited NU as A&O Productions’ 2021 celebrity speaker.
Hahn will receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree at the ceremony, adding to her theater degree from NU and her Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
by many late nights spent writing and rewriting on the third oor of Norris.
But to truly capture my experience at e Daily is to tell you about the car rides.
To tell you in great detail about the nostalgic music playlist that boomed from the bluetooth speakers in the car on nearly every trip with Lawrence, Aayushya Agarwal and Angeli Mi al. To tell you about the heel click celebrations in Madison, the combative cop in Bloomington, Indiana, the World’s Largest Truck Stop in Walco , Iowa, the hot tub and Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the snowy detour to Outback Steakhouse in West Lafaye e, Indiana. To tell you about the places we went, but also the sanctuary the people on those trips provided.
It was work, and there were days where it was especially taxing. It was also a welcomed respite from the rapidity of this school’s quarter system.
Writing can be a lonely enterprise. I became privy to that reality over the winter. Amid the solitude, however, I found a quote from Stephen King that has stuck with me. Acknowledging how solitary of an act it can be, he said: “Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a di erence. ey don’t have
to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.” In the end, I found that belief and support in the people I shared the nest four-wheeled, four-doored, Enterprise-rented vehicles with — shoutout to Lawrence, Aayushya, Angeli, Patrick, Jake Epstein, Charlo e Varnes, John Riker and more. e Daily taught me a lot, and I’m sure one day I might very well miss those late Norris nights. But I know for certain I’m going to miss traversing the Midwest with my friends.
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James Parrack (’27 P)
Bruce B. Pascoe ’87 (’24 P)
Mary Scott Patronik ’88, ’97 MBA (’21, ’23 P)
Timothy J. Patronik ’87 (’21, ’23 P)
Laurel Thompson Paul ’92
Peter J. Pawinski ’98
Jon K. Peck
Angela Pensa ’00, ’12 MA
Patrizia
Daniel Perez (’20 P)
Olga Perez (’20 P)
Lynne F. Perri ’76 MS
Suzanne C. Peterson ’89
Matthew William Petty ’05
Thomas S. Philp ’83
Daniel Lee Pieringer ’06
Linda M. Polenzani ’98
Ellen Gedalius Poltilove ’00, ’01 MS Carrie Ralstin Porter ’09
Rick Porter ’94
Mayre L. Press ’84
Lawrence Price (’24 P)
Ursula Price (’24 P)
Anna Claire Prior ’08
William J. Pullen ’07 MBA
Matthew Leo Purcell ’05
James M. Puzzanghera ’85
Elisa Miller Quinlan ’98
Camilla Rab
Carrie B. Rabin Aber ’95
Joan Radovich ’84
Anna Raff ’99
Lydia Charlotte Ramsey Pflanzer ’15
Emily E. Ramshaw ’03
Manuel Rapada ’15
Manuel Mopas Rapada ’15, ’15 Cert
Michael D. Raphael ’93
Connie Reddicliffe (’13 P)
Steven V. Reddicliffe ’75 (’13 P)
Brian Thomas Regan ’09, ’10 MS Michael P. Reilley ’95 MS
Amy B. Reinholds ’92
Scott Russell Reiter ’95
Kristoffer Ljones Resellmo ’03
Bruce Rheins ’81
Kevin E. Richert ’85
Dorothy S. Ridings ’61
Katherine E. Ritchey ’00, ’01 MS
Eunice Katherine Ro ’14
Jennifer Magat Ro ’93, ’94 MA
Jun H. Ro ’92
Arnold Jeffrey Robbins ’75
Daniel William Roberts ’07
JB Roberts ’89
Stuart J. Robinson ’89
Jose L. Rodriguez ’84
Charles G. Rogalske ’67
Mary Ann Rogalske
Jennifer Leopoldt Roop ’05
Alison P. Rosenberg
Benjamin X. Rosenberg ’21
Jeffrey A. Rosenberg ’67
Amy Rosewater Halushka ’93, ’94 MS
Kathryn Rospond Roberts ’92
James M. Ross ’89
Melanie Fridl Ross ’89, ’90 MS
Richard J. Rothacker ’94, ’94 MS
Rita L. Rubin ’78
Diane Kathryn Rusignola ’10 MS Ameet Sachdev ’93, ’94 MS Lisa Sachdev
Kevin G. Salwen ’79 (’17 P)
Robert R. Samuels ’06
James D. Saunders ’88
Megan M. Scheid ’92
President Michael H. Schill
Deborah Schmerler (’17 P)
Peter A. Schoenke ’92, ’93 MS Mary Beth Searles ’91
Christine E. Seliga ’87 (’24 P)
David C. Sell ’85
Gail S. Sell Nilay Sen (’17, ’21, ’22 P) Suat Sen (’17, ’21, ’22 P)
Jeffrey L. Shapiro ’76 MS
Gregory Shea ’95
John Shea ’96 MS
Audrey D. Shepps Mark ’85
Chelsea Lynn Sherlock ’16
Kevin F. Sherry ’93, ’95 MS
Heather Shulick ’99
