Numerous years ago, a traveler awoke within the walls of a towering stone maze. The walls reached the clouds above, open to the air and the elements. They were slick with ivy, and the stone crumbled in...

I never thought I would be a swimmer. I don’t think many kids do, growing up. I mean, most parents put their kids in swim lessons — perhaps their instructor even tells them their child is a natural,...

Situated in the northernmost extremities of our planet, inhabited by only a smattering of citizens, and covered mostly by snow and ice, lies the world's largest island. Owned by the Kingdom of Denmark...

It’s December of 2020. The Pandemic is the last thing on my mind; my parents aren’t home, and my brother and I have the house to ourselves. Online assignments sit in my Google Classroom, but the Nintendo...

Ethan and The Evanstonian take on the Boys Varsity Basketball team.

Ethan and The Evanstonian take on the Boys Varsity Basketball team.

It is the last period on a Friday. One would expect the energy in the room to be buzzing; it is not. I file into the class from second lunch, the dreaded moment I’ve been anticipating finally at my doorstep....

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,...