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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


 Police officers at a Nov. 10 NUCNC protest. The group released an open letter to Evanston residents Wednesday explaining the movement’s motivations and history.

NUCNC, student protesters eating “breakfast” and reading abolitionist literature met with unprecedented police presence

November 10, 2020

Student protesters demanding the abolition of University Police were met with a heavy police presence Monday — armed police in riot gear from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System’s Mobile Field...

Wednesday marks the 17th consecutive day of action led by NUCNC demanding the abolition of University Police. When the group paused outside the EPD precinct, one car issued a warning over the intercom saying “local law will be enforced by citation or arrest.”

NUCNC marches in honor of Walter Wallace Jr., stands with Philadelphia protests

October 28, 2020

Students led by NU Community Not Cops marched to the Evanston Police Department precinct Wednesday in honor of Walter Wallace Jr. — a 27-year-old Black man who Philadelphia police fatally shot Monday...

The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences' Office of Undergraduate Studies and Advising at 1922 Sheridan Rd.

The Weinberg requirements might change. Here’s what you need to know

April 23, 2019

After decades of the current curriculum, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences is poised to update its degree requirements. The new set of requirements, proposed in December by the school’s ad hoc...

Northwestern launches prison education program, will provide college credits to inmates

Northwestern launches prison education program, will provide college credits to inmates

October 4, 2018

CREST HILL — For 37-year-old inmate Tony Triplett, life often felt “colorless.” He is serving a life sentence in Stateville Correctional Center after being convicted of raping and killing two...

Anna Deavere Smith, known for her role as Dr. Nancy McNally, on NBC’s political drama, “The West Wing,” speaks at the Galvin Recital Hall in the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts on Monday. Smith reenacted interviews conducted with people she thought were affected by the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

‘The West Wing’ star focuses on educational, criminal injustice in play

April 24, 2017

As actress Anna Deavere Smith interviewed a series of people for a research project regarding the systematic oppression of minorities within the education and criminal justice system, she was inspired...

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