Last November, Northwestern’s administration announced that based on the budget projection for the 2010-11 school year, NW will have a $3 million revenue shortfall. To prevent such a deficit from occurring, budget cuts—including faculty and staff lay-offs and program eliminations—will be enforced during the next fiscal year starting July 1, 2010.
LeAnn Johnson
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For the second year in a row, a team of three Northwestern students has been chosen as one of 100 teams from six continents to compete in the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest’s world finals. This year, the event will take place Feb. 1 to 6 in Harbin, China.
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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed this week to work together to tackle some of the world’s most pressing…
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The Symphonic Band and guest saxophone soloist Kenneth Tse will present the world premiere of a concerto during their concert on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel.
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Dutch expert James Kennedy will speak about European health care on Nov. 16. Orange City native James Kennedy will present a lecture…
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Features
Cell phone use: do you talk ear-to-ear or thumb-to-thumb?
by LeAnn Johnson November 6, 2009To text or not to text—that is the question. Over the past five years, the number of people with text messaging plans…
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Northwestern’s Women’s Auxiliary is asking students to participate in its Phone Raiser by donating old cell phones and ink cartridges.
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Heemstra Hall can no longer be used as a residence hall after the ’09-’10 school year ends. A new suite-style residence hall…
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The SGA approved a rules proposal for the new Borrow-a-Bike program and discussed other important topics at its meeting on Monday, Sept. 28.
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Northwestern is being redefined. Well, its mission statement is, anyway. The Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) recently revised NW’s mission statement and divided…