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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


Breaking the silence: Northwestern’s LGBT athletes struggle to find their voices amid a lacking support system

Breaking the silence: Northwestern’s LGBT athletes struggle to find their voices amid a lacking support system

November 7, 2014

Tara Gordon did not want to be just another stereotype. For Gordon, a Northwestern field hockey player, coming out as lesbian would validate the stereotype that female athletes tend to identify as LGBT. “I...

Survivor services ‘on pause’ as CARE fills vacancies

September 18, 2014

The Center for Awareness, Response and Education is putting its services for sexual assault survivors on hold while the University hires replacements for its two vacant positions. “This is sort of...

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...

Joan Slavin, director of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, discusses Northwestern’s policy on sexual assault at a panel earlier this month with members of NU’s Title IX Coordinating Committee. Slavin said in an email to The Daily on Tuesday the University will consider the White House’s recommendations on fighting campus sexual assault in its own practices.

Northwestern to ‘closely examine’ White House sexual assault recommendations

April 29, 2014

In response to the White House's release Tuesday of detailed recommendations for how colleges should react to sexual assault on campus, Northwestern officials said the University's current sexual assault...

Shaun Johnson, Northwestern police commander, speaks at a Title IX forum in Annenberg Hall Thursday evening. Seven NU staff members answered questions submitted by students in an attempt to clarify confusion regarding Title IX and NU's policies on sexual assault.

Title IX committee talks University policy

April 3, 2014

Members of Northwestern’s Title IX Coordinating Committee answered students’ questions about the University’s policies on sexual harassment and sexual assault at a panel Thursday evening.  The...

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