Stories by Alyssa Howard

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A year ago President Obama delivered the order that resulted in Osama bin Laden's death. Did our generation react correctly?

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Photography by Kerri Pang / North by Northwestern. Updated 4/26/12, 1:28 a.m.: Following several accounts of racism on campus and ...

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We break down the best (worst?) women-hating ads in the best format we know: a YouTube list.

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From the 2008 Detroit automakers buyout to Obama's worldview, it's all about insults this week.

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Is Romney a RINO?

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Gaffes and brothels abound this week.

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Officials announced physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, subject of last year's One Book One Northwestern, as the 2012 Commencement speaker.

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Mitt Romney's so rich, he could probably buy a home on the moon. Check out the election news you may have missed this week.

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University Archives employees Janet Olson and Kevin Leonard recovered the menu from the original 1901 Founders' Day banquet. Photo by ...

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It's all about Newt this week. Check out what you might have missed.

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They're dropping like flies. Take a minute to review this week in election news.

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The Northwestern Political Union hosts "Resolved: Chicago Public Schools Are Improving" with Chicago Board of Education president.

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Too busy looking up Santorum on Google? Here's what you missed this week in election news.

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"As of last night’s Iowa caucus results, the name 'Rick Santorum' may represent the man who could challenge the frontrunner Mitt Romney."

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"In light of the ever-evolving Herman Cain scandal, I can't help but be struck by the increasing impossibility for those in the public arena to ever close their proverbial bedroom doors"

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"Especially in the current political climate, I have an inkling that the College Republicans would not take kindly to a visitor whose mom cried when Bush won in 2004."

Culturally, much of middle school and high school is predicated on the fact that "kids can be mean." But when this kind of sick act persists, what can be done to stop this horrific chain of events?

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Follow along with our writers as they analyze the arguments.

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With the recent news out of Saudi Arabia, take a look at a timeline of women's rights to vote across the world.

Think you know Chicago's digit-missing, fish-delivering, pirouetting new mayor? Think again.

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Enjoy the best of Evanston's cold drinks.

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Consult this interactive chalkboard for a lesson on the events leading up to Beck’s breakup with Fox News.

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NCDC and Peace Project brought Cleve Jones to Cahn Auditorium Monday night.

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LGBT activist Cleve Jones says student activists have to get off their computers and march.

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It's that time of the year again: election season is upon us and that means it's time to rank the best of the worst campaign ads of 2010.

What did our writers think of Rick Santorum and Howard Dean's debate?

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Why the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is a political and moral imperative.