North by Northwestern, Winter 2010
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STAFF
Vi-An Nguyen | MANAGING EDITOR
Aubrey Blanche | SENIOR EDITOR
Jessica K. Chou | SENIOR EDITOR
Monica Kim | ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Alan Boccadoro | DESIGN EDITOR
Sarah Adler | ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR
Sarah Davidson | ASSISTANT DESIGN EDITOR
CONTENTS
FEATURES
THEIR CAMPAIGN
Why students are championing a living wage for Northwestern’s unsung workers
By Christie Thompson
Plus! How living wage campaigns at
Harvard, Stanford and Georgetown succeeded
By Vanessa Dopker
SHALL WE DANCE?
The truth about how Dance Marathon handles money
By Nick Castele
CULTURE ABLAZE
Photo essay: The South Asian Student Alliance’s annual show
By Jared T. Miller
HUSH HUSH
What we still can’t say out loud, despite the efforts of CAPS, an ASG committee and a now-defunct mental health alliance
By Angelica Jaime
OUTLOOK
Overheard on listservs
By Staff
Context-free comments from NorthbyNorthwestern.com
By Staff
Glossary: Redefining winter’s buzzwords
By Caleb Melby
The science of Greek life
By Alexandra Sifferlin
Faceoff: What was your most embarrassing winter accident?
By Annie Chang and Hannah Bricker
Data: A look at how NU makes and spends money
By Alex Campbell
How to stay friends after any kind of breakup
By Alex Freeman
The best on-campus jobs
By Tom Schroeder
Winter health deathtraps
By Katherine Zhu
The truth about 3 flu fighters
By Amber Gibson
Our Dance Marathon kit
By Julia Haskins
Human Sex prof: My favorite sex scenes
By Myrtie Williams
CHECKOUT
Student superheroes
By Amina Elahi
On ice with NU’s synchronized skating team
By Bettina Chang
With additional photos!
Finding peace with Northwestern Zen Society
By Sourav Bhowmick
Northwestern Quiz Bowl’s tips for memorization and competition
By Laura Rosenfield
Students spill about their ink
By Aubrey Blanche and John Meguerian
How to deal with social anxiety at Northwestern
By Heather Devane
The one-handed Zorro of women’s fencing
By Colin Becht
Chicago, the under-21 way
By Zoe Fox
How to get into a 21+ concert
By Sara Hetland
Stylesheet: Communication junior Yaa Boakye
By Abby Shure
Workout diet advice from NU basketball’s “Juice” Thompson and Alex Marcotullio
By Josh Sim
Get tipsy: 3 ways to make shitty vodka taste better, how to start your first bar and playground favorites gone alcoholic
By Kevin Sullivan
The curator of the Block Museum’s gallery recommendations
By Amanda Lerner
Best movie theaters of Chicago
By Nick Merrill
Meet your classmates on iTunes
By Nolan Feeney
SCOPE
Creative writing: Steelin’ home
By Dan Camponovo
Essay: Awake
By Sam Allard
Don’t fret: Tabs to Go U Northwestern and our alma mater
By Staff
How to spend every day of reading week
By Shaunacy Ferro
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Let’s see if you can top Fall 2009 issue. =)
L.L.
March 5, 2010 at 8:27 am
they so did.
Gary
March 6, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I’ve read with interest the letter disputing the university’s figures for moving all staff to the living wage. The UK living wage campaign has included struggles – and victories — at several universities. I would love to learn more about your efforts at Northwestern, but I was disappointed to find that I could not access yor article on why students are supporting the campaign in this issue. Is there any chance you could let me have sight of the article? I’d be happy to share information on what is happening in the UK living wage campaign with activists at your university.
All the best,
Deborah Littman
Deborah Littman
March 7, 2010 at 11:24 am
Hey,
In the print version of NBN it said that more photos from the SASA show would be made available here…just wondering are they going to get posted some time soon?
Thanks
Amar Minhas
SASA Co-President
Amar
March 11, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I just picked up a copy of the Spring 2010 North By Northwestern magazine, and I wanted to comment on one thing. On page 16, a page titled “Down Dempster” Angie Jaime draws the reader’s attention to Thee Fish Bowl. I have lived in Evanston since 1982, and went often, for a number of years, to obtain supplies for my cats and dogs. UNTIL they started carrying puppies. Angie may not understand that any pet store that carries puppies is an unethical pet store. Any pet store that carries puppies is obtaining those puppies from unethical breeders. Ethical breeders do not keep puppies in metal cages. They do not allow their puppies to be purchased by individuals who have not been screened by them. Anyone who goes into into Thee Fish Bowl and makes a purchase is supporting an unethical, exploitative operation. Responsible pet stores schedule adoption events where dogs and cats from local shelters are brought in for potential owners to visit with and possibly take home. Thee Fish Bowl is not a responsible pet store, and, actually It is a very sad place for anyone who understands what is going on and what is at stake.
Mark Sheldon
May 22, 2010 at 9:35 am