On March 27, 1939, the first ever NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was played in Evanston. That’s right; the first-ever March Madness national championship was hosted by Northwestern...

Music is one of the most universal languages there is. As famous philosopher Plato put it, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”...

One of my most prevalent memories as a young child was going to the afterschool program at the YMCA with a Kumon book in hand and doing the pages my parents had assigned for me that day. I took the bus,...

The NFL season is underway, meaning fantasy football is in full swing. Introduced at an Oakland hotel in the 1960s by Bill Winkinbach—at the time co-owner of the Oakland Raiders football team—the game...

Eating lunch in the Hub is a different experience every day. Some days, there are barely any seats available, the tables filled with clamorous conversation, and the cubicles jam-packed with students....

As I walked out of the cramped YMCA aquatics office for the first time in early June, done with my first day of swim instructor shadowing, I thought I had everything figured out. I would learn the ropes,...