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Pro-Palestine protests: How some universities reached deals with students

Many campus protesters have taken down Gaza encampments after colleges agreed to consider divestment from Israel.

Al Jazeera · May 7, 2024

Disagreeing with Eugene about the Anti-Hillel Incidents at Northwestern University Last Week

April 15, 2024, was admitted students day at Northwestern University. Student protestors took advantage of that day to, well, protest. As the Daily Northwestern reported, "Demonstrators outside Sargent and Allison handed out flyers that welcomed admitted students to what they called the 'real Northwestern' around noon." The leaflet handed out…

Reason · Apr 24, 2024

Northwestern Students Face Obscure Criminal Charges for Mock Anti-Israel Newspaper

After placing a pro-Palestinian front page over Northwestern's student newspaper, two students face "theft of advertising services" charges.

Reason · Feb 6, 2024

NU president gives student newspaper first interview amid hazing scandal

Michael Schill fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald only after the student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, published details of the hazing. This week, he granted the newspaper his first public interview on the scandal.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 25, 2023

Keep blowing the whistle on hazing, racism in high school and college sports

Northwestern’s controversies over hazing and racism in its sports programs took me back to the time my brother laughed off a high school football coach’s racist digs toward him and his friend.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 15, 2023

Report: Northwestern Football Decides on 2023 Interim Coach After Pat Fitzgerald Firing

He was just hired as the program’s defensive coordinator in January.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 14, 2023

Mike Bianchi: Hail to local journalists who uncovered Northwestern hazing, put Larry Nassar in prison

ORLANDO, Fla. — Pat Fitzgerald and Dr. Larry Nassar.

Orlando Sentinel · Jul 13, 2023

Northwestern Football to Retain Assistant Coaches Despite Pat Fitzgerald Firing, per Report

The school fired Fitzgerald on Monday after an investigation uncovered a hazing scandal within the program.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 11, 2023

Don’t Expect Pat Fitzgerald to Be Out of College Football for Long

Northwestern fired its winningest football coach amid a hazing investigation.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 11, 2023

Clueless NU finally got it right and did what it had to do — fire Fitzgerald

It seems to this reporter that not only did the football coach have to know what was going on, but he subjectively encouraged it.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 11, 2023