Jacob Wendler is a Campus Editor for The Daily Northwestern, focusing on local news in Evanston, Illinois. His work covers a wide range of topics, including campus events, student activism, local politics, and community issues. Jacob's articles provide in-depth coverage and analysis of the stories that matter most to the Northwestern University community.
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By: Jacob Wendler
Northwestern will limit official statements on “public or geopolitical matters except those related to the operation of the University,” University President Michael Schill and Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced in a Friday morning message to the NU community. The decision comes seven weeks after the President’s Advisory Committee on Free Expression, convened by Schill in February,...
By: Joyce Li
Schill said the University has made steady progress on the commitments laid out in the April “Agreement on Deering Meadow.”
By: Jacob Wendler
In 2005, the University instructed its management firms to sell holdings in four foreign-owned companies that were linked to supporting the government regime of Sudan.
About a dozen students set up a “Gaza Solidarity Sukkah” on Deering Meadow Wednesday evening to honor the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, call on the U.S. to enact an arms embargo on Israel and push Northwestern to divest from companies tied to the country amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Sukkot, an eight-day celebration that runs...
By: Jacob Wendler
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) questions University President Michael Schill at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing in May.
By: Jacob Wendler, Kelley Lu
Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek Chicago led students in prayer at The Rock as they built the second “Gaza Solidarity Sukkah” on Friday afternoon.
By: Josie Halporn
The United Center glittered Thursday night for part two of Maggie Rogers’ The Don’t Forget Me Tour. As the triumphant opening chords of “That’s Where I Am” began to play, Rogers emerged into a cloud of artificial fog dressed in a silver robe. The last time I saw Rogers perform, in April of this year,...
By: Jacob Wendler
At the Human Services Committee meeting Monday, Ald. Devon Reid (8th) emphasized declawing is “unnecessary” for cats, in relation to an ordinance to prohibit declawing practices in Evanston.
By: Jacob Wendler
Schill previously testified in front of the House committee in May about how he handled the student demonstrations, which paralleled dozens of college encampments across the country U.S.
By: Jacob Wendler
Trump’s political track record has not always aligned with his supportive rhetoric about labor unions.
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