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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 Center for Student Enrichment Services holds a student advocacy committee kick-off meeting at Scott Hall in April 2015. This year, the center will implement changes in an effort to serve the needs of first-generation and low-income students.

A year after its creation, SES sees increase in student contact

October 23, 2015

Student Enrichment Services has seen an increase of about eight student contacts a month to 64 a month in the year since it was created, SES director Kourtney Cockrell said. SES continues working on...

(From left) City attorney Grant Farrar, Evanston police chief Richard Eddington and Cmdr. Joseph Dugan discuss the recent court ruling on the racial profile case involving the son of Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell. The case was dismissed Aug. 6 from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Appeal of Greenwell racial profiling case dismissed

August 13, 2015

A second federal judge ruled last week that Evanston police had acted reasonably in a racial profiling case from three years ago involving a Northwestern professor’s son, in which an officer mistakenly...

Greenwell appeals dismissal of racial profiling lawsuit

March 7, 2014

A Northwestern professor’s son appealed a federal judge's decision Wednesday in the racial profiling case the teenager brought against an Evanston police officer. Judge Daniel Martin granted the...

A federal judge heard the first oral arguments in a racial profiling case Tuesday. Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell’s son filed a lawsuit against an Evanston police officer after he mistakenly handcuffed the then-13-year-old.

Evanston police officer seeks dismissal of racial profiling lawsuit

February 4, 2014

A federal judge heard oral arguments for the first time Tuesday in the lawsuit filed by a Northwestern professor’s son against an Evanston police officer. Police mistakenly handcuffed Medill Prof....

Retired officer’s report alleges EPD wrongdoing in Greenwell case

February 14, 2013

An expert report produced by a retired Chicago police sergeant alleges Evanston police committed misconduct in the mistaken handcuffing of 13-year-old Diwani Greenwell, the son of Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell. Evanston...

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