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Articles by Maroon Editorial Staff
Table talk
08 Feb 2008
One year ago today, an embattled President Zimmer met with students to defend the University’s new graduate student financial-aid package and the decision not to divest from Sudan. ...
Green party
05 Feb 2008
How much free food does it take to get a U of C student to turn off a light bulb? Last week, the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) kicked off its Battle of the Bulbs campaign in the hopes that a l...
Editorial slant can save the press
05 Feb 2008
At a friend’s holiday dinner over break, the jovial conversation of the adults at the end of table turned to politics. ...
A recipe for disaster
01 Feb 2008
The dubious quality of dining- hall food is already a popular topic for griping, but the University administration seems determined to add more fodder to the criticism...
To B.A. or not to B.A.?
29 Jan 2008
In recent weeks, fourth-years have foregone sunlight, non-caffeinated beverages, and anything resembling a healthy diet so that they can complete their B.A. theses...
The wrong prescription
25 Jan 2008
The Student Care Center’s (SCC) recent decision to cease offering emergency contraceptives doesn’t reflect the best interests of the student body and should be rescinded. ...
A level-headed policy
18 Jan 2008
The Red Bull and Chipotle burritos were appreciated, but the real significance of Monday’s A-level re-opening was in the politics, not the free food. ...
Checking in with reality
15 Jan 2008
One would think that a trade that is beneficial to both sides would get done without much hassle...
Taking the next step
11 Jan 2008
At a time when most students were still sleeping off finals-week blues, the Co-Op Market’s shareholders delivered a blow to protectionism’s stranglehold on Hyde Park. Si...
Sverdlik nets Marshall Scholarship
11 Jan 2008
Alice Sverdlik, a 2006 graduate of the University, was awarded the prestigious Marshall Scholarship late last month, which provides two fully funded years of study in the United Kingdom to 40 Ame...
Uncommon Fund lacks common sense
27 Nov 2007
Giving the same thing a different name doesn’t make it better; it just makes it easier to forget how bad it was in the first place. ...
A safer campus
20 Nov 2007
The death of Ph.D. student Amadou Cisse early yesterday morning has shaken the University community. The Maroon commends the leadership of the administration in handling this tragedy...
Co-Op fails to produce
13 Nov 2007
For years, the Hyde Park Co-Op Market has given new meaning to the term “bad apple.”...
A union divided
06 Nov 2007
A week after negotiators representing campus clerical, service, and maintenance workers voted 8–1 to accept the University’s latest contract proposal, the two sides are about to find themselves a...
A failing grade
02 Nov 2007
The University of Chicago is often referred to as the “Teacher of Teachers.”...
Not all it’s Chalked up to be
29 Oct 2007
Just about every student at the U of C uses Chalk for one reason or another. Whether it’s to find readings, feverishly check grades, or get the notes from a missed 9:30-a.m. ...
Time to scrap IHC and HARC
26 Oct 2007
To tackle its embarrassing attendance record, the Inter-House Council (IHC) is urging the Housing Activities Resources Council (HARC) to penalize houses whose elected members skip IHC meetings...
Double, double toil and trouble
22 Oct 2007
We’d like to think that at the U of C, credit is given where credit is due. ...
The Freshman 4,866
19 Oct 2007
Being forced to eat bad dorm food in college shouldn’t have to be a rite of passage. ...
Allow room for ROTC
16 Oct 2007
Being an elite institution should not be synonymous with being elitist...
Racing to conclusions
12 Oct 2007
The City of Chicago has a tradition of honoring great Chicagoans with street names, statues, and other memorabilia...
One-stop shopping
08 Oct 2007
A smart consumer would never make a multi-thousand-dollar investment solely on the basis of a short product description...
Take a number
05 Oct 2007
Every year, colleges eagerly await the U.S. News & World Report rankings, with each school hoping to improve upon its previous year’s position. ...
Correction: October 2, 2007
02 Oct 2007
In the September 28 soccer article “Vets, Newbies Look for Right Mix,” Micah Gruber was identified as a fourth-year. He is a third-year. ...
An unappetizing impropriety?
02 Oct 2007
Aramark Corp. CEO Joseph Neubauer’s recent $25-million donation to the U of C should be welcome news to everyone on campus. ...
Relaxation without Representation
02 Oct 2007
It is reasonable for students to assume that the representatives they elect to Student Government (SG) will be the same ones who serve them the following year...
Fix the Communication Breakdown
19 Sep 2007
With the inauguration of a new president and turnover of several top positions in the administration, the 2006–2007 academic year initially promised a new era of positive leadership on campus. ...
Correction: June 1, 2007
01 Jun 2007
The May 25 news article “CDAB to Decide Coke’s Fate” incorrectly stated that the Inter-House Council (IHC) did not bind its Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) representatives to their vote not t...
Granting the life of the mind
01 Jun 2007
This week, an anonymous alumnus donated an unprecedented $100 million that will enable students from low- and middle-income families to enjoy the fruits of a U of C education...
Correction: May 25, 2007
25 May 2007
The May 22 Voices article “Dances Change for the Better, but Spring Show Stagnates from Lack of Variety” incorrectly states that Rhythmic Bodies in Motion was founded in 2004. Th...
