SESP freshman Aimee Resnick has been busy in her dorm’s kitchen since Sunday, cooking foods including two different kugels, lasagna, a vegetable stew and cake, and will finish this Wednesday evening. All of the items will be kosher for Passover, which means they won’t contain any leavened products like bread. Resnick is one of many.
Some refugees in the Chicago area may be a bit warmer this season following a winter coat drive spearheaded by a collaboration between Shepard Residential College and the Chicago-based Muslim Women Resource Center. The drive, which ran from Jan. 24 through last weekend, collected items for Ukrainian and Afghan refugees. According to Arabic instruction Prof..
Edward Curtis, a Syrian-Lebanese professor of religious studies at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, introduced his book in a Wednesday event hosted by Shepard Residential College. Curtis’ book, “Muslims of the Heartland: How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest,” highlights the narratives of Syrian immigrants in the American midwest. At the.
When Communication sophomore and former Shepard Residential College president Zach Forbes saw his residential college’s community service officer without a mask, he asked her to comply with Northwestern’s COVID-19 guidelines. He said he found her to be unresponsive to his requests.
Forbes, who fielded resident complaints that the officer made them feel unsafe, said he brought the issue to the Residential College Board and area council advisors.
After a short, unexplained hiatus from the dorm, the same officer was back a few weeks later without a mask, still unresponsive to requests that she wear a mask, he said.