When it comes to highly-anticipated events, there’s Frank Ocean’s return and then there’s Wildcat Welcome — Northwestern’s ultimate orientation experience for incoming students. From Sep. 15 to 22, incoming students will learn about campus resources and how to live the NU life through...
Editor’s note: This story was reported in collaboration with The Evanstonian. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Pond received an unexpected call from his roommate, urging him to turn on the TV. Pond’s roommate, who was in the middle of his commute to downtown Chicago, had learned that the World Trade Center’s North Tower had been struck. The moment the second plane hit, the reality of the attack settled over Pond and his housemates. “As we’re watching, we see live the second plane going to the next tower,” Pond said. “And I remember my roommate and I turning to each other in that moment, and it felt almost instantly like bursting into tears because we knew, in that...
