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.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation Tuesday into Northwestern’s compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin. The investigation is the result of a complaint filed by Zachary Marshall, the editor in chief of Campus Reform — a.