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

The Daily Northwestern


David Kan speaks in front of The Rock, which is painted black and splatter-painted with color.

Amid ongoing push for AASP departmentalization, alum David Kan speaks about 1995 hunger strike for the program

April 6, 2022

While he was an undergraduate at Northwestern, David Kan (Weinberg ’95, Feinberg ’99) didn’t eat for three days, striking with members of the Asian American Advisory Board to advocate for an Asian...

Sumun L. Pendakur (Weinberg ‘98) speaks during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the student hunger strike that led to the creation of Northwestern’s Asian American Studies Program. Pendakur, who participated in the strike as a freshman at NU, said her activism as a student influenced her life and career.

Northwestern community celebrates 20th anniversary of hunger strike

May 7, 2015

Northwestern community members gathered Wednesday night to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1995 student hunger strikes that led to the formation of the Asian American Studies Program at Northwestern. In...

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

May 6, 2015

Twenty years after a hunger strike to establish the Asian American Studies Program shook Northwestern’s campus, the program’s faculty plans to submit a proposal to establish an Asian-American studies...

In Focus: Students demand Native American studies, recognition of Evans' role in Sand Creek Massacre

In Focus: Students demand Native American studies, recognition of Evans’ role in Sand Creek Massacre

March 1, 2013

Northwestern did not celebrate “Founders’ Day” this year. Instead, officials called  NU’s 162nd anniversary a “birthday,” in an attempt to appease a group of students who associate the...

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