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When Weinberg freshman Savannah Hsu enrolled at Northwestern, she never imagined being sick for the first five months. She never imagined that an ear, nose, throat specialist would discover enlarged adenoids and say they were likely due to mold in her Bobb Hall dorm. She never imagined surgical removal would be her best option.  Hsu...

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A metaphorical show about the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable, the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts’ “The Great Sea Serpent” explored the intrusive impact humankind can have on our planet. The sold-out play, which follows a small fish investigating the “serpent” of the cable after it is laid in the ocean, ran Friday,...

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In the basement of Main Library, Northwestern’s conservation lab remains hidden in plain sight, tucked away in the corner of the basement.  Among old book presses, brushes and fume hoods, a series of artifacts stand out. There’s a large yet well-kept Arabic manuscript from the 1500s stationed right next to Garry Marshall’s baseball mitt. Near...

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Four years ago, when Weinberg senior and former internal president Abby Burt joined Kaibigan, the Philippine-American Student Association at Northwestern, she said there were less than 10 members because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The club now has around 50 members and broke the attendance record for its annual Pinoy Show for the second year in...

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In today’s mini crossword: 1-Down, 4 letters: Anonymous NU course evaluation.

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Northwestern added two new pieces of hardware to the trophy case, clinching Big Ten titles in lacrosse and softball this weekend. After a location change from Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium to Ryan Fieldhouse due to inclement weather, the No. 1 ranked lacrosse squad played the final 96 seconds of the Big Ten tournament championship...

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Actress Ashley Liao discussed Asian American representation in media at the Technological Institute to around 100 people Sunday evening as the Taiwanese American Students Association and the Hong Kong Student Association’s spring speaker.  Liao shared that, at 13, she had guest appearances in shows like “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.”...

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Northwestern traveled to Malibu to compete in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships at Pepperdine. Opening tournament play against Arizona State with a match that lasted more than three hours, the Wildcats (19-8, 9-2 Big Ten) fell 4-3 to the Sun Devils (15-9, 6-4 PAC-12). The doubles point has been...

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Despite close games on Friday and Sunday, Northwestern dropped its third consecutive Big Ten series sweep against Iowa. The Wildcats (13-30, 2-16 Big Ten) took on the Hawkeyes (28-18, 13-8 Big Ten) in a weekend that yielded some positive takeaways despite the losing skid. The series opener was the lowest scoring game of the weekend...

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No. 23 Northwestern entered its final regular season series against Indiana at The “J” controlling its conference destiny. With a half-game lead over Michigan for first place in Big Ten standings, the Wildcats (33-10, 19-3 Big Ten) won two games against the Hoosiers (37-17, 12-11 Big Ten) to clinch their third consecutive Big Ten regular...

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Vendors lined the fifth floor of the 1800 Maple Ave. parking garage to kick off the sixth annual season of Maker’s Markets on Sunday. Hosted by nonprofit arts organization Evanston Made, the event included 60 vendors, founder and co-director Lisa Degliantoni said. Sunday’s market was the first of the season’s three markets taking place in...

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First Presbyterian Church of Evanston hosted a Sunday panel discussion in collaboration with nonprofit Bright Stars of Bethlehem on the role of religion, politics and solidarity in the Israel-Gaza war. Panelists included Rev. Mitri Raheb — co-founder of Bright Stars and Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, a city in the West Bank — Rabbi Brant...

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About 150 community members gathered at a hall in Evanston to celebrate local animal rescue Paws and Claws Cat Rescue’s fourth birthday and its adoption center’s one-year anniversary Friday evening.  Birthday Bash attendees included current fosters, adopters, donors, volunteers and those looking to adopt. The event was also a fundraiser for the center to care...

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Caught up with current events? See if you can ace this week’s news quiz.

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For Ari Hart, rabbi at Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue, Passover represents freedom, family and faith.  Known as Pesach in Hebrew, Passover celebrates the freedom of Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. During Passover, observers cannot eat leaven, a type of yeast, in any form. Instead, they can only eat matzo, an unleavened bread. Matzo...

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Evanston Community Foundation held its first in-person Public Service Challenge since before the COVID-19 pandemic at the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center Saturday. Established in 2000, the Public Service Challenge seeks to help Evanston residents navigate the intricacies of running a city office or school board campaign through nonpartisan training, according to Senior Director...

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Audiences gasped and cheered as pole dancers performed acrobatic sequences across the stage and a series of poles in Lutkin Hall Friday. Northwestern’s Polerize produced its inaugural show — and NU’s first-ever pole dancing show — “Wildest Fantasies,” with student dancers like “Wolfsbane” and “Solitaire” performing pole routines to music including “Streets (Silhouette Remix)” by...

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No. 1 Northwestern garnered the selection committee’s top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season Sunday night.  With the No. 1 seed, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s team will have home-field advantage at Martin Stadium until the Final Four in Cary, North Carolina. Her squad has made at least a semifinal appearance...

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Ever since he was young, Communication junior Drew Slager has had two great loves: theatre and reality television competition shows. To reconcile these passions at Northwestern, Slager turned an idea “mentioned out of the blue” into a reality. In the spring of their freshman year, Slager created a game of “Big Brother” for about a...

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With a dark sea of storm clouds descending upon Lake Michigan and turning a picturesque evening into a downpour, No. 1 Northwestern and No. 15 Penn State played out the final 96 seconds of Saturday’s weather-delayed Big Ten Tournament championship inside Ryan Fieldhouse. Toward the bookend of her six-year collegiate career, graduate student goalkeeper Molly...

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