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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


Northwestern students compete in MLK Oratorical Contest

January 20, 2015

The 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest concluded its second and final round Monday afternoon with the recitation of three student speeches at McCormick Auditorium in Norris University Center. The...

More than 100 students and faculty from Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine participate in a 4.5-minute "die-in." The protest was held in conjunction with a series of demonstrations at medical schools across the country on Wednesday.

Feinberg community holds ‘die-in’ protest of Brown, Garner decisions

December 11, 2014

More than 100 students and faculty from Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine participated in a “die-in” demonstration on Wednesday to protest racial bias. The protest at Feinberg’s Ward...

Protesters gather at Fountain Square in downtown Evanston on Sunday afternoon. Local religious groups hosted the peaceful demonstration to demonstrate solidarity and call for racial justice in response to the lack of indictments in the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.

Evanston religious community organizes protest Sunday for racial justice, peace

December 7, 2014

Members of the community and various religious groups flooded Fountain Square in Evanston on Sunday afternoon in a peaceful demonstration to call for racial justice. Religious leaders organized the...

Students silently protest Ferguson decision with ‘die-in’ on sidewalk

November 26, 2014

Students lay down on the sidewalks near The Arch in a silent demonstration Wednesday to protest the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict the police officer who fatally shot unarmed black...

Religious leaders, students meet in light of Ferguson decision

November 26, 2014

Local officials and religious leaders led a community prayer Tuesday, calling for peace a day after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri decided that the police officer who fatally shot black teenager Michael...

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