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About 50 student activists began setting up tents on Deering Meadow Thursday morning in an effort to pressure Northwestern to divest from companies and cut ties with institutions connected to Israel. According to a student organizer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, the students intend to remain on Deering Meadow until the University agrees...

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About two dozen student activists began setting up an encampment on Deering Meadow on Thursday morning to demand Northwestern divest from institutions connected to Israel and protect civil liberties for pro-Palestinian voices.  According to a student organizer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, the students intend to remain on Deering Meadow until the...

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In this week’s crossword: 27 Across,13 Letters: Inquiry about avian religion.

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The Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to add its signature to the Northwestern People’s Resolution, which calls for the University to protect the civil liberties of pro-Palestinian community members and divest from Israeli institutions. With the passage of the emergency legislation, the resolution — sponsored by NU’s chapters of Educators for Justice...

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Dear President Schill and Provost Hagerty, Northwestern’s University Mission declares its commitment to encourage debate; champion access, diversity and belonging; strengthen our community; and care about one another. NU Student Affairs pledges to uphold a commitment to social justice; confront practices that inhibit equity and justice; seek first to listen and understand; be curious and...

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Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual assault and violence.  This week, survivors of sexual assault and their allies will gather in solidarity spaces across campus. Survivor Action Week — formally known as Take Back the Night Week —  is a weeklong program of activities dedicated to supporting survivors, ranging from an open mic...

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I, like many other people my age, have seen the bad press about Generation Z. We are afflicted with non-existent attention spans, unwavering gazes locked on phone screens, a vocabulary of filler words and reactionary exclamations, like the comment section of an Instagram post. We are, the critics write, the generation that has lost the...

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Heading into last weekend’s Big Ten Championship, Northwestern looked to earn its first conference title since 2016. And as the only Big Ten team ranked within the top 30 nationally, the Wildcats had an opportune chance to do just that. But after a poor second round — during which NU fell three places — coach...

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Evanston’s perennial classical music festival is coming “Bach” for its grand finale. Bach Week Festival will celebrate its 50th and final season in a two-weekend event around the Chicago area, highlighting the musical works of celebrated German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The festival, which debuted in 1974 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, has...

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Tables decorated with sustainability posters, plants, and arts and crafts lined the perimeter of Norris University Center’s Louis Room at sustainNU and Norris’ Earth Month Fair on Wednesday. Over the whirs of a bike-powered smoothie blender, attendees chat with organizers to learn about the environment. With a creativity and environmentalism theme, the fair featured tables...

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Rats scurried in broad daylight outside Insomnia Cookies in downtown Evanston. At night, the long-tailed rodents leapt out of trash cans. And around the clock, they forced nearby businesses to wage a “losing battle” to keep them away, store operations manager Laura Dundas said in early March. She estimated that hundreds had overrun the 1700...

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Before the Class of 2028 and new transfer students attend Wildcat Welcome this fall, 220 Northwestern students are spending Spring Quarter meeting the WW 2024 Board of Directors, attending retreats, and undergoing intensive training facilitated by the Office of Student Transition Experiences to prepare for their roles as Peer Advisers. PA training includes a variety...

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In 2022, Fraternity and Sorority Life at Northwestern quietly eliminated its mandatory requirement for consent and sexual assault prevention trainings for NU fraternities. This decision, which was only communicated to us a month ago, was shocking, for it is regressive and antithetical to NU’s core values. Prior to the mandate’s lifting, NU fraternities were required...

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Twenty-four Northwestern academics joined over 2,000 signatories in committing to boycott Columbia University after the mass arrests of student protesters on its campus. The boycott comes after more than 100 Columbia students were arrested Thursday during a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” organized by Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine on its campus. In the declaration, signatories...

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Attorneys representing former Northwestern football players in their lawsuit against the University won a motion Tuesday to consolidate with former coach Pat Fitzgerald’s lawsuit for discovery purposes. Attorneys said in a statement that the goal is to avoid parties seeking the same information from repetitive sources and witnesses in separate court cases. While this motion...

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With No. 1 Northwestern clinging to a one-goal lead in the closing minutes of Sunday’s regular season finale at then-No. 4 Michigan, Wolverine midfielder Annabelle Burke darted toward the visitors’ cage. Burke boasted a sure-fire chance, but graduate student defender Jane Hansen tracked her mark and laid down a swift stick check, jarring the ball...

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Hip-hop and R&B musician Swae Lee will headline Northwestern’s 52nd Dillo Day, Mayfest Productions announced Wednesday. The artist, known for the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd and songs like “Sunflower” with Post Malone and “Unforgettable” with French Montana, epitomizes this year’s festival’s summer camp theme, Mayfest wrote in a Wednesday news release. “No other artist would...

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Three days after securing its third regular season Big Ten title in four seasons, coach Kelly Amonte Hiller’s squad was especially well represented in Wednesday’s all-conference honors. No. 1 Northwestern had seven honorees, tying for the second most in the league behind No. 7 Maryland. Graduate student attacker Izzy Scane and sophomore attacker Madison Taylor...

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In today’s mini crossword: 4-Down, five letters: For those a month late to TikTok trends.

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Teeth brushed, retainer in, half-asleep and disappointed was how “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” found me. After being underwhelmed by the first 16 songs of Taylor Swift’s latest album, released at midnight EST, I had resolved to try again in the morning. But as the clock struck 2 a.m. EST on Friday, Swift had...

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