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The community remains: Kingsley clap out commemorates last day of school before permanent closure
20+ hour, 40+ min ago (303+ words) When Kingsley Elementary School students and teachers walked out of school for the last time Friday, they were met with thunderous applause. As school community members laughed and cried, Kingsley parent Emily Chin called the scene "bittersweet." "We've had a…...
Families, faculty bid farewell to Bessie Rhodes
21+ hour, 10+ min ago (492+ words) 5th Ward resident Sylvia Carlson said her family went into their first day at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies "completely blind." As she and her two kids approached the Skokie school on bikes, she said they felt an…...
City Council delays action on TIF districts, sweepstakes machines
1+ day, 7+ min ago (651+ words) City Council postponed votes on two major agenda items during its Monday night meeting, including a resolution regarding the city's five Tax Increment Financing districts and two pieces of legislation that would provide opposing solutions to currently unregulated sweepstakes machines....
Q&A: "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" creator, writer discuss NU experiences, Easter eggs and screenwriting advice
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (800+ words) This article contains spoilers. A little over two months ago, writer Haley Z. Boston's (Communication '16) breakout project "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" was released on Netflix. The horror limited series, executively produced by "Stranger Things" creators Matt and Ross…...
Willard TWI parents celebrate "bittersweet" last day amid program"s closure
23+ hour, 2+ min ago (557+ words) Friday marked the last day of school across Evanston/Skokie School District 65, but for Willard Elementary School parents like Erika Crowther, whose kindergartner participated in the building's Two-Way Immersion program, the occasion felt "bittersweet." "The program has really been everything…...
What It Takes" documentary by NU alum tells intimate stories of addiction recovery
1+ day, 49+ min ago (959+ words) A Northwestern alum's documentary exploring addiction and the path to recovery finished its five-city tour at Wilmette Theatre on Monday. The documentary, "What It Takes," directed by Jeff Shulman (Weinberg '01, Kellogg '04, '06), follows two parallel narratives with an unusual common thread:…...
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City Council retains simple majority vote in acting mayor selection process
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (393+ words) City Council voted Monday night to adopt a rulebook that maintains its simple majority requirement for selecting an acting mayor, following a monthslong attempt to change the required vote to a two-thirds supermajority. The change follows Mayor Daniel Biss" March…...
Mc Cormick Prof. Ian Horswill chosen as next Faculty Senate president-elect
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (535+ words) The Faculty Senate voted for Mc Cormick Prof. Ian Horswill to serve as president-elect starting in August during its Wednesday meeting." Under the Senate's ranked-choice voting system, Horswill surpassed fellow nominees Feinberg Prof. Ana Maria Acosta and Mc Cormick Prof....