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The Daily Northwestern

Cameron Cook, Reporter

Cameron is a Weinberg junior from Iowa City, Iowa. When she’s not writing news, she studies U.S. history and works in The Daily’s business office. She has previously worked as an assistant campus editor and a web editor.  You can reach her via email.

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Northwestern University Graduate Workers protest in Nov. 2019. “Unions 101: A Political Education Even” educated attendees on the process, history and types of unions.

Northwestern Graduate Workers join other Chicago grad students, protest downtown to protect their rights to unionize

November 14, 2019
The office of Northwestern Student Enrichment Services. Emergency funding requests that used to be handled by Student Enrichment Services are now being processed by Financial Aid in order to be in compliance with federal law.

Administrators move to streamline graduate emergency aid process after changes to distribution cause confusion

October 17, 2019
Seabury Hall. QPGSA’s first event of the academic year discussed the exclusion of traditional artistic industries while spotlighting the panelists’ creations.

After years of calls for conflict resolution reform, University to create ombuds office next academic year

October 9, 2019
A Via vehicle. Northwestern’s deal with Via has been finalized and will be a one-year pilot program.

Despite student outcry, University finalized one-year pilot Via deal

September 22, 2019
Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern renegotiated its plan with Aetna to lower the cost of mental health treatment after students expressed concern over initial changes to the 2019-2020 plan.

Amendments to health insurance plan will return costs for mental health treatment to a lower price

September 22, 2019
Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern renegotiated its plan with Aetna to lower the cost of mental health treatment after students expressed concern over initial changes to the 2019-2020 plan.

Change to health insurance could increase costs for students, will remove price limit on outpatient mental health treatment

September 11, 2019
Safe Ride vehicles. Safe Ride is set to be replaced by the ride share service Via this upcoming academic year, though the deal is not yet finalized.

Safe Ride decision motivated by ‘a desire to increase safety,’ Jim Roberts tells students in email response

September 1, 2019
A Via vehicle. Although students have reacted negatively to the University's partnership with the ride share service, which will replace Safe Ride, Northwestern administrators still plan to finalize the deal.

Despite student outcry, University plans to move forward with Via deal

August 25, 2019
Safe Ride vehicles. Safe Ride is set to be replaced by the ride share service Via this upcoming academic year, though the deal is not yet finalized.

Switch from Safe Ride to Via leaves frustrated employees searching for new opportunities

August 13, 2019
A Via vehicle. Via, a private rideshare service will replace Safe Ride, which employs Northwestern students.

Safe Ride to be replaced by rideshare service Via, Northwestern announces

August 12, 2019
An Evanston Police Department vehicle. A new Northwestern study suggests police officers can “learn” misconduct from other officers.

Misconduct may be ‘socially transmitted’ across police officers, Northwestern study finds

August 8, 2019
Pamela Beemer, Northwestern’s vice president for human resources and chief human resource officer. Beemer will step down from the position at the end of August, and University officials have begun a search for her replacement.

Northwestern begins search for next vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer

July 28, 2019

Sasha Novozhenova’s cause of death determined by Cook County Medical Examiner

July 22, 2019
Rebecca Crown Center. A volatile market and deficit spending left the University’s endowment with less money than last year.

Broad ‘endowment’ tax could be more costly for Northwestern than anticipated

July 10, 2019
A University Police vehicle. On separate occasions, investigators say a suspect attempted to use the dating app Tinder to potentially sexually assault two students.

University Police respond to report of sexual assault by man asking for petition signatures

June 30, 2019
Outgoing Faculty Senate President Baron Reed. Faculty Senate earlier this month approved a resolution requesting the University move toward multi-year contracts for non-tenure eligible faculty.

Faculty Senate asks University to move toward multi-year contracts, provide earlier appointment decisions for NTE faculty

June 25, 2019
A meme on Northwestern’s meme page making fun of Senior Week pricing. The high prices of some of the Senior Week events have caused students to become angry and plan their own activities instead.

