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Columnist David Brooks visits alma mater for talk
09 May 2008
New York Times columnist David Brooks (A.B...
Zimmer reflects on what matters to him, and why
18 Apr 2008
University President Robert J. Zimmer spoke of his passion for both mathematics and universities yesterday as part of the “What Matters to Me and Why” discussion series at Rockefeller Chapel. ...
Mustache race ends in glory, envy
11 Apr 2008
The Great Mustache Race finished outside Cobb Hall on Wednesday, bringing an end to the 42-day facial hair ordeals of 12 undergraduates, with one of the losers charging a winner with witchcraft...
NELC chair elected to presidency of American University in Beirut
04 Apr 2008
Peter Dorman, chairman of the Near Eastern languages and civilizations department (NELC), was elected president of the American University in Beirut (AUB) by AUB’s Board of Trustees on March 21. ...
Cisse murder suspects plead not guilty
04 Mar 2008
The four youths charged with the November murder of U of C graduate student Amadou Cisse pleaded not guilty in Cook County Criminal Court last Tuesday...
Great Mustache Race resurrects U-of-C tradition
29 Feb 2008
Twenty-six students—including four women—pledged to grow beards, mustaches, or “female facial hair” for the Great Mustache Race at the event’s kick-off outside Cobb Hall on Wednesday. This ...
UC politicos debate gay marriage
26 Feb 2008
Representatives from both the UC Republicans and the UC Democrats debated the pros and cons of gay marriage last Tuesday—with the exchange yielding some surprising results. ...
Shooter in Cisse case identified
19 Feb 2008
Seventeen-year-old Demetrius Warren was charged with the November 19 murder of 29-year-old University graduate student Amadou Cisse, state prosecutors said in court last week...
WSJ editor ponders future of journalism
12 Feb 2008
Newspapers must assign their print editions to analysis and their web editions to breaking news if they hope to survive new waves of technology, a prominent Wall Street Journal columnist said yes...
U of C candidates net Super Tuesday wins
08 Feb 2008
Students, neighborhood residents, and one former law lecturer with his sights set on the White House turned out across the South Side to cast their primary ballots in Tuesday’s statewide primary....
Currie targets gun control, new retail for third decade
08 Feb 2008
In the winter of 1978, Barbara Flynn Currie (B.A. ’68, M.A.’73), then 38, was raising two teenagers and preparing to start a political-science dissertation at the University of Chicago. ...
Third man charged in Cisse murder
01 Feb 2008
A third suspect was charged with murder last Friday in connection to the November slaying of U of C graduate student Amadou Cisse...
Activist Angela Davis addresses packed house
29 Jan 2008
Activists, not leaders, must forge social movements if they hope to end racism and social inequality, said former Black Panther Angela Davis on Thursday at the 40th annual George E...
Heckman pushes education to fight poverty
29 Jan 2008
The key to designing effective policies that combat social inequality in America lies in early childhood education, said Nobel prize–winning economist James Heckman in a talk last Tuesday. ...
Hyde Park Produce fills grocer void
25 Jan 2008
Atlantic salmon fillets, cucumbers, and even a selection of cacti greeted shoppers at the opening of Hyde Park Produce’s new store Wednesday afternoon at South Kimbark Avenue and East 53rd Street...
Suspects in Cisse case plead not guilty
15 Jan 2008
Two of the three suspects accused in the Amadou Cisse murder case pleaded not guilty to all charges Friday, authorities have said...
16-year old pleads guilty in Leona’s murder
11 Jan 2008
State attorneys announced that a 16-year-old male charged in connection to the 2006 killing of a local restaurant manager plead guilty to first-degree murder on November 27...
Hyde Park mourns fallen grad student
27 Nov 2007
Students and local residents continue to mourn this week after chemistry graduate student Amadou Cisse was shot and killed while walking home to his apartment on the 6100 block of South Ellis Ave...
Activists submit new proposals to Admin
09 Nov 2007
Student representatives of the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) were cautiously optimistic after presenting several proposals for University consideration at a meeting with senior administrators Tu...
