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==Athletics== | ==Athletics== | ||
Northwestern has 12 [[Title IX|women's]] and 9 men's [[sport]]s teams.<ref name="sports" /> The football program has won 1 bowl game (while losing 5).<ref>http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/northwestern_database.htm</ref> | Northwestern has 12 [[Title IX|women's]] and 9 men's [[sport]]s teams.<ref name="sports" /> The football program has won 1 bowl game (while losing 5).<ref>http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/northwestern_database.htm</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Liberalism== | ||
| + | Located near the [[liberal]] city of Chicago in the liberal state of Illinois, Northwestern has often graduated alumni who go on to be highly prominent liberal figures, often for the Democratic party: | ||
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| + | *[[Rod Blagojevich]] | ||
| + | *[[William Jennings Bryan]] | ||
| + | *[[Stephen Colbert]] | ||
| + | *[[Rahm Emanuel]] | ||
| + | *Terry O'Neill, President of the [[National Organization for Women]] | ||
| + | *[[John Paul Stevens]] | ||
| + | *[[Adlai Stevenson]] | ||
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| + | Thousands of Northwestern graduates work for the [[mainstream media]] in high-ranking positions at groups such as [[MSNBC]] and [[The New York Times]]. | ||
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| + | Many Northwestern graduates go on to work as prominent actors or otherwise prominent studio individuals in [[Hollywood]]. | ||
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| + | Northwestern's [[professor values|liberal faculty]] includes [[Bernardine Dohrn]]. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Nb_US_universities|Illinois}} | {{Nb_US_universities|Illinois}} | ||
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| Northwestern University | |
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| City: | Evanston, Illinois |
| Type: | Private |
| Sports: | baseball, basketball, cheer/dance team, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball, wrestling[1] |
| Colors: | purple, white |
| Mascot: | Wildcats |
| Endowment: | $7.2 billion[2] |
| Website: | http://www.northwestern.edu |
Northwestern University is an Illinois private university founded in 1851.[3] It ranked #12 in US News's 2013 National Universities Rankings.[4]
It has several prominent graduate schools, including high-ranking law and business schools.
Athletics
Northwestern has 12 women's and 9 men's sports teams.[1] The football program has won 1 bowl game (while losing 5).[5]
Liberalism
Located near the liberal city of Chicago in the liberal state of Illinois, Northwestern has often graduated alumni who go on to be highly prominent liberal figures, often for the Democratic party:
- Rod Blagojevich
- William Jennings Bryan
- Stephen Colbert
- Rahm Emanuel
- Terry O'Neill, President of the National Organization for Women
- John Paul Stevens
- Adlai Stevenson
Thousands of Northwestern graduates work for the mainstream media in high-ranking positions at groups such as MSNBC and The New York Times.
Many Northwestern graduates go on to work as prominent actors or otherwise prominent studio individuals in Hollywood.
Northwestern's liberal faculty includes Bernardine Dohrn.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://nusports.cstv.com/index-main.html
- ↑ 2011 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. Retrieved on November 20, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.northwestern.edu/about/facts/history.html
- ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
- ↑ http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/northwestern_database.htm