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

The Daily Northwestern


Northwestern alum Sarah Squirm performs standup at McCormick Auditorium. The event was hosted by One Book One Northwestern, and featured Squirm touching on issues of sex and feminism.

Sarah Squirm talks Northwestern, sex, bodily functions at One Book One Northwestern event

April 11, 2019

While walking onstage to begin her stand-up set, Sarah “Squirm” Sherman (Communication ‘15) saw someone in the audience immediately leave the auditorium. Her response? “If you don’t laugh...

Philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey leads a class at Stateville Correctional Center. Lackey and One Book One Northwestern volunteers visited the prison Wednesday to lead a discussion with inmates on “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Stateville inmates draw parallels between prison life, dystopian fiction at One Book event

February 21, 2019

CREST HILL, Ill. — In “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, women in the dystopian society of Gilead are stripped of their power, left without control over their lives and bodies. Demetrice...

School of Law Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer engaged with attendees in a small group setting after discussing rape law in the era of the #MeToo movement.

Pritzker prof urges rape law reform at One Book One Northwestern event

November 7, 2018

Pritzker Prof. Deborah Tuerkheimer took aim at the nation’s rape laws at a One Book Northwestern event on Tuesday, saying the next stage of the #MeToo movement should reform the nation’s justice system...

Margaret Atwood discusses modern day politics and the enduring power of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Margaret Atwood discusses modern day politics and the enduring power of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

October 31, 2018

Hulu’s take on “The Handmaid’s Tale” had already begun filming when the 2016 election season began. The day after Donald Trump was elected as president of the United States, the creative team for...

An all-female cast rehearses for an upcoming production of “1776.” The show is sponsored by One Book One Northwestern and opens Friday.

Communication junior puts signature spin on Declaration of Independence musical by featuring all-female cast

May 16, 2018

Not one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence was a woman. But for an upcoming production of “1776,” Communication junior Kelsey Robins decided to reshape that history with one simple...

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