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

The Daily Northwestern


Amaral: Lack of institutional memory and the acceptance of armed police

Amaral: Lack of institutional memory and the acceptance of armed police

February 16, 2023

Content warning: This story contains mentions of anti-Black violence. Northwestern is extremely demanding — yet, undergraduate students have a 94% six-year graduation rate. This outstanding outcome...

Ortiz: Americans deserve more holidays

Ortiz: Americans deserve more holidays

December 1, 2021

Being a Northwestern student, in most cases, is an exercise in pain.  We work ourselves to the bone by taking complex, intellectually challenging classes with our only long-term reprieves coming during...

Mills: Decolonizing Zhaagagong

Mills: Decolonizing Zhaagagong

October 15, 2021

Americans cannot fathom Indigenous peoples in the modern world. You're sitting on an inbound Red Line CTA train toward the Loop, when a group of about 50 Natives board the train. It is a scene you have...

Bascom: America should reconsider Columbus Day

Bascom: America should reconsider Columbus Day

October 12, 2014

Stores nationwide are celebrating Monday’s holiday in true American fashion: with a Columbus Day sale. This is great news! That means everything is free for the taking! Right? Unfortunately not, much...

Law Prof. Andrew Koppelman, History Prof. Peter Hayes and English Prof. Carl Smith discuss the findings of the John Evans Study Committee at Firehouse Grill. The three professors were part of the eight-person committee that was tasked with determining whether John Evans played a role in the Sand Creek Massacre.

John Evans Study Committee discusses report with Evanston community

September 30, 2014

Members of the John Evans Study Committee gathered Tuesday night to inform Evanston residents and Northwestern students about findings in their May report on John Evans' relationship to the Sand Creek...

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