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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


Students present on Unshackle NU, a new divestment campaign aimed at private prison companies. The campaign calls on the University to divest from companies G4S, Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group, which the campaign says NU has holdings in.

Unshackle NU kicks off private prison divestment campaign

January 21, 2016

Students introduced a new private prison divestment campaign Wednesday night as part of an initiative to incite structural change to Northwestern’s investments. The campaign, Unshackle NU, calls for...

Author Mary Barr discusses her book on inequality in Evanston at University Hall. Barr said she was inspired to write her book after finding a childhood photo of her with a diverse group of friends.

Author Mary Barr discusses Evanston civil rights history

January 21, 2016

It was a photo of close friends that inspired Mary Barr to write a book about civil rights in Evanston, the author said during a talk Wednesday. Barr’s 2014 book, “Friends Disappear: The Battle...

Doug Medin, faculty advisor to the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, attends a panel on historical trauma within Native American communities. Medin and NAISA are pushing to have Northwestern founder John Evans’ name removed from campus buildings and faculty positions due to his involvement in a massacre of Native Americans.

NAISA reintroduces John Evans petition at historical trauma panel

January 8, 2016

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance reintroduced a petition to have John Evans’ name removed from campus buildings at a historical trauma panel Thursday. The petition already sported...

Panelists discuss the historical trauma in Native American and other marginalized communities at a panel Thursday. Co-hosted by One Book One Northwestern and the Edith Kreeger Wolf Endowment in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the event was tied to “The Inconvenient Indian,” this year’s One Book selection.

Panel discusses intergenerational impacts, healing tactics for historical trauma

January 8, 2016

Faculty members from U.S. universities dissected the collective historical trauma of Native American communities in a Thursday afternoon panel as part of a two-part event. The panel, co-hosted by the...

ASG President Noah Star speaks at the first ASG meeting of Winter Quarter. At the meeting, Senators confirmed McCormick junior Macs Vinson as student activities vice president.

ASG confirms student activities vice president

January 7, 2016

Associated Student Government Senate swore in a new student activities vice president Wednesday. McCormick junior Macs Vinson was officially confirmed after being appointed interim vice president in...

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