Students gathered on the ground floor of Norris University Center on Thursday afternoon to attend the Norris 50th Celebration Blow Out. The event commemorated the 50th anniversary of the student center’s opening in 1973. Norris has hosted multiple “Throwback Thursday” events since Fall Quarter, each themed around one of the decades since Norris was built..
Content warning: This article contains mentions of gun violence and death. On Wednesday, a young man lost his life. Two 15-year-old boys were injured, one gravely. Though much of The Daily’s coverage so far has centered on the impact Wednesday night’s Clark Street Beach shooting had on Northwestern students, we know the effects go far.
Over the course of the past three months, silver letters have been slowly disappearing from Kresge Hall’s main signage. The first few letters started to vanish last November, and by mid-January, all were gone. With just traces of residue remaining, students and faculty speculate about the causes behind their slow disappearance. “It’s kind of expected.