Spring 2014

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Northwestern is the quarterly alumni magazine for Northwestern University.
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Contents

Features

The Write Way

Creative Writing Program prepares students for lit life

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Moreyball

Daryl Morey is leading the analytics movement in the NBA

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Holding Court

Judge Ruben Castillo is both tough and fair-minded

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Campaign to Prepare Global Leaders

President ­announces "We Will" campaign

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Campus Life

Digital Distractions

The implications of technology use on classroom learning

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Body of Work

Renee Engeln studies beauty sickness and body image

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Engineer Pursues Pop Stardom in China

David Harris rocks on Chinese singing competition show

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Then: The First Dance

Getting down at Dance Marathon.

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Team Ultimate

GungHo for Frisbee

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Memory Goes Up in Smoke

This is your brain on marijuana

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What's on Mike McMullan's Plate?

Heavyweight wrestler shares his recipe for success

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One Committed 'Cat

Drew Crawford makes his last stand

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Softball Sister Act

Majam family has the bases covered

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Remembering the First Lady of Track

Gold-medal sprinter Betty "Babe" Robinson Schwartz

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Alumni Life

Global Send-Offs

International alumni help ease new students’ transition

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Bill Pulte: Blight Buster

Bill Pulte takes on Detroit blight

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Nancy Sharp: Living Boldly

Author and speaker remade her life after tragedy

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Naomi Grossman: Out of Character

Popular Pepper a character full of complexity

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Alumni Updates

Hannah Chung, Alex Nee and Gita Pullapilly

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Passings

Remembering pilot Dora Dougherty Strother McKeown

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Purple Prose

On the Move

Alumna learns that home can be everywhere and nowhere

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Mailbox

Mailbox

Put God back in the Millar Chapel

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