Students express outrage over expensive Senior Week, make alternative plans

May 31, 2019
Sodexo and Aramark employees march in a protest last spring. Service workers allege a University employee has been abusive and created workplace conflict, said advocacy group Students Organizing for Labor Rights.

SOLR alleges Compass employee mistreated and abused dining hall workers, calls for his removal

May 31, 2019
Graduate students march from Main Library to Rebecca Crown Center. Students, led by Northwestern Graduate Workers, rallied in support of guaranteed sixth-year funding on Thursday afternoon.

Graduate students demand funding, emphasize international students’ and parents’ needs

May 23, 2019
Defining Safe: Queer students discuss navigating social spaces created for straight, cisgender people

Defining Safe: Queer students discuss navigating social spaces created for straight, cisgender people

May 16, 2019
A security camera atop an emergency Blue Light on the Evanston campus. The University uses a number of cameras to surveil the campus, both indoors and out.

What we know — and don’t know — about campus surveillance

May 14, 2019
The Cook County Circuit Court. A former Northwestern student pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault Thursday.

Northwestern student pleads not guilty to charges of sexual assault; University ordered to preserve surveillance footage

May 2, 2019
Students Organizing for Labor Rights shows a film during an International Workers’ Day Event on Wednesday. SOLR and Northwestern Graduate Workers recognized the holiday, which commemorates gains made by labor movements all over the world.

Student groups hold International Workers’ Day events, stand in solidarity with service, graduate workers

May 1, 2019
UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip DuBois answers questions during a news conference in the aftermath of a deadly shooting on the campus of UNC Charlotte. In a Wednesday email to students, University Police Chief Bruce Lewis stressed the importance of learning active shooter protocol.

University reiterates importance of emergency safety protocols in the wake of UNC-Charlotte shooting

May 1, 2019
The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences' Office of Undergraduate Studies and Advising at 1922 Sheridan Rd.

The Weinberg requirements might change. Here’s what you need to know

April 23, 2019
Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, speaks during convocation. In a Friday email, Telles-Irvin denounced recent racist incidents on campus after students urged administrative response.

University condemns racist incidents, says no progress made finding perpetrators

April 19, 2019
Christina Enroth-Cugell and David Cugell, former Northwestern faculty members. The family left over $9 million to the University upon their passing in 2016.

Former Northwestern faculty leave $9.39 million to fund medical research, biomedical engineering

April 16, 2019
Graduate students march from The Rock to Rebecca Crown Center to demand The Graduate School guarantee sixth-year research funding. Opportunities for such funding have been restricted since last year, when TGS stopped allowing sixth-year students from funding their research through assistantships.

Graduate students march for guaranteed sixth-year research funding

April 11, 2019
Morton Schapiro, right, and Gary Morson, left, discuss their book “Cents and Sensibility: What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities” in 2017. Schapiro and Morson co-authored an op-ed in The Washington Post arguing that more people should think like economists.

‘It’s time for a recommitment to prudence,’ Schapiro writes in a Washington Post op-ed

April 11, 2019
A sticker found in Allison Dining Hall with the words “It’s okay to be white.” University Police are looking into the incident.

University Police investigating sticker with white supremacist slogan ‘It’s okay to be white’

April 8, 2019
A sticker found in Allison Dining Hall with the words “It’s okay to be white.” The phrase has been used in the past by white supremacist groups.

White supremacist ‘It’s okay to be white’ sticker found in dining hall

April 7, 2019
The Kellogg Jacobs Center, where Scott Thomas allegedly sexually assaulted a female student. A judge relaxed his bail conditions on Wednesday.

Northwestern student charged with sexual assault can return home to NJ following changes to bail conditions

April 3, 2019
A University Police vehicle. A student, who UP arrested and charged with sexual assault, was released on bail Wednesday.

Northwestern student charged with criminal sexual assault released on bail, expelled from University

March 20, 2019
A University Police vehicle. UP responded to a report of sexual assault on Northwestern’s Evanston campus early Saturday morning.

UP responds to report of sexual assault, suspect charged

March 19, 2019
Richard Kieckhefer, Andrew Koppelman and Laura Beth Nielsen talk on a panel about the implications of academic freedom during Faculty Senate on Wednesday. The academic freedom statement in the Faculty Handbook is up for review this year.

