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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

A photo of David Hogg speaking in front of a wooden podium behind with two small black microphones. He wears a gray shirt and dark blue jeans. The background is a wooden wall.

David Hogg speaks on student activism and long-term hopes for gun control movement

May 19, 2021

David Hogg , a gun control activist and survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, discussed the power of student activism at a Tuesday webinar. Hosted by Northwestern...

Phillips: Despite University inaction, students still retain power

May 8, 2018

As the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover passed last week, I found myself doing a lot of thinking about the history of this campus, and particularly about how much those student activists...

 A visitor looks at an aspect of the Shepard Engagement Center’s new student activism exhibit. The gallery will run until at least Reading Week and highlights both historical and contemporary movements.

Shepard Hall opens exhibit highlighting past, contemporary student activism

April 10, 2018

Melissa Foster (Bienen ’96, ’01) was a sophomore at Northwestern when University Police knocked a black student down while he was traveling home and handcuffed him for taking a bike that he owned....

Former White House Associate Director of Public Engagement Ronnie Cho speaks Monday at Norris University Center about the national debt. Northwestern’s chapter of Moneythink organized the talk.

Former White House staffer speaks about debt, student activism

February 17, 2014

Former White House associate director Ronnie Cho spoke Monday at Northwestern on the national debt and how students can get involved in addressing the issue. Moneythink NU, a student organization that...

Watters: Northwestern campus too quiet about gun violence in Chicago

Watters: Northwestern campus too quiet about gun violence in Chicago

February 6, 2013

To say that Chicago is a city plagued by violence would be an understatement. Furthermore, to say that Northwestern students don’t all know about the mass amounts of violence, specifically perpetrated...

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