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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


Student activists add 15 demands to original list sent to Schapiro

January 28, 2016

In a meeting last Tuesday discussing how to make Northwestern more inclusive, student activists re-introduced a list of demands from last quarter with 15 additional provisions. The original list of...

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...

Medill junior Zahra Haider speaks at Monday night’s “Decolonize Your Mind” event hosted by NUDivest. The organization announced its campaign to pressure the university to divest from security company G4S at the event.

Northwestern Divest to focus on G4S in current campaign

January 12, 2016

Members of Northwestern Divest announced Monday night its campaign will now have a specific focus on pressuring the University to divest from G4S, one of the world’s largest security companies. The...

McCormick junior Omar Shanti takes down posters depicting slain Palestinians and activists off the wall in the lobby of Norris University Center after NUDivest's demonstration was shut down by Norris staff members. The demonstration was held while parents and students checked in for this year's Family Weekend.

NUDivest demonstration at Norris shut down

November 6, 2015

Students and visiting families walking into Norris University Center on Friday afternoon were met with pictures of slain Palestinians and activists taped over the posters of Northwestern's Campus Life...

Deciding divestment: Northwestern student activists face obstacles beyond their control

Deciding divestment: Northwestern student activists face obstacles beyond their control

May 22, 2015

On the night of Feb. 18, more than 400 people crowded into Norris University Center for an impassioned debate about a resolution asking Northwestern to divest from six corporations the resolution’s sponsors...

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