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The Daily Northwestern

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


John Evans Alumni Center. Board Chairman J. Landis Martin said the Board would not reconsider its decision to keep Evans’ names on University buildings.

Board of Trustees chairman: John Evans’ name removal will not be reconsidered, Evans’ conduct was “exemplary”

March 3, 2020

Board of Trustees chairman J. Landis Martin said the Board will not reconsider its decision to keep John Evans’ name on the John Evans Alumni Center other campus spaces. The decision to maintain the...

Redline Singers perform at Northwestern’s sixth annual Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration. At the event, descendants reflected on the legacy of the massacre and tribes’ efforts to heal.

Descendants speak on legacy of Sand Creek Massacre at annual commemoration

November 17, 2019

As dawn broke on November 29, 1864 — while Northwestern University founder John Evans served as the governor of the Colorado territory — U.S. troops launched an attack on a Native American camp at...

Soteria Reid presenting her resolution. Reid’s resolution passed in ASG Senate.

ASG debates over University’s repainting of The Rock, argues lack of Native American representation in resolution

October 31, 2019

After a heated Wednesday debate about resolutions denouncing the University’s decision to paint over protest messages on The Rock, Associated Student Government passed one of two resolutions. As...

Passersby view the Rock, which was painted Homecoming weekend and criticized Northwestern’s inaction following student demands to remove University founder John Evans’ name from campus buildings.

‘F—k John Evans’ painted on The Rock, denouncing University’s failure to remove founder’s name from campus buildings

October 27, 2019

Alumni and students found the phrases “F---k John Evans” and “THIS LAND IS COLONIZED” painted around The Rock on Saturday during Homecoming weekend, denouncing Northwestern’s reluctance to remove...

Editorial: Evans’ name should be removed from campus buildings

Editorial: Evans’ name should be removed from campus buildings

October 24, 2019

Two years ago, our editorial board wrote in support of removing John Evans’ name from campus buildings. Evans — the founder of Northwestern — was found in a University of Denver report to be “deeply...

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