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The Rock, with gold siding and words “Free Palestine” among others. The background is dark blue with silhouettes of people with signs in the bottom right corner.

Students host vigil in solidarity with Palestinian and MENA community members, mourn lives lost to violence in the region

Yunkyo Kim, Senior Staffer
June 18, 2021
The Rock, painted in white, states “Reform CAPS.” A person in tan shorts and a navy shirt faces it. In the background are green shrubs, blue sky, and tan buildings.

Reform CAPS paints the Rock, calls for transparency, improved mental health resources for students

Nick Francis and Yunkyo Kim
June 2, 2021
The Rock has layers of chipped paint laying on the ground on the left side.

Students chip away paint on The Rock, “Free Palestine” messages left intact

Nick Francis, Laya Neelakandan, and Maia Pandey
May 28, 2021
Organizers posted signs around The Rock, advocating for increased representation of women within University leadership. Over 200 people marched from The Rock to University President Morton Schapiro’s residence.

NU community pickets in front of Schapiro’s house, protest selection of Mike Polisky as AD

Yunkyo Kim and Nick Francis
May 8, 2021
The Rock. After it was given a Pilgrim hat in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Indigenous graduate students responded by repainting it with phrases such as “Native land” and “land back.”

“This is Native land”: Indigenous graduate students’ Rock painting covered, repainted

Emily Sakai, Assistant Campus Editor
December 8, 2020
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