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 University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Northwestern community observes Holy Week and Easter on campus

April 6, 2023

Around campus, members of Northwestern’s Christian community are observing Holy Week leading up to Easter on Sunday. For Rev. Julie Windsor Mitchell, campus minister at University Christian Ministry,...

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Students advocate for increased compost bin presence on campus

January 5, 2023

Some Northwestern students are calling on the University to increase student access to composting bins.  All back-of-house kitchens at NU, including those in dining halls and Norris University Center,...

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A guide to Northwestern’s religious spaces

August 12, 2022

Finding community can mean many different things at Northwestern. For some, it can be through faith and religious spaces. NU has a rich community of religious clubs, programs and physical spaces to which...

Ms. Penny Cost speaks to the audience, while wearing a black wig, glasses, crystal earrings, a big necklace, a black dress and angel wings.

Ms. Penny Cost discusses being the first drag queen certified candidate for ordination in the United Methodist Church

February 25, 2022

Wearing a black sequin dress and angel wings, Ms. Penny Cost strutted down the aisle of the Jeanne Vail Chapel to discuss her experiences as the first drag queen to become a certified candidate for ordination...

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Compass worker discusses ongoing negotiations, prospect of strike at SOLR, UCM event

October 6, 2021

Valentina Espinosa just started her 17th year working as a housekeeper at Northwestern’s James Allen Center, now subcontracted under Compass Group.  She is a single mother of a daughter who uses...

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