The early bird gets the worm
22 May 2007
Attending the University of Chicago is supposed to give students an edge when they venture into the real world and apply for jobs and internships...
CPO can't stop the invisible hand
18 May 2007
How much is it really worth to watch a loved one graduate? Apparently, a lot...
Keep Coke on campus—for now
15 May 2007
The Maroon strongly urges the Campus Dining Advisory Board to vote against kicking Coke off campus at its upcoming end-of-quarter meeting...
Correction: May 11, 2007
11 May 2007
The May 4 news brief and accompanying photo caption “Author Sees Greek Tragedy in Pop Culture” failed to include the entire title of the lecture series. Th...
Item #2007: responsible students
11 May 2007
The quads of this University, famous as a hub of intellectual rigor, are all too often about as riveting as the gray granite of their Gothic architecture...
Correction: May 8, 2007
08 May 2007
The October 13 sports article, “Athletic Department to Induct Eight into Hall of Fame,” incorrectly identified Mike Axinn (A.B. ’82) as the winner of the 1983 Chicago Marathon. Joe ...
Speak softly and carry a green stick
08 May 2007
This year, a noticeably high level of student activism exists on campus, from groups decrying the genocide in Darfur to others striving to kick Coke off campus...
Correction: May 4, 2007
04 May 2007
The April 27 sports article, “King of the Mat Kruzel Made Most of Big Switch” incorrectly identified Bill Kopecky (A.B. ’0...
College should add more minors
04 May 2007
The first lesson taught in economics is supply and demand...
Tolerance is a two-way street
01 May 2007
The best way to confront opinions you disagree with is through open dialogue—not by quashing speakers you don’t like. ...
Corrections
27 Apr 2007
The April 20 news article “Kotlowitz Urges Community Advocacy” incorrectly stated that this was the first time the Public Service and Public Interest Career Fair was co-hosted by the University C...
Geeks gone wild
27 Apr 2007
Few cling to tradition like the students and faculty of the University of Chicago, but when the Searle Chemistry Laboratory opened its doors to students eager to procure free lab materials last w...
Corrections: April 24, 2007
24 Apr 2007
The April 20 news article “CFD Swarms University Park Apartment Fire” incorrectly identified a fire at City Hall as having occurred last year. The fire occurred in 2003. ...
Make Your-SG our SG
24 Apr 2007
This year’s communication failure between students and the administration illustrated the need of Student Government (SG) to perform its proper function: to represent the views of the students. ...
The aftermath
20 Apr 2007
The shots fired in the tragedy at Virginia Tech on Monday have echoed across the country and around the world, ringing loudest at American universities...
Let students say no to the U-Pass
17 Apr 2007
The U-Pass promise of free CTA rides sounds too good to be true—and it is. ...
Olympics or not, don't give up on Hyde Park
13 Apr 2007
Tomorrow, the city of Chicago will find out whether it has won the chance to compete on the world stage for the 2016 Olympic Games. If Chicago beats Los Angeles and wins the U.S...
SG can have its cake and eat it too
10 Apr 2007
Student Government (SG) recently announced its allocation decisions for the $40,000 pilot New Initiatives Fund (NIF)...
Correction: April 6, 2007
06 Apr 2007
The April 3 news article “College Increases Tuition 5.4 Percent” contained a mistake in the headline. While the overall expected cost of attending the College next year rose 5.4 p...
Does race define the U of C student?
06 Apr 2007
The Admissions office should not automatically pair prospective minority students with dormitory hosts of the same skin color during its overnight programming...
Fund grad students fairly
03 Apr 2007
It takes a special ability to make enemies while solving one of the University’s most glaring problems, yet the Administration has achieved this very feat. ...
Transportation Office should take SG's lead
30 Mar 2007
In light of the various bureaucratic problems that have plagued the Transportation Office’s shuttle and bus services for the past two quarters, Student Government’s (SG) free, finals week airport...
Maroon on short spring hiatus
13 Mar 2007
There will be no new issues of the Chicago Maroon during the College finals period and break. The next issue will be on Friday, March 30-- the first week of spring quarter.
Give us time to read during reading period
06 Mar 2007
Though many U of C students take pride in their masochistic work ethic, most would appreciate a weeklong reading period—and most also deserve it. ...
Habeas Corpus applies to students, too
02 Mar 2007
Everyone should have a right to a fair trial—and a fair appeal of that trial. As it stands now, the University’s disciplinary procedures exclude adequate opportunity for appeals. St...
Editors' Note
02 Mar 2007
Dear Readers, In Tuesday’s unsigned editorial (“Don’t Believe the HYPE,” 2/27/07), the Maroon Editorial Board erroneously stated that the Student Government Finance Committee made the decision...
Correction: 2/27/07
27 Feb 2007
The February 13 article “Track Takes on Top Competition at Invite” had the Maroons toeing the line at the UW–Oshkosh Invite February 9 when UW–Whitewater actually hosted the meet. In...
Don't believe the HYPE
27 Feb 2007
Some Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) deserve to receive lavish Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) funding: The top 10 recipients of SGFC consistently put on outstanding campus ev...
