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Bienen alum uses music for political activism

February 15, 2018

It’s no secret that the road to “making it” as a musician is not an easy one. Zeshan Bagewadi (Bienen ’09, ’11) had brief stints as an Uber driver, an auto mechanic and a drill press operator...

Civil rights leader Diane Nash encourages nonviolent student activism

January 26, 2016

More than 50 years after coordinating a historic Freedom Riders busing protest, Diane Nash said brotherly love is the key to unifying people for social change. The civil rights activist was the keynote...

Panelists discuss police-civilian interactions, protocol at Levy Center event

October 22, 2015

Evanston Police deputy chief James Pickett, one of four panelists discussing police-civilian interactions at an event Wednesday night, said that although he is proud to be a police officer, he cannot defend...

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