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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

Communication junior Shane Eichstaedt shares their experience with bipolar disorder at the Rock. Many students spoke about their negative experiences with mental health at Northwestern at a rally in December.

Students demand mental health reform, criticize administration’s prior efforts

December 6, 2018

Student activists lambasted Northwestern’s handling of mental health issues and urged for increased inclusion and transparency in helping students cope with mental health problems, presenting a list...

Provost Jonathan Holloway in his office in November. Holloway, a scholar in African American history, discussed in his speech the history of black student activism and his role as a professor and dean.

Black organizers share experiences, strategies on campus activism

February 11, 2018

After the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, Sarah Oberholtzer (Communication ’17) said she wanted a space for black students to express grief and anger. So she organized a demonstration as a “space...

Deciding divestment: Northwestern student activists face obstacles beyond their control

Deciding divestment: Northwestern student activists face obstacles beyond their control

May 22, 2015

On the night of Feb. 18, more than 400 people crowded into Norris University Center for an impassioned debate about a resolution asking Northwestern to divest from six corporations the resolution’s sponsors...

Students carry mattresses and pillows to the Rebecca Crown Center on Monday morning to protest a Northwestern professors opinion piece on relationships between professors and students. About 30 students marched and posted signs at the Crown Center.

Students carry mattresses, pillows to protest professor’s controversial article

March 10, 2015

About 30 students marched to the Rebecca Crown Center carrying mattresses and pillows Monday morning to protest a lack of a reaction from administration after Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis wrote...

University President Morton Schapiro, State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and Oakton Community College administrator Merrill Irving discuss higher education affordability and access at Northwestern on Monday night. Biss said the discussion benefitted from having administrators from different institutions talk about their methods for helping low-income students.

State Sen. Biss moderates discussion on higher education affordability

October 28, 2014

University President Morton Schapiro and Merrill Irving Jr., an administrator at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, discussed Monday night ways to make higher education more accessible for low-income...

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