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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

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A group of 20 Evanston teens and children walk into the chamber wearing hooded sweatshirts at Monday's City Council meeting. The young people were organized in protest of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

Photo gallery: Assault weapons ban debate

July 17, 2013

Evanston aldermen unanimously approved an assault weapons ban Monday night, just six days after Illinois enacted the last concealed-carry law in the country. Although the state legislation contains...

Police officers displayed the firearms they collected at Evanston's second gun buyback event on Saturday. Police Chief Richard Eddington said he hopes to make the service available to residents on a daily basis.

Photo gallery: Evanston’s second gun buyback event

June 30, 2013

Evanston residents exchanged 28 firearms for cash at the city's second gun buyback event on Saturday at Saint Nicholas Church. Although the city rounded up 45 guns at the buyback program's launch...

Graduating seniors wave to their family members as they walk onto Ryan Field on Friday morning. More than 12,000 people attended Northwestern's 155th commencement ceremony, according to University officials.

Photo gallery: Commencement 2013

June 21, 2013

Ballet virtuoso Mikhail Baryshnikov challenged the class of 2013 this morning to think of success on its own terms as it sets out into the post-graduate world. "Do not make your goal to be the best....

Dajae Coleman Foundation members Rita Roseman (left) and LaTanya Copeland (right) on Saturday manage a ticket raffle for the four books Dajae had checked out from the library in Evanston Township High School before his death. Tiffany Rice, Dajae's mother, hopes to start an online book club based on the four books.

Photo gallery: Dajae Coleman Foundation kick-off event

June 15, 2013

Members of the Dajae Coleman Foundation met for the first time Saturday and prepared to launch youth-oriented initiatives in memory of the Evanston teen who was killed last fall. Friends and family...

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