Spring 2022 Digital Magazine

Pregame

Sitting down with Sokolow

A Northwestern art professor illustrates her path.

By Sela Breen

Minoring in magic

Students discuss misconceptions about witchcraft on campus.

By Hope Cartwright

She was a sk8r girl

Female skaters create their own community on campus.

By Ava Levinson

Returning to learning

Students come back to school after taking a few gap decades.

By Brooklyn Moore

The ad hoc talk

Northwestern students combine academic interests to curate their own curriculums.

By Julianna Zitron

Recipe for reggae

Northwestern dining hall worker Daniel Yeboah leads a double life as an award-winning musician.

By Kim Jao

Dance Floor

Wrestling with the future

Football player and local celeb Joe Spivak discusses his Northwestern experience and WWE future.

By Tabor Brewster

A common language

Multilingual students seek community through shared languages.

By Carly Witteman

The power of the pen

Exploring Northwestern's competitive creative writing program.

By Lauren Cohn

Mastering divinity

A look inside the Garrett Seminary and the pursuits of its theological students.

By Iris Swarthout

50 years and counting

The Department of African American studies celebrates a historic milestone by exploring its creation and accomplishments.

By Chloe Rappaport

Navigating sobriety

Students reflect on their substance-free college experience.

By Olivia Abeyta

Diversity center stage

Northwestern's theater community re-examines its diversity and inclusion efforts.

By Jade Thomas

Features

Access denied

Students say a dismissive ANU culture results in an inaccessible learning environment.

By Grace Deng

The burnout phenomenon

Northwestern's overwhelming academics and stress culture push students to exhaustion.

By Trent Brown

In perspective

Queer students of color navigate race and sexuality at a predominantly white institution.

By Ali Bianco

Photo Story

Frame by frame

Shelf Lifeexplores themes surrounding food consumption through stop motion.

By Jimmy He

Hangover

Book recs for beach babes

Your Hangover-assigned summer reading.

By Bennie Goldfarb

Catspiracy theories

Wake up, sheeple! Hangover takes on Northwestern's wildest conspiracy theories.

By Jamie Dickman

Hangover hang-ups

You didn't ask, we answered!

By Hangover Editors

Fright at the museums

Tired of the Art Institute? Check out these Hangover-approved attractions.

By Julia Lucas

Get crossed!

Can we have a word?

By Julianna Zitron

Dear readers,

Many of us on NBN's current staff met when everything was still virtual. For four quarters, we workshopped stories with writers through Zoom, kept track of edits on a seemingly endless set of spreadsheets and played the occasional game of digital Pictionary. In spite of these conditions, we formed bonds that will help define our collective college experience.

This fall, we resumed in-person meetings. Since then, I've watched new friendships take shape and existing relationships grow stronger.

Our staff has worked tirelessly to make a new issue of NBN possible. They've spent late nights in the McCormick Foundation Center poring over drafts together. They've brainstormed dozens of story pitches, designed breathtaking page spreads and edited every word in this issue. Most importantly, they've remained committed to producing stories that highlight community on campus and the push to make that community accessible to all.

This issue explores spaces where students are building lasting connections. In Pregame, we drop in with a growing cohort of female skateboarders and get a glimpse into the classrooms where older adults are continuing a legacy of learning. Our Dance Floor section spotlights a football star-turned-WWE trainee, explores a theological seminary hidden in plain sight and takes a hard look at the lack of diversity in Northwestern's theatre department.

In our Features section, five students share their perspectives on navigating race and queer identities at a predominantly white institution. We examine the obstacles faced by those seeking learning accommodations from the University and dive deeper into the phenomenon of academic burnout.

Per NBN tradition, Hangover delivers a healthy dose of lighthearted articles. Our sage editors provide advice for your oddly specific qualms and guide you to the quirkiest museums that Chicagoland has to offer. For any avid New York Times crossword puzzlers, the final page of this issue may strike a special fancy.

This magazine wouldn't have been possible without the collaboration of the whole NBN team. Our writers, editors, designers, photographers and corporate staff have taken it from a concept to the physical copy you're holding now.

Producing this issue has truly been a labor of love. I hope you'll see our community – and one of your own – reflected in these stories.

- Grace Snelling

North by Northwestern

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