2008 Woodie Awards
Is NU a safety school?Class of 2012, welcome to your back-up
For Jena Merl, a senior at Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Northwestern University was a back-up. She applied early to Columbia University in the fall after falling in love with the Manhattan campus. And when she was deferred in December, she "didn't take it personally.…
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The Weekly Memo
In writing a cover on admissions (pg. 6) and accompanying it with a survey that provided somewhat contrary results, we've spent a lot of time talking about those final days of high school, waiting for our Brown rejection letters to come. But in the end, we came to the conclusion that if we were to apply to college in this day and age, we probably wouldn't get in.…
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What if: Tired students sleep through stops, end up (way) downtown
Marcel Proust wrote about waking up and not knowing who or where you were, but you don't need to read his books to experience that feeling. It could happen as easily as boarding the El, dozing off and waking up where sheltered suburban students often fear to tread: Chicago's South Side.…
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Confirmed & Denied
OBAMA FOR (ASG) PRESIDENT?
While the names of former talk show host Sally Jesse Raphael, South African activist Desmond Tutu and Weinberg junior Greg "Clams" Cascino didn't appear on the formal ballot in Tuesday's ASG elections, students used their write-in votes to show their support for a few unexpected candidates.…
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Social Diary: A frosh theater major starring in mainstage show
Tuesday, April 8th- As spring quarter literally threw 500 pounds of work at me
in the first week, I aptly procrastinated in the afternoon with a healthy venting session with friends. After class got out late, I rushed over to a five-hour rehearsal, then to a meeting right afterwards.…
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Wildcat whispersWant to know what your friends are saying behind your back? Check the Web
Who's the biggest slut on campus? The "Jewciest" Jew? Who's still in the closet? Once confined to bathrooms and late-night heart-to-hearts over a pint of ice cream, college gossip has hit online forums nationwide-and students are reading.
Secrets are revealed on JuicyCampus.…
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Taste TestCrabetizers, anyone?
The Crab Rangoon, a crispy wonton stuffed with crab and cream cheese, is an appetizer favorite at restaurants from your local Hunan Gourmet to The Cheesecake Factory, gone before you can say "pass the duck sauce." But it's offered on every Asian starter menu in town, including LuLu's contemporary dim sum and the ultra-authentic Thai Sookdee.…
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Super-sweet sedersWe found the matzo, now you find the Afikoman
Out with the chametz and in with the matzo: It's time for Passover! The annual week-long Jewish festival celebrating the Israelites' freedom from bondage in Egypt begins this Saturday. Seders, the traditional dinners celebrating the first and second nights of Passover, are being being held on and off campus.…
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Public art, private concernGrassroots organizations may be the last hope as city planners sit back, watching murals decay
They are lost in the bustle of movement that unfolds on the streets of the Loop every day. Lawyers, investors, students and tourists walk past them as they make their commute from the El to their office buildings. They are the decorations that go unnoticed daily.…
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'Actors are crazy'The presidential appeal of a Philadelphia actress
In New York I felt like all I was was this musical theater girl. You know what I mean? I was this random girl who just wanted to be in musical theater, and I would put on my pretty little make-up and my little outfit, and go out every single day to auditions.…
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Major: cajónesOur reporter tries her (swollen) hands at the cajón, an Afro-Peruvian folk drum
Raul Fernandez is so good, he makes playing the cajón look easy. A professional musician and percussion instructor, Fernandez flows easily from one rhythmic pattern and instrument to the next. He can monitor a crowd of students learning a new technique, sing in English and Spanish, play guitar and keep the beat with an instrument at his foot - all at the same time.…
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Man on the beat: 'I make funny faces'Will Skrip, 19, Communication freshman
This weekend, you can find Skrip starring in the 2008 freshman musical, "A New Brain" (Tagline: 'Cause Everyone Needs a Little Heart and Music). The show opens tonight with performances at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. in the McCormick Tribune Forum, followed by performances at 8 p.…
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Music Reviews
Low brow
Mariah Carey
E=MC2
(Island)
If you always wanted to get into Mariah Carey, but were often turned off by her illustriously versatile voice, then rejoice! Mariah has finally released the perfect album for you. It's the Mariah album that doesn't sound a damn thing like Mariah.…
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