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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


Students sit together on the ground floor of Norris. Dunkin’ Donuts will be one of two current vendors to continue operating under Compass Group.

Compass Group to bring new direction to Norris dining on July 1

June 30, 2018

In early June, it was reported that Frontera Fresco would be the first restaurant in Norris University Center to close its doors as part of the University’s transition from Sodexo to Compass Group North...

Frontera Fresco in Norris University Center. The restaurant closed its doors last Friday as the University prepares for a food provider transition.

Frontera closed, new retail dining options to come

June 14, 2018

Frontera Fresco served its final meal to the Northwestern community last Friday as dining services prepares for an upcoming transition to a new food service provider. The Mexican-inspired restaurant...

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.

Compass, service workers’ union reach agreement on dining transition

May 9, 2018

Northwestern’s new food provider and the union representing the University’s service workers have reached an agreement ahead of the upcoming dining transition, dispelling some uncertainty about job...

Banners urging University action in commemoration of the Bursar’s Office Takeover hang outside the Multicultural Center. In May, students released a list of 47 demands for improvement in black student experiences, departmentalization efforts and the campus dining transition.

Students demand University action on black student experience, departmentalization, dining transition

May 4, 2018

Students released a list of 47 demands Thursday — the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover — urging the University to improve campus culture for black students, departmentalize the Asian...

Director of Social Justice Education Robert Brown speaks at Foster-Walker Complex. Brown facilitated conversation at the community dialogue, a quarterly event in which administrators address student questions.

Dining transition, tuition increase, Latinx Asian American Collective discussed at community dialogue

April 30, 2018

Students, faculty and administrators discussed the University’s new dining contract, tuition increases and the Latinx Asian American Collective, among other topics, at a community dialogue in Foster-Walker...

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