Mika Ellison

Communication sophomore Foster Lehman auditioned for his first musical ever in fall 2021. It didn’t go well. “I have no idea where I am,” Lehman said, recalling his audition. “I’m off-key. And I forgot all the lyrics, so I started making (them) up. I had another song I was going to do, (but) I just…

A Northwestern-led team of astronomers reached for the stars with a recently compiled gamma-ray galaxy database. The public database, known as BRIGHT, or the Broad-band Repository for Investigating Gamma-ray burst Host galaxies Traits, details 84 galaxies known to originate short gamma-ray bursts. Short gamma-ray bursts, or SGRBs, are explosions of energy theorized to be generated...

In this episode of Digital Diaries, we discuss surviving your first Northwestern winter, including how your skincare routine should change and how other students deal with seasonal depression. [music] MIKA ELLISON: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Mika Ellison and this is season 2, episode 3 of Digital Diaries, a weekly podcast following the college...

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council covers their discussion of Harley Clarke Mansion as well as other proposed amendments and ordinances. Angeli Mittal also spotlights a story on ETHS’ disproportionate suspension of black students. [music] MIKA ELLISON: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Mika Ellison. This is Everything Evanston, a podcast about...

This week, Everything Evanston’s Rapid Recap of City Council covers two major pieces of legislation and a rooster. The Council voted to approve changes to its current licensing legislation, as well as to approve a contract for the Evanston Animal Shelter construction. Reporter Lily Shen also speaks to assistant city editor William Tong about his...

Northwestern University and Evanston’s Only Daily News Source Since 1881

City Council approved the city’s plan to apply for a $2 million federal grant to renovate Hilda’s Place and discussed John Keno & Company, Inc‘s contract for Evanston Dog Beach ADA accessibility entrance Monday night. On Feb. 20, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity opened applications for parts of the $15 million of...

The first books I ever loved were used. Pre-owned, well-loved, with pages soft as butter and covers that threatened to fall off if you looked at them wrong. I discovered them in the corners of our house, left behind by the previous inhabitants, usually children’s books populated with dragons and ghosts and Victorian children. My...