Student’s friend ousted from Hitchcock dorm
30 Oct 2007
When Jacob Tyrell arrived at Hitchcock House for his O-week move-in, he brought something with him that other first-years didn’t: a friend. ...
Watson resigns amid race controversy
26 Oct 2007
Prominent geneticist and U of C graduate James Dewey Watson (S.B...
Watson denounced for racism
19 Oct 2007
Prominent geneticist and U of C graduate James Dewey Watson (S.B...
Religion scholar defends Delusion at I-House
05 Oct 2007
This Thursday at International House, scientist Richard Dawkins said that God does not exist. Probably, that is...
Arts Council to solicit Harper Court suitors
30 Sep 2007
Harper Court, the historic shopping center northeast of the University campus that serves as a commercial and social hub for many Hyde Park residents, will be put up for sale by the nonprofit Hyd...
Dining Board rules Coke will remain on campus
01 Jun 2007
The Campus Dining Advisory Board’s (CDAB) six student members have voted 4–2 in favor of continuing U of C dining-hall contracts with the Coca-Cola Company. Th...
Congressman, student protesters demand action from Trustees
01 Jun 2007
“UChicago you can’t hide; you’re supporting genocide,” a crowd chanted yesterday during a march to demand that the University officially divest from Sudan. Congre...
CDAB to decide Coke’s fate
25 May 2007
“Coke is scared to death about what University of Chicago students are doing,” Ray Rogers, founder of Killer Coke, said after a town hall meeting Tuesday. Bu...
Darfur fund evaluates first set of picks
18 May 2007
The committee charged with determining the distribution of the $200,000 Darfur Action and Education Fund is preparing to announce the winners of the first round of fund proposals in the coming da...
Journalists debate news coverage tactics
18 May 2007
A panel of four journalists discussed human-rights reporting in Chicago last Thursday, focusing specifically on recent allegations of police brutality committed by Chicago police officers that ha...
Butler doubts societal progress in speech
08 May 2007
A full house of students and faculty forewent Tuesday’s sunny weather to attend Judith Butler’s lecture at the Oriental Institute, filling the aisles to hear her talk, “Sexual Politics, Secular T...
Prof blends Venezuelan politics, music
01 May 2007
T.M. Scruggs went to Venezuela expecting to find a story about music. Instead, he found a story about politics...
Hospitals’ Kennedy Center nets NIH grant
27 Apr 2007
The University’s Joseph P. Kennedy Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities Center has won a $4.6-million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. ...
Israeli historian sees Iran as dire threat
20 Apr 2007
Dr. Benny Morris, an Israeli historian and professor at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, gave a talk entitled “Nuclear Iran: A Second Holocaust?” in the Social Sciences building on Wednesday. ...
Crime Report: February 23, 2007
23 Feb 2007
February 21, 7:30 p.m.—Three teenagers between 15 and 17 years of age tried to rob a 17-year-old man of his wallet and cell phone as he was walking on the 5100 block of South Lake Park Avenue. ...
Crime Report: February 13, 2007
13 Feb 2007
February 11, 10 p.m.—A man robbed a woman of her purse on the 4900 block of South Woodlawn Avenue. ...
Crime Report: February 2, 2007
02 Feb 2007
Police detectives continued their search this week for a man who attempted to kidnap two women in separate incidents in Hyde Park. The first incident occurred January 18 around 9:45 p.m...
Crime Report: January 26, 2007
26 Jan 2007
January 18, 2:25 p.m.—A man wielding a handgun robbed a woman of her purse just south of East 60th Street and South Drexel Avenue. ...
Crime Report: January 19, 2007
19 Jan 2007
January 13, 2:50 a.m.—Three men robbed a man and woman of their valuables as they exited their car on the 5400 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard. ...
Crime Report: October 27, 2006
27 Oct 2006
October 22—Police found the body of Hyde Park resident Janice Ordidge, 39, in the bathroom of her 13th-floor apartment at 1649 East 50th Street. ...
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