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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


Panelists speak at the “Unmaking Segregation” event in Parkes Hall on Jan. 15. From left to right: Caroline O’Boyle, Leslie Cortez, Maria Krysan, Tonika Lewis Johnson.

Disparities remain in access to green spaces between Chicago’s North and South Sides

January 28, 2025

While driving with friends to watch a basketball game in Washington Park in 1979, Caroline O’Boyle (Communication ’82) was pulled over by a police officer who told her to “go home immediately”...

An illustration of a person looking across the water at Chicago's skyline.

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...

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