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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


Visiting Prof. Pippa Skotnes speaks Monday in Scott Hall. Skotnes used a charred billiards ball from the Great Chicago Fire to explain her archival research on the San peoples.

South African artist, academic discusses work at Buffett Institute talk

May 8, 2017

South African artist and academic Pippa Skotnes used animal bones as a canvas to narrate the stories of the San peoples of South Africa. Skotnes said the combination of the bones — which came from...

T-shirts with messages from sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, as well as supporters, are displayed by The Arch. The Clothesline Project, organized by Sigma Psi Zeta sorority, is an annual event, but this is the first time the shirts have been displayed outside.

Sexual assault awareness project displays shirts, messages by The Arch

May 8, 2017

Dozens of T-shirts decorated with personal messages from sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, and those standing in solidarity, hung on clotheslines by The Arch and in the Norris University...

Associate vice president for auxiliary services Julie Payne-Kirchmeier speaks during a presentation to ASG Senate on Wednesday. She outlined the current plans for the new University Commons.

ASG Senate passes resolution banning styrofoam in programming

January 19, 2017

Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution Wednesday that prohibits polystyrene products from ASG events and asks the University to ban styrofoam products across campus. Senate added an...

Communication seniors Isaac Sims (left) and Erin Manning host the RTVF town hall meeting. RTVF students criticized the policies of the new grant-giving system and asked for more transparency and accountability from the department.

RTVF students voice concerns about funding system in town hall meeting

January 19, 2017

Although the Department of Radio, Television and Film has said its new project funding system is an “improvement,” RTVF students voiced a slew of concerns at a departmental town hall meeting Wednesday. About...

University Police officers Tommye Sutton and Kenneth Jones speak at a panel on the role of police in the Black Lives Matter movement. The event was part of Black Lives Matter, a Northwestern Dialogue.

University Police discuss Black Lives Matter at panel

January 13, 2017

Being a police officer is not antithetical to supporting Black Lives Matter, University Police officers said Thursday at a panel discussing how race relations affect their work. In a gathering of 15...

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