Correction: February 23, 2007
23 Feb 2007
The February 20 article “Model U.N. Struggles to Match Past Successes” incorrectly identifies the Model U.N. team by the acronym “ChoMUN.” The article failed to note that the Model U.N. team w...
Don't tread on me
23 Feb 2007
It isn’t unusual to hear starving college students complaining about the costs that their school tries to-stick on them, but let’s be honest about the way that the U of C treats its students. Up...
Being liberal with the liberal arts
20 Feb 2007
With all the econ majors on campus, it’s easy to forget that some students here are actually interested in the fine arts. A true liberal arts education should give the arts their due. ...
Who wants to be Brown, anyway?
16 Feb 2007
The University of Chicago’s roots run deep in the sciences. ...
Correction: February 13, 2007
13 Feb 2007
The February 6 article “Compton House Under Repairs After Week of Power Failures” incorrectly identified Compton house resident head John Deak. The February 6 article “University Hosts Model U.N...
Show them the money
13 Feb 2007
When a mathematician was named president of the University, a collective groan went up among critical theorists, literature scholars, and Renaissance historians...
On divestment from Sudan
06 Feb 2007
The University’s recent decision not to divest from Sudan is one of the most contentious and drawn-out decisions that will continue to face our campus this academic year. ...
Fix the bus system
02 Feb 2007
Monday’s weather forecast predicts a high of nine degrees Fahrenheit along with snow showers and wind. Accordingly, many students will attempt to ride the bus to campus. ...
President Zimmer, don't dig your own grave
30 Jan 2007
The past few months probably haven’t been President Zimmer’s easiest. Si...
For the love of science
26 Jan 2007
People are always quick to dismiss the value that science has in their lives, particularly the type of science for which the U of C is famous...
Correction: January 19, 2007
19 Jan 2007
The January 12 article, “U of C Ousts Historic Barbershop,” failed to include the entire name of the owner of the Hyde Park Hair Salon. His full name is Abdul Karim Shakir.
Towards a decorous King day ceremony
19 Jan 2007
The University has long prided itself on pursuing open discussion and creating a safe, open environment that is conducive to its aims...
Diversity and University
09 Apr 2002
I am deeply concerned with the current clamor, mostly coming from students but also certain administrators and academics, for greater ethnic diversity at our university, My concern is that "ethni...
On understanding tragedy
25 Oct 2002
With yesterday's arrests of John Allen Muhammad and his stepson John Lee Malvo, the sniper attacks seem to have come to an end after three weeks...
Staff Editorial: Relocating the Reserves
10 May 2002
The overseers of the University Library System have recently taken a survey to gauge student opinion on moving Harper reserve materials to the Regenstein reserves...
Showing our initiative
12 Apr 2002
The Chicago Initiative, announced to students on Wednesday afternoon, is a massive fundraising campaign with the purpose of putting the University in the same economic league as that of its acade...
A principled stand
21 Feb 2003
The University of Chicago, along with seven other private universities, recently filed an amicus curiae brief in the ongoing Supreme Court battle to overturn the Bakke case, as it pertains to aff...
Communication needed
10 Oct 2003
The Maroon staff is pleased to report the University's recent efforts to improve communication between students and administrators...
Response may have been rash
30 Jan 2004
The U of C Hospitals fired 52 employees earlier this month for parking violations, claiming that the nurses, janitors, custodians, and other employees were parking in the hospital's garage withou...
Super Bowl XXXVIII Spectacular
30 Jan 2004
Media and NFL executives have always been terrified of a small market team going to the Super Bowl, but, like it or not, lil' ol' Carolahhhna is alive and well in Houston...
Wintry cold comfort
27 Jan 2004
Bundled in our scarves and hats, we teeter from class to class, from the quads to our homes, literally too wrapped up in ourselves to see each other...
Race issues far from black and white
23 Jan 2004
It was made official Wednesday evening that students of Asian descent will be included in the Provost's Initiative on Minority Issues (PIMI). Although a minority in the greater U.S...
Iowa caucuses launch primary season
20 Jan 2004
The Maroon sent some of its staff members to cover the Iowa caucuses this weekend, and it seems they had a pretty good timebe sure to check out their caucus coverage on page 8....
Wartime images come home
16 Jan 2004
Two of the Maroon staff members were deeply moved after attending An Evening with Brian Avery, an event sponsored by the Students for Justice in Palestine...
Checkerboard protestors misguided
13 Jan 2004
The degree to which the University has organized and controlled Hyde Park and its surrounding neighborhoods through its substantial influence and wealth remains an interesting and important quest...
New printing policy on the ball
11 Jan 2004
NSIT's new printing policy, which will be implemented in the next few days and will charge students six cents per page, is a fair and responsible way of controlling the costs incurred by printing...
Fighting the epidemic with education
02 Dec 2003
Thanks to the actions of a few motivated organizers, the University community observed World AIDS Day yesterday...
Be thankful for U of C sports
25 Nov 2003
For the second time in its history, the University women's soccer team is two wins from a Division III national championship...
