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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

The Daily Northwestern

The windows of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center displays the faces of 22 transgender individuals lost to transphobic violence in 2019. A small group gathered at Norris University Center for Transgender Day of Remembrance.

MSA vigil memorializes deaths of transgender individuals

November 21, 2019

In 2019 alone, at least 22 transgender people — mostly black women — were killed due to anti-transgender violence, and two more deaths are still being investigated for discriminatory intent, according...

Soteria Reid presenting her resolution. Reid’s resolution passed in ASG Senate.

ASG debates over University’s repainting of The Rock, argues lack of Native American representation in resolution

October 31, 2019

After a heated Wednesday debate about resolutions denouncing the University’s decision to paint over protest messages on The Rock, Associated Student Government passed one of two resolutions. As...

Students talk during Associated Student Government Senate. ASG introduced a resolution Wednesday calling for administrators to take immediate steps to establish a database system of preferred pronouns and names, with the choice to opt-out for privacy.

ASG introduces resolution to standardize names and pronouns

October 24, 2019

Associated Student Government introduced a resolution Wednesday that supports a Spring 2019 Faculty Senate legislation to standardize name and pronoun usage across University platforms. The resolution...

Searle Hall, home to the University Health Service. Associated Student Government is working with AccessibleNU to implement policies that would allow students to take sick days for mental health reasons.

ASG works toward creating mental health sick days, redefining AccessibleNU policies

October 7, 2019

Associated Student Government is working with the University to implement policies that would allow students registered with AccessibleNU to take excused absences for mental health reasons, ASG President...

The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. Matt Abtahi, former interim director of DePauw University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion, filled the assistant director role of Multicultural Student Affairs.

University fills seven-month vacancy for key administrator for LGBTQ students

October 2, 2019

After seven months without an assistant director for Multicultural Student Affairs, Matt Abtahi stepped into the position in September, filling a key role for LGBTQ students at Northwestern. The Associated...

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