Janine M. Sieja ’88
Andrew Markowitz Simon ’09
Stephen K. Sink ’69, ’70 MS Peter D. Slevin
Barbara Nordby Soderlin ’99
Josh Abraham Solomon ’14
Mary Lou Song ’91 (’27 P)
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Marsh Tueting ’93, ’96 MS (’25 P) Amy J. Turner-Thole ’96 Daniel M. Twetten ’98, ’01 JD
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Linda R. Walton ’64
Cynthia H. Wang ’93
Jeffrey Wang ’18
Sonjia Waxmonsky
Graham Thomas Webster ’06
David J. Weiss ’87 (’17 P)
Melanie Weiss ’89 (’17 P) Shari Gail Weiss ’09
Shanna K. Wendt ’00
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Four years of headlines
Aug. 28, 2020
Northwestern goes remote for firstand second-year students, reduces Fall Quarter undergraduate tuition by 10 percent
Northwestern administrators have announced an all-virtual Fall Quarter for first- and second-year students as well as a 10 percent tuition reduction for the quarter, according to an email sent Friday.
The email, signed by administrators including University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Kathleen Hagerty, noted the University was “compelled to make several adjustments” after consulting with Northwestern Medicine and state and local health officials. Such adjustments include prohibiting first- and secondyear students from coming on campus, with limited exceptions. They will start the school year on a remote-only basis and come to campus at the beginning of Winter Quarter.
Oct. 19, 2020
Disarm, defund, disband: Students are marching every day until Northwestern abolishes NUPD
For over a month, a mask-shaped sign reading “We’re N This Together” hung from the Weber Arch. It was meant to symbolize a unified start to Northwestern’s academic year but was often mocked by students instead.
By 11:51 p.m. Saturday night the sign was on the ground, by 11:53 p.m. it was in flames and by 12:30 a.m. it was in a crumpled heap at the feet of police officers guarding the home of University President Morton Schapiro.
About 300 students, led by members of NU Community Not Cops, gathered in front of Foster-Walker Complex Saturday night for the sixth consecutive day of marches demanding the abolition of University Police.
May 9, 2022
Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance organizes NU’s first student-run Pow Wow
Four years ago, lumber from the Menominee Tribal Enterprises, a Native-owned and operated business, was used to build the WelshRyan Arena basketball court. The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance made history on that lumber on Saturday, hosting Northwestern’s first student-run Pow Wow.
August 11, 2022
Jan. 20, 2021 Days after city’s 100th COVID-19 death, city holds light ceremony
Just a few days after Evanston’s 100th resident died of COVID-19, the city invited residents to observe a moment of silence Tuesday evening as it held a light beam display that traveled through each ward.
Evanston’s ceremony coordinated with the lighting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. Tuesday that honored the more than 400,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19 to date. It came the evening before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
March 23, 2021
Feb. 23, 2021 Daniel Biss elected mayor of Evanston
Former state Sen. Daniel Biss will be Evanston’s next mayor as of Tuesday night, with unofficial results showing he secured over 73 percent of votes, with all precincts reporting.
Biss first announced his campaign in September. Because Biss received over 50 percent of votes cast in the primary, he automatically won the mayoral election. He is slated to take office in May.
City Council passes the country’s first reparations program for
Black residents
Evanston’s City Council voted 8-1 to implement the Restorative Housing Reparations program Monday, with Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) opposing.
The program will become the first material action on reparations for Black
Sept. 26, 2021
Americans in the nation’s history, commiting the first $400,000 of Evanston’s $10 million reparations initiative to grants for housing assistance.
