We dug up some old photos of the scenic Evanston campus to help them celebrate the 162 years of good ideas that would follow that first one. more ›

Northwestern hung on to win their NIT opener, while Corey Crawford became the hero in the Blackhawks' shootout win at the United Center. more ›

The Blackhawks finally scored against Kings Goalie Jonathan Quick, but it still wasn't enough. Northwestern earns another appearance in the NIT. more ›

Derrick Rose was "sick and tired" of Dwight Howard trade talk, while NU did what it could to convince the NCAA selection committee to invite it to the Big Dance. more ›

If anything, Holder's speech at Northwestern only made it clear that ultimately, the power to target suspected terrorists lies with the executive branch of government. more ›

Three thrilling games highlighted last night's sports watching, capped by an unlikely win for the Blackhawks. more ›

A seeming innocuous tweet by Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald about NBA sensation Jeremy Lin had him backtracking later when some of his followers accused him of being racist. more ›

Northwestern University professor Charles Mills married his wife Elle in 1993 to help her secure U.S. citizenship. The two are splitting ways, and Mills is on the hook for support payments — even though their “shell marriage” was never consummated. more ›

So how do Oliver Purnell's Blue Demons match up against the top-ranked college basketball team in the country? They don't. more ›

The Blackhawks couldn't solve Kings goalie Jonathan Quick at the United Center last night, while Northwestern ran into a Buckeyes buzzsaw in Columbus. more ›

If you dig movies with super corny dialog, exquisitely bad acting, sub-par special effects and sets that fall over as actors move through the scenery, then boy do we have the film festival for you. more ›

Phoenix 4, Blackhawks 1 more ›

Several NU students forwarded Gawker an email sent out by campus emergency personnel warning them of warning them to be on the lookout for someone who was caught doing what people sometimes do when still waters run deep, but in the privacy of their own showers. more ›

Bill Carmody's Wildcats improved to 4-0 on the season and won the Charleston Classic in Charleston, SC, thanks to Drew Crawford's 27 points. Crawford scored 72 points in Northwestern's three games to earn tournament MVP honors. more ›

The Blackhawks couldn't see the smoke for the fire on Friday night against the Calgary Flames. more ›

It's been two years since Northwestern has beaten a top 10 ranked team, and Saturday they broke that drought by fending off the Cornhuskers. more ›

Viktor Stalberg's first goals of the season paced the Blackhawks' third-period run past Columbus. more ›

Relive the Great Chicago Fire with this detailed iPhone app. more ›

The man behind the "Medill 2020" plan is set to retire Aug. 31, 2012, according to a statement released by Northwestern this morning. more ›

It's never too early for folks in South Bend to start considering a replacement for Irish head coach Brian Kelly. more ›

Judge Diane Cannon said the students were acting as journalists in a criminal procedure and therefore not covered by the shield law. more ›

Researchers have uncovered some secrets of the root cause of the ALS and will help find ways to treat the disease, as well as other neurological diseases. more ›

Of course he managed to make a somewhat family-friendly fucksaw joke. And a lot of other really good jokes. more ›

An influential historic preservation think tank adds old Prentice Women's Hospital to its list of America's 11 most endangered buildings. more ›

The founder of the Medill Innocence Project, under fire for alleged ethics violations for months, leaves Northwestern. more ›

Northwestern psychology majors hoping to learn about human sexuality from J. Michael Bailey are going to have to fall back on their second choices after NU dropped the course from the Department of Psychology's curriculum. Bailey's Human Sexuality course, if you'll remember, is the course where an after-class, optional live demonstration of a marital aid called a fuck saw generated tons of publicity for the university. And not the kind they wanted. more ›

A little over a month has passed since the notorious sex toy demonstration at Northwestern University, but it doesn't look like things are completely settled on the Northwestern front. Actually, the whole ordeal is coming back to kick NU in the butt a little bit, as a church in Tennessee has refused to host a group of volunteers from NU over spring break because of the demonstration. more ›

The back-and-forth between Northwestern University and on leave Medill Innocence Project founder David Protess continues. NU finally came out yesterday and accused Protess of doctoring records and lying to university officials and attorneys investigating ethics questions related to a wrongful conviction case he and Innocence Project students were working on. more ›

David Protess, founder of the Innocence Project at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, announced he'll be taking an indefinite leave of absence from NU. If hindsight was 20/20, a blind man should have seen this coming once news broke last week that Protess was pulled from teaching classes at NU this spring while the university continues its investigation into whether Protess violated ethics with the Innocence Project. more ›

Study after study shows Americans---and especially Illinoisans---are getting more obese. And there are no shortages of reasons: but two more stepped into the limelight this week. One, a lack of activity, is a no-brainer. The other…well…a Northwestern University study blaming religion is a bit less obvious. more ›