Skip to Main Content
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

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

The Daily Northwestern


Arianna Staton and Avery Zieper light 17 candles at a Thursday vigil commemorating last year’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Staton said she organized the event Wednesday when she realized no one else had planned anything.

One year after Parkland shooting, students remember lives lost, call for more restrictive gun laws

February 14, 2019

Roughly 40 students gathered at The Rock on Thursday for a vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people...

Confiscated guns on display at police headquarters in Chicago. Despite a 28 percent reduction in shootings since last year, Chicago is still one of America's deadliest cities.

Gun culture is alive and well but students hope for change

October 31, 2018

Ahead of the November midterm elections, Daily reporters are speaking to voters about issues they’ll take to the polls. In this article, students tackle the issue of gun violence. Anna Margevich has...

Northwestern students Farrah Sklar (left), Maddie Gaines (center) and Valen-Marie Santos, who helped organize Northwestern Stands With Marjory Stoneman Douglas, attend the March for our Lives event in Parkland, Florida. Several NU students participated in marches across the country on Saturday to protest gun violence in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland.

Northwestern students participate in March for Our Lives across the country

March 26, 2018

Medill senior Stephanie Bernstein is from Plantation, Florida, just a 30-minute drive from nearby Parkland, Florida. When a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on...

Northwestern students walk out on Sheridan Road on Wednesday, March 14.

Northwestern students participate in walkout to support Parkland shooting victims

March 14, 2018

On the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, hundreds of Northwestern community members joined with thousands of other schools across the country...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881
Marjory Stoneman Douglas