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Weinberg senior Eraj Uzoqov was deep into a conversation with a LinkedIn recruiter when they asked him what his citizenship status was. When the recruiter discovered Uzuqov is an international student from Tajikistan, the recruiter said, “I apologize, I didn’t know.”  “The big challenge is knowing how to present (citizenship status) to recruiters and how...

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Every year, the first Monday of May marks fashion’s biggest event: the Met Gala. “The Garden of Time” dress code saw florals, crystal embellishments and a disappointing amount of black tuxedos on Monday. The Met Gala is a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City that marks the...

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A decade ago, Sia emerged as a solo artist when her album “1000 Forms of Fear,” debuted at No. 1 on U.S. Billboard Top 200. Now, she is reimagining her public image with her newest album, “Reasonable Woman.” The Australian artist has come under fire for a series of controversies. Sia’s “Elastic Heart” video, released...

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The dining room of Chi Omega is well-spaced but cozy, honeyed by the trickles of natural light coming in through the window. I step in, slightly late to a Monday dinner already in full swing. It is my first time being inside a sorority house. I live further north on campus, accustomed to the rowdy...

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Illinois lawmakers revealed a plan to combine the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace into one agency April 29.  Proposed by state Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago) and state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado (D-Chicago), the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act aims to create a universal pass with a universal fare for all three public transportation methods.  “Investing in...

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With captivating actors, an intimate black-box stage and harmonizing design elements, the Red Theater’s “Hamlet,” directed by Wyatt Kent at the Edge Theater in Edgewater, offers audiences an emotionally immersive experience. The show opened on April 26 and will run for four weeks. Before the play begins, Hamlet (Ashley Fox) wears headphones and sifts through...

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“Hi guys, it’s Remi,” begins another introduction of Weinberg sophomore Remi Furuto’s YouTube vlogs, or video blogs. After watching countless college “day in the life” videos herself, Furuto embarked on her own vlogging journey. In each vlog, Furuto includes a trailer, title page, videos and thank you message to her audience. Furuto’s most popular videos...

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News outlet Accuracy in Media dispatched a mobile billboard to University President Michael Schill’s residence, Wieboldt House, on Tuesday.  The billboard, affixed to a truck, contains a photo of Schill on a red background with the text “Hamas’s favorite university president, Michael Schill.” It also says that it is Schill’s “time to resign.” It links...

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Parents of students attending the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies demanded two-way communication with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education members and administrators at the second of three public hearings on plans to close the school, held Monday at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center. In a flyer circulated online in April,...

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In today’s crossword: 4-Down, 3 letters: Myers-Briggs : Enneagram :: SAT : ____.

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To the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, In 1968, we engaged in disruptive peaceful civil disobedience at NU to bring attention to the racism we experienced. We took over the Bursar’s Office on a Friday. Many of us were frightened, but we felt this action was necessary. We were following in the tradition of...

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Author and Stanford University English Prof. Kirstin Valdez Quade held a dialogue and read from her debut novel “The Five Wounds” at Northwestern’s 16th Annual Writers Festival Monday. Published in 2021, “The Five Wounds” tells a yearlong, multi-generational narrative of a New Mexican family. The book received The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and...

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After just one week in an economics course, it’s not uncommon to see many students drop the class. However, for some women in economics, course difficulty isn’t the only barrier they’re facing. Students majoring in economics must take six core courses, two of which are introductory courses often taken in students’ first year — Econ...

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More than two decades after NorthShore University HealthSystem merged with Highland Park Hospital — a move the Federal Trade Commission deemed anticompetitive in 2007 — former patients will be paid out by a class action settlement. In a Monday hearing at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang approved a $55...

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In the aftermath of a stand-off between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel demonstrators at the Deering Meadow encampment on the morning of Sunday, April 28, those at the “Northwestern Liberation Zone” formed a human chain to prevent counterprotesters from entering the space they had occupied for the previous four days. As I walked by this scene, I...

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Live entertainment for Northwestern students isn’t going anywhere — University administration agreed to provide an additional $707,175 in annual student group funding starting this year. The funding increase intends to address limited Student Activities Finance Committee funding that is unable to cover all the expenses of student groups, according to SESP sophomore and Associated Student...

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Attendees enjoyed martial arts demonstrations alongside booths of kakigori shaved ice and grilled takoyaki balls on Sunday as the Japanese American Student Association and Japan Club hosted their first joint Bunkasai at Seabury Hall.  Bunkasai are traditional Japanese cultural festivals often hosted by local students to show off school pride. Students, like McCormick sophomore and...

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An Illinois law prohibiting political parties from adding new state office candidates who didn’t run in the March primaries to general election ballots went into effect Friday. The law, which Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday, is applicable in cases where no candidate won the party’s primary. Prior to Friday, potential candidates who obtained...

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University President Michael Schill will testify before Congress at a May 23 hearing, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced Monday. The committee hearing, titled “Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos,” will feature testimony from Schill as well as the presidents of Rutgers University and the University of California, Los Angeles. “Over...

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Northwestern graduate student attacker Izzy Scane was named Big Ten Attacker of the Year, and coach Kelly Amonte Hiller received Big Ten Coach of the Year honors, the conference announced Monday. This marks Scane’s third Attacker of the Year award and Amonte Hiller’s fourth Coach of the Year nod. Scane ranks fifth in the NCAA...

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