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It was finally time … I threw on my black leather skirt, black boots and fuschia Flamin’ Hot Cheetos crop top. I had practiced my entire life for this moment, and I was ready to shake my ass until my ass fell off. BLACKPINK was in town.   Year after year, K-pop girl group BLACKPINK captures...

Content warning: This story includes mentions of body dysmorphia. Asian men are trending! During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, South Korean soccer player Cho Gue-sung garnered the unofficial title of “World’s Sexiest Player.” His Instagram following shot up from 20,000 to more than 2 million, marriage proposals flooded his comment sections and thirst TikToks of...

Last week, my peer and fellow gaysian asked me how to stop falling for straight men. “How do I not fall for straight men? My friend and I like, keep doing it,” he says. My answer is frankly quite simple. Just stop, duh. I think straight men are boring. I’m a dazzling windstorm of eyeshadow,...

This is an ode to sucking dick … Among other things, of course. I had known I was gay for a while — in the fifth grade I once searched “how to watch porn without the girl.” Perhaps we all knew. I came out to a few friends and to my younger sister in my...

Peter Barris (McCormick ’74) was elected to serve as the next chair of the Northwestern Board of Trustees. Barris, who chairs venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates Inc., will start his new position Sept. 1. Barris has served on the board since 2001. He chaired the Presidential Search Commi…

Many Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members called for centering student voices during Monday’s board meeting to plan for the future following a “difficult year” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent reports of racist hate messages and student altercations at Haven Middle School. The…

Sixteen Evanston faith leaders gathered in Fountain Square Monday afternoon to sign a formal commitment to support the local reparations fund. “We as religious leaders have moral suasion and responsibility to lead in this area by figuring out a process of reconciliation and atonement, and to help t…

Sean Kingston will perform at Dillo Day as the sixth main stage artist, Mayfest Productions announced Tuesday. “As someone who still has Kingston’s guest appearance on Disney Channel’s ‘The Suite Life on Deck’ permanently etched into his memory, I can’t wait to reawaken my childhood nostalgia by he…

You may want to throw out everything you know about sex. As part of a Tuesday NU Sex Week event, licensed sex therapist Casey Tanner presented a discussion titled “Expansive Sexuality: Brave sexuality in a world that’s afraid of sex.” They discussed how people learn about sex, the limitations of t…

Feinberg Prof. Judd Hultquist’s lab typically focuses on HIV research. But after the COVID-19 pandemic began, he also had to allocate time and resources toward researching the new virus and processing COVID-19 tests. Managing the dual tasks over the last two years has been stressful, he said. “On t…

Three Native American community leaders in the Chicago area will join the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian’s board of directors, the museum announced in February. This marks the first time the majority of the museum’s board of directors and staff are Native American, American Indian or First …

After graduating on May 23, Evanston Township High School seniors will take their next steps forward — steps that, for some, will include a move to ETHS’ Transition House. The Transition House, a special education program run by the district for young adults aged 18 to 22, aims to facilitate independence and self-determination by offering...