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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Students carry mattresses and pillows to the Rebecca Crown Center on Monday morning to protest a Northwestern professor's opinion piece on relationships between professors and students. About 30 students marched and posted signs at the Crown Center.

Students carry mattresses, pillows to protest professor’s controversial article

March 10, 2015

About 30 students marched to the Rebecca Crown Center carrying mattresses and pillows Monday morning to protest a lack of a reaction from administration after Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis wrote...

Students who planned a sit-in protest in the Rebecca Crown Center listen as Northwestern administrators explain a lawsuit filed against the University by philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow. NU decided Monday not to mediate on behalf of all the defendants, including a graduate student who accused Ludlow of non-consensual sex.

Northwestern to halt mediation plans in Ludlow suit

November 24, 2014

Title IX lawsuits Northwestern will call off mediation efforts in the lawsuit that philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow filed against NU, top administrators, a faculty member and a graduate student, the...

Communication freshmen Phoebe Fox, Kimberly McBride, Gaby Sant’Anna and Allison Towbes carry a mattress as part of the Carry That Weight Day of Action. Colleges across the country participated to show support for survivors of sexual assault.

Students carry mattresses in national demonstration against sexual assault

October 29, 2014

Northwestern students carried mattresses and pillows around campus Wednesday in a display of solidarity with survivors of sexual assault nationwide. The Carry That Weight Day of Action took place...

Students plan to decorate mortarboards to show support for Title IX

June 19, 2014

Multiple students are planning to decorate their mortarboards with a taped “IX” at Northwestern's commencement ceremony Friday morning to celebrate NU's progress regarding Title IX and to show solidarity...

Students demonstrate near The Arch on Wednesday to raise awareness about sexual assault as part of an event titled “Consent is Not an Outfit.” Students demonstrated by wearing varying amounts of clothing outside of Norris and Tech as well.

Students remove their clothing to raise awareness about sexual violence

May 21, 2014

Some students wore T-shirts and shorts. Other students were in revealing outfits. Some were only in their underwear. About 15 student activists participated in a demonstration Wednesday in varying...

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