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Bill Gates talks tech at GSB
22 Feb 2008
In the future that Bill Gates envisions, technology will enable the seamless flow of information between a wide assortment of sources and media, and scientists will be able to make sophisticated ...
Maroon is on hiatus
28 Nov 2007
The November 27 issue of the Maroon was the last print edition of the quarter...
Graduate student shot to death
20 Nov 2007
Amadou Cisse, a 29-year-old graduate student in the chemistry department, was shot and killed Sunday night walking home to his apartment on the 6100 block of South Ellis Avenue...
Nerd comedian finds niche with U of C audience
20 Nov 2007
One couldn’t quite shake a sense of looming disaster Friday night at Mandel Hall—the planned entertainment, folk/rock/sea shanty hybrid The Decemberists, had cancelled at the last minute, and the...
S.G. Council heralds new initiatives
23 Oct 2007
After a politically tumultuous beginning to the new academic year, the Student Government (S.G.) College Council (C.C...
Former U of C student shot in chest
19 Oct 2007
A 24-year-old Hyde Park resident who was registered at one time as a U of C student is in critical condition after being shot in the chest during an altercation with a neighbor Wednesday night...
First-years kick off campaign
09 Oct 2007
Voting begins Tuesday in first-year Student Government (SG) College Council (CC) elections, with a record 19 first-year candidates vying for the four open council seats...
College nets record gift for financial aid
01 Jun 2007
The University announced Wednesday the donation of $100 million to benefit College financial aid over 15 years, in what amounts to the largest gift in U of C history...
University taps arts center architects
01 Jun 2007
On Thursday, the U of C announced the winning proposal in the competition to design the $100 million Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts, a multipurpose building to open ...
College Council elections marked by upset
18 May 2007
Student Government (SG) College Council (CC) election results were announced Thursday night in a race characterized by a major upset in the Class of 2008 election, and, with the exception of the ...
Students canvass for College Council elections
11 May 2007
The Student Government (SG) College Council (CC) elections are heating up as candidates vying to represent their respective class years chalk campus sidewalks and badger friends to vote in next w...
U of C nets $35 million gift
04 May 2007
The University, long criticized for underemphasizing its arts curriculum, took a major step toward reversing that image Thursday with the announcement of a $35-million naming donation for the con...
Your SG wins
27 Apr 2007
Posting a second consecutive year of record-high turnout, the Student Government (SG) executive slate elections concluded Thursday night, with the Your SG slate narrowly defeating the Most Known ...
SG Election Guide: Your SG
24 Apr 2007
Advocating greater transparency and more communication with students, the Your SG executive slate has launched a high-profile, multimedia campaign aimed at illustrating the centerpiece of their p...
SG Election Guide: The Most Known Unknowns
24 Apr 2007
Casting itself as a group of outsiders interested more in amplifying the concerns of students than preserving the Student Government (SG) status quo, the Most Known Unknowns executive slate has f...
High costs delay, downsize new dorm
13 Apr 2007
Spiraling costs have forced the University to reevaluate plans for the new undergraduate dormitory under construction south of the Midway, with administrators saying that the new building will be...
New SCC leaders take aim at service improvements
06 Mar 2007
The Student Care Center (SCC), a U of C Hospitals (UCH) clinic for University students, is undergoing a series of changes following the departure of two top administrators last year...
SG elects funding committee
02 Mar 2007
Student Government (SG) saw a high turnout in this week’s elections for the position of first-year representative in the College Council (CC) as well as positions that will influence future alloc...
Admin looks to revitalize campus arts
20 Feb 2007
The arts programs at the U of C are in the midst of a widespread and extensive restructuring process that is intended to transform disciplines traditionally underemphasized at the University...
SG debates way to boost student communication
16 Feb 2007
The Student Government College Council (CC) debated a new proposal to reform constituent communication Thursday night, following growing internal discontent with perceptions of the Council as bei...
Divestment decision to come next week
02 Feb 2007
University President Robert Zimmer made a surprise appearance at a student protest on the steps of the Administration building yesterday, promising activists who support the U of C’s divestment f...
Student Government adds new council seats in special election
26 Jan 2007
The Student Government (SG) Graduate and College Councils were expanded to 17 seats each, and Zach Binney was elected as third-year representative to College Council Thursday night...
Obama explores '08 bid
19 Jan 2007
Illinois Senator and U of C law professor Barack Obama took the first step toward a presidential run Tuesday, forming an exploratory committee that allows him to begin fundraising and building a ...
RSOs push to recall Council member
28 Nov 2006
Student activists and progressive organizations on campus are speaking out against College Council Representative Kyle Lee and organizing a petition for his recall in the aftermath of a failed ef...
College Council fails to impeach third-year member
17 Nov 2006
The Student Government (SG) College Council (CC) narrowly failed to impeach former security committee chair and third-year Kyle Lee during an unprecedented meeting Thursday evening, in response t...
