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

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Mohammed El-Kurd stands with the students on each side. Four students kneel in front of him.

Mohammed El-Kurd discusses respectability politics during Arab American Heritage Month

April 30, 2023

Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed El-Kurd discussed respectability politics in front of about 100 students and community members at Lutkin Hall on Saturday.  In his remarks, El-Kurd argued activists...

Daniel Arzola discusses intersection of art and activism at NUCHR event

January 16, 2017

Venezuelan artist and activist Daniel Arzola said the world needs “more artists and less martyrs” at an event hosted by the Northwestern University Community for Human Rights on Saturday. The talk...

Leah Varjacques (Medill ‘15, left) and Katherine Nagasawa (Medill ‘15) talk about their documentary “Beyond the Seal” at Harris Hall on Tuesday. The documentary depicted banana farmers advocating for fair-trade practices that would better working conditions.

Documentary created by alumni looks at fair trade in banana industry

April 20, 2016

The Buffett Institute for Global Studies hosted a screening Tuesday of “Beyond the Seal,” a web documentary created by two Northwestern alumni about small farmers fighting to change the banana industry...

Weinberg senior Brad McCandless (right) and SESP junior Sarah Thompson host a “hunger banquet” in Parkes Hall on Wednesday night. The 2016 Dance Marathon emcees led a presentation on the effects of hunger and poverty around the world.

Northwestern students engage in poverty discussions at ‘hunger banquet’

February 18, 2016

Students were handed cards that determined their socioeconomic class — low income, middle income or high income — and the type of meal they received at a “hunger banquet” Wednesday night. About...

Noah Star (right) celebrates his victory as the new ASG president. Star and his running mate Christina Kim defeated Haley Hinkle and Chris Harlow by more than 700 votes.

Star, Kim win 2015 ASG election

April 10, 2015

Noah Star and Christina Kim have won the ASG presidential election. Star, a Weinberg junior, will be Associated Student Government’s next president and Kim, a McCormick junior, its next executive...

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