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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Ryan field. Multiple players have come forward describing hazing rituals on the Northwestern football team.

Second lawsuit filed against Northwestern in football hazing case

July 19, 2023

A second former Northwestern football player has filed a lawsuit against former NU head coach Pat Fitzgerald, University President Michael Schill and Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation...

Ortiz: Northwestern students and athletes deserve a union

Ortiz: Northwestern students and athletes deserve a union

October 31, 2021

Every school day, my commute brings me a lot of downtime. I wake up, get dressed, take the M8 tram from the Queen Elizabeth Herzberge Evangelical Hospital to Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz and then take the U2 subway...

Player in purple uniform runs down field.

Football: Northwestern seeks to avenge 2020 loss to Michigan State in nationally televised Friday night opener

September 2, 2021

Football It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago. A little more than nine months have lapsed since the afternoon of Nov. 28, 2020 — the day Michigan State dealt then-No. 8 Northwestern its...

Green field with purple and white paint with white roof above

Derrick Gragg named Northwestern’s next athletic director

June 4, 2021

Less than a month after the resignation of Mike Polisky, Northwestern named Derrick Gragg as its next athletic director.  Gragg, the NCAA’s senior vice president for inclusion, education and community...

Athletic director claps at basketball game with other fans.

Riker: This academic year showed Northwestern athletics at its best. Then, we saw its worst.

June 2, 2021

For Northwestern, the 2020-21 athletic calendar was a study in dualities. The emotional tolls and two-week quarantines against the resilience of the Wildcats. The flawlessness of Danielle Williams’...

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