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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


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At at-home test kit from Picture Genetics. All students were mailed a swab test and required to send it by the last week of August.

Lower compliance with at-home COVID-19 testing kits than expected, administrators say

September 8, 2020

According to administrators, only about 50 percent of Northwestern students completed step one of a University-wide COVID-19 testing process for undergraduate students returning to campus. At a Tuesday...

Northwestern’s sorority quad. A recent IPR study reported that women in sororities experience a conflict between their feminist values and the realities of the Greek system.

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life supports calls to address harm in Greek life, opposes Panhellenic Association’s call for abolition

September 8, 2020

Northwestern’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life released a statement Tuesday in support of students addressing the harms that exist in Greek life, but against their demands for abolition. This...

Edward Spencer Illustration

‘Did I do my best?’: The mythology of Edward Spencer, hero of the Lady Elgin Disaster

September 7, 2020

When the Lady Elgin departed from Chicago’s LaSalle Street dock around 11 p.m. on Sept. 7, 1860, it was the start of a routine trip up the coast of Lake Michigan with its first stop in Milwaukee the...

Northwestern’s sorority quad. The Panhellenic Association has called for the disbandment of Greek chapters on campus following calls for abolition this summer.

Northwestern Panhellenic Association calls on Greek organizations to consider disbanding following calls to abolish Greek life

September 7, 2020

Northwestern’s Panhellenic Association, which governs 11 chapters, released a statement acknowledging its harmful history and current movement to abolish Greek life on campus. The statement was written...

Northwestern dining workers. The vast majority of dining hall workers laid off at the beginning of the quarter are now being re-hired, per a press release.

Northwestern dining workers denied extension on health insurance, COVID-19 safety protections amid mass layoffs

September 6, 2020

Compass Group, Northwestern’s food service provider, had the opportunity to extend health and safety protections to its dining workers before the start of the academic year but chose not to. This month,...

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