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Northwestern football’s 2025 rollercoaster season still took them bowling

Northwestern battled it out against Illinois in the Land of Lincoln Trophy match on Nov. 29, 2025. Photo courtesy of Northwestern Athletics. Football season’s closure is upon us. No. 1 Indiana claimed ...
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ is a mess, but an enjoyable one

Withered Chica jumps toward the camera during a jump scare in Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Photo courtesy of Ryan Green/ Universal Pictures via AP. Was “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” incredibly better than ...
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Activism in the time of social media

Protest photograph by members of the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association, c. 1969-70. Photo courtesy of the Northwestern Archives. These days, it’s hard not to know what’s going on. With ...
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Jazz in Your Socks: In a Church Street apartment, a student quartet hosts living-room jazz nights

The sign gives it away. In an apartment complex on Church Street, up a few flights of stairs, you’ll find a sheet of paper duct-taped to an otherwise inconspicuous wooden door. On it, scrawled in red ...
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Slow down, you’re doing fine: The do’s and don’ts of pre-professional culture

Going into my first year at my previous college, I, along with many of my friends, was entirely clueless about what to study. Many students start college undecided about majors or careers, but as ...
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Student interest slows in Buffalo Joe’s

The exterior of Buffalo Joe’s at 812 Clark St. Little has changed about the restaurant since its opening on May 1, 1984. Photo by Maya Segal / Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute When Yale ...
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Coming home: The Fifth Ward gets its school back

The construction site of the new Foster School, as of June 4. Photo by Maya Mukherjee / North by Northwestern. Evanston resident Terri Shepard spots Black children waiting for a bus in her ...
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As the floats clear out, the cleanup crew rolls in

A young girl waves from her mother’s arms as Evanston sanitation vehicles roll past, tailing the local Fourth of July Parade. “Our Public Works agency is the backbone of our community,” Evanston ...
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Evanston residents reflect on independence and social equity at this year’s Fourth of July Parade

Substitute teacher Gabriel Garcia sports gray “Mexicans Ain’t Going Anywhere” shirt at parade to protest ongoing discrimination and represent cultural heritage. Photo by Juliana Agudelo Ariza / Medill ...
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Gus’s Popsicles at Evanston’s Fourth of July parade

Gus Kohl, 13, sells a popsicle to two customers at Evanston’s Fourth of July parade. Photo by Dorie Xie/ Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute Kohl sells a popsicle to a young boy at the parade.
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Political candidates march in Evanston’s Fourth of July parade

Candidates campaigned for Illinois’ legislature and the United States House of Representatives ahead of the General Primary Election March 17, 2026. Evanston native Miracle Jenkins smiles at Fourth of ...