Watch highlights from Eberhard’s explosive beach show
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The Undergraduate Chemistry Council hosted Chemistry Lecturer Eberhard Zwergel’s beach show and barbeque Friday night at North Beach. Video by Hannah Fraser-Chanpong.
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A tug-of-war during RCB Field Day
Two teams face off in the tug-of-war during the Residential College Board Field Day. The event held at the Lakefill on Saturday had free food, an obstacle course and a race called “Master’s Mile” where residential colleges raced their masters in decorated shopping carts. Slivka won the Master’s Mile with a time of 3:04, beating second-place PARC by 10 seconds.
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NU’s Black Jewish Freedom Seder
Students and Evanston community members get acquainted before the Freedom Seder begins Thursday.The Seder, which was held in Hardin Hall and was sponsored in part by Hillel and For Members Only, celebrated the shared civil rights history and relations between the Jewish and African American communities.
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NU fans fill the seats at Wrigley Field
Northwestern students decked out in Cubs gear and purple crowded the right-base line Tuesday night at NU Day at Wrigley. The 1,500 tickets sold out in one day. Hannah Fraser-Chanpong / NBN
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Thai Night features dance and romance
Thai Night 2008 featured Rabum Sri Vichai, a Thai dance performed by Snow Pruttivarasin and Sunny Suntharanund, intertwined with a rendition of The Field of Love, adapted from the Thai film Monrak Luk Thung. Thai Night 2008 also included Thai country music and Thai kickboxing.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Ha’Shoah) Vigil
Candles are set out to be lit as part of a memorial service for Yom Ha’Shoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day. During the ceremony, which was sponsored by Hillel and Students Helping to Organize Awareness of the Holocaust (SHOAH), students lit six candles representing the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust, recited poetry by Holocaust victims and survivors and read a list of Jews killed during the genocide. The candles will burn for 24 hours.
Click here to listen to a recitation of the Yom Ha’Shoah prayer led by Rabbi Josh and SHOAH member junior Sarah Pernick on the flute: |
See (and hear) a lesson on African dance
Northwestern Performance Studies graduate student Isailama Diouf leads RTVF senior Aziza Walker and McCormick sophomore Uchenna Moka in a West African dance lesson. The lesson, held in Patten Gymnasium at 7pm, was part of the African Student Association’s Africa Awareness Week.
Click here to listen to drummers Mague Sylla and Musa Abdullaye beat out rhythms for the group: |
Charlie Cunnick declared Mr. Casanova 2008
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Communication senior Charlie Cunnick, center, performed an aerobic routine to “Call on Me” at Kappa Alpha Theta’s Mr. Casanova 2008 philanthropy pageant Friday. |
A campaign of chalk and flyers at the Rock
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The area around the Rock became a battleground of chalk, flyers and supporters on Tuesday, the day for voting in ASG elections. Photo by Tom Giratikanon / NBN.
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Internationally acclaimed Lura performs at NU
Cape-Veridean Lura dances to the Funana at Pick-Staiger Tuesday night. Her compositions are a fusion of African and contemporary Western music.
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Graffiti Dancers give “Off The Wall” performance
Two of Northwestern’s Graffiti Dancers sharing the stage at Saturday’s 8PM showing of “Off The Wall.” Held in McCormick Auditorium, the group’s 2-hour performance included themed movements that spanned a variety of dance genres.
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A laptop orchestra gives its instruments a shake
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The Princeton Laptop Orchestra, or PLOrk, performed Saturday night at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. With key presses, mouse scrolls and even a few twirls, the orchestra performed eight pieces of computer music.
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Taking a torch to the Lakefill
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Tom Flader of TGF Enterprises, an Illinois landscaping company, finishes burning the vegetation around the Lakefill on Saturday. The goal of the controlled burn is to kill invasive species and remove dead plants, Flader said.
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Lions at the rock
Lions danced around the rock to the sound of Chinese drums at noon last Thurday in support of this weekend’s Celebrasia performance at Tech Auditorium.
*Correction - Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - The snapshot was originally titled “Dragons at the rock,” when the figures depicted were actually lions. Thanks to Anonymous for the comment. |
