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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


Two unions debate in hopes of representing Northwestern graduate students

October 19, 2016

More than 100 people attended a debate hosted by the Northwestern Graduate Workers on Thursday between two unions — the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Teachers —...

Nate Silver speaks to an audience of roughly 1,000 about data analysis and predictions at the One Book One Northwestern keynote address. Silver’s book “The Signal and the Noise” was selected as this year’s One Book read.

Nate Silver talks data, baseball in One Book keynote address

October 6, 2016

Nate Silver said it’s crucial for society to use big data responsibly and discern truths from it during his One Book One Northwestern keynote address on Thursday. Silver, author of “The Signal...

Editorial: Safe spaces are vital, and so is thoughtful rhetoric

September 28, 2016

The debate about safe spaces, microaggressions and so-called campus oversensitivity has been near constant over the past year. This month, it returned to our backyard. First, there was the University...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and linguist Noam Chomsky speaks at the University of Chicago on Monday. Chomsky was selected as the first speaker in a series of talks to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Haymarket Books.

Noam Chomsky speaks in Chicago on nuclear armament, climate change

September 26, 2016

CHICAGO — The decision to go extinct or not is ours, said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and linguist Noam Chomsky at a talk Monday in Chicago. Chomsky spoke on the threat of nuclear...

Letter to the Editor: President Schapiro erred in defending campus oversensitivity in convocation speech

September 25, 2016

I was dismayed to read about Northwestern president Morton Schapiro's remarks to the incoming freshman class in Wednesday's edition of the Daily. His full-throated defense of "safe spaces," and "trigger...

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