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

The Daily Northwestern


Weinberg juniors Laura Whittenburg and Jazz Stephens coordinated a sit-in of philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s class on Tuesday. Students gathered in Harris Hall to plan their next steps after Ludlow cancelled the class.

Ludlow to stop teaching for rest of Winter Quarter

March 5, 2014

Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow will not teach classes at Northwestern for the remainder of Winter Quarter, University spokesman Al Cubbage said Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after students planned...

Students taped their mouths and held signs Tuesday afternoon as part of a protest of Northwestern's sexual assault policies. The protesters met at Harris Hall before marching to the office of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sarah Mangelsdorf.

Updated: Planned sit-in turns into protest of Northwestern’s sexual assault policies

March 4, 2014

A planned sit-in of philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s class Tuesday afternoon turned into a demonstration outside the office of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sarah Mangelsdorf, where students...

University spokesman Al Cubbage speaks to protestors Tuesday afternoon. Cubbage reiterated the statement issued Tuesday morning by the Title IX Coordinating Committee.

Updated: Northwestern responds to faculty petition on sexual misconduct policies

March 4, 2014

Northwestern officials responded Tuesday morning to a petition drafted by faculty asking the University for more transparency in cases of sexual misconduct. NU’s Title IX Coordinating Committee, which...

Ludlow cancels class after planned sit-in

March 4, 2014

Weinberg Prof. Peter Ludlow canceled at least one of his 300-level philosophy classes Tuesday, which many students had planned on walking out of in protest of Northwestern’s continued employment of Ludlow...

Sociology Prof. Laura Beth Nielsen, the director of legal studies, speaks Monday evening at an open forum on Title IX in Harris Hall. Nielsen talked about ways to address sexual harassment and procedures for making Northwestern’s campus safer.

Northwestern students hold Title IX forum, plan Tuesday sit-in

March 3, 2014

Members of the Northwestern community gathered Monday night to discuss the University’s response to campus sexual violence and lay out next steps to protest NU’s continued employment of philosophy...

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