The District 65 board discussed hiring a collections firm to recover over $7,500 from former Superintendent Devon Horton over an unpaid early departure penalty.
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Reported by @yongyuhuang.bsky.social

“Have you ever seen heaven? I asked. / From where, with whom?”

— Yong-Yu Huang

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This poem appeared in Muzzle Magazine, Spring 2025, Issue 36. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Northwestern’s agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal funding has divided politicians. Republicans have celebrated accountability, while across the aisle, federal and state Democrats have denounced the University’s capitulation to political pressure.

Northwestern’s deal with the Trump administration shares some similarities with previous university settlements — particularly with Columbia and Brown.
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Reported by @edwardsimoncruz.bsky.social and @yongyuhuang.bsky.social

IL-09 candidate Cleveland tried to give Abughazaleh a care package for prison at a Northbrook forum Sunday.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/17/c...

Over 20 members of the Evanston and Northwestern communities rallied at The Arch, urging the University “to stand strong” against capitulation to the federal government midday Monday.
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Reported by Nineth Kanieski Koso, @yongyuhuang.bsky.social and @lucaskubovchik.bsky.social"

At Monday’s City Council meeting, the city committed an initial sum of $24,999 to new mutual aid initiative Evanston Community Cares Fund to combat food insecurity and support other community needs.
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Reported by @yong_yuhuang

happy to see this collection of service journalism articles from @thedailynu.bsky.social

apps.dailynorthwestern.com/know-your-ri...

“Today’s poem offers us images we often find in poetry: the ocean, the moon, dreams, a mother, a wound ... in such a profoundly original and moving way," host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in today’s episode.

Read "Notes on Beachgrass" by Yong-Yu Huang: bit.ly/4mMTiuQ

NUGW members staged a work-in Friday to protest the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence, which they say endangers academic freedom and diversity, equity and inclusion protections.
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Reported by Yong-Yu Huang

got to chat with CS Prof. Karan Ahuja and the SPICE Lab!
northbynorthwestern.com/sense-track-...

“Novelists, L-Z” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 🥹
This just happened. We still have our set from the 1980s. It was a major purchase for our family. Honored.

anyways, have not been publishing much poetry lately, other than "Hard Work," in Sixth Finch.

sixthfinch.com/huang1.html

Over the summer, I got to add to Britannica's coverage of Taiwanese history by exploring White Terror www.britannica.com/event/White-...