Faculty Senate seeks revision of academic freedom statement amid campus-wide debate

March 15, 2019
A University Police vehicle. UP Chief Bruce Lewis said the Chicago Police Department arrested a suspect in connection with the two March 12 strong-arm robberies on NU’s Chicago campus.

Police investigating two strong-arm robberies on Northwestern Chicago campus

March 13, 2019
Students work at computers in the library. During the time that NUDM participants are dancing this weekend, some will be hanging out with their friends or studying for finals instead

Not dancing? Students take advantage of a quiet campus, plan NUDM-free weekends

March 8, 2019
A student holds up a sign at a February march and teach-in event to protest scientific racism in academia. Activists pushed back against the idea that Satoshi Kanazawa is just “hurting feelings” with his research

Old vs. New: Kanazawa controversy spurs discussion on generational gap in defining academic freedom

March 4, 2019
Katherine Conte, ASG’s vice president of analytics, talks at the Winter Quarter Community Dialogue on Wednesday. The dialogue was the first held in the new format recommended by ASG and Quest+ earlier this month.

Students, administrators talk mental health, financial aid at first community dialogue using new format

February 27, 2019
Crowe Hall, home to the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies Programs. Using money from a $2.75 million Andrew W. Mellon grant, the programs will begin hiring faculty without tenure homes in other departments.

New council to aid in hiring Asian American and Latinx studies faculty, though students still push for department status

February 26, 2019
A book published by Northwestern University Press. Longtime editor Parneshia Jones was recently named NUP’s new director.

Mellon Grant awarded to Northwestern University Press to support increased diversity in academic publishing

February 25, 2019
Christopher Watson, dean of undergraduate admissions, discusses diversity in admissions in 2015. Watson will succeed Michael Mills as dean of undergraduate enrollment and associate vice president for student outreach in April.

Christopher Watson to replace Michael Mills as dean of undergraduate enrollment

February 21, 2019
Rob Arthur talks about voter suppression in the McCormick Foundation Center Forum at a Tuesday event. Arthur found that recent changes made to voting procedures have been more detrimental to communities of color.

Journalist says 2013 Supreme Court ruling gutted Voting Rights Act

February 19, 2019
The Sigma Chi house. The fraternity was suspended Tuesday by its national headquarters due to an alleged policy violation.

Sigma Chi fraternity temporarily suspended by national headquarters, currently under investigation

February 19, 2019
Arianna Staton and Avery Zieper light 17 candles at a Thursday vigil commemorating last year’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Staton said she organized the event Wednesday when she realized no one else had planned anything.

One year after Parkland shooting, students remember lives lost, call for more restrictive gun laws

February 14, 2019
Rebecca Crown Center. Administrators Thursday announced the launch of a search committee to find a new vice president and general counsel

Search committee launched to find new vice president and general counsel

February 12, 2019
Protesters march to Swift Hall for a teach-in about racism in academia. The event was organized by both graduate and undergraduate student groups and is only the latest way students are showing their opposition to Satoshi Kanazawa’s controversial appointment.

Activists condemn University defense of Kanazawa’s academic freedom, draft demands regarding diversity

February 9, 2019
Psychology department chair Richard Zinbarg discusses controversial visiting scholar Satoshi Kanazawa on Wednesday. Zinbarg said that, under the department’s revised vetting process, Kanazawa would have never been allowed on campus.

Psychology department’s revised vetting process more stringent, Zinbarg says at town hall

February 6, 2019
Emily Ash speaks at an ASG Senate meeting. ASG and SASS are partnering to improve experiences for students taking medical leaves of absence

All-student advisory board to assess medical leave of absence process

February 5, 2019
The University’s new sexual assault prevention training. The Office of Equity rolled out the training in January.

Students say University sexual misconduct training is ineffective, doesn’t change behavior

February 3, 2019
Sarah Wake, the University associate vice president for equity, speaks on a panel about upcoming changes to Title IX. NU submitted a formal comment on the Title IX changes Wednesday.

