This hastily-assembled, imperfect, pork-filled product of compromise will… produce results.

Northwestern defeated the rival Wisconsin Badgers in front of a raucous student section to improve to 4-5 in the Big Ten and 12-7 overall. The win came in spite of a poor performance by star junior Kevin Coble, who finished with just seven points. With Coble struggling, it was senior Craig Moore who provided most [...]

The annual cultural celebration featured performances from students and professionals.

The annual show featured both student and professional performances.

Perhaps Goliath shouldn’t be so cocky.

ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg is reporting that Northwestern running back Tyrell Sutton received an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine, which will take place between Feb. 18 and 24 in Indianapolis.
Despite missing the last four games of the regular season with a wrist injury, the senior from Akron, Ohio still rushed for 890 yards and [...]

Lights may be off around campus, but it’s not another power outage. Dorms have been turning off their lights to save energy as part of Green Cup, a competition between residence halls to save energy and water. Since Jan. 20, dorms have been competing to be the most environmentally-conscious residence hall.
Weinberg sophomore Laura Oser, who [...]

Was Gaeta serious about his revolution? Is Roslin really giving up her presidency? When was the last time Adama killed someone? All these questions (and more) were answered in this week’s episode of Battlestar Galactica, “The Oath.”
Warning! Spoiler Alert!

Tyrol and Lee take their stand against the revolution.
Photo courtesy of en.battlestarwiki.org

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It’s Super Bowl Sunday, so forgive me if I can’t come up with some in-depth story about pandas riding bikes or something. I’m keeping it simple with a video of a dog playing with its reflection in the mirror, because it’s awesome.

And, just because I’m feeling nice, here is another clip of [...]

Instant analysis of all of the big game’s commercials.

Former members of the Weather Underground Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, and Muslim social activist Rami Nashashibi will speak at Northwestern University on Feb. 4, 2009, at an event organized by the Muslim-cultural Students Association, McSA Co-President Dana Shabeeb said.
Ayers, Dohrn and Nashashibi will present “Peaceful Progress: A Discourse on Affecting Change” at Cahn Auditorium [...]

Icy buildup that blocked Evanston water plant pipes was cleared early Friday afternoon, according to a press release from the City of Evanston.
“Between the hours of 4:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Friday, January 30, the City of Evanston treatment plant was unable to bring water into the treatment process due to an icing condition [...]

The City of Evanston has asked Northwestern University to reduce its water use on the Evanston campus, a university notification on Jan. 30, 2009, said.
According to University Relations Vice President Al Cubbage, the City of Evanston is experiencing problems with pumping water from Lake Michigan because of a freeze in the intake water pipe. Cubbage [...]

1982 was a revolutionary year for Owen Youngman. It was his first time using the Internet, his first time using online chat and the first time he realized the emergence of a new media landscape.
“[I] realized that many of the boundaries that limited the reach, timeliness and effectiveness of our work were going to fail,” [...]

Note: This post may bend the rules of “Netplay” a little bit, as it is technically print. However, my mother sources tell me that this link is being forwarded all around the Web and back again.
As many Northwestern students know, journalism comes in many shapes and sizes. “Standards” and “relevance” are about as concrete as [...]