Gender-neutral Bathrooms
21 Nov 2003
A recent panel called for additional gender-neutral bathrooms in central locations on campus, such as Cobb Hall and the Regenstein Library...
Addressing hate on campus
18 Nov 2003
The hate crimes that have occurred at Northwestern since last spring have shed light on our own problems with racism on campus...
Red Line shuttle bus unnecessary
11 Nov 2003
Student Government is once again debating the merits of running a shuttle bus to the 55th Street Red Line stop for students returning from late-night excursions downtown...
Ethics in campus journalism
06 Nov 2003
Late last month, The Justice, the Brandeis University student newspaper, printed an inflammatory column in which a student referred to Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker using a racial slur...
Alcohol on America's campuses
28 Oct 2003
America has always had a bittersweet relationship with alcohol...
University gives up UT space
23 Oct 2003
The University's decision to lease the University Theater (UT) shop at 5020 South Cornell Avenue to the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) is one that under normal circumstances should receive nothing b...
Shoreland's legacy should be preserved
17 Oct 2003
The Shoreland, with the mystique of its former grandeur and its breathtaking views of Lake Michigan, provides a unique living experience where lower- and upperclassmen live together in an environ...
Keep on Concentrating
04 May 2004
For much of its history, the University of Chicago has prided itself on being a unique institution. And for the most part, thanks to our plethora of idiosyncrasies, such pride was well earned...
News in Brief
04 May 2004
Speakers remember Weintraub at service A service in memory of Karl Joachim Weintraub (1924-2004), one of the University's most celebrated professors, was held Friday at 4 p.m...
Corrections
04 May 2004
The article "Randel Chats With Students at Reynolds" in the April 27 issue of the Maroon misstated some information about Save Our Student Health Insurance (SOSHI)...
Vote Slate of the Union
30 Apr 2004
Each year, the editors of the Maroon endorse one slate running for the Student Government presidency...
SG sanctions unfair
27 Apr 2004
The recent sanctions imposed on This Charming Slate by the Student Government's Election and Rules Committee (ERC) are troublesome for multiple reasons...
Correction
27 Apr 2004
An article in the Friday, April 20 edition of the Maroon misstated the name of an event at the PanAsia cultural show. Its correct title is Crouching Concubine, Hidden Penis...
Sports and the U of C
23 Apr 2004
The University of Chicago has a long, if spotty, athletic tradition...
Vote Your Conscience
20 Apr 2004
Spring quarter is now in full swing. People are donning T-shirts, midterms are starting, warm weather is upon us, and the inevitable approaches: Student Government (S.G.) elections...
Preserving Shake Day
16 Apr 2004
If there's one thing we pride ourselves on at the U of C (other than intelligence), it's eccentricity. We brag on shirts that our school is "where fun comes to die...
Remember the Lectures
13 Apr 2004
In the course of this week, the University of Chicago has greeted one of the most important names in American entertainment, Sherry Lansing, and will greet one of the most important names in defe...
Give prospies a chance
09 Apr 2004
While we have yet to see many rain showers on campus, we have seen many other things that April brings, most visibly, bands of admitted prospective students...
SGFC spending ill-considered
06 Apr 2004
Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC), the organization responsible for doling out money to student groups, is out of money for the year...
Remembering Karl Weintraub
02 Apr 2004
Few professors are as deeply connected to a school as Karl Weintraub was to the University of Chicago...
Vote in Illinois's primary March 16
12 Mar 2004
The youth of America are constantly being reminded about the dismal voter turnout rates among 18- to 25-year-olds...
Allen a good deal for the U of C
09 Mar 2004
Some say that those who can't do, teach. The sad fact is, some who do teach, especially in the world of academia, couldn't instruct a cat to catch a mouse...
Re: Staff editorial attached
05 Mar 2004
In the past week, a particularly tricky virus has flooded inboxes with e-mails bearing increasingly convincing subject lines that lure users into opening the infected files...
News Briefs - 03.02.04
02 Mar 2004
Task Force issues response The Community Task Force for Promontory Point continues to fight against the city's current proposal to rebuild the Point partially with concrete and partially with li...
Effects of the College expansion
02 Mar 2004
As students register for classes, they are once again faced with class size caps and conflicting times...
Debating the marriage amendment
27 Feb 2004
Over the past few months, the issue of gay marriage has exploded in the media, in academic discourse, and in political discussions...
Give Hutchins his due
24 Feb 2004
In 1929 the Board of Trustees selected Robert Maynard Hutchins to be the president of the University of Chicago. At 30, he was the youngest president of a major American university...
Administration holds its own
20 Feb 2004
We've heard about the Black Monday of stock market fame, but what about the U of C's Tragic Thursday? All in the space of 24 hours, the Burton-Judson Dining Commons were closed for health violati...
Saving the Point for Hyde Park
17 Feb 2004
Members of the Hyde Park community have been battling the city government over the materials in the retaining wall of Promontory Point for as long as most current College students can remember...
Both sides must tell their stories
13 Feb 2004
New information regarding the alleged police brutality incident January 24 surfaced this week...
Cooperation is essential
06 Feb 2004
Students and community members met last night to organize a response to the alleged incident of police brutality against an SSA student last week...
