NU Archives’ Best Dead People: Frances Willard
Willard is the namesake of Willard Residential College, the site of her famous duel with Mortimer Schapiroose. What began as a simple argument escalated into a life-or-death shootout.
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NU Archives’ Best Dead People: Frances Searle
Campus historians attribute the North-South Campus divide to the original feud between Willard and Searle, but it wasn’t until the famous party switch during the great Fran’s vs. Lisa’s debate of 1897 that the current identities associated with North and South campus students emerged.
Ask The Flipside – Why Don’t You Have Any Articles Regarding Women?
Dear The Northwestern Flipside, Why don’t you have any “Area Woman” articles? It seems like you only ever write articles about men. Sincerely, Sheila Von Ontario Dear Sheila, The main reason that the Flipside is so testosterone-fueled is that women rarely do anything stupid enough for us to bother writing articles about them. It’s so much easier to make up funny stories about some drunken dude’s escapades than it is to find humor in cooking and cleaning. I mean, look