How much money is your student group getting?The DAILY liveblogs ASG spring funding
After four hours and twenty minutes, funding is closed.…
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Financial crisis hits SeaburySeminary cuts faculty in dramatic overhaul
Frank Yamada was awarded tenure at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary on April 24 after eight years of teaching.
Fifteen minutes later, his job security was taken away.
Seabury's board of trustees voted to dismiss all faculty members after their next school year ends in June 2009 as part of a dramatic overhaul of the seminary, 2122 Sheridan Road.…
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Chicago Latina theater company performs at NU
Lauren Pond/the daily northwestern
Members of Teatro Luna, a Chicago Latina theater company, perform "S-E-X-Oh!" in the McCormick auditorium Tuesday night as part of the "E/Racing Difference, En/Gendering Collaboration" series. Tuesday's performance was the final event in the three-part series, said Jinah Kim, incoming assistant director of Asian American Studies at NU.…
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NU anticipates years of library improvementsCurrent construction to end by 2009
Students accustomed to detours, orange traffic cones and cranes may see construction equipment at NU's libraries for years to come. Even as current work continues, a firm has begun a six-month-long master plan study of possible renovations for NU's libraries that could take place over the next 20 years.…
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Primaries draw many NU viewersStudent groups meet over pizza to discuss Ind., N.C. primaries
Political science professor Dennis Chong invited his Public Opinion and Voting Behavior class out for pizza at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria Tuesday night to unwind after taking their midterm earlier that day. Politics were still the focus at dinner, though - Chong wanted his students to watch the results roll in from Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.…
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Funds to be distributed at meetingASG's spring funding brings few objections from student groups
After an hour of sitting in Norris University Center, ASG Financial Vice President Seva Rodnyansky had only one senator visit to ask questions about his group's Student Activities Finance Board funding recommendations.
Rodnyansky said the lack of questions reflected an increase in information available to students in SAFB's spring funding packets, which for the first time included explanations of the board's funding decisions.…
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Film addresses conflicts of faith and gay identity
For Andrew Bowen, reconciling his gay and Christian identities was difficult until he came to Northwestern. He grew up in a "liberal, accepting family," but coming out to his conservative church was much harder.
At NU, the Medill junior and former Daily staffer has found a home at the University Christian Ministry.…
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