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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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JVP sets up Gaza Solidarity Sukkah on Deering Meadow

October 16, 2024

University employees took down the “Gaza Solidarity Sukkah” honoring the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on Deering Meadow Wednesday evening.  About a dozen students set up the sukkah, calling on the...

LTE: Are the new demonstration rules intimidating?

LTE: Are the new demonstration rules intimidating?

September 25, 2024

As we begin a new year at Northwestern, we are looking at a new set of regulations that govern protest. Like at other universities, last spring raised some level of national trauma — but unlike many...

Schill had prefaced a month early in an email to the NU community his efforts targeted to fight anti-semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate on campus.

Overnight stay ban, display zones, safety guidelines: What to know about Northwestern’s new demonstration policies

September 11, 2024

In May, when University President Michael Schill testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about his decision to deescalate the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow, he...

Rice: It was the spring of 1970 – a commentary on the history of protests at NU

Rice: It was the spring of 1970 – a commentary on the history of protests at NU

April 26, 2024

It was the Spring of 1970; The War in Vietnam was in full force and U.S. troops were going into Cambodia. American college students went full bore into protest mode, and four students at Kent State (as...

The boycott comes after more than 100 Columbia students were arrested Thursday during a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” organized by Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine.

24 Northwestern academics sign petition to boycott Columbia events following mass arrests

April 24, 2024

Twenty-four Northwestern academics joined over 2,000 signatories in committing to boycott Columbia University after the mass arrests of student protesters on its campus. The boycott comes after more...

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