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Shots from Friday’s Women’s Volleyball game

The Northwestern women’s volleyball team lost 3-2 to the Ohio State Buckeyes Friday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

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Why I Teach: History Professor Ken Alder

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Hey, NU, what would you yell out to tour groups?

You know you want to.

Why I teach: Assistant Professor Larry Stuelpnagel

Larry Stuelpnagel is an assistant professor who teaches journalism and political science.

Why I Teach: Physics Lecturer Michael Smutko

The teacher of Modern Cosmology tells us how he chose his career.

Officials shed light onto two DM dancers

Northwestern and Evanston authorities offered some details Tuesday about what happened to two Dance Marathon participants who collapsed early Sunday morning.
Just before the end the marathon, the two collapsed in Club DM, a heated tent set up on the south lawn of Norris to accomodate this year’s record number of dancers.
“One appears to [...]

A DM block (and a bit more) in 30 seconds

During the four hours on Saturday before Dance Marathon moved completely to Club DM, dancers saw Boomshaka, Graffiti and a whole lot of shakin’ in the Louis Room. Because brevity is the soul of wit (or something like that), we’ll be brief.
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A little less luster: A reflection on DM 2008

Still, Dance Marathon does more good than anything else at NU.

The final block: Dancing in Club DM, the money total and celebration

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This video contains footage of dancing from throughout the block.

UPDATE: DM officially done around 1:30 A.M.

1:36 A.M. - Dance Marathon is officially over, as all remaining dancers who stayed in the Club DM are leaving to gather their belongings.

DM says injured girls are “fine,” and DM total breaks record at $933,855

Dance Marathon 2008 raised $933,855, which tops last year’s record of $708,710.97. Proceeds will go towards the Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation and the Evanston Community Foundation.
Before they announced the total, the executive committee told the crowd that the two girls who collapsed earlier were “completely fine.”
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BREAKING: Two dancers collapse in tent

Dance Marathon has resumed after coming to a stop when two people collapsed in Club DM, the heated tent next to Norris University Center.
The tent fell silent as word spread, and an area was cleared to give the collapsed dancers and emergency personnel space.
The Evanston Fire Department and Northwestern police responded at about [...]

Unrelated sorta: Hot A&O rumor alert

If the “Bohemian Rhapsody” post below didn’t key you off, writing about the final block of Dance Marathon is more of an experiment than a news story. The same thing happens at every block 10, here is the breakdown.
1. Dancers have boatloads of fun
2. Dancers do lots of good for the world
3. Celebrity video
4. [...]

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