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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


The Black House feasibility study steering committee is preparing a report about the Black House. Vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin said Black House renovations will start around the start of spring quarter.

Black House committee in midst of renovations-planning process, talks with architects

February 3, 2017

The Black House feasibility study steering committee is currently working with architects to prepare a report about renovations to the Black House, with renovations likely to begin around the start of...

Students gather at the Black House in November 2015 to support students at the University of Missouri and Yale University who protested racial injustice. The NU students later spoke out at the groundbreaking ceremony for the lakeside athletic facility and demanded the University address racial problems on campus. On Monday, the University sent out a report including recommendations to improve the experience of black students at NU.

University report: Being a black student at Northwestern is ‘exhausting’

September 20, 2016

A landmark report sent out Monday gives a data-rich account of black students at Northwestern feeling dissatisfied, exhausted and alienated on campus. The 150-page report, compiled by a University task...

Students gather outside the Black House last November to protest institutional racism and proposed changes to the facility. By the end of Fall Quarter, the proposed changes were dropped and Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, appointed two committees to evaluate the black student experience at Northwestern.

Black House improvement recommendations submitted, await approval by Student Affairs

May 24, 2016

The Black House Facility Review Committee submitted its final report to the Office of Student Affairs, recommending the University upgrade the building and restructure the facility’s programming and...

Communication senior Amanda Walsh speaks at Allison Hall on Monday evening. Walsh spoke during the latest community dialogue, at which students shared comments and concerns with top administrators.

Dialogue centers on low-income students, mental health

May 9, 2016

As a low-income freshman, Communication senior Amanda Walsh said she felt “oppressed” on campus. And although she appreciates the new resources Northwestern has created for low-income students, she...

The Center for Awareness, Response and Education and Campus Inclusion and Community are sponsoring Step Up workshops, which will begin again this Winter Quarter. The bystander intervention trainings were first implemented at NU in 2012.

Bystander intervention program at Northwestern returns

November 1, 2015

After being on hold last academic year, Northwestern’s bystander intervention program, Step Up, now has the staff and resources to ramp up its training workshops for students and faculty starting Winter...

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