2008 Woodie Awards
Breaking: Headlights to perform at Niteskool spring concert
Illinois indie pop band Headlights will perform at Northwestern May 16 as part of Niteskool Productions' first-ever spring concert, outgoing Niteskool President and Weinbeg senior Jeff GoodSmith announced today.
Rock band Butterfly Assassins, the featured act in this year's Niteskool music video, will open.…
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Landfill to show waste generated within six hoursLandfill in front of Lunt Hall highlights Earth Day events
At the center of Northwestern's Earth Day activities today is a giant landfill.
A coalition of campus environmental groups will build "Mt. Trashmore," a pile of garbage representing six hours worth of trash generated at Northwestern, in front of Lunt Hall.…
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NU makes a strong showing at national speech tournamentsSpeech team has best year in its history
Northwestern's speech team concluded its season with strong finishes in two national tournaments, with its second competition wrapping up Monday.
Two weeks ago at the American Forensic Association's national tournament in Austin, Texas, Weinberg junior Rachel Vaughn placed seventh in the dramatic interpretation category and Medill sophomore Dillon White placed 13th in prose interpretation.…
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NNN wins Best Sports Reporting, Newscast from Broadcasters Assn.
Northwestern News Network took home the SINBA award for Best Newscast from the Illinois News Broadcasters Association on Saturday night.
SportsNight, NNN's weekly broadcast that highlights news about Wildcat athletics and the Big Ten conference, also won a SINBA for Best Sports Reporting.…
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NU goes green
Michael Gsovski/ The Daily Northwestern.…
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NU's Relay tries to be larger philanthropic force like DM
From Relay For Life Chairwoman Jennifer Long's perspective, there appears to be a David versus Goliath battle on Northwestern's philanthropy scene. Dance Marathon, which raised over $900,000 this year, continues to be NU's fundraising colossus, standing head and shoulders above other student philanthropy groups.…
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Laptop ER helps students fix spyware, virus problems
"Laptop ER" might sound like the title of a bad parody sketch, but it's actually a campus organization that rescues students concerned about the health of their computers.
Laptop ER, a service provided by Northwestern University Information Technology, comprises approximately 40 students whowork from different locations across campus.…
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Common confirmed by Mayfest
Mayfest has signed Chicago hip hop artist Common as its night headliner for Dillo Day, the group announced on its Web site late Monday night.
The other acts scheduled for Dillo Day remain unknown.
The Center for Student Involvement confirmed Thursday that a contract had been sent to the Grammy Award-winning artist.…
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Chess club dominates Midwestern colleges in round-robin tournament
Northwestern's chess club, 64 Squares, held its first Midwest Intercollegiate Chess Tournament on Saturday. Students from the University of Chicago, Loyola University Chicago and Indiana University attended; each school had a team of six players.
"Our original idea was to have a Big Ten chess tournament, but then we decided to open it up to other colleges as well," 64 Squares president Jim Smallwood said.…
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