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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Schill

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

SI:AM | Pat Fitzgerald Under Fire at Northwestern

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

Sports Illustrated

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

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Fitzgerald, Huggins Controversies Reveal Complex Power Struggles at the Highest Level

Both university legends are highly successful alumni coaches facing fresh scandals, putting Northwestern and West Virginia in a tricky position.

Sports Illustrated

If Northwestern really does put its students first, then Pat Fitzgerald has to go

A hazing scandal has turned into a major embarrassment for the school.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern to ‘reconsider’ Pat Fitzgerald’s two-week penalty

Northwestern will review coach Pat Fitzgerald's suspension for a hazing scandal

USA Today Sports Media Group

Northwestern President Says He ‘May Have Erred’ in Football Hazing Punishment

Michael Schill admitted he might have been too lenient in assessing a two-week suspension for football coach Pat Fitzgerald.

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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

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

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

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

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