NU administrators submit comment calling for changes in proposed Title IX rules

January 30, 2019
Student protesters during the 2016 Take Back the Night annual march. Students concerned over how proposed changes to Title IX will affect survivor protections are submitting comments to the federal register to express their disapproval.

Opposition to proposed Title IX changes spurs students to submit formal comments

January 29, 2019
Emily Ash and Sid Ahuja speak at ASG Senate. Ahuja helped spearhead the expansion of a mandated student group CARE training to club sports teams.

Healthy sexuality, sexual violence prevention training mandate extended to club sports teams

January 22, 2019
Hogan Biological Sciences Building, where the Center for Hierarchical Materials Design is located. The center’s primary goal is to accelerate the process of developing new materials while lowering manufacturing costs.

NU-based materials design center receives $25 million grant

January 22, 2019
Students march down Sheridan Road in a 2017 Take Back the Night march. Administrators rolled out a new sexual misconduct training program for students, which will be available at the end of January.

Mandatory sexual misconduct training to roll out later this month

January 17, 2019
Medill first-year Imani Harris speaks at a town hall on Wednesday held to discuss the presence of controversial visiting scholar Satoshi Kanazawa at NU. The students at the town hall presented demands for the University and strategized for future action.

Students at town hall demand administrators force Kanazawa off campus

January 17, 2019
Elder dining hall. Because Elder dining hall renovations have been extended for another two quarters, Compass is serving weekday breakfasts and Wednesday night dinners in the building’s lounge.

Dining services provides breakfast to make up for Elder’s renovation delay

January 16, 2019
The anomaly, nicknamed “The Cow.” This is the first time the birth of a black hole may have been captured.

Northwestern astrophysicist may have captured birth of black hole

January 16, 2019

Two Northwestern professors receive diversity and equity award

January 14, 2019
The fraternity quad. Three fraternities and two additional student organizations have been suspended by the University in the past two years.

Unpacking the student conduct process: How and why student organizations are suspended

January 13, 2019
Student Enrichment Services, located in Foster-Walker Complex. SES is expected to receive $2.7 million from two alumni donations.

$3.9 million in alumni donations to benefit SES and SIGP

January 10, 2019
A space shuttle takes off to fly to the International Space Station. Bacteria on the ISS have mutated, but aren't showing any signs of antibiotic resistance.

Bacteria on International Space Station found to be mutated but not dangerous

January 10, 2019
Rebecca Crown Center. The University is on track to solve its budget deficit by the next academic year.

Almost a year later, a look back on how the budget deficit has impacted the University

January 8, 2019
Senators had to make decisions about which funding requests to prioritize. Groups requested funds totaling between $8,000 and 11,000, while senators only had $5,000 to allocate.

Northwestern is letting Kanazawa stay, and students are angry

January 7, 2019
Beta Theta Pi house. The University Hearing and Appeals System suspended the fraternity for four years.

Beta Theta Pi suspended for four years after serving alcohol to minors

December 11, 2018
Elder dining hall’s renovation plans have been delayed. It is now scheduled to open Summer 2019.

Elder dining hall to remain under construction after renovation plans change

December 10, 2018
Communication junior Shane Eichstaedt shares their experience with bipolar disorder at the Rock. Many students spoke about their negative experiences with mental health at Northwestern at a rally in December.

Students demand mental health reform, criticize administration’s prior efforts

December 6, 2018
Northwestern University Health Service, located at Searle Hall on Emerson Street.

CAPS to hire two staff members to assist with rapid response screening

December 6, 2018
Renovations to The Black House are expected to be completed by Fall 2020.

Black House renovation moves into next phase

December 4, 2018

DeRay Mckesson and Parkland activists to discuss gun violence and civil disobedience during campus event

December 3, 2018
The ice menorah outside Deering Library.

