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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 debate a resolution whether to repeal the Second Amendment at a Political Union debate. Members of the group voted against the resolution by a margin of 16-15.

Political Union hosts debate on Second Amendment, narrowly votes against mock repeal

April 10, 2018

In its first debate of Spring Quarter, Northwestern Political Union voted against a mock resolution to repeal the Second Amendment, by a margin of 16 to 15. Political Union hosted the debate after...

Students participate in a debate hosted by Political Union on whether Greek life should continue. Attendees voted by a slim margin to hypothetically remove fraternities and sororities from campus.

Students debate whether to ban Greek life at Political Union event

February 14, 2017

Attendees at a Political Union event Monday debated whether or not to ban Greek life on campus, resulting in slightly more students favoring to hypothetically kick fraternities and sororities off campus. Weinberg...

Holiday Guide: Students face political talk with families over Thanksgiving

November 30, 2016

Some students returned home for Thanksgiving break wondering whether politics would completely derail the holiday. That is why SESP senior and co-president of College Democrats Sydney Selix’s grandma...

New York Times Magazine writer Emily Bazelon discusses the distinction between journalists and advocates in Harris Hall on Thursday night. Bazelon, who also co-hosts Slate’s “Political Gabfest” podcast, was the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series’ second speaker of this quarter.

New York Times Magazine writer Emily Bazelon discusses difference between journalists, advocates

February 5, 2016

Be careful whose voice you trust when it comes to news, New York Times Magazine writer Emily Bazelon told a crowd of about 30 students and professors on Thursday. The journalist, author and legal expert...

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