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Stylitics Seeks Fashion Forward Student

10/24/2012

Stylitics, the social virtual closet site and iPhone app, is hosting a contest to unearth the most stylish student. Open to all college and high school students in the world, Stylitics will reward the most stylish student by showcasing their entire closet online alongside celebrities, bloggers, and style icons with the ability to shop, share, and create outfits.

The contest will run from October 25th through November 4th. The 10 students who have earned the most style points within that time frame will be voted on by industry experts based on the contents of their closets and outfits they have created. The top 100 students with the most points will also be granted exclusive early access to the launch of Stylitics’ new celebrity closets feature in November, giving users the ability to shop, share, and explore their favorite celebrities’ and style icons’ actual closets.

To enter, users simply need to create an account indicating that they are a student and select their school. Style points are accrued by adding items to your virtual closet and checking in outfits, so the more you add the more you earn! Winners will be voted on by a panel of fashion industry experts and announced on or around November 8th.

Stylitics is a social virtual closet platform for people who care about fashion and personal style. It is a fun, connected, intelligent extension of a user’s actual closet, allowing them to share ideas with friends, collaborate on outfits, and explore new looks. Stylitics remembers every detail about what you own, buy, and wear. It keeps track of your outfit history, allows you to share your personal style with friends and followers via a public Style Profile, and gives you new ideas for how to wear the items in your closet. With the Stylitics iPhone app, you can now take your entire closet on the go. 

Northwestern University Greek Week

10/9/2012

Below is a list of the events for the week. To learn more about the events and the points for each event, as well as various updates throughout the week, visit nugreek.org NOW!

Tuesday, October 9
Greek Eats: Chipotle; Evanston Chipotle; 4pm-6pm
Greeks Got Talent; Ryan Auditorium at Tech; 7pm-9pm

Wednesday, October 10
Greek Four Square; The Rock; 12pm-2pm
Top Chef: Greek Edition; Kappa Kappa Gamma; 3pm-5pm

Thursday, October 11
GreekBuild Kickoff BBQ & Bags Tournament; Ford Lawn; 3pm-5pm
Stroll Competition & Awards Ceremony; Norris McCormick Auditorium; 7pm-9pm

Learning From Jennifer Livingston

10/4/2012

What We Can Learn From Jennifer Livingston 

Today I was procrastinating some reading for school and came across this video...

I would love to find this man and explain to him how ignorant and disgusting he is. All anger aside (though I think a whole lot is justified), we as women, and members of society, can take so much from these four dignified minutes with La Crosse, Wisc. WKTB reporter Jennifer Livingston.

First and foremost, I think it’s important to address the literal surface issue here. This video reminds us that we live in a world where a woman is constantly judged based on her appearance. I, for one, think this is deplorable. Livingston shows in this video, as I’m sure she does in her daily broadcasts (which her shallow critic admitted he does not watch) intelligence, grace and compassion. Someone judging her appearance, and by default her lifestyle and her character, didn’t seem to concern Livingston as much as the heart of what this man did and said.

Which brings me to a point that I make somewhat reluctantly, but personally find to be an intriguing debate to engage in- this man watched one morning show and decided to personally attack someone he has never met. Before I indulge in any gender debates, I’ll acknowledge that women can be just as shallow as men at times. I am certainly not going to try and suggest that no woman has ever called another fat, or ugly, or a bitch.

Missing Student Harsha Maddula

9/26/2012

As many of you have heard, a Northwestern Student, Harsha Maddula is missing. He was last seen on Friday night at 12:30 a.m. leaving a party at 2013 Ridge Ave. For more information, please join the Facebook group. 

To get involved in the search for Harsha...

Search parties leave NUPD (1819 Hinman Ave) on the hour, every hour, all day.

Flyering groups leave from Seabury (600 Haven St.) from 9 AM - noon. Groups will be assigned flyering zones in Evanston. Also, send the flyer (the picture in the article) to every single listserv you know.

Summer Photo Contest

9/25/2012

Photo Contest Winner

Submitted by: Tracy Lin

Photo Contest Runner-Up

Submitted by: Courtney Dumas

Welcome Our New Editor, Amanda Oppold!

9/21/2012

Year: Junior
Major: Journalism
Hometown: Hastings, Minnesota

When/how did you get started with Her Campus Northwestern?
I got started with Her Campus as a sophomore. My freshman year I was kinda the bum Medill student, I accumulated other non-journalism activities. So then sophomore year I felt like I had everything else in order and wanted to add some writing.

What do you like about being on the Her Campus Northwestern team?
What attracted me to Her Campus in the first place was that a lot of it was exactly like all of the magazines I really loved like Glamour, Cosmpolitan and Marie Claire. There was nothing else like it on campus, nothing even close and I was so excited that I didn't have to force myself into some serious-to-the-death publication, that's just not my style. I like the chance to really choose what I write about and the option to write more hard-hitting stuff, or to do an article on hairstyles. Plus writing/interviewing the campus cuties is a great way to give your guy friends an ego boost or meet some great and adorable guys.