Northwestern Jewish organizations light ice sculpture menorah to kick off Hanukkah

December 3, 2018

Blotter: Man reports attempted break in, being shot with BB gun

November 28, 2018

Former Northwestern student pleads not guilty to criminal sexual assault, battery

November 28, 2018

Blotter: Woman arrested for slapping employee at Jewel

November 26, 2018
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life suspended Northwestern’s chapter of Pi Alpha Phi after an alcohol violation during this year’s Dillo Day. The fraternity was previously on probation.

Pi Alpha Phi suspended for three years following alcohol policy violation

November 26, 2018
Emily Ash and Sky Patterson at ASG Senate. ASG and SOFO partnered to let A-Status groups accept Venmo payments at events.

Going to a campus play but don’t have cash? Starting in Winter Quarter, you can use Venmo

November 26, 2018
New Student and Family Director Patricia Hilkert during Wildcat Welcome. NSFP and MSA have partnered this year to make NU more inclusive.

As student body gets more diverse, University introduces first-year programming to boost inclusivity

November 20, 2018

Man arrested for setting fire in Chicago Avenue apartment building

November 19, 2018
Graphic by Katie Pach. In 2017, the University received 187 reports of sexual misconduct policy violations.

University received at least 81 accusations of sexual misconduct policy violations in 2017

November 18, 2018

Blotter: Man asks to call mother, arrested for spitting on EPD officer

November 18, 2018
Dr. Rania Awaad gives a talk Friday at Hardin Hall. Awaad is a clinical psychiatrist at Stanford University, and during the event addressed issues of mental health in the Muslim community.

Rania Awaad used to dismiss psychology as nonsense — now she’s a clinical psychiatrist

November 18, 2018
A Safe Ride drives past a University Police car near the Sorority Quad.

Safe Ride suspends minimum distance in response to campus incidents

November 16, 2018
Condoms in a basket. CARE provides free condoms as well as plans content for The Student Body, a True Northwestern Dialogue about sex and consent.

Rising STD rates shine light on college sex-education

November 15, 2018
University Police car parked in the Sorority Quad Tuesday night. University Police has been responding to recent incidents by increasing patrol on and around Northwestern’s Evanston campus.

Students criticize UP responses to battery incidents, express fear

November 14, 2018

Blotter: Movie interrupted after EPD called for family discussing guns, shooting

November 14, 2018
Comedian Vanessa Bayer at Hillel’s Annual Speaker Event on Tuesday. Bayer discussed her work on SNL and growing up Jewish.

Bayer talks fame and growing up Jewish at Hillel event

November 13, 2018

Blotter: Man arrested for battery of an officer

November 12, 2018
Northwestern’s Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan outlines a goal of diverting 50 percent of campus waste from landfills by 2020.

New waste management plan aims to divert 50 percent of campus waste from landfills

November 12, 2018

Blotter: Wallet stolen while woman ate at restaurant

November 11, 2018
Carly Rae Jepsen performing at Lollapalooza. Jepsen will headline A&O Blowout on Nov. 17 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Carly Rae Jepsen coming to campus for A&O Blowout

November 9, 2018
An actor portraying an active shooter surrenders to University Police. UP released the “Run, Hide, Fight” training video Thursday.

Eight months after gun hoax, University releases video on emergency protocol

November 8, 2018
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is leading the effort to narrow the legal definition of gender. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that those efforts won’t make it into revised Title IX rules.

Revised Title IX rule will not include narrow definition of gender

November 7, 2018

Blotter: musical instruments and Xanax stolen in downtown Evanston

November 7, 2018

Blotter: Couple threatened by man attempting to rob rental car

November 5, 2018

Blotter: Man maced and robbed of phone

November 4, 2018
Kevin Stoffel, Weinberg senior, writes on a board titled “Dear Perfectionism.” The Family Institute’s #PerfectlyImperfectNU campaign encourages students to “flaunt their flaws” and speak up if they need help with the pressures of school.

Don’t pretend you’re perfect, Family Institute tells students

November 1, 2018

Blotter: Woman arrested for reckless conduct

November 1, 2018

Blotter: Power pudding stolen from porch

October 31, 2018

Blotter: Tires slashed in north Evanston

October 30, 2018

PWild won’t be available for 2019 incoming students

October 30, 2018
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