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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


Sawhney and Stratton: What can we learn from Nigeria?

May 5, 2015

Introduction “I want people to know that Africa is relevant,” says Weinberg sophomore Amakie Amattey. Amattey has a right to be frustrated with the erasure of Africa in mainstream media. Even...

Rotary International president Gary Huang lights the Rotary Flame outside One Rotary Center on Tuesday as other RI leaders look on. The Flame signifies RI’s recent victory in their 30-year-long fight to eradicate polio worldwide with the declaration of India as a polio-free zone.

Rotary Flame lit in Evanston to celebrate near-eradication of polio

April 14, 2015

The Rotary International world headquarters in Evanston hosted a ceremonial lighting of the “Rotary Flame” Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the group’s role in the near-eradication of polio. RI...

Zeytinoglu: The misguided criticism of media's coverage of terrorism

Zeytinoglu: The misguided criticism of media’s coverage of terrorism

April 7, 2015

Whenever the media covers an act of violence in the Western world with a lot more scrutiny and attention than an act in the so-called underdeveloped world, people complain about the media’s hypocrisy....

English Prof. Chris Abani has received a United States Artists Ford Fellowship, which includes an unrestricted $50,000 grant. Abani, who has been publishing his writing since he was 10, said he wants to bridge the gap between academics and writers.

Writer, English Prof Chris Abani receives national arts fellowship

November 9, 2014

English Prof. Chris Abani has always been a writer. “I published my first short story at 10 and my first novel at 16, so I kind of have always done it my whole life," he said. "There’s never really...

Kirkland: What would millennials fight for?

Kirkland: What would millennials fight for?

May 11, 2014

Whether sitting in the back of Harris 107 listening to political science professor Jonathan Caverley talk about the state of the U.S. Armed Forces or scanning CNN headlines, we’re constantly reminded...

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