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

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

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Judith Herman discusses sexual violence and healing justice during Take Back the Night Week

April 25, 2023

Content Warning: This article contains mentions of sexual violence.  Judith Herman, director of training at the Victims of Violence Program at Cambridge Hospital, discussed sexual violence and restorative...

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Effective Altruism Northwestern explores what it means to improve the world

April 25, 2023

McCormick junior Julian Baldwin  learned about Effective Altruism Northwestern, a philosophical club, during his freshman year. He read more about effective altruism the following summer and found himself...

Lindz Amer (Communication ’14) on the set of their webseries “Queer Kid Stuff.” The show was a 2018 Webby Honoree.

Queer Creativity

March 10, 2021

The Monthly During their time at Northwestern, Lindz Amer (Communication ’14) was not a “StuCo hotshot.” They weren’t cast in shows, didn’t get into the playwriting sequence and didn’t...

Zanah Thirus. The Chicago-based independent filmmaker said she uses film as a medium to drive social change.

CARE and SHAPE host “Unlearning Sex” screening and Q&A with filmmaker

February 4, 2021

Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual assault. Sex is not talked about in a society from a pleasure-based perspective, said Chicago-based filmmaker Zanah Thirus. It is often seen as...

Recording artist and activist Sparkle speaks about her experience testifying against R. Kelly. She lost a case against him in 2008 when she represented her niece who was allegedly assaulted by Kelly.

Activist and recording artist Sparkle speaks about testifying against R. Kelly, #MeToo movement

February 10, 2020

Recording artist Sparkle discussed her experience coming forward about R. Kelly’s history of sexual abuse at an event Monday in Fisk Hall. Sponsored by the Northwestern University Center for Awareness,...

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