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

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

The Daily Northwestern

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In Focus: As climate change worsens, combined sewers pose new issues

May 26, 2020

Evanston’s sewer system has been flooded with problems for decades. As early as 1902, the city’s commissioner of public works declared the sewer system to be “inadequate in size and depth to serve...

In Focus: Independent businesses in Evanston deal with declining support

In Focus: Independent businesses in Evanston deal with declining support

March 6, 2020

If you walk through the streets of Evanston, you’ll notice struggling small businesses, empty storefronts and a plethora of big-box chains. Small businesses in the city have faced challenges in the...

In Focus: After split from Cru, Impact looks toward future at Northwestern

In Focus: After split from Cru, Impact looks toward future at Northwestern

March 5, 2020

 To view the transcript of Seen Not Heard: Part One, click here. When Sarabi Woods (Weinberg ’18) saw a lack of racial diversity in religious groups on campus, she took matters...

Editor Emma Edmund explains history of Fossil Free NU, divestment

March 4, 2020

Across the world, universities, institutions and governments are divesting from the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. City Editor Emma Edmund breaks down the history of Fossil Free Northwestern...

In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected

In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected

March 3, 2020

It was below freezing. Wind blew flurries of snow everywhere, rendering the coats and gloves students wore relatively useless. But the ugly weather did not stop a group of approximately 50 students from...

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