The Communications Residential College hosted a jam-packed vice presidential debate watch party Tuesday night, drawing over 50 students and faculty members. Communication Prof. David Zarefsky, who teaches classes on public discourse and previously published an entire book on the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, was invited to set the context of the debate at the...
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In a joint statement with Provost Kathleen Hagerty Friday, University President Michael Schill announced a new policy on free expression and institutional speech at Northwestern — echoing many of the principles from the University of Chicago’s Kalven Report. In 1967, a time marked by massive social disagreement and unrest, UChicago released a faculty committee-written report...
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Northwestern announced it will begin to limit official statements on political matters except those that directly affect the University’s operations on Friday, joining a growing number of universities nationwide that have adopted similar policies. The move came almost two months after the President’s Advisory Committee on Free Expression and Institutional Speech, convened by University President...
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Twenty-one months ago, Northwestern postdoctoral students began the long road toward forming a union. Despite University administrators refusing to voluntarily recognize the unionization effort on Sept. 3, the group refuses to lose steam, postdoctoral researcher Neto Canton said. For nearly two years, postdocs have worked toward better salaries and conditions. Currently, postdocs at NU are...
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The City-School Liaison Committee discussed the Guaranteed Income Program, the November general election and grant opportunities Tuesday night at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The committee facilitates conversations between city and local school board officials on matters of public interest. The nine-person committee has three city councilmembers, three Evanston Township High School District 202...
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Like the others he’s steered this year, John Fervoy launched Tuesday’s Evanston Rides with a flamboyant dash of biker boosterism. “Welcome, sexy bikers!” he told the more than two dozen assembled at Fountain Square. The Evanston Transit Alliance founder then led the cyclists on a roughly hourlong course through northwest Evanston. For Evanston Rides, the...
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