For many liberal Northwestern students, the campus seems to be painted a distinct shade of blue. But, being in the majority doesn’t always mean speaking in unison. More than 80% of students identified as somewhat or very liberal, according to The Daily’s Spring Campus Poll, whereas only 4.7%...
A second Northwestern alum has entered the race for Illinois’ 8th Congressional District, which spans the suburbs just west of Evanston, including Schaumburg, Elgin and parts of Des Plaines. Dan Tully (Weinberg ’13), an attorney and combat veteran, announced his congressional bid in a Wednesday video. Tully cited the oath he took to uphold the Constitution as his reason for leaving his job at the U.S. Department of Commerce and instead, vying for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. “I swore that oath three times to become an attorney, an army officer and a public servant,” Tully said in the video. “Now our constitution, our freedom and our democracy are threatened by...
