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The Daily Northwestern

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


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The city of neighborhoods: A student’s guide to Chicago

August 11, 2023

As seniors leave Northwestern, many regret never having explored the city so close to their campus.  The country’s third-largest city, Chicago bustles with unique experiences and an identity unlike...

Ortiz: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson forges a new political coalition

Ortiz: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson forges a new political coalition

April 16, 2023

  Before Chicago’s mayoral election last week, the top two electoral performances in the city (in my eyes) were that of Anton Cermak and Harold Washington.  Cermak, who was born in Bohemia,...

Illinois State Senator Napoleon Harris speaks Tuesday night in the McCormick Foundation Center on his transition from pro-football to politics. The event featured a lengthy Q&A in which students asked questions about education inequality, police brutality and campus protests.

U.S. Senate candidate, NU alumnus addresses students about racial inequality, police brutality

January 20, 2016

State senator and former NFL linebacker Napoleon Harris (Communication ’02) spoke to students about police brutality in Chicago, college campus protests and his transition to politics Tuesday night in...

Blotter: Nov. 26

November 26, 2013

Northwestern student's cell phone taken at fraternity house A Northwestern student's cell phone was stolen Friday while she was helping prepare for a party at a fraternity house, according to police. While...

Police tie man slain in Chicago to Evanston shooting

November 20, 2013

Police believe a man who was killed in May in Chicago was involved in another slaying six months earlier in Evanston. The issue came to light at a City Council meeting last week in which Carolyn Murray,...

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