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Northwestern fires football coach Pat Fitzgerald

Move comes after new allegations came to light following the coach’s two-week suspension announced Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 10, 2023

SI:AM | Pat Fitzgerald Under Fire at Northwestern

Additional discipline could be on the way amid a hazing scandal.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 10, 2023

Northwestern, at the eye of a scandal, must have thought it would be easier than this

A Friday news dump failed to get the job done.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 9, 2023

Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald suspended 2 weeks without pay over hazing incidents

CHICAGO — When Pat Fitzgerald signed a 10-year contract extension in January 2021 to continue coaching Northwestern football, the program was riding high.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 7, 2023

Supreme Court takes America backwards in striking down race in college admissions

Simply declaring that schools should now be color-blind won’t make it real — or fair. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote as much in a separate dissent, “[D]eeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 30, 2023

Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling ‘an attack on people of color,’ Illinois education leaders say

The 6-3 decision by the high court’s conservative majority “will make it more difficult for Northwestern to achieve one of our imperatives — the promotion of diversity, inclusion and belonging on our campuses,” University President Michael Schill said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 29, 2023

Northwestern University names next president

University of Oregon President Michael Schill will replace former president-elect Rebecca Blank, who stepped down after learning of a cancer diagnosis.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2022