Theater needs development soon
03 Feb 2004
The Meridian Theater has been an eyesore for the past two years...
To the losers
05 Nov 2004
With exit polls showing that moral values influenced the 2004 election results more than both the economy and national security, Democratic voters have been left wondering whether their values ha...
Support our democracy
02 Nov 2004
With all the talk of swing states determining the current presidential electionwith almost hourly updates available on the Internet, giving the edge to one candidate and then the nextit's easy ...
John Kerry for President
31 Oct 2004
No matter who is elected on Tuesday, the next four years will be incredibly important to both this nation and its youth. While the U.S...
Merit beyond rankings
28 Oct 2004
Last January, the University of Chicago Model United Nations team won recognition for finishing among the top three teams at competitions at both Yale and the University of Pennsylvania...
Planning for the future
27 Oct 2004
With the completion of the Gerald Ratner Athletic Center and the new Graduate School of Business building, the next major step in the future of the University is set: A new 900-resident dorm at 6...
Roundtable unravels student opinions on new dorm
27 Oct 2004
The Maroon editors sat down on Wednesday evening to listen to various students in the College respond to questions on the proposed new dorm, experiences with Housing Office, and thoughts on Unive...
Degrees of Irrelevance
24 Oct 2004
Last spring, the first class of students graduated from European colleges under the Bologna processan ambitious process that condensed the traditional four-year undergraduate program into a stre...
A memo from Mom
17 Oct 2004
It is now the end of third week, and the weather is starting to lean towards winter...
Editor wins first-place award
12 Oct 2004
Maroon News Editor Isaac Wolf was awarded first place in the Roy W. Howard National Reporting Competition for an article he wrote last November on the University's response to suicidal students...
The tech woes continue
06 Oct 2004
NSIT has a rough job. Maintaining a network as vast and complicated as ours is not easy, and is impossible to do perfectly...
Vote for the Future
02 Oct 2004
You need to vote in this election not only because it is your civic duty, or because this is one of the most important elections in American history, or because MTV tells you to...
Goodbye and good luck
08 Jun 2004
When the Class of 2004 walks through Harper Quad to receive their diplomas they will be taking one of the biggest steps of their lives and the Maroon applauds their collective achievements...
Gems of the South Side
25 May 2004
In three weeks, finals will be done, grades will be sent to the Registrar, and the 2003-2004 academic year will officially be over...
Corrections
21 May 2004
An article in the May 14 issue of the Maroon misstated the author of the article "Admissions Accepts Fewer Applicants to the College." Tim Michaels wrote the article...
FDA wrong to deny Plan B
21 May 2004
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected granting Plan B, the emergency contraception pill, over-the-counter access...
50 years after Brown
18 May 2004
Fifty years ago yesterday, the United States Supreme Court decided that, "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The landmark decision of Brown v...
U of C in the City of Lights
15 May 2004
This weekend marks the grand opening of the University of Chicago Paris Center, a multi-million-dollar venture that will expand both the number and type of study-abroad programs offered at the Un...
News in Brief
15 May 2004
Constru(ct)ing the Current John Nichols, the Washington Correspondent for The Nation will deliver the keynote address at a Media conference on Friday afternoon...
Corrections
15 May 2004
A headline in the May 7 edition of the Maroon misstated the band to headline Summer Breeze. No one group is headlining...
Open shuttle to all
11 May 2004
Students returning from a night on the town this past weekend got to take a peak at the pilot service of the Red Line Shuttle...
Springing into Action
07 May 2004
In recent years, weather has played a cruel joke on spring quarter, robbing it of the warmth it implies...
Corrections 2-18-2005
18 Feb 2005
Tuesday's Maroon article, "B-J Olympics," stated that half of the students who attended the event were from B-J, when all of the event participants were from B-J...
Correction
15 Feb 2005
An article in the February 1 issue of the Maroon "Genkikai Club Examines Ki, Places in National Competition" misidentified Subir Trivedi, the vice president of the club.
Good motives, bad ideas
14 Feb 2005
The most recent student mobilization efforts to create a University women's center seek to create a "home for women's social and activist groups and for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Que...
A crisis at Calvert
10 Feb 2005
The attributes of a good priest are perhaps too many to name in a single editorial...
Corrections
04 Feb 2005
The brief "What's in a name?" in the February 1 issue of the Maroon incorrectly reported that the meeting on February 3 to discuss bringing a women's center back to campus was sponsored by Rape V...
Making sober decisions
03 Feb 2005
Every year, thousands of students lose their lives to alcohol-related accidents...
Lock up or lock down
31 Jan 2005
A series of thefts in Pierce Hall this weekend has some members of the dorm community reevaluating their standards for security, privacy, and convenience...
cMore should doMore
28 Jan 2005
Last Friday's Student Government Committee on Academic Concerns meeting allowed representatives to voices complaints to University Registrar Thomas Black...
Correction 1-25-2005
25 Jan 2005
In last Friday's issue of the Maroon, in the article, "Groups band together to counter inauguration," MUNUC and UCDems were mislisted as organizersº of the programs launched to run to counter ina...
