When returning to Northwestern from her trip home to Iran during the Winter Recess, Weinberg freshman Rosha Sodeifi said she was excited to be back on campus. But what she didn’t expect was the five-hour questioning she received from authorities at the U.S. border, she said. In light of President-elect Donald Trump’s potential reinstatement of...
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Facing vocal backlash from residents over the pace and scope of Envision Evanston 2045, City Council on Monday delayed the wide-ranging plan’s controversial zoning rewrite and split off the comprehensive plan. The decision comes two months before the intended date to adopt Envision Evanston and follows several community meetings where residents expressed concerns over the...
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City Council introduced and unanimously passed amendments to its Welcoming City Ordinance on Monday night, codifying greater protections for Evanston immigrants regardless of citizenship status ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. The revised ordinance includes more in-depth provisions to “close loopholes” and further enforce the city’s noncompliance with federal deportation efforts, according to...
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The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education heard four options for the district’s Structural Deficit Reduction Plan at its Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. The plan started in February 2024, when the district reduced its spending by $6.5 million for fiscal year 2025. The rest of the plan is made up of three...
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Evanston Township High School District 202’s Board of Education focused on post-high school planning and academic performance at its meeting Monday night. The board also reviewed statistics on students receiving tutoring services, with disciplinary incidents and with nine or more absences last semester. Carrie Levy, the district’s director of research, evaluation and assessment, highlighted the...
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