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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Salvadoran writer talks relationships, identity at poetry performance

Salvadoran writer talks relationships, identity at poetry performance

February 9, 2018

When Los Angeles-born Salvadoran poet Yesika Salgado spoke and performed her work at Northwestern on Thursday, she said she was happy to see her fans from across Chicago gathering in Harris Hall. While...

Kang: In support of ‘To Be Departments’ campaign for AASP, LLSP

February 8, 2018

Currently, there is a struggle for the recognition of two of Northwestern’s biggest ethnic studies programs — Asian American Studies Program and Latina and Latino Studies Program — as departments....

Second-year graduate student Zorimar Rivera Montes shows students samples of government-provided food from Puerto Rico. Rivera Montes co-led a teach-in Tuesday focusing on the history of Puerto Rico and the effects of Hurricane Maria.

Faculty, students criticize Trump’s response to hurricane in Puerto Rico

October 19, 2017

Director of the Latina and Latino Studies program Frances Aparicio and second-year graduate student Zorimar Rivera Montes discussed how colonialism affected the response to Hurricane Maria at an educational...

Diane Guerrero addresses Northwestern students in a Tuesday speech. The actress, known for “Orange is the New Black” and “Jane the Virgin,” spoke on her experiences in the entertainment industry and her struggles with mental health.

‘Orange is the New Black’ actress shares her experience with immigration policy, mental health

October 4, 2017

“Orange is the New Black” actress Diane Guerrero began her speech Tuesday night by calling attention to those affected by natural disasters in Latin America, the Caribbean and the southern United States...

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

May 6, 2015

Twenty years after a hunger strike to establish the Asian American Studies Program shook Northwestern’s campus, the program’s faculty plans to submit a proposal to establish an Asian-American studies...

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