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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


A University Police vehicle. On separate occasions, investigators say a suspect attempted to use the dating app Tinder to potentially sexually assault two students.

University Police respond to report of sexual assault by man asking for petition signatures

June 30, 2019

Police responded to a report of a sexual assault on Simpson Street in Evanston Saturday night, University Police Chief Bruce Lewis wrote in an email to the Northwestern community.  The survivor of...

A security camera atop an emergency Blue Light on the Evanston campus. The University uses a number of cameras to surveil the campus, both indoors and out.

What we know — and don’t know — about campus surveillance

May 14, 2019

When walking around Northwestern’s campus, students can expect to be watched, and not just by their classmates. The University uses an unknown number of closed-circuit television cameras and other...

Weinberg sophomore Juan Zuniga speaks at an event Thursday. Northwestern and Evanston officials provided updates to community members concerning upcoming events, including Dillo Day and the Ohio State versus Northwestern football game.

Northwestern, Evanston officials aim to soothe resident concerns ahead of Dillo Day

May 9, 2019

With Dillo Day — Northwestern’s annual student-run music festival — less than a month away, Evanston residents voiced their concerns at a Thursday meeting and offered feedback on proper policing...

A UP officer works outside of Crowe Hall, home to the African-American Studies department. Prof. Barnor Hesse, who works in the African-American Studies department, teaches a course called “Unsettling Whiteness.”

UP investigating racist hate mail sent to Prof. Barnor Hesse

May 7, 2019

University Police is investigating an instance of racist hate mail sent to African American studies Prof. Barnor Hesse on May 2. On May 3, Hesse, who teaches a class called “Unsettling Whiteness,”...

The Cook County Circuit Court. A former Northwestern student pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault Thursday.

Northwestern student pleads not guilty to charges of sexual assault; University ordered to preserve surveillance footage

May 2, 2019

A former Northwestern student pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse Thursday at Cook County’s Second Municipal District courthouse....

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