The ESPN host and Medill alumnus spoke on campus as part of an alumni event.

The Pacific Northwest houses a town in transition, but a town of eclectic pacifists no less.

Students ask the wrong questions about the candidates’ characters, creating an ineffective student government.

Keep your fingers happy and your life organized with these texting applications.

Wildcat Days help the author discover the real charm of NU’s student body

Sex therapist Emily Harrell answered students sex questions at a forum at Tech Institute last Friday.

Sex Week went out with a bang, showcasing a capella, dance and burlesque.

Though I love most modern technology (check out our Twitter, by the way), I still get terrified at the thought of some techno-innovations, like robots and Bluetooth headsets. So when North By Northwesterner John Meguerian sent me a link to this story about robot penguins, I became slightly creeped out. Watch a video [...]

The NBA playoffs are officially in swing and North by Northwestern is here with predictions. Our writers are facing off in a playoff blog series.
FIRST ROUND
EAST
1 – Cleveland
8 – Detroit
Josh Sim: As if State getting whupped only a few weeks ago wasn’t bad enough, expect a bloodbath to the same degree in [...]

Correction appended
Roxana Saberi, the journalist and Northwestern alumna detained in Iran in January, has been sentenced to eight years in prison, according to an update from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Saberi’s case has been receiving increasing attention in the American media. A recent New York Times editorial criticized Iran’s lack of transparency in dealing with [...]

Updated 9:40 p.m.

McGee celebrates with supporters at the Public Affairs Residential College. Photo by Max Brawer / North by Northwestern.

Mike McGee received a call from Election Commissioner Paul David Shrader at 7:21 p.m. Friday. After hanging up, he broke the silence in the PARC seminar room.
“Oh shit, we won!”
The room burst into screams as McGee [...]

The women of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta painted the Rock on Friday to advertise their spring philanthropy event, Mr. CASAnova, taking place this Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m. in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum.
From the Facebook group: “Mr. CASAnova is a male beauty pageant featuring contestants from NU’s greek fraternities — the contestants [...]

Updated, 2:21 p.m. Friday: The McGee-Smithburg campaign has issued a statement regarding last night’s citation. Access it here or at the bottom of this story.

Election Commissioner Paul David Shrader and the rest of the election commission held closed meetings in the ASG office to discuss the violations. Photo by Lisa Gartner / North By Northwestern.
The [...]

Check out what to do on campus and in Chicago this weekend.

ESPN sportscaster and “Pardon the Interruption” co-host Michael Wilbon (Medill ‘80) will speak to students at the Owen L. Coon Auditorium on May 1, A&O Productions said Thursday.
Free passes for the 7:30 p.m. show will be available at the Norris Box Office on Monday morning, said Barry McCardel, co-director of promotions and public relations at [...]