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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


Panelists discuss education in low-income neighborhoods

February 20, 2015

About 25 percent of the educated population still believes the sun revolves around the earth, Doug Low, vice president and director of development at Kidz Express, told a panel at the Roberta Buffett...

Center for Civic Engagement plans tour of King’s Chicago history

February 5, 2015

Northwestern’s Center for Civic Engagement will host a program exploring the work of Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago as an opportunity to celebrate Black History Month. The program, called "MLK...

Gloria Davis, an activist with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, speaks Wednesday at a panel on minimum wage in University Hall. The discussion took place days before citizens will vote on an advisory referendum to increase the Illinois minimum wage to $10 an hour.

Panel discusses minimum wage increase before referendum vote

October 30, 2014

A raise in the minimum wage affects not only workers, but the entire community, said McDonald's employee Nancy Salgado at Northwestern on Wednesday night. Salgado is a member of Chicago's Fight for...

SESP freshman Kevin Corkran speaks on the phone with a Democratic party supporter Tuesday evening. The phone-banking session was sponsored by the NU College Democrats.

Students phone-bank, canvas to influence midterm elections

October 28, 2014

Campus organizations are increasing their efforts to mobilize voters as early voting continues before Tuesday's midterm elections. Northwestern's College Democrats held its second phone-banking...

A student casts a ballot at Northwestern during the 2012 presidential election. NU’s student-run voter registration program, NU Votes, has gained praise in Congress for increasing college students’ voter participation.

NU Votes registers 800 students on move-in day after changes to protocol

October 21, 2014

A voter registration effort headed by NU Votes helped register about 800 new students to vote this fall, despite changes in the Wildcat Welcome protocol that made reaching students more difficult, the...

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