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Dear Reader, I find that most of my advice is about how to take control of situations that bother you. However, I’ve discovered that one of my blind spots is how to deal with situations that ar...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/11/06/lateststories/best-guess-how-to-keep-going-even-when-its-hard/

Dear Reader, If you’ve gone through the first few weeks of college, you have probably been in some version of this scenario: There are a lot of people in a small space, like a dorm room, a base...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/10/31/opinion/best-guess-how-to-tell-a-story-that-isnt-boring/

Dear Reader, When I applied to college, no one had bothered to tell me the difference between the quarter and semester systems. I would hear the words on college tours, accompanied by good-nature...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/10/23/lateststories/best-guess-midterms-season-how-to-survive-the-quarter-system/

Dear Reader, My first fall in Evanston was beautiful and filled with anxiety. I was doing terribly in all my classes. I had just met some of my best friends. I frequently ate dinner from vending ...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/10/16/opinion/best-guess-spooky-season-how-to-survive-your-first-october-in-college/

In a joint statement with Provost Kathleen Hagerty Friday, University President Michael Schill announced a new policy on free expression and institutional speech at Northwestern — echoing many ...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/10/02/opinion/collins-schills-statement-on-free-expression-turns-a-page-for-northwestern/

When I applied to college, I purposefully chose schools I knew would let me live on campus for all four years. This was mostly because my previous attempts at cooking had invariably ended with my...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/10/01/uncategorized/ellison-how-to-live-without-a-dining-plan/

The University Police’s recent arrest of two professors, a librarian and a graduate student over their role in campus protests against Israel’s genocide in Palestine represents a new and auda...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/08/08/opinion/aftel-northwestern-embraces-police-repression/

On Monday, The Daily’s Saul Pink and Samantha Powers published an In Focus highlighting the financial challenges students face at NU-Q, Northwestern’s campus in Doha, Qatar. The piece details...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/22/opinion/nu-q/

Representation of and public support for a cause is becoming increasingly important for businesses to successfully cater to their audiences. You might remember Chipotle’s “Homo Estás?” cam...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/22/opinion/deleon-pride-for-profit-the-repercussions-of-rainbow-washing/

Content warning: This article contains mention of war, sexual assault and death. Like the long list of colleges that have had similar encampments, the encampment on Deering Meadow brought with it...

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/05/22/opinion/deering-encampment/