Bring back da Noyes
24 Jan 2005
Sometime between late Friday night and early Saturday morning, the portrait of the revered Mrs. Ida Noyes was snatched from Ida Noyes Hall...
From zero to $100,000
21 Jan 2005
From modest beginnings as a fledgling RSO, Blue Chips has evolved to become an organization that inspires the confidence to have given a $100,000 gift...
An A by any other name
18 Jan 2005
First there was the watered down Core, then increased class-sizes, then the colorful Max Palevsky...
Correction 1-14-2005
14 Jan 2005
Tuesday's article, "Records fall as Maroons open indoor season against D I," incorrectly attributed a quote to Nellie Movtchan while running a relay...
Pack the Place, tonight
13 Jan 2005
Coming off a weekend in which the men's and women's basketball teams gutted out close wins over top rival Washington University, the Maroon urges U of C students to stop their Friday evening ente...
Free of the fashion police
11 Jan 2005
At the University of Chicago, students enjoy a lack of social restrictions. Neither the students nor the administration enforce social norms of ideas or fashion types...
Aid in the aftermath
07 Jan 2005
In times of great tragedy or crisis, it can be difficult to feel as though one can make a difference in the lives of those affected...
Finalizing reading period
30 Nov 2004
Throughout this week, and at this time in quarters past, professors have circumvented the official final examination schedule by giving final exams during Reading Period...
Correction 11-23-04
23 Nov 2004
In the November 21 issue, the news brief, "You Decide 2004: Potato pancakes vs...
Latke tops hamentash
22 Nov 2004
In the past year, the Maroon has endorsed with trepidation candidates for the U.S...
Correction 11-19-04
21 Nov 2004
A news brief in in the Friday, Nov. 12 issue "Large legislative shoes to fill" extensivly used information from the Hyde Park Herald without citing the article "Springfield, meet Mr. Raoul...
Reforming the drunk van
21 Nov 2004
Waiting for up to an hour. Rude or uncooperative drivers. Unanswered calls...
Correction 11-16-04
16 Nov 2004
In the Correction for the article, "Group offers news solution to Mid East peace process: Aikido," the president of the aikido club, Qin Zheng, is misidentified as male. She is female...
CAPS: Take the next step
15 Nov 2004
As students at the University of Chicago, it is sometimes easy to become lost in the academic workload and various obligations one experiences during the course of a week...
Correction
12 Nov 2004
In the article, "Group offers new solution to Mid East peace process: Aikido," published in the Friday, November 5 issue, Qin Zheng was misidentified; he is president of the club...
Corrections
09 Nov 2004
The headline "Sex slave, dominatrix claim they are feminists" in the November 2 issue was misleading. Jarith Bailey is not a sex slave. She is a slave...
Mens sana in corpore sano
08 Nov 2004
Since the decision of University President Robert Maynard Hutchins in 1939 to place increasing emphasis on academics, the merit of athletic program at Chicago has been called into question...
Correction
07 Nov 2004
Jordan Goldstein, an activist in Wisconsin, was misidentified in "Presidential Candidates Battle For Every Last Vote In WisconsinWith Help From Volunteers" in the November 2 issue....
Correction: May 17, 2005
17 May 2005
In the scorebox accompanying the article "Baseball shoots down soaring Eagles" (5/10/05), the matchups were inaccurately represented. Both games were played between Chicago and Edgewood...
How to help the homeless
17 May 2005
On our urban campus, we cannot escape the face of homelessness on a daily basis. Walking down 57th Street, we are repeatedly asked for spare change...
Students gather at Maroon to discuss role of SG
13 May 2005
The recent Student Government (SG) elections, which attracted less attention than past years, prompted discussion as to what role SG should fill and what responsibilities ultimately fall within i...
SG is our Advocate
13 May 2005
The recent Student Government elections have raised some serious questions about the organization's scope and function...
Offering OMSA to Others
10 May 2005
The Maroon applauds the hiring of Dr. Ana Vazquez as the new director of the Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) as well as the granting of her additional title of deputy dean of students...
A word to the streakers
05 May 2005
Scav Hunt is one of those times when students are prone to show off a little more than most might want to see...
We Should All Be Offended
02 May 2005
In an academic community, how people choose to express their thoughts is as important as what they actually have to say...
Pride by Another Name
29 Apr 2005
Given Chicago's reputation, every prospie inevitably feels the need to ask the question: "So, what's the workload like here?" And we, seasoned veterans from our first fall quarter on, are loat...
Elshtain, others to discuss philosophers
26 Apr 2005
The Lumen Christi Institute, an independent Catholic studies center founded by Catholic U of C scholars in 1997, is hosting a conference this Saturday, April 30, to explore what philosophers can ...
Correction: April 26, 2005
26 Apr 2005
In the photo caption "Standing up to Sexual Violence" in the News section of the Friday, April 22 edition of the Maroon, it was mistakenly reported that the students pictured were members of Reso...
This Drunk Van is Your Van
26 Apr 2005
The results of the CDC survey of drinking on private university campuses are encouraging for the U of C. Far fewer students here drive drunk than at other schools...
Better Slate than Nothing
22 Apr 2005
In a Student Government (SG) election that has attracted less attention than past years, the student body is confronted with a difficult and disappointing choice...
