Around Northwestern (the unofficial version)

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university hall

University Hall is where I (Aretha) have a lot of my classes as a political science major. The hall houses the English Department and is where Professor Edwards' office is located. It is the original building for Northwestern University, where the very first classes were held. University Hall is four stories and in order to get to the top, a student either has to walk up four flights of extremely steep steps, or if they're lucky, catch a ride on the very slow elevator.

the rock.

The rock is where student groups and organizations often paint advertisements or announcements for upcoming programming events. In order to paint the rock, a person/group of students must guard it all night long so that they can paint it the next morning.

bike racks

A common sight at Northwestern, bike racks and their inhabitants, bikes, are often used by students. The campus, which stretches over a mile, can be difficult to trek across in winter. At first bikers can be intimidating since they sometimes seem to come from any direction, but over time, students get used to the sight and sounds of them.

The Classics Department is one of many departments housed in Kresge, which is across from University Hall.

McCormick Tribune Center (MTC)

The MTC is home to many of Medill (the Journalism School) classes and computer labs. Many Northwestern Daily students work here 'til late at night putting the university student newspaper together.

Library computers

If the library computers are packed, you know a midterm or final is around the corner. Though I secretly think the library is more for socializing than studying, a lot of students come here to work on papers or group projects. The library is massive and was originally designed to look like a stack of books on a bookshelf on the outside. The lower picture is of the first floor library entrance.

Sorority Life -- above: Delta Delta Delta, Below, Kappa Alpha $Theta

Many students at NU "go Greek" or try to get recruited into Greek houses on campus. Women join sororities, while men join fraternities. I personally am a member of Chi Omega, the largest sorority in the world. There are four governing councils overlooking sororities and fraternities: National Panhellenic Conference, Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, and the Multicultural Greek Council. NPC and IFC oversee the majority of students in sororities and fraternities that are primarily social groups. NPHC and MGC are cultural councils; NPHC oversees historically Black fraternities and sororities, and MGC presides over multicultural Greek organizations such as Lambda Phi Epsilon (Asian Fraternity) or Kappa Phi Lambda (Pan-Asian Sorority). While the IFC and NPC Greek houses are primarily social organizations, NPHC and MGC emphasize community service and are generally much smaller groups of students. Over 38% of undergraduate students at Northwestern belong to a Greek house on campus, because the house not only provides a social environment where students feel that they belong, but also provides housing, food, and tradition like no other organizations on campus. Find out more about Greek life at NU at http://www.northwestern.edu/gogreek/

Above: Delta Gamma; Below: Pi Beta Phi

Residence Hall - Shepard Hall

The majority of Northwestern students live on campus in residence hall dormitories. Room size and capacity (single, double, etc.) vary between dorm, but one consistent rule is that women and men may not live in the same dorm room.

On the way back to my sorority house, I'll walk on these paths (look, more bike racks!).

In order to get to downtown Evanston and away from campus, I have to walk down this path. Below is the Music Administration Building, where students in the school of music rehearse and practice far into the night. Most of the time, even if it's 2am, you'll still hear an opera singer or a pianist practicing.

As I leave campus and head into downtown, this is the first sight I'll see of shops and non-NU buildings.

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