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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


Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner declares victory at Rauner's election night celebration at the Hilton Chicago. Rauner said he would not attend the inauguration of Donald Trump this month.

Gov. Bruce Rauner will not go to Trump inauguration

January 5, 2017

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, with a spokesperson saying he will instead focus on negotiating a state budget. Inaugurations have long...

Weinberg junior Aitan Licht co-leads a meeting with members of his group, Northwestern Students for Gun Violence Prevention, in the Willard Residential College dining hall. The group, founded in 2014 as an offshoot of College Democrats, will hear back this week about receiving official status from the University.

Students for Gun Violence Prevention seeks official student group status

February 7, 2016

Division of Student Affairs this week may award official status to a two-year-old group geared toward ending the “plague of gun violence” across the U.S. by providing local volunteer opportunities,...

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

In his final State of the Union address, Obama heads into his last year with a few regrets and millennial outreach

January 13, 2016

President Obama unleashed Snapchats and hashtags in his last State of the Union address Tuesday night, showing attention to millennials and delivering an optimistic outlook on a political future without...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses a bipartisan audience in the Louis Room in Norris University Center on Monday night. His talk, which touched on everything from potential nuclear war to racism, was met with a standing ovation and some pushback from the crowd.

Newt Gingrich visits Northwestern, says students ‘wasting their time’ protesting racism

November 17, 2015

College students protesting institutionalized racism are “wasting their time,” according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who addressed a packed crowd in Norris University Center on Monday night. “I’m...

Medill Prof. Larry Stuelpnagel moderates a panel in Cahn Auditorium with three of President Barack Obama’s former top aides: David Axelrod, Jon Favreau and Jeremy Bird. Much of the talk focused on the 2016 presidential election with the panelists discussing the shortcomings of the Republican Party.

Trio of Obama’s former top aides discuss president’s legacy at Northwestern talk

November 7, 2015

Marking the three-year anniversary of President Obama’s re-election Friday, a trio of the president's former top aides spoke to Northwestern about modern politics and Republican shortcomings. David...

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