Update: School of Music to have new buildingLakefront building will hold all music programs
Northwestern will build a $90 million building for the School of Music, to be located just south of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall and Regenstein Hall, NU president Henry Bienen announced today.…
|
Update: Medill faculty issue statementControversy over Lavine's anonymous sources has become "crisis," letter says
Sixteen faculty members of the Medill School of Journalism released a statement Tuesday afternoon saying they were "deeply troubled" by dean John Lavine's use of unattributed quotes in columns for the Medill alumni magazine.…
|
Medill faculty craft response to controversyFinal faculty statement expected this afternoon
Some members of the Medill School of Journalism faculty are working on a statement criticizing the use of anonymous quotes in Dean John Lavine's column in the school's alumni magazine, Medill.
The Daily obtained a copy of the draft statement that was circulated in a Monday class.…
|
NIU shooting: Vigil held in memory of victimsCounselors from NU aid NIU healing
Monday night, Alice Millar Chapel was filled with the voices of students and faculty calling for campus-wide solidarity in the wake of tragedy.
More than 100 students came together to show their support for those affected by the Feb. 14 shooting at Northern Illinois University, in which a gunman killed five people and wounded 16 others.…
|
Flight of the Conchords to appear in March
New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords will land at Northwestern on March 6 to perform their unique brand of folk rock, A&O Productions announced Monday.
"The buzz about 'Flight of the Conchords' is so current," said Weinberg junior and former Daily staffer Diana Richter.…
|
Bienen says earmarks help higher education
In this year's State of the Union address, President George W. Bush came out strongly against congressional earmarks and vowed to cut their number in half.
"The people's trust in their government is undermined by congressional earmarks, special interest projects that are often snuck in at the last minute, without discussion or debate," Bush said.…
|
Newly elected financial VP up for the challenge
Aneesa Arshad held one of the most - if not the most - powerful student positions on campus.
As the former Associated Student Government financial vice president, the SESP senior oversaw a board that doled out about $1.2 million to student groups last spring.…
|
