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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


A student protester holds a bike while police officers watch.

NUCNC, Fossil Free Northwestern host protest for divestment from police, fossil fuels

October 24, 2020

Content warning: This story contains mentions of police violence, suicide and offensive language. After 11 days of protests calling for the abolition of University Police, NU Community Not Cops partnered...

Scott Hall, 601 University Pl., home of Northwestern’s Political Science Department.

Political Science faculty “dissent” from views expressed in Schapiro email

October 23, 2020

Faculty from Northwestern’s Political Science Department wrote an open letter to dissent from the views expressed in University President Morton Schapiro’s Monday email regarding student protests. The...

Offices of Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies Programs at 1819 Hinman Avenue. Anthropology, AASP, LLSP faculty wrote individual department and program letters condemning Schapiro's Monday email.

Anthropology department, Asian American Studies, Latina and Latino Studies programs condemn Schapiro email

October 23, 2020

On Friday, Northwestern’s anthropology department, and Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies programs released statements condemning President Morton Schapiro’s controversial Monday...

A protester holds a sign at a Wednesday night event. The event ended at Mayor Steve Hagerty’s house.

Evanston NAACP’s Michael Nabors issues statement about Northwestern protests

October 22, 2020

As Northwestern students and University President Morton Schapiro clash over demands around University Policy, Michael Nabors, president of Evanston’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement...

Scott Hall, 601 University Pl., home of Northwestern’s Political Science Department.

Political Science grad students call on Schapiro to work with student activists, enact concrete policy change

October 22, 2020

The Political Science Department’s graduate student body, The Commune, wrote a letter Thursday to express concerns about University President Morton Schapiro’s email condemning student protests. Schapiro’s...

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