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... Illinois football program. By Rees Woodcock | 12:26 PM CDT. Nov 24, 2018; Evanston, IL, USA; A ...

Latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates show sharp decline -- but may not be accurate.

Evanston Pour, 528 Dempster St, Evanston, IL, 60202 · More info here. Let's gather to celebrate Robyn McMurray Hurtig's art on display at POUR ...

Muhammad, a junior at Northwestern University in Qatar, didn’t expect to be eating just one or two meals a day in college. He dreamed of attending NU-Q — Northwestern’s campus in Doha — when he was in high school and said he was “happy and proud” to be accepted. But juggling a campus job, student...

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Kathleen "Kitty" Johns, age 64, passed away February 22, 2016. Kitty was born January 7, 1952 in Evanston, Illinois to Roald and Mary Lou ...

With her version of “The Tempest,” third-year directing graduate student Manna-Symone Middlebrooks offered audiences a newly imagined, contemporary version of Shakespeare’s classic at The Wirtz Center on Friday. The show opened on May 17 and will run until May 26. Middlebrooks crafted this staging of “The Tempest” for her MFA thesis. She said the play,...

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... Evanston, Illinois. She survives along with his children, Elaine A. (Craig) Bearden of Savoy, Illinois, and Bradley D. (Amy) Bearden of Bellingham ...

In today’s mini crossword: 4-Across, four letters: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” author.

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Content warning: This story contains discussion of hate crime. A week after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, 6-year-old Palestinian-American Wadee Alfayoumi was stabbed 26 times in his home in Plainfield, Illinois, in an alleged hate crime. On Sunday evening, the First United Methodist Church in Chicago, also known as the Chicago Temple, held...

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About 120 people gathered at Fountain Square Sunday to call for a bilateral ceasefire and the release of hostages on both sides of the war in Israel and Gaza.  The “Solidarity Vigil for Justice and Peace” was organized by Standing Together, a movement formed by Jewish and Palestinian Israeli citizens in 2015 that later spread...

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Communication Prof. Barbara Butts believes stage management requires a diverse set of leadership skills, and she wants her students to be able to use them both inside and outside the theater. BARBARA BUTTS: What stage management really is is, it’s leadership, it’s management, it’s organization, it’s communication and it’s problem-solving. Those are the big things...

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The 52nd annual Dillo Day took place Saturday. The festival began on the Lakefill at 12:15 p.m. and ended around 10:30 p.m. after headliner Swae Lee’s concluding performance. Learn more about the history of Dillo Day, by the numbers, here. Main Stage performers Notable performers over the last 10 years include Chance the Rapper, 2...

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More than 700 miles east of Northwestern’s Evanston campus, University President Michael Schill will report to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify at a hearing before Congress. The proceedings are slated to begin at 9:15 a.m. CDT in the Rayburn House Office Building. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce called Schill and the...

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Dillo Day had a rude start. I had smug plans to sleep in to avoid the midday exhaustion that would no doubt afflict most Northwestern students. Unfortunately, I live in Bobb Hall, and was awoken early in the morning by the sound of freshmen shrieking “Happy Dillo!” to one another in the hallway. As an...

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Northwestern’s record of 18-34 and 4-20 in-conference, when presented in a vacuum, leaves much to be desired. But putting it into Wildcat terms — after coach Ben Greenspan inherited a program blemished by an indefinite suspension and a culture of bullying, while 21 of 35 players on the 2023 roster either jumped ship or graduated...

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The Evanston girls track and field program celebrated a rare anniversary Saturday at the Class 3A Illinois High School Association state finals at ...

The final stretch of Spring Quarter brings a myriad of events, including formals hosted by student affinity groups.  Hundreds of students travel around Chicagoland each year for an evening of fun to celebrate their communities and cultures at events like Middle Eastern North African Student Association Formal, Chinese Students Association Formal and Queer Prom. Weinberg...

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After defeating Saint Francis (PA) in its Friday NCAA tournament opener, Northwestern advanced to the Austin regional championship by posting a 1-1 record Saturday, before ending its season with a loss to No. 1 Texas Sunday.  In their first Saturday contest, the Wildcats (35-13, 19-3 Big Ten) fell to the Longhorns (50-7, 23-4 Big 12)14-2...

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