What it's like: Harvard Law, here I comeThey are the few, the proud, the ivy- bound. Here's how they got in.
When Weinberg senior Marissa Ronk got a call telling her she was admitted into Harvard Law School's 2011 class, she left the Active Endeavors sale, called her mom while walking down Evanston streets and went home to tell her roommates.
"What? Like it's hard?" one roommate asked, mocking the tarty co-eds from 2001's breakout film (and current Broadway hit) Legally Blonde.…
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Confirmed and denied
BIG MEN ON CAMPUS
Celebrities, they're just like us! They have kids. They're responsible parents. And apparently, they take their children on campus tours of Northwestern. That's the case for Tom Hanks and Peter Gallagher (if you're unfamiliar, he's the blue-eyed, bushy-browed Sandy Cohen from The O.…
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Extracurricular: not-so-straight talk
Chris Horvath sat on one side of the Ryan Auditorium stage, but he says he prefers to be the "meat in the middle."
That's the sort of comment that flies at psychology professor Michael Bailey's "gay panel." The professor backs off as panel veterans like Horvath answer anything - anything - the audience throws at them.…
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Drug money: Making sense of NU's biggest deal
When Northwestern sold off an undisclosed portion of its royalties from blockbuster drug Lyrica last month, it not only made a hefty profit, but also a bit of history. Other universities had pulled off similar sales in the past, trading the potential for future returns on a major drug discovery for an up-front payment.…
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Question and Answer: Hercules on Obama
Bob Hercules' latest independent documentary, Senator Obama Goes to Africa, was slated to run at the Gene Siskel Film Center Jan. 19-22. But then came Senator Obama's win in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses. The screening was cancelled due to the non-profit organization's concern about endorsing the senator as a presidential candidate.…
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Radar: technorexia: Macbook air
Remember in "Zoolander" when Ben Stiller whips out his miniature cell phone? Technology might be headed in that direction. A few weeks ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed off his newest toy, the MacBook Air, at the Macworld Conference & Expo. Billed as the world's smallest laptop, the MacBook Air is less than an inch thick and can barely be seen from a side view.…
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Music by the numbers: Dago red, million dolla mano and liars
Thursday, Jan. 31
Dago Red, Ruth Buzzy, and Andrew Bailie @ the Double Door
Free shows are rare; wanting to take advantage of them is only natural. But Thursday night at the Double Door isn't Simon and Garfunkel in Central Park. Dago Red are hard rocking Italians that like "cheap wine and easy women.…
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Music Reviews
low brow
Miley Cyrus: Hannah Montana 2
Meet Miley Cyrus
If you're a self-respecting Northwestern student, you probably won't cop to liking 15-year-old Miley Cyrus (star of Disney Channel's Hannah Montana). But cynics be warned: You're snubbing the guiltiest pleasure since R.…
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What if: We went to Norris instead of the Keg?It may not be so far-fetched. In fact, it's happened before
If there's one college staple you can't get in the Paws'n Go, it's a six-pack of Heineken.
But the prospect of sipping a gin and tonic a stone's throw from the library is not entirely outlandish. This month, ASG President Jon Webber released a taskforce report recommending the creation of a nighttime on-campus spot, referred to as "third space," to address Fall Quarter alcohol-related incidents.…
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Out at CHM: Sexual Politics
With the primaries in full swing, politics have been on the minds of all Americans. Concerns about the war in Iraq, health care and education take the spotlight in election season, but the kick-off of the Chicago History Museum's Out at CHM series reminds Chicagoans of another kind of politics: sexual politics.…
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Lane Fenrich opens up
Lane Fenrich controls time. Balancing book writing, teaching and general scholarly duties, it's as if the Weinberg assistant dean and history professor lives 48-hour days.
One of Northwestern's best known "faculty celebrities," Fenrich, though at 45 is still quite young, has established himself as a respected scholar.…
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