Is Northwestern screwing us over by closing Searle?
Searle Hall, the building that currently houses the pharmacy. Photo by Jared T. Miller / North by Northwestern. No one wants to get sick at college. I’ve been through the illness routine twice at Northwestern: after ignoring my symptoms for several days (or a week) the pain grows too strong to bear, so I shuffle a few blocks north to 633 Emerson St. There, kindly, doctors take my vitals and offer me helpful but depressing advice like “Don’t drink while taking this medication.” Then a prescription is written, I meander to the pharmacy and take my medicine home with me for a fun evening of lying in bed and watching 30 Rock on Hulu. Thanks to The Powers That Be, getting sick at Northwestern won’t be as fun next year. News of Searle’s pharmacy’s impending closure became public on April 3. The closing comes as a surprise after the university originally planned to expand the pharmacy during the Searle Hall renovations. Instead of building a larger pharmacy, the university decided to disconti