“We all know that the road to repair and justice in the Black community is
going to be a generation of work,” Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said. “What I’m excited about is the new engagement, the new interest in what we’re doing… All I heard today was support of reparations.”
‘No more excuses’: Students protest Greek life after series of reported druggings at fraternity houses
Content warning: This story contains mention of drugging and sexual assault as well as explicit language in audio clips.
Two thousand students surrounded the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, spilling into Lincoln Street. The crowd stood still, holding a moment of silence in solidarity with the individuals allegedly drugged at the house Thursday.
Until an organizer’s shout cut through the air: “Abolition is not the end! It is the beginning!”
The crowd cheered and shouted back in response. Soon after, students hurled eggs, which splattered against the AEPi house’s walls.
and AEPi Sunday night, followed two University Police crime notices. According to the Friday notice, multiple individuals reported they were drugged at an AEPi house event, and according to the Saturday notice, another individual reported they were drugged at an SAE house event. The Saturday notice identified both addresses as on-campus fraternity houses, though the Friday notice did not. Neither notice identified the fraternities by name.
A pow wow is a celebration held by many Native American and Indigenous communities where Native and non-Native people connect over dance, food and more.
More than 200 people attended the event, including Native and non-Native students, faculty, family, local residents and students from other universities.
Michael Schill named next president of Northwestern
Michael Schill will be Northwestern’s next president, the Board of Trustees announced Thursday. Schill, who has served as president of the University of Oregon since 2015, will begin his presidency this fall. He will succeed current University President Morton Schapiro, who has served NU for 13 years.
Oct. 7, 2022
“I am thrilled, honored and humbled to join Northwestern, one of the world’s most prominent universities,” Schill said in an email to the community. “Northwestern has a long tradition of educating the brightest minds and pushing the boundaries of research and innovation.”
NUGW announces affiliation with United Electric Workers
After six years of grassroots organizing and building community support, Northwestern University Graduate Workers launched its formal union drive at a Thursday rally. The organization announced that 95% of its members have voted to
affiliate with United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.
More than 300 NUGW members and supporters filled Deering Meadow for the “Rally for More Pay and More Say.”
The protest, held outside the oncampus houses of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
April
14, 2023
Sunday’s action was part of ongoing advocacy to remove Greek life at Northwestern. The alleged druggings have spotlighted the movement to end Greek life on campus and brought historic violence in fraternity spaces to the forefront.
July 8, 2023
One dead and two injured in Clark Street Beach shooting
Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence and death.
An 18-year-old is dead and two 15-year-old boys are injured following a Wednesday night shooting at Clark Street Beach.
One of the boys is hospitalized in critical condition, while the other suffered a graze wound and has been released from the hospital, according to an Evanston Police Department news release. All three victims were Skokie residents.
The family of the 18-year-old is likely processing and has not made a statement, according to an individual familiar with the family.
April 25, 2024
Former NU football player details hazing allegations
Content warning: This article contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation.
A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the university involved coerced sexual acts. A second player confirmed these details.
The player also told The Daily that head coach Pat Fitzgerald may have known that hazing took place.
“I’ve seen it with my own eyes, and it’s just absolutely egregious and vile and inhumane behavior,” the player, who asked to remain anonymous in this story, said.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators continue to push for divestment on Deering Meadow following agreement
About 50 student activists began setting up tents on Deering Meadow Thursday morning in an effort to pressure Northwestern to divest from companies and cut ties with institutions connected to Israel.
Six days later, demonstrators wrapped up negotiations with the University.
As negotiations finished, the University agreed to permit protests in support of Palestine at the Meadow through June 1. The permit will require that
only NU students, faculty and staff be allowed in the demonstration area, unless otherwise authorized by the University.
In exchange, the Northwestern Divestment Coalition, which organized the encampment effort, will commit to leaving only one aid tent on the lawn. Though students will still be able to organize under a permit granted by NU, they will use only approved devices to project or amplify sound. The encampment, organized by the NU Divestment Coalition, comes as students across the country are protesting their universities’ involvement in Israel’s war in Gaza, with some facing arrests. Israel’s military action in Gaza has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian officials. Israel’s ground and air offensive follows the militant group Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel which killed about 1,200 Israelis, according to Israeli officials.