Students reflect on their experiences navigating Black cosmetic service providers at Northwestern and in Evanston Nails done by Aji Nureni-Yusuf. Photo by Aji Nureni-Yusuf Along with a flurry of exams, clubs and internship applications, Naomi Tewelde, a Black first-year, said there’s one more thing stressing her out: finding a hair stylist that specializes in Black hair care. “I feel like a lot of the surrounding hair care providing spaces are predominantly for white hair,”

How Northwestern makes it difficult for students to celebrate a holiday so important to our community Black Thanksgiving. Photo from Getty Images Northwestern is infamous for its fast-paced academic calendar. Students often deal with midterms in their third and fourth weeks of the quarter, and course material is densely packed right until Thanksgiving. The following break, which is supposed to be a moment of relief from academics, still proves to be a source of stress for stu