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

The Daily Northwestern

Eva Herscowitz

Eva is a sophomore from Cabin John, Maryland studying journalism and American Studies. She previously served as Assistant City Editor. Outside of The Daily, she is a Medill research assistant and writes for North by Northwestern and Sherman Ave. You can reach Eva via email.

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Norris University Center. Though usually packed during midterms, the quiet atmosphere of Norris this fall promotes distanced studying opportunities for students on campus.

As winter nears, students worry about safe meetups

October 8, 2020
Outgoing board president Suni Kartha. Anya Tanyavutti will serve as the next board president.

District 65 emphasizes equity at last 2019-2020 meeting

June 9, 2020
An Evanston Police Department vehicle.

Police release bodycam video of use-of-force incident

June 7, 2020
As residents remain skeptical of in-person voting in a pandemic, the Illinois House approved a proposal May 21 to send applications for mail-in ballots to anyone who voted by mail in 2018, 2019 or this year’s primary.

Following in-person primary, how will a pandemic general turn out?

May 28, 2020
Evanston’s Mental Health Board at a November 2018 meeting. Like other boards, commissions and committees in Evanston, the Mental Health Board is adjusting to cancelations and delays.

Evanston Mental Health Board adjusts timelines amid pandemic

May 25, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home orders and social distancing protocols have shifted local summer camps online or canceled camps altogether. For children, it’s a disappointing summer trailing a disappointing school year.

In-person camps prepare for a socially distant summer

May 22, 2020
A Bianchi Turismo model sits in Bucephalus Bikes. Run by Alejandro Añón and his wife, Cecelia Wallin, the Lake St. Shop emphasizes car-free living.

With one foot on sustainability and the other on community, Bucephalus Bikes pedals through pandemic

May 21, 2020

Blotter: traffic arrest, drug paraphernalia misdemeanor

May 13, 2020
Evanston History Center. The center is launching a Community History Project, which asks residents to submit relics of COVID-19.

As history unfolds, Evanston History Center creates a record

May 11, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker has been especially vocal about the Trump administration’s COVID-19 reponse, publicly rebuking the lack of federally-supplied personal protective equipment and engaging in an extended Twitter feud with the president.

Timeline: Pritzker’s feud with Trump over COVID-19 response

May 4, 2020
‘It’s not a light switch’: Evanston economy buckles amid COVID-19 recession

‘It’s not a light switch’: Evanston economy buckles amid COVID-19 recession

May 3, 2020
A banner thanking health care workers hangs outside NorthShore Evanston Hospital. Since the pandemic began, Evanston residents have shown their support for medical staff.

Evanston residents show support for health care workers

May 3, 2020
Board president Suni Katha. At Monday’s board meeting, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members discussed various scenarios for education in the fall.

D65 board talks plans for upcoming school year

April 27, 2020

Blotter: aggravated battery arrest, criminal damage to a vehicle

April 23, 2020
A teacher reads “Where the Wild Things Are” to a group of students. Social distancing protocols have shifted reading intervention programs intended for students with learning disabilities online.

For students with disabilities, e-learning fails to replicate in-person attention and support

April 21, 2020
Soo La Kim. Kim will join the Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board at its April 27 board meeting.

Soo La Kim appointed District 65 board member

April 20, 2020
Alderman Eleanor Revelle. Revelle said she’s receiving fewer emails than normal, which she attributed to residents’ preoccupation with the coronavirus.

Social distancing protocols limit communication with constituents

April 15, 2020
Activists protest outside the Cook County Jail calling for the mass release of incarcerated prisoners, April 7.

As Cook County Jail cases balloon, activists advocate for inmates

April 12, 2020
Three Crowns Park resident Steve Warner reenters the assisted living facility, where three residents have tested positive for COVID-19.

Retirement communities, home care facilities implement COVID-19 precautions

April 8, 2020
Northwestern Hillel’s Birthright Israel alumni connect over Zoom.

Students connect with faith communities virtually as COVID-19 moves worship online

April 6, 2020
The Zoom Memes for Quaranteens cover photo. Moderators called for cover art submissions, and members voted to determine the winner.

Dispersed from campus, college students turn to meme page for community, charity

April 1, 2020
Illinois National Guard runs a coronavirus testing site for first responders.

Here’s what you need to know about coronavirus in Evanston

March 26, 2020
Annie May Swift Hall, which is home to the Radio/Television/Film department. With remote learning lasting until at least April 27, RTVF students and faculty are unsure of how to proceed with film shoots on campus.

“These are very strange times:” remote learning disrupts student films, RTVF classes

March 24, 2020
District 65 board president Suni Kartha.

D65 board members talk e-learning, food distribution

March 24, 2020
Four Illinois Supreme Court candidates speak at a February 27 forum. Evanston Live TV owner Meleika Gardner moderated the forum, which Women Empowering Women in Local Legislation, a non-profit organization that helps women shape legislation, organized.

Illinois Supreme Court candidates answer community questions at forum

February 27, 2020
A person places a ring on another person’s finger. Illinois is one of the states with the lowest divorce rates, with around 6.6 percent of marriages ending in divorce.

Happily ever after in the Prairie State? Experts examine Illinois’ low divorce rates

February 25, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Pritzker said in a Feb. 3 tweet that the Illinois primary should replace the Iowa caucus as the nation’s first presidential nominating contest.

