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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


Soto: We should not denigrate English learners while padding our résumés with second languages

January 11, 2017

During Winter Break, news outlets reported that an older woman in a Kentucky JCPenney went on an angry, hate-fueled tirade directed at two Latina shoppers. The woman’s vitriol was deeply rooted in racist...

Guirgis: For students of color at NU, code-switching can be alienating both on campus and at home

September 25, 2016

Everyone comes to NU with a story to tell, and perhaps an accent or dialect in which to tell it. Mine is the story of three-dollar Spanish food plates and murals of mandalas in India Square; of a poor...

Students launch language exchange program

October 26, 2015

When Weinberg senior Kate McCarter learned Northwestern had no on-campus club where she could practice Spanish, she started Campus Language Connection, a student-led group that serves as an informal language...

Northwestern forms audiology center offering clinical services

January 6, 2015

Northwestern will combine its Audiology and Speech, Language, and Learning Clinics to form a new center opening Wednesday. The non-profit Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning will...

Roach: Reviving the linguistic legacy of the Civil Rights Act

Roach: Reviving the linguistic legacy of the Civil Rights Act

April 16, 2014

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As we commemorate the breakthrough piece of legislation, it is worth asking what lessons we learned from it. When President Lyndon...

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