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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


Students gather outside the Black House during a demonstration last Fall. University administrators have hired an architectural firm to begin planning Black House renovations.

University hires architectural firm to begin planning Black House renovations

September 22, 2016

University administrators hired an architectural firm to begin planning work on the Black House by the end of the month. In an interview with The Daily, Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student...

Report includes experiences of black student-athletes at Northwestern

September 21, 2016

A report on the experience of black students at Northwestern released Monday by a University task force includes comments from a focus group of six student-athletes, providing a sample of the issues black...

Students gather at the Black House in November 2015 to support students at the University of Missouri and Yale University who protested racial injustice. The NU students later spoke out at the groundbreaking ceremony for the lakeside athletic facility and demanded the University address racial problems on campus. On Monday, the University sent out a report including recommendations to improve the experience of black students at NU.

University report: Being a black student at Northwestern is ‘exhausting’

September 20, 2016

A landmark report sent out Monday gives a data-rich account of black students at Northwestern feeling dissatisfied, exhausted and alienated on campus. The 150-page report, compiled by a University task...

Louie Lainez

MSA still looking for assistant director focused on Asian-American and Pacific Islander students

November 4, 2015

Multicultural Student Affairs is still searching for a replacement for one of its assistant directors, Louie Lainez, who left the position earlier this year. As Multicultural Student Affairs’ Asian-American...

Jamie Washington, known on campus for presenting the diversity and inclusion Essential NU during Wildcat Welcome, facilitated the first two listening sessions on the future of the Black House and the Multicultural Center. About 50 people attended the second session Wednesday evening.

Administrators apologize during first Black House listening sessions

October 15, 2015

Faculty apologized Wednesday for not involving students and alumni in the decision to change spaces in the Black House and the Multicultural Center during forums on the future of both buildings. Hosted...

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