Tennis, Anyone?
18 Apr 2005
Despite all of Ratner's amenities, it has one major flaw: no indoor tennis courts...
SG Merits Our Attention
15 Apr 2005
Summer may be in sight for many of us, but students have at least one more obligation to fulfill before classes end (other than finals)...
Correction
15 Apr 2005
The article "Admin Decides to Affiliate with WRC" in Monday's edition incorrectly reported that the University is a member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and is partnered with Barnes & N...
A Last Hurrah
12 Apr 2005
Spring quarter has arrived and, as always, graduating seniors are inching toward their diplomas and turning their thoughts to the world beyond Hyde Park...
Hop on the Q-Train
08 Apr 2005
The University of Chicago is an intense place. Students are encouraged to go wild only once a year, during that fateful weekend in May known as Scav Hunt...
UCPD can do better
03 Apr 2005
While Hyde Park has become safer in the past years, the last few weeks have demonstrated that vigilance for potential crime is still crucial to campus life...
Corrections
04 Mar 2005
In the February 25, 2005 article, "909 Apartment wins Theta's Mr. University pageant," Mr. Delta Kappa Epsilon was supposed to be identified as Simren Dulai...
Here's to the Pub
04 Mar 2005
Around laundry day, those awful shirts that say "where fun comes to die," seem to pop up all over campus. Fortunately, there is an institution on campus whose sole purpose is to create fun...
How to attract women
25 Feb 2005
In order to maintain its world-class reputation as a top scientific research institution, a place for the world's smartest people to learn, advise, teach, and research, the University needs to ma...
Smile
22 Feb 2005
It is already eighth week, and the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to shine through...
Bring back the ball
18 Feb 2005
During the time of Vietnam and Woodstock, the University of Chicago created its own tradition as a lasting testament to the counterculture era: the Lascivious Costume Ball...
Designing for Disaster
30 Sep 2005
The displacement of Gulf Coast college students in the wake of Hurricane Katrina should prompt college officials nationwide to take a hard look at their respective emergency disaster plans...
A genius, please
13 Sep 2005
The announcement of President Randel's departure begins a new and interesting phase in the planning of the future of our university...
Maroon print edition on summer hiatus
03 Jun 2005
The Chicago Maroon print edition will be on summer hiatus until September 17, when our Orientation Issue comes out on campus and online. In the meantime, check maroon.uchicago...
Moving On, Giving Back
02 Jun 2005
As seniors head into next week confronting graduation and the future, it is the right time to reflect on the University and how it has shaped our minds...
University Accountability
27 May 2005
Two major oversights have broken open in one week, questioning the security of confidential documents in one case and accuracy of computer records in the other...
Respecting Art and Others
23 May 2005
This past weekend concluded the annual Festival of the Arts (FOTA)...
Editor's note
20 May 2005
In the May 17 issue of the Maroon, a front-page article entitled, "Recent Incidents Spark Discussion on Plagiarism" inaccurately described Alan Dershowitz's response to allegations of plagiarism...
Keeping Waste Away
19 May 2005
The U of C is home to many research facilities and laboratories, and accidents are bound to occur on campus...
Correction: January 12, 2007
12 Jan 2007
The November 21 article, “Charges Erased after UCPD Wrongfully Arrests CPS Teen,” incorrectly categorized the arrest of Jemelle Lloyd as “wrongful.” Alt...
Integrate course selection tools
12 Jan 2007
The first thing students learn each and every quarter at the University of Chicago is that the online course registration system is a mess...
Correction: January 9, 2007
09 Jan 2007
The November 28 article, “Scholars Tackle Timeless Theological Problem,” incorrectly referred to 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza as a 7th-century philosopher.
Redefining the dorms
09 Jan 2007
Inter-House Council (IHC) recently considered the possibility of gender-neutral housing—and hopefully will move forward with this idea. ...
Editorial: Defending the Collegiate Press
06 Dec 2006
The following student newspapers endorse this collaboratively written editorial, and have published it this week in either their print or online editions: The Brown Daily Herald The Cavalier Da...
Maroon on hiatus for winter break
30 Nov 2006
Dear Online Readers, This Tuesday, 28 November 2006, was the final issue of the Chicago Maroon for autumn quarter...
Correction: 11.28.06
28 Nov 2006
The November 21 article “Influential Physicist Speaks on Campus” incorrectly stated that the Institute for Advanced Study is based at Princeton University. Th...
Who wants to go to UPenn, anyway?
28 Nov 2006
By and large, the near 10 percent-increase in Early Action applications to the University is to be heralded...
Think twice
21 Nov 2006
The Internet is a powerful tool; there is no doubt about that. It distributes information quickly and provokes discussion on a worldwide level...
A pioneer--for the U of C and the world
17 Nov 2006
Milton Friedman’s impact isn’t readily apparent. It is easy to take the preeminence of the U of C economics department as a given. Ma...
Correction: 11.17.06
17 Nov 2006
The November 14 article, “State Democrats Debrief Midterm Elections,” incorrectly stated that the Illinois Democrats were the minority party in the state senate. T...
