2008 Woodie Awards
Staying on election's sidelinesAs voters decide between Obama and McCain, some have chosen not to vote at all
Lost in the division between red states and blue states, Obama and McCain, is a more fundamental distinction: Those who vote and those who do not.
Weinberg sophomore Nicholas Cizek is one of millions of eligible voters who will not be pulling a lever or mailing a ballot on Election Day.…
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Cats lose to MSU, now 5-1
No. 22 Northwestern fell into an early hole against No. 19 Michigan State and was unable to recover, falling to the Spartans 37-20. It was the Wildcats (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) first loss of the season.
After Michigan State jumped out to an early 17-0 lead, the two teams traded points the rest of the way, as the Spartans won their sixth consecutive game.
Read more on NU Football Insider.…
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At Sargent, band gears up for Saturday
When about 45 members of the band marched into Sargent dining hall Thursday night to play the fight song, students eating dinner looked confused at first.
Then they started clapping and joining in with the band's performance, one of five this week at locations across campus in an effort to build enthusiasm for the football team's 5-0 start.…
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Ministry joins students, juvenile offenders
Aaron Mays used to dart out of class at 4:50 p.m. every Thursday last winter to go to prison.
He went to lend an ear, and maybe a Bible, to adolescents at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center with Sheil Catholic Center's prison ministry program.…
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NU cheer gets hip-hop remix for football season
The "Go U! NU!" cheer chanted during countless games has been remixed - into a rap video. The rapper is a Northwestern alum, Morgan "Mo Greene" Jackson (Communication '08). During his time at NU, Jackson earned a coveted spot performing at Dillo Day.…
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Microfinance club aims to start bank in Malawi
Traveling to rural areas of Africa and India. Starting banks in small villages. Finding ways to fund local education and health care.
These are just a few of the goals of Northwestern's Microfinance Club.
Microfinance provides small loans for low-income people in underdeveloped countries so that they can work their way out of poverty, said Jesse Wiener, a member of the club's executive board.…
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Feinberg study: Drug to help lungs may hurt hearts
A widely prescribed drug used to treat patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the fourth leading cause of death in the United States - may damage patients' hearts, according to a recent study conducted by Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine.…
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