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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 beachball rolled in front of the Technological Institue in 2017 to protest the University’s free speech policies.

Northwestern community shares perspectives on free speech ahead of the 2020 election

February 19, 2020

As the 2020 election season progresses, students are reviewing what free speech means at Northwestern. This May, a committee of students and administrators will re-evaluate the University’s demonstration...

Cody Keenan, former President Barack Obama’s speechwriter since 2007, spoke to an audience of around 300 in Lutkin Hall. Keenan discussed his career path from Northwestern to the White House and gave advice to undergraduate students, validating potential uncertainty in their prospective careers.

Obama Speechwriter, Northwestern Prof. Cody Keenan discusses career path, gives career advice

November 4, 2019

“Raise your hand if you know exactly what you’re going to do with your life,” Cody Keenan (Weinberg ‘02), director of speechwriting for former President Barack Obama, asked an audience of around...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) calls on young people to take to the polls this midterm election.

Schakowsky urges students: ‘Vote. There is still time.’

November 1, 2018

Ten-term U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told a group of Northwestern students, five days before what she called the most important election of her lifetime, that everything was at stake. “This...

A map of Illinois’ Fourth Congressional District. Members of a Sunday panel discussed the issue of gerrymandering and how it affects elections in Chicago and across the country.

Panelists discuss effects of partisan gerrymandering on free, fair elections

January 28, 2018

The current problem with gerrymandering — the manipulation of district boundaries to favor a political party in an election — is the worst it has been in modern history, said Ruth Greenwood of the...

Former congressman and Northwestern alumnus, Brad Schneider discusses foreign policy, security issues in the United States and the 2016 presidential elections. The event took place in the McCormick Foundation Center on Thursday and was attended by students as well as community members.

Former congressman, Northwestern alum Schneider talks future plans

January 15, 2015

Former U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), a Northwestern alumnus, hosted a Q&A session Thursday about foreign policy, his experience as a congressman and the state of U.S. politics. Schneider...

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