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The Daily Northwestern

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

NU student activists dined on tacos and nachos during the first day of “Disorientation Week.”

NU student activists launch first ‘Disorientation Week’ with opening meeting

January 21, 2024

More than a dozen students convened in University Hall on Sunday to mark the first day of “Disorientation Week: What Northwestern Won’t Teach Us,” a series of teach-ins, discussions and bonding events...

A blue circle that says “IfYou’reReadingThis.org” above Deering Library with a blue sky background.

‘If You’re Reading This NU’ aims to destigmatize mental health struggles, create networks of connection

January 22, 2023

After becoming friends last academic year, Weinberg sophomores Seela Hinrichs and Finola Summerville realized that NU students lack mental health resources at an institution with a culture of perfectionism.  “I...

Mayed: De-carcerating peer support, an abolitionist perspective

Mayed: De-carcerating peer support, an abolitionist perspective

November 10, 2022

We engage in peer support all the time, often out of necessity — as a fugitive act. Peer support can be life-saving and life-preserving, a disruption to the death-making institutions constantly working...

People holding signs on a football field.

Student activist groups tackle local and global problems

August 12, 2022

College students have a history of leading social movements through on-campus traditions, and Northwestern is no different. Students at NU have long been highly active and involved in these movements,...

Illustration of a top row with boxes that represent letter grades and a bottom row representing the credit/no credit alternative.

NU will not reinstate Credit/No Credit Policy despite omicron surge

January 23, 2022

Northwestern does not plan to offer the Credit/No Credit policy for Winter Quarter, despite an increase in COVID-19 cases from the fall and demands for the policy’s reinstatement from some students.  The...

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