The stress of impending finals is taking a hard toll on McFrostkins. “I haven’t had time to laugh and play in weeks,” he said. “And I keep hearing this strange beating noise in my headâthumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thumpâit’s driving me mad.”
EVANSTON — Students such as yourself have recently noticed that during winter months, campus shuttles will make their stops only when youâre not waiting at one of them. University officials have confirmed this phenomenon. âPart of this new policy comes from the extra snow weâve been getting. It makes for slower routes and delayed stop times,â said Jack Colhoff, a University Services representative. âBut itâs mostly to build character.â Colhoff said youâll thank him later, because walking in single-digit weather
EVANSTONâMembers of the Northwestern University student organization Coalition Against Climate Change announced today that they were “satisfied” to see the return of wintry weather. “We are pleased and happy to report that the cold weather is back,” said senior Mike Daly, president of the Coalition. “You guys don’t understand how freaked out we were last week.” Daly is referring to the flash of warmth Evanston experienced last week, when high temperatures reached mid-40s. “Seriously, we were freaking out about global
EVANSTONâIn a press release issued late last week, a previously unknown coalition of Northwestern students from California and Florida announced that they would be suing the University for âmisuse of the word âspringâ.â This legal action comes after the discovery that weather during Spring Quarter was neither warm nor sunny. âItâs just not fair,â whined a member of the group who spoke to The Flipside on condition of anonymity. âWhen I saw the words âSpring Quarter,â I assumed that it
EVANSTONâFrigid economic conditions have shrunk the size of Northwesternâs endowment, according to new reports from President Bienenâs office. University spokesman Steven Westerstein released a statement yesterday downplaying the so-called âshrinkageâ effect on NUâs performance. âWe here at Northwestern University have always felt that itâs not about the size of the endowment, but how you use it that really matters. Besides, itâs not like our endowment is that small. At least weâre still bigger than Wash U.â Northwestern student reactions were