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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

Kempis: Jakarta, Paris and the problem with selective grief

Kempis: Jakarta, Paris and the problem with selective grief

January 20, 2016

Last Thursday afternoon, a number of assailants associated with the Islamic State group attacked a shopping district in central Jakarta, Indonesia, killing eight people and wounding more. In many ways...

Zeytinoglu: The misguided criticism of medias coverage of terrorism

Zeytinoglu: The misguided criticism of media’s coverage of terrorism

April 8, 2015

Whenever the media covers an act of violence in the Western world with a lot more scrutiny and attention than an act in the so-called underdeveloped world, people complain about the media’s hypocrisy....

Mike Gillis, a writer for The Onion, speaks about freedom of speech at a panel hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps and Northwestern Political Union. Gillis, Steve Etheridge from The Onion and former Obama administration official Hannah Rosenthal visited NU to discuss the Charlie Hebdo shootings.

Onion writers, former White House official discuss free speech after Charlie Hebdo

February 26, 2015

Speakers from The Onion and the White House visited Northwestern and spoke about freedom of speech Wednesday in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings that left 12 people dead in January. Mike Gillis and...

Imam Shiekh Yasir Qadhi speaks during the Muslim-cultural Students Association keynote event that finalized the group’s annual Discover Islam Week. Qadhi spoke about the importance of freedom of speech and experiences of Muslims living in the Western culture.

Imam discusses freedom of speech at Discover Islam Week keynote event

February 13, 2015

Imam and religious scholar Sheikh Yasir Qadhi spoke about free speech and Islam on Thursday night at an event hosted by the Muslim-cultural Students Association. About 100 people attended Qadhi's...

Students light candles before a vigil at The Rock on Wednesday. The vigil, hosted by the Muslim-cultural Students Association, was held in honor of three Muslim students who were fatally shot in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Tuesday.

McSA holds vigil to commemorate slain Muslim students

February 12, 2015

More than 80 members of the Northwestern community gathered at The Rock on Wednesday night to commemorate the lives of the three Muslim students who were fatally shot Tuesday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The...

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