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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

Northwestern students perform in the 88th annual Waa-Mu show, based on Amisha Padnani’s series “Overlooked.”

88th annual Waa-Mu show inspired by New York Times obituary series on overlooked women

May 15, 2019

No one speaks ill of the dead — especially those who were never spoken about. But after New York Times editor Amisha “Amy” Padnani joined the obituary desk at the prestigious paper, she decided to...

Parents and students involved in college admissions scandal are not victims

Parents and students involved in college admissions scandal are not victims

April 1, 2019

On March 12, The New York Times broke a story detailing the elaborate methods wealthy families used to bribe college coaches and standardized test proctors to increase their students’ chances of gaining...

Communication first-year Brett Mayfield. Mayfield wrote a viral Twitter thread on the difficulties of being a low-income student on campus

Swimming upstream: Low-income students struggle with NU’s culture of wealth

March 8, 2019

Communication first-year Brett Mayfield grew up in Welch, Oklahoma, a small town of about 600 people, where it was normal to have few clothes. At Northwestern, Mayfield soon realized that his new friends...

History Prof. Daniel Immerwahr with his new book “How to Hide an Empire.” Immerwahr said Americans need to consider U.S. territories when thinking about the history of the United States.

Northwestern professor’s new book explores US empire, overseas territories

February 17, 2019

Most Americans think they know what their country looks like: a union of states stretching from sea to shining sea, said history Prof. Daniel Immerwahr. But, as he argues in his new book, it’s not so...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Republican administration have launched an effort to bolster the rights of the accused. A leaked draft of Title IX rules will allow students accused of sexual assault to cross-examine their accusers.

In leaked draft rules, federal government plans to allow cross-examination by those accused of sexual assault

November 7, 2018

The federal government is planning to require that schools allow students accused of sexual assault to cross-examine their accusers, a remarkable shift from initial reported drafts of proposed rules and...

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