Third Eye Blind, Broken Social Scene to round off Dillo Day lineup
Third Eye Blind and Broken Social Scene will perform at Dillo Day 2008, Mayfest announced Thursday.
Order of appearance
1. Third Eye Blind
2. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
3. Broken Social Scene
4. Cool Kids
5. Common
The Interfraternity Council and Panhel will offer a pancake breakfast at Deering Field on the morning of Dillo Day.
The bands will join night headliner [...]
Students raise money for China’s quake victims
Images of the disaster moved a Weinberg senior and others to action this week.
Immigration activist recalls his past, advocates for change at Tech
Julian Lazalde spoke to students about his mission to provide more opportunities to immigrants.
NU to link with nonprofit to attract low-income students
Northwestern will join up with the non-profit Questbridge next fall to provide additional annual scholarships to low-income students, the university announced Tuesday.
Each year 25 students accepted through Questbridge’s National College Match program will receive full four-year scholarships, and up to 50 others will pay a discounted tuition.
“Designed for high-achieving low-income students,” the college match [...]
NU in 60 Seconds: May 20
In spite of the stresses Northwestern students love to whine about, being hunted by a pack of hyenas probably isn’t one of them. Commiserate with Simba and company at Mayfest and A&O’s Lion King sing-along. It’s free and will be at 9 p.m. on the Norris East Lawn. Hakuna Matata!
Rainbow Week continues promoting LGBTQ issues [...]
Around the Rock, students protest harshness of American prisons
Students protest the American prison system Monday at the Rock. Photo by Alex Campbell / North by Northwestern.
On Monday, metal bars encircled the Rock in a protest of the American prison system, while a handful students slept nearby.
During the protest, dubbed “Starving the Prison Industrial Complex,” fifteen people fasted and camped out by the [...]
Relay for Life raises more than $100k for cancer charities
With 680 walkers, 74 teams and 12 hours, Relay for Life raised six figures for the American Cancer Society at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Friday and Saturday.
The group has so far counted over $100,000, and expects the total to be “around $150,000,” the event’s co-chair, Weinberg senior Jessie Golbus, said in an e-mail Sunday.
In exchange for [...]
Students build robots for 17th annual Design Competition
McCormick students Sam Bobb and RC Chang spoke about what it took to win.
In 5K race to benefit global health, an unexpected winner
NU GlobeMed’s fundraiser will help pay for a nutrition program.
ASG continues to look at ways to improve itself
The discussion was sparked by a proposal that suggested an entirely new form of student government.
Document:An updated version of an ad hoc committee’s proposal to replace ASG
