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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


Foster-Walker Complex. Students at a community dialogue Thursday criticized the administration for failure to properly address student concerns.

Students at community dialogue criticize administration for lack of transparency, failure to address student demands

May 3, 2019

Students and administrators discussed mental health and campus climate at this quarter’s community dialogue in Foster-Walker dining hall on Thursday. During the discussion portion of the dialogue,...

Northwestern’s Sodexo and Aramark employees march in April to present a petition asking the companies to help with the transition to Compass Group North America. A petition calling for Compass Group to improve treatment of service workers has received over 2,000 signatures since it was posted at the end of January.

Students demand action against unfair treatment of service workers

February 5, 2019

Students are calling on Northwestern to treat its service workers better, saying the University’s new food service provider, Compass Group North America, has inflicted “emotional distress, financial...

A Compass employee swipes NU students in to Sargent Hall. Northwestern’s chapter of Students Organizing for Labor Rights raised more than $2,500 overnight to pay for ridesharing services for Compass employees in the cold temperatures.

Students raise money for commutes of workers still expected on campus during cold

January 30, 2019

Students have raised more than $2,500 to support rides for service workers, who still have to show up to work on campus despite dangerously low temperatures. The donations were gathered overnight by...

Members of the Latinx Asian American Collective update students Thursday on efforts to turn the Latina and Latino Studies and Asian American Studies Programs into departments. The members said meetings with administrators have not developed into steps toward departmentalization.

Latinx Asian American Collective updates students on departmentalization at teach-in event

April 27, 2018

Members of the Latinx Asian American Collective said meetings with Weinberg administrators have been largely unproductive, generating skepticism among the group about whether the college will turn the...

Students gather before marching to Sodexo administrative offices in solidarity with NU’s food service workers in November 2015. Students have again organized in support of food service workers as the University prepares for a transition to Compass Group North America.

Food provider change prompts concerns, student support for workers

April 16, 2018

Veronica Reyes has worked at Northwestern for eight years. Posted at the entrance of Foster-Walker West dining hall, she greets students and asks about their day. Even when she has a bad start to her own...

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