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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


Papastefan: Democratic foreign policy has put our nation at risk

Papastefan: Democratic foreign policy has put our nation at risk

February 15, 2016

At the heart of Republican foreign policy is the concept of American exceptionalism. American exceptionalism recognizes that the United States holds a special role in history as a uniquely democratic nation....

 The Buffett Institute, which will be under the leadership of former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry starting September. Faculty are protesting Eikenberry’s appointment, calling on the University to withdraw the offer for his position.

More than 40 Northwestern faculty call for withdrawal of Karl Eikenberry’s appointment as Buffett Institute executive director

February 11, 2016

Forty-six Northwestern faculty members called on University administrators to withdraw their appointment of Karl Eikenberry as executive director of the Buffett Institute due to his incompatibility with...

President Obama speaks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago in October. On Wednesday, Obama addressed the Illinois General Assembly in Springfield, where he declared his presidential candidacy nine years ago.

President Obama calls for bipartisan cooperation in address to Illinois General Assembly

February 11, 2016

President Barack Obama called upon Illinois state legislators to escape the “poisonous political climate” of partisan politics and work across party lines in his address to the Illinois General Assembly...

Cooper: Football must fundamentally change in order to survive

Cooper: Football must fundamentally change in order to survive

February 9, 2016

The National Football League is the king of American sports leagues. Football was recently named the most popular sport in America, a trend that has carried on for many years. The league seems to have...

Weinberg junior Aitan Licht co-leads a meeting with members of his group, Northwestern Students for Gun Violence Prevention, in the Willard Residential College dining hall. The group, founded in 2014 as an offshoot of College Democrats, will hear back this week about receiving official status from the University.

Students for Gun Violence Prevention seeks official student group status

February 7, 2016

Division of Student Affairs this week may award official status to a two-year-old group geared toward ending the “plague of gun violence” across the U.S. by providing local volunteer opportunities,...

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