Evanston residents weigh in on making Illinois primary first in the nation

February 23, 2020
A view of Evanston from above.

Local nonprofits value collaboration despite competitive sector

February 20, 2020
Coyotes Evanston resident Sue Gartzman has spotted near the Canal Shores Golf Course. An estimated 2,000 to 4,000 coyotes reside in Cook County, according to the Urban Coyote Research project.

Urban coyotes? In Evanston, not so far-fetched

February 16, 2020
Pace senior planner Christian Turner delivers a presentation detailing the proposed changes to Pace bus routes at a Tuesday meeting. The changes would discontinue Routes 210 and 421, alter Routes 215, 225, 226, 422 and 423, as well as create Route 424

Evanston residents examine impacts of potential bus route changes

February 11, 2020
A surplus $1 dollar coins are seen in storage at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in Baltimore, Maryland on August 22, 2011. Evanston small business owners and minimum wage employees expressed concerns with the increased minimum wage.

Business owners, workers criticize minimum wage ordinance

January 29, 2020
Panelists at Thursday’s discussion on public health. Public health advocates discussed strategies for protecting marginalized communities.

Public health advocates discuss strategies for marginalized communities

January 23, 2020
Prescription pill bottles. In Evanston, PEER Services treats patients for opioid addiction, often using methadone, itself an opioid.

‘We see real miracles here’: local groups tackle opioid addiction

January 23, 2020
Interfaith Action of Evanston volunteer Birch Burghardt checks in team leaders at the organization’s inaugural Walk for Warmth. Participants raised over $20,000 to maintain the six faith communities that host an overnight shelter from mid-November to mid-March.

Walk for Warmth raises $20k for overnight homeless shelters

January 20, 2020
The women’s space at the Interfaith Action emergency cold shelter. The shelter is open every night from mid-November through March for the first time since it opened.

Evanston organizations aid homeless during winter nights

January 14, 2020
District 65 board president Suni Kartha. Kartha said school officials should consider the implications of the Achievement and Accountability Report on their own schools at Monday’s Evanston/Skokie District 65meeting.

Opportunity gaps persist in District 65, finds accountability report

January 14, 2020
The Evanston Environmental Board meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Board members outlined strategies to implement CARP goals in 2020.

Environment Board prioritizes CARP implementation at first meeting of 2020

January 9, 2020
Jamila Bargach speaks at Evanston Public Library Tuesday on her NGO, Dar Si Hmad for Development, Education and Culture. Through a fog harvesting system, the NGO has provided potable water for over 15 villages.

Anthropologist and activist Jamila Bargach talks fog harvesting at EPL

November 26, 2019
People in Space 900’s “Layers of Time” gallery. Artists Joanna Pinsky and Todd Anderson presented their artistic interpretations of the passage of time at a Sunday artists’ talk.

Artists Joanna Pinsky and Todd Anderson explore “Layers of Time” in Space 900 exhibit

November 10, 2019
As former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke inside Lutkin Hall, students and community members protested his speech on campus.

Students protest Jeff Sessions’ speech, police presence

November 6, 2019
Andrea Lin and Khizar Nandoliya edit essays in Norris. The two Northside College Prep alumnae created an editing service for CPS seniors affected by the strike.

An “untapped source of community:” NU students organize essay editing service for CPS seniors during strike

October 31, 2019
Storyteller Nestor Gomez speaks to a crowd outside the Robert Crown Community Center. Residents celebrated the 100-day countdown to the opening of an Evanston Public Library branch in the Robert Crown Community Center Saturday.

Evanston Public Library celebrates 100-day countdown to Robert Crown branch opening

October 27, 2019
The Women’s Center keynote speaker Yolanda Flores Niemann spoke on Thursday in Harris Hall. Niemann urged allies to support equitable tenure-track policies for women of color.

Yolanda Flores Niemann urges equitable tenure-track for women of color at Women’s Center keynote event

October 24, 2019
Evanston mayor Steve Hagerty addresses participants at the 2018 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program job fair. The program connects “at-risk” teenagers with employment opportunities and training.

Some Evanston teenagers say Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program wages not enough

October 22, 2019

Peeled Juice Bar closes in Henry Crown Sports Pavilion lobby

October 16, 2019
A painting by lewis lain. lain’s work, which follows a narrative centered around a character named 53947, will be on display at Dittmar from Oct. 18 to Dec. 8.

Dittmar’s “reevaluating ‘a’” illuminates philosophical questions through narrative storytelling

October 16, 2019
Fifteen volunteer “books” conversed with community members at Evanston Public Library’s fourth Human Library this Sunday. The event aims to foster discussion and promote understanding among community members.

Fourth Human Library at EPL aims to dismantle stereotypes

October 6, 2019
MSA’s Latinx Heritage Month kickoff from 2019. This year, the programming combines active and passive virtual options.

MSA promotes inclusion at Latinx Heritage Month kickoff

October 6, 2019
Attendees at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Miami. Student journalists of color said their experience at summer conferences like NABJ, NAHJ and AAJA was invaluable.

Student journalists of color say summer conferences helped connect them with job opportunities

October 1, 2019
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