2009

Sunday, November 1, 2009
Gertonberg

Gertonberg, Episode 3: “Frat Boy”

Lesson #1: Never take a corn dog from a homeless man.

Letters

Lewis: Take a stand against “inexcusable” blackface

Weinberg sophomore and FMO member speaks out against white students who dressed as black people for Halloween.

Recap

Lots of landslides for Big Ten football

Ohio State and Wisconsin blank their opponents, while Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota also see easy victories.

Julie in Paris: Coming to you from Berlin, Germany

Julie will be in Paris, France until Dec. 17.

It would seem you can take the girl out of Medill, but you can’t take the Medill out of the girl.
In all honesty, I haven’t really gone looking for adventure. But it seems to find me anyway.
So it was pure coincidence that the weekend I went [...]

Video

Elgin Paranormal Investigators: in the business of ghost hunting

Inside the home base of a local ghost hunting crew.

Pop Culture Confessional

An out-of-this-world guilty pleasure

The dramatic lives of teenage aliens in disguise let us forget our mundane, earthly troubles, if only for an hour.

Poetry

Construction workers

A day in the life of a construction worker.

Taylor in Buenos Aires: How Subway brought me home

Taylor is studying in Buenos Aires, Argentina until Nov. 28.

I’m not usually one to get homesick. Being away from home in a new place excites me, and I always know home will be there, my bedroom just as I left it and my dogs eager to jump and whine upon my return. But [...]

Food

The Evanston farmers’ market: fresh, healthy, local and green

Check out the Evanston Farmers’ Market to eat healthier and support local vendors.

Zoe in Jerusalem: Terror’s all around me

Recently it’s felt like terror threats are the default explanation for everything in Jerusalem.

Campus Cravings

The legend of the farro

Sick of pasta? Try this instead.

Opinion

The untold merits of the gap year

Going directly to college from high school seems pre-determined for many high school seniors, but is it really the best choice for everyone?

Fresh Frosh

An open letter to the nameless individual who left a mess on the bathroom floor

Lessons from the bathroom stall — or three feet away from it.

Project Pumpkin invites local kids to Norris

Northwestern Community Development Corps took over the Louis Room Thursday afternoon for their annual Halloween event, Project Pumpkin. Around 900 children from local nonprofit organizations, elementary schools and community groups went from station to station trick-or-treating, playing games and participating in arts and crafts during the three-hour event. More than 60 student groups volunteered for [...]

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Recap: ‘Cats fall in second half to Penn State, 34-13

It’s almost too easy to predict what’s going to happen in a Northwestern football game. The ‘Cats will play one half of tremendous football that makes you step back and think, “Hey, that’s a good team.” Then there’ll be a crucial injury and everything will unravel.
That’s what happened Saturday evening when Northwestern hosted Penn State [...]

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