Located at 610 Haven Street, the Great Room, a refurbished historic dining hall which previously served as a reading room in the Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, will offer food, TV and wireless access to Northwestern students. The room will be open from 5 pm to 2 am Sunday-Thursday.

Our hoity-toity advice columnist eschews the populace in favor of frills.

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.

The “LiveWired Conversation” Wednesday night had about 30 in-person attendees in Norris along with online audience members who streamed video and submitted questions electronically.

Since he worked exclusively with undergrads at Williams, we’re hopeful he’ll pay close attention to NU’s young’ns.