Facing outrage, Northwestern student newspaper publisher will attempt to intervene in ‘vandalism’ case

Following pushback from staff and alumni, the publisher of Northwestern’s student newspaper will attempt to intervene in the case of two students who were charged after distributing parody front pages. 

Those fake front pages, some which were wrapped around real copies of The Daily Northwestern, appeared on campus in October and took aim at the university’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war. “Northwestern complicit in genocide of Palestinians,” read one headline. 

Immediately following the incident, the Daily’s parent company, the Students Publishing Company, went to university police and put out a statement that condemned the act as “vandalism.” Police later issued citations to two students for theft of advertising services, a Class A misdemeanor that carries with it a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The law under which the students — both of whom are Black — were charged was originally passed to stop the Ku Klux Klan from inserting unauthorized “hate literature” into newspapers, the Intercept reported.

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