What other activities are you involved in on campus?
I'm a part of the equestrian team, I am an intern at Northwestern Magazine-the one that gets sent to all our parents, I work for a Medill Professor, and I am a member of Zeta Tau Alpha where I am the Parent and Alumni Relations Chair and manage a night of recruitment.

Dear 2016, Advice From a Senior

9/21/2012

Yesterday I was talking to a friend and I said a sentence that started with “when I grow up.” And then it hit me- I am grown up, but that doesn’t mean I can’t keep starting sentences like that.

Next week my senior year starts, and it’s going to be a short one. I have three months of classes, three months of an internship and that’s it. It’s not uncommon to graduate early from Northwestern, but I find myself feeling kind of sad and a lot scared. The fact of the matter is, I don’t know what’s next and I’m not sure I’m ready to decide. Yet somehow, I find myself here writing advice for the Class of 2016… I’ll give it the best I’ve got. Here are the things I do know.

1. You only have four years- and they’ll go quickly.
The four years part shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. But gradating early was a surprise to me. And realizing that there are a lot of things to be done in the 6 months I had left was too. I came to Northwestern starry eyed and overwhelmed. Time passed and now I’m starting to realize that I should have been more spontaneous, and experienced more of the once-in-a-lifetime things that come with a college experience. Instead of going to bed, I should have watched the sunrise with my friends. I should have gone into Chicago more. I should have said no to babysitting to go to the party I was looking forward to. Which brings me to…

Getting Englanded... Casey Goes to Barcelona

8/13/2012

Barcelona was my first encounter with a) traveling with friends and b) a language that is not my first. I was nervous and excited and not at all sure what to expect going to Spain. After all, it took the four of us (Mystie, Abby, David and I) something like three hours to book our flights and hostel.

The planning was really the first part of the adventure for us. It was confusing and a long process, but we somehow managed to get our flights and somewhere to stay! A couple of days before we Facebook messaged about what we'd like to do when we were there, and narrowed it down to a few big things.

So without further ado, we took off to Barcelona! At 3 a.m. Without sleep. Luckily, we could sleep for a couple of hours on the plane and we certainly did. This was especially fortunate considering what it takes to land in a foreign country...

Getting through Border control (aka a long, long line of people filtering slowly through customs) Exchanging currency took us roughly 8.2 hours to get through the line (that's an extreme over-exaggeration, but it was still quite lengthy) Figuring out how to get from the airport to the hostel, which I realized the night before was on the other side of Barcelona (Again, we were fortunate that the woman at the airport spoke English and could give us directions easily! I tried my Spanish out for a second, but on 2 hours of sleep it came out more in mumbles than words.) Making out way to the train, where we no longer had the English crutch and bought our tickets.

And all of that was just at the airport! It was pretty overwhelming, and a huge relief to sit on the train, knowing to look for the station the woman had told us to go to. We took one more train to Maragall, and that is where the hilarity began. Here are a few things I learned while trying to get to our hostel:

Her Campus and Bing in Chicago

5/17/2012

Wonder who’s following Glee with you as you search the web for the latest news? Wish you could figure out how to make a reservation at that great new restaurant from their confusing website? The new Bing -gets more social so you can spend less time searching and more time doing!

Bing brings in your friends from Facebook and experts from Twitter and blogs to give you information from people who know about what you’re searching for. This way, you can get recommendations from what your friends have liked, and even ask them a question while you’re searching. And because sometimes experts and enthusiasts might know about what you’re searching for, we bring you their tweets and blogs so that you can follow them and learn from them as well.

Bing is also making it easier for you to take action on searches where you just want to get something done. The center column, called snapshot, simplifies your search for things like restaurants, hotels, and movies by giving you pictures, maps, and reviews you need to make a well-informed decision. They have even partnered with OpenTable to give you the option of making a reservation without clicking away from your search.

The first column is the classic search you remember! Bing has just removed all of the clutter that gets in the way of the information you really want.

Extreme Measures has THE talk!

5/10/2012

EXTREME MEASURES IS HAVING THEIR SPRING CONCERT!

Remember that time your parents tried to talk to you about sex? Or did you ask? How about your first break up? Yes. We've all had some variation of THE talk.

McCormick Tribune Center
Friday, May 11th at 11 PM
Saturday, May 12th at 8 PM & 10 PM
$5 for Students, $10 General Admission

Come relive the GREAT memories (and hear some incredible vocal stylings) with Extreme Measures! Featuring songs by: Heart, Paramore, James Morrison, Michael Bublé, Destiny's Child, Maroon 5 AND MORE!

Like our fan page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/NU-Extreme-Measures-A-Cappella) and follow us on Twitter (@ExtremeNU) to stay up to date with the show, and to share your favorite THE TALK stories.

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