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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


Lamps: Don’t appeal to the wishes of the Founding Fathers in modern discourse

Lamps: Don’t appeal to the wishes of the Founding Fathers in modern discourse

January 7, 2016

The American Founding Fathers were a remarkable group of leaders and thinkers, to whom we owe much wisdom. However, there is a tendency in modern political discourse to treat them as infallible and to...

Kempis: In literature, female protagonists still don’t draw interest

Kempis: In literature, female protagonists still don’t draw interest

January 6, 2016

It wasn’t until I finished Donna Tartt’s male-narrated coming of age novel “The Goldfinch” last month in a fit of post-final hibernation and inactivity that I realized most award-winning novels...

Stocker: Canada Goose and the subtler forms of sexism

Stocker: Canada Goose and the subtler forms of sexism

November 10, 2015

Winter is coming. With the unseasonably warm days of early November behind us, it will soon be time to break out the thick winter coats. Come January, the snow-strewn walks of Northwestern will be graced...

Lamps: Humans’ unique ability to access others’ thoughts

October 13, 2015

Considering how far humans have come since our hunter-gatherer ancestors, we are clearly a unique species. We believe in gender equality, we think people with different skin colors are equals and we think...

Comedian Amanda Seales discusses catcalling and everyday sexism at College Feminists’ Sex Week headliner event Tuesday. Seales, whose CNN appearance went viral after she challenged the notion that women should accept catcalling, approached the subject with humor.

Comedian discusses sexism and catcalling for Sex Week event

April 8, 2015

Comedian Amanda Seales, known for speaking out against catcalling and street harassment in a now-viral CNN appearance, discussed everyday sexism Tuesday night as the headliner of College Feminists’ Sex...

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