U of C courts Common App
14 Nov 2006
The University of Chicago may switch to the Common Application for undergraduate admissions in an effort to increase and diversify the College applicant pool...
SG makes plans for new security commission
03 Nov 2006
Student Government (SG) has plans to create a new security commission focused on improving campus safety, responding to the armed robbery of a student in the heart of campus in mid-October...
Associate student director tapped for ORCSA
07 Oct 2005
Jigna Shah, the former Student Life Coordinator at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, has been named associate student director of student activities in the Offic...
Students vent frustration over buses at meeting
27 Oct 2006
About 50 Shoreland and Broadview residents and staff members complained about the new campus bus system to Housing and Facilities Services officials in a heated town hall meeting Wednesday night...
Argonne to remain in University’s control
14 Sep 2006
The University secured a five-year Department of Energy (DOE) contract to retain control of Argonne National Laboratory, the prominent scientific center southwest of the city that it has managed ...
Council reports on top issues
02 Jun 2006
The College Council (CC) found that its new year-long initiative to improve the areas of student life deemed most important by students had mixed success, as stated in a report released this week...
Spartacists denounce admin’s ban of member
19 May 2006
The Spartacus Youth Club (SYC) is protesting the Universitys ban of Hyde Park resident Brian Stapleton, a 19-year-old SYC member, from the U of C campus....
Rules Committee rejects complaint about new slate
12 May 2006
An anonymous complaint was filed this week against A New Day, the winning slate of the recent Student Government (SG) elections, alleging that the slate violated election rules by switching vice ...
A New Day tops Full Slate Ahead in SG election
28 Apr 2006
In an election notable for its extraordinarily high turnout, A New Day Student Government (SG) executive slate defeated Full Slate Ahead by 137 votes...
Election guide: The Moose Party
21 Apr 2006
The Moose Party holds several distinctions in this years SG electionmost notably, it is the only party to have run and lost in all of the past 12 elections and the only party to advocate transf...
Election Guide: Full Slate Ahead
21 Apr 2006
Championing their prior leadership experience on Executive Slate, the Student Government Finance Committee, and South Asian Students Association, the candidates of Full Slate Ahead are campaignin...
Election guide: Big American Party
21 Apr 2006
Straddling the line between charade and satire, the members of the Big American Party have launched a campaign that hopes to highlight the frustration and resentment many students have toward SG ...
Election guide: A New Day
21 Apr 2006
Campaigning on a platform of improved campus life and institutional openness, the A New Day slate hopes to address student concerns about transportation, the cost of dining, and the allocation of...
Board examines alleged election violations
21 Apr 2006
The Student Government (SG) Executive Slate elections heated up earlier this week, when A New Day presidential candidate Ian Muhlhauser filed a formal complaint against Full Slate Ahead president...
Housing discusses disciplinary policy with College Council
14 Apr 2006
In the wake of several controversial disciplinary actions taken against students for violating dormitory rules, the Student Government (SG) College Council (CC) hosted an hour-long discussion on ...
Boxers-wearing student expelled from Housing
31 Mar 2006
In the latest of a series of controversial disciplinary actions undertaken this year by the Office of Undergraduate Student Housing, Tufts House resident and second-year Jack Chua was expelled fr...
SGFC funding runs low
28 Feb 2006
Despite promises of reform and restraint, the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) looks poised to run out of money by early spring quarter yet again, according to committee members...
New legislation in works for teens and drug use
24 Feb 2006
The next year could see dramatic change in federal drug policy for students, as the Bush administration and Congress are considering legislation that would alter law concerning the use of narcoti...
Chicago city law curtails campus smoking policy
14 Feb 2006
At the U of C, the tradition of between-class cigarette breaks may go the way of Big 10 football or camping out on the main quads to register for classes as the University begins to implement the...
RSOs review SG’s performance
03 Feb 2006
This is part two of a mid-year report on Student Government. Student Government (SG) has faced student criticism for its reputation as an exclusive, disorganized, and ineffectual organization...
Midway Review to provide nonpartisan discourse on varied topics
20 Jan 2006
A new student-run, nonpartisan political magazine called the Midway Review will publish its first issue this quarter, aiming to carve a niche among University publications as a forum for writers ...
Front of Cobb entrenched as campus construction continues
20 Jan 2006
Construction equipment and heavy machinery have joined the maze of temporary fencing, orange netting, and sandstone pavers that have occupied a substantial area of the central part of campus for ...
College Council winners announced
13 Oct 2006
College Council elections concluded Thursday night, with candidates from the newly formed Penny Party winning a slim majority of seats...
Council race heats up with Penny Party entrance
10 Oct 2006
The creation of the Penny Party, a group with a unified platform and pooled campaigning resources, has added a twist to this year’s College Council (CC) elections, which are generally characteriz...
New routes mean little use for LCD screens
06 Oct 2006
The expensive LCD screen introduced last year to the lobby of the Reynolds Club is no longer serving its original purpose, after the transportation office changed the campus bus system...
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