Back home in Hawai‘i, I sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic every day and watch as the Rail, our new, very expensive, and poorly planned train, passes over the road completely void of passengers. Here in Evanston, I board the CTA with a thoughtless swipe of my Ventra card onto a bustling train car.  At Northwestern, taking […]

[Fade in nat sound of CTA] I take the CTA at least twice a week. Sometimes to visit my friends at Loyola, sometimes to go climbing, or sometimes just to get away from the suburbia of Evanston. What I always notice, though, are the quick flashes of art at the stops as I pass them […]

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[Our House Short Film Blocking Day] DARASIMI BANKOLE: Harambee is the annual celebration for Black history and Black culture for FMO otherwise known as For Members Only, Northwestern’s Black student union. In past years they’ve done things like an art exhibit and a fashion show for the celebration. This year, they’re doing something they’ve never […]

With Valentine’s Day coming up, grocery stores are stocking their shelves with all kinds of bouquets. Supriya Akella has the story on where these bouquets come from, and why they might not be the wisest choice for your Valentine, or for the planet.

Bottle flipping, the mannequin challenge, Tyler Oakley, killer clowns — 2016 was for real a time. But as crazy as it was, some of us are feeling nostalgic for the era. Yumi Tallud has the story.

[cover of “Stand By Me” being performed] WITH A MICROPHONE ADORNED WITH PINK AND RED HEARTS IN THE SIGMA ALPHA IOTA BASEMENT, PERFORMERS SING COVERS AND ORIGINALS WHILE THEIR FRIENDS ACCOMPANY THEM ON VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS AT AN OPEN MIC HOSTED BY THE NORTHWESTERN CHAPTER OF WOMEN IN MUSIC AND NITESKOOL ON THURSDAY.  [nat sound] AS […]