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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


Rice: It was the spring of 1970 – a commentary on the history of protests at NU

Rice: It was the spring of 1970 – a commentary on the history of protests at NU

April 26, 2024

It was the Spring of 1970; The War in Vietnam was in full force and U.S. troops were going into Cambodia. American college students went full bore into protest mode, and four students at Kent State (as...

LTE: Israelis Care More About Palestinian Lives than Hamas Does

LTE: Israelis Care More About Palestinian Lives than Hamas Does

April 25, 2024

Content warning: This article contains mention of war, sexual assault and death. Dear Editor, Reasonable people can certainly disagree about Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. But neither...

Evanston resident Dave Trippel began painting a sign Thursday afternoon that renames Deering Meadow "Hind Meadow" after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian child who was killed in January by Israeli tank fire in Gaza.

Live: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators continue to push for divestment on Deering Meadow following agreement

April 25, 2024

About 50 student activists began setting up tents on Deering Meadow Thursday morning in an effort to pressure Northwestern to divest from companies and cut ties with institutions connected to Israel. Six...

About two dozen activists began setting up tents Thursday morning.

Northwestern student activists set up encampment on Deering Meadow

April 25, 2024

About two dozen student activists began setting up an encampment on Deering Meadow on Thursday morning to demand Northwestern divest from institutions connected to Israel and protect civil liberties for...

The Senate passed similar divestment resolutions in 2015 and 2021.

ASG signs People’s Resolution, calls for NU to divest from Israeli institutions

April 24, 2024

The Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to add its signature to the Northwestern People’s Resolution, which calls for the University to protect the civil liberties of pro-Palestinian...

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