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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


Incumbent Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) celebrated her victory over challenger Ed Tivador with supporters Tuesday at Dave's Italian Kitchen.

Ald. Judy Fiske holds off challenge from Ed Tivador to retain 1st Ward seat

April 9, 2013

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) won re-election Tuesday, holding back a Northwestern-student-supported challenge by Ed Tivador. Fiske took 56 percent of the vote to Tivador’s 44 percent, besting the Northbrook/Glenview...

Election Guide 2013: Q&A with 5th Ward candidates Ald. Delores Holmes and Carlis Sutton

April 7, 2013

Residents in Evanston’s 5th Ward, including many NU students living off campus, will decide Tuesday between Ald. Delores Holmes and write-in candidate Carlis Sutton for the City Council race. Holmes...

Evanston residents petition for bowling alley in vacant shopping center

February 27, 2013

Evanston residents have petitioned for the creation of a bowling alley in a mostly vacant west Evanston shopping center. About 300 people have signed an online petition on Change.org started by Evanston...

Gilo Kwesi Logan, professor at Northeastern Illinois University, holds a tear gas canister that the Israeli military shot during a protest in the  West Bank village of Bil'in. Logan was part of a civilian delegation sent to the Middle East to observe life in a conflict zone.

Local educator returns from Middle East, calls for peace

November 26, 2012

In the aftermath of last week’s outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, Evanston resident Gilo Kwesi Logan aims to spread a message of peace. Logan, a professor at Northeastern Illinois...

Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell and her husband Dale respond to the Evanston Police presentation regarding their son Diwani’s handcuffing in August. The journalism professor commented on the lasting impression of racial profiling on youth like her son.

Evanston Police present racial profiling report, aldermen call for more discussion

November 6, 2012

Representatives of the Evanston Police Department presented to the city’s Human Services Committee on Monday the results of an internal investigation that cleared the racial profiling allegations...

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