Big Ten Conference. The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska, as well as two additional public land grant schools and a private university. Northwestern University, one of just two full members with a total enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students (the other is the University of Nebraska - Lincoln), is the lone private university among Big Ten membership (the University of Chicago, a private university, left the conference in 1946). Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, with campuses in Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs/facilities in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California. Northwestern is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and remains the only private university in the conference. The Northwestern Wildcats compete in 19 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA's Division I Big Ten Conference.
Northwestern University is the only private university of the Big Ten Conference.
Big Ten Conference. The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska, as well as two additional public land grant schools and a private university. Northwestern University, one of just two full members with a total enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students (the other is the University of Nebraska - Lincoln), is the lone private university among Big Ten membership (the University of Chicago, a private university, left the conference in 1946). Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, with campuses in Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs/facilities in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California. Northwestern is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and remains the only private university in the conference. The Northwestern Wildcats compete in 19 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA's Division I Big Ten Conference.

Based on the evidence paragraph above what can we conclude about the claim "Northwestern University is the only private university of the Big Ten Conference."?

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Big Ten Conference. The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska, as well as two additional public land grant schools and a private university. Northwestern University, one of just two full members with a total enrollment of fewer than 30,000 students (the other is the University of Nebraska - Lincoln), is the lone private university among Big Ten membership (the University of Chicago, a private university, left the conference in 1946). Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university based in Evanston, Illinois, with campuses in Chicago, Illinois, and Doha, Qatar, and academic programs/facilities in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California. Northwestern is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and remains the only private university in the conference. The Northwestern Wildcats compete in 19 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA's Division I Big Ten Conference.

Based on the evidence paragraph above what can we conclude about the claim "Northwestern University is the only private university of the Big Ten Conference."?

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