2009

Sunday, March 1, 2009
Review

Radin delights with earnest music and NU-centric jokes

The alumnus and singer-songwriter performed in Pick-Staiger on March 1.

Q&A

Joshua Radin talks music, breakups and his days at Northwestern

Before his performance at Pick-Staiger, Northwestern alum Radin talked with North by Northwestern about his on-campus life and music career.

Awwww

Think you have the cutest pet? Prove it

Send in a photo of your pet, and our readers will vote on the cutest one.

Opinion

America is going through puberty, just without the voice cracks

On Thursday, Thomas reminded one writer that, like a confused adolescent, our country must make important choices.

Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander to speak on campus March 12

Hillel will be bringing the actor who played George Costanza in the famous sitcom is at Northwestern during Reading Week.

Features

The thin ice of club sport status — and the freshman who’s skating over it

One freshman tries to bring speed skating to the Northwestern sports scene.

Dance

Danceworks 2009 celebrates all forms of dance

Northwestern dancers prove that the whole is greater than the sum of different genres of dance.

Awe

My visit to the Baha’i Temple

A creative writer gets some perspective north of campus.

Poetry Mondays

“Once While Standing”

I know where I am, but I don’t know where I stand.

Fat cats trying to get through small spaces

I’m going to be honest – I have a lot of work to do tonight, so I’m not putting tons of thought into this post. I saw a video of a fat cat trying to get through a cat flap, and decided “Hey, lets just show videos like this.” First, the video that [...]

‘Cats clutch defense downs Hawkeyes, 55-49 on Senior Day

Despite struggling for the first 39 minutes in what was likely his last game at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Senior Craig Moore made his shots when it mattered most in Sunday’s 55-49 win over Iowa. With 1:02 to go and NU leading by just two, the ‘Cats senior leader nailed a three pointer to increase the Northwestern [...]

Friday, February 27, 2009

Views on recent U.S. presidents, from someone who has seen them all

Helen Thomas, a fixture of the White House Press Corps for more than 50 years, spoke Thursday about her experience as a reporter in Washington, D.C.

LOST: “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham”

So peaceful. So strangled. So not-really-dead. Photo courtesy of ABC

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS
Summary
Let’s nickname this episode the “finally we get some answers!” episode. Did anybody really believe that John Locke actually killed himself? Anyway, summary time.
Random guy from plane (Caesar) and Ana-Lucia clone find Locke and he says, “I remember dying.” Creepy. So we [...]

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy: Library Infocommons

We asked what people were typing at the library Info Commons and all we got were snippets of papers. BO-RING!

Review

An evening with Demetri Martin, laughter and fresh-from-the-dryer sheep

Martin performed at Pick-Staiger on Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The result? Hilarity.

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