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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


Students gather at the Black House in November 2015 to support students at the University of Missouri and Yale University who protested racial injustice. The NU students later spoke out at the groundbreaking ceremony for the lakeside athletic facility and demanded the University address racial problems on campus. On Monday, the University sent out a report including recommendations to improve the experience of black students at NU.

University report: Being a black student at Northwestern is ‘exhausting’

September 20, 2016

A landmark report sent out Monday gives a data-rich account of black students at Northwestern feeling dissatisfied, exhausted and alienated on campus. The 150-page report, compiled by a University task...

Students gather outside the Black House last November to protest institutional racism and proposed changes to the facility. By the end of Fall Quarter, the proposed changes were dropped and Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, appointed two committees to evaluate the black student experience at Northwestern.

Black House improvement recommendations submitted, await approval by Student Affairs

May 24, 2016

The Black House Facility Review Committee submitted its final report to the Office of Student Affairs, recommending the University upgrade the building and restructure the facility’s programming and...

In Focus: Searching for safe spaces

In Focus: Searching for safe spaces

February 23, 2016

Surrounded by hundreds of other protesters, Qunsia Daniel marched past security and into the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion basketball courts, surprising an audience of student-athletes, alumni and top University...

Northwestern Black Alumni Association plans task force for 50th year commemoration of Bursar’s Office sit-in

February 19, 2016

Almost 50 years after black students and community supporters at Northwestern took control of the Bursar’s Office and presented the University with a list of demands to improve their quality of life...

Black student athletes discuss identity conflicts, share personal experiences at panel

February 18, 2016

When Derrick Thompson, a wide receiver for Northwestern football from 1996 to 2000, first walked into the Black House his freshman year, he said he felt an unexpected tension. Others saw him as an athlete,...

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