Explore the near-cult that is the Northwestern University Marching Band, and meet their “SpiriTeam,” which is exactly what it sounds like.

A new 10-year strategic plan emphasizes strengthening Northwestern as a global leader in academia and improving intellectual, civic and social life.

In a sea of people with hidden talents, it’s tough to just be a nerd.

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 [...]

Photo courtesy of Brenda Chang.
While she was walking on the bridge between Tech and the Seeley G. Mudd Library on Friday afternoon, Weinberg freshman and North by Northwestern contributor Brenda Chang spotted a group of streakers getting caught displaying a little too much purple pride.
“They kind of looked confused and scattered a bit,” Chang says, [...]

Though it seemed headed towards a blowout loss for most of the first half, Saturday’s homecoming game concluded as arguably the greatest win of the season for the Northwestern Wildcats. On Saturday, the Cardiac ‘Cats pulled off a school-record 25 point comeback to defeat Indiana 29-28.
After trailing from 20 seconds into the first quarter, Northwestern [...]

Northwestern’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions adopted a new early decision policy starting with the class of 2013, allowing applicants to be deferred to regular decision when applying early. Under the old policies, applicants were either rejected or accepted outright.
Students who get deferred and later admitted do not have the binding commitment of early decision. Deferred [...]

Morton Schapiro quickly transforms into Northwestern’s new president.

Surprise, surprise! Northwestern’s defense finally came to play during Sunday’s game at Ryan Field.
Celebrating the inauguration of incoming Northwestern president Morton O. Schapiro and remembering the life and services of former Miami of Ohio and Northwestern head coach Randy Walker, Northwestern pulled out a victory over Miami by a score of 16-6, closing out [...]

Schapiro officially took the helm at Northwestern during a festive ceremony held at Henry Crown Sports Pavilion Friday. His speech, peppered with anecdotes and jokes, discussed the roles and responsibilities of higher education. The event also included a guest speech by three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

Times have changed, but tradition is still an important part of the school, whose past leaders’ remarks on taking office still hold some relevance today.

An obscure 19th century tax law leads to donated fire trucks in 2009.

Never been to a college football game in your life? After reading this guide, you’ll be walking, talking and looking like a real life Big Ten sports fan.

It’s three weeks until I move in, and the past is on my mind. The way I see it, I’m only going to get more nostalgic as Wildcat Welcome week approaches. I figure I’ll reach critical nostalgic mass some time during the second week of September, at which point I’ll be sobbing in [...]

Here’s a rundown of what you’re missing (or not) over the summer at Northwestern.