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After more than 18 hours on Deering Meadow, several hundred pro-Palestine protesters prepared to spend the night in tents and on the grass as part of an ongoing encampment, despite threats of police escalation. Northwestern Divestment Coalition set up the ‘Northwestern Liberation Zone’ Thursday morning to pressure the University to divest from and cut ties...
About 100 tents remained on Deering Meadow as of 4 p.m. Friday afternoon despite heavy rain and counterprotests as the “Northwestern Liberation Zone” encampment continued into its second day. Several hundred students slept on the lawn Thursday night despite a threat from the University to “move forward with other options to protect the safety of...
Hundreds joined an Israel-Hamas war protest on Northwestern University's campus Thursday, setting up an encampment described by demonstrators as an...
Hundreds of Northwestern students joined nationwide protests against Israel’s war in Gaza on Thursday, prompting school administrations to abruptly change campus policies and ban tents or other temporary structures in previously public spaces. University President Michael Schill informed students of the policy change just after 9 a.m. in an email. “The goal of this addendum is to balance the ...
Dealing an early blow to residents opposing public-facing concerts at Ryan Field, a county judge dismissed three counts in the Most Livable City Association and 13 stadium neighbors’ complaint against the city on Friday. In the months since the residents filed their complaint, the city and Northwestern asked the court to dismiss three of the...