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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


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

May 28, 2021

Several individuals chipped layers of paint off the back left side of The Rock Thursday evening. The identities of these people are unknown.  The front of the Rock — which displayed “Free Palestine”...

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

May 8, 2021

Over 200 Northwestern faculty, staff, students, alumni and Evanston community members marched Friday to protest the appointment of Mike Polisky as the University’s next athletic director.  Faculty...

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

December 8, 2020

The Rock, previously painted orange with a yellow smiley face since late October, had a new addition last week — a Pilgrim hat. It was a few days before Thanksgiving, a day many Indigenous people...

NU Declassified: A Brief History of The Rock

NU Declassified: A Brief History of The Rock

November 11, 2020

Northwestern’s most iconic monument: The Rock. For decades, The Rock has been a pillar of student life but also controversy. How did a dilapidated fountain go from an object of pranks to a battleground...

LTE: Survivors deserve better from Northwestern University

November 11, 2020

This piece was originally submitted October 22 in support of the survivor involved in the writings on The Rock last month that were power-washed away by the University. We hope this message of community...

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