Easily applying the Uncommon way
14 Nov 2006
At first glance, it seems blasphemous for the U of C to even contemplate switching to the Common Application...
These colors don't run
10 Nov 2006
Homer Simpson maintained that there are two kinds of people at college: jocks and nerds...
Promote the vote
07 Nov 2006
This issue is coming out on Election Day, and if you’re registered in Hyde Park, the election must not seem that inspiring. ...
Reality check
03 Nov 2006
Crime is a fact of life living in Hyde Park, but this seems to come as news to Student Government (SG)...
Correction: 10.31.06
31 Oct 2006
The headline to the October 27 article, “Plans for OMSA’s new diversity resource center take shape,” incorrectly identifies the Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) as the only group involve...
Treats are for kids...of all ages
30 Oct 2006
Halloween sure ain’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of having Mom paint on that pirate goatee or sew that bright pink bow on the back of the princess gown. ...
Still waiting
26 Oct 2006
This year, more than ever, the University has made its long-run transportation plan clear: Move all the students who are forced to live off campus onto campus...
Correction: 10.24.06
24 Oct 2006
The October 20 article, “University Buys Doctors Hospital, Plans for Hotel,” incorrectly stated that the building to the south of the Doctors Hospital site is senior housing. Th...
Hotel for Hyde Park
24 Oct 2006
Think back to your junior or senior year of high school. You’ve just arrived in Chicago to visit your dream university. ...
Give the drop policy a W
20 Oct 2006
It’s fourth week and everyone is trapped. The chance to drop that one class you had doubts about has passed. ...
Upping the ante
17 Oct 2006
Online gambling has been banished. Well, it has always been illegal, but lately the federal government has gone into overdrive trying to put an end to it...
Harper Court’s loss
29 Nov 2005
With the recent opening of the Checkerboard Lounge and news of soon-to-come fine-dining establishments, the idea of a revitalized Hyde Park has been a topic on University and community members t...
Take a stand
22 Nov 2005
This fall marks the fifth year that Chicago Friends of Israel posters have been defaced on campusand the fifth year that the administration has not officially responded to what has become a patt...
It’s time to get aware
18 Nov 2005
Sexual Assault Awareness Week ends today. A week of events sponsored by Resources for Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) have now concluded, but the problem of sexual assault is far from over...
Good Sports
15 Nov 2005
As the University has moved away from being a place where fun comes to die, athletics has become an increasingly relevant part of our community. ...
A Perfect Ten
11 Nov 2005
This year, the U of C did not rank in the top ten in the U.S. News and World Report list of national universities...
Course cooperation
08 Nov 2005
Our administration often tells prospective and current students alike that the College benefits from the reputation and resources of the graduate programs at the University...
Welcome back, Blues
04 Nov 2005
With the announcement of the Checkerboard Lounges opening, Hyde Park will finally have a great social hotspot thats not University-focused. ...
New solutions for crime
01 Nov 2005
The University of Chicago is a city school. There are advantages and disadvantages to this obvious, but crucial fact...
Corrections: 11-29-05
29 Nov 2005
In the November 22 issue, the headline for the arson article should have read, Alumna Charged With Four Incidents of Arson....
Correction 11-22-2005
22 Nov 2005
The headline for the brief, Zambian princess addresses AIDS, incorrectly suggested that the AIDS activist named Princess Kasune Zulu is a princess, which she is not. ...
Correction 11-11-2005
11 Nov 2005
In the November 4 issue, the photo caption on the front page should have credited Compton House resident heads John and Karen Deak for hosting the trick-or-treat event in the Shoreland...
Corrections: November 8, 2005
08 Nov 2005
In the November 4 article, Administration Argues That U-Passes Are Unnecessary at U of C, the cost that a campus-wide U-Pass program would add to each students tuition should have been stated ...
Correction: November 1, 2005
01 Nov 2005
In the Friday October 28 article, Mandatory Waiting Periods Are Necessary, Laura Hamiltons position was misrepresented by the headline. H...
Editor’s note: Maroon will return on January 6
03 Dec 2005
This is the final issue of the Chicago Maroon for the fall 2005 academic quarter...
Welcome President Zimmer
14 Sep 2006
For the first and only time in nearly every current students tenure at the U of C, there will be a changing of the guard....
Pay it Forward
02 Jun 2006
Four years at the University of Chicago come with a hefty price tag, and future graduates may be wondering why they should give even more money in addition to the tens of thousands theyve alread...
Stop the Bleeding
26 May 2006
While the U of C may not be the most prestigious or well connected university of them all, it offers a faculty rivaled by only two or three institutions in the world...
FOTA Vandals
23 May 2006
Large pink labyrinths, interactive Lego displays, and a house of cards helped characterize the Festival of the Arts (FOTA) on campus this past week...
Shhh…
19 May 2006
Public parties are as much a part of life in Chicago as the wind off the lake and watching the Cubs lose...
For Spring’s Sake
16 May 2006
Spring quarter at the U of C is like an oasis in the middle of the desert...
Get Off Your Keister
12 May 2006
The appearance of three U of C studentsmembers of the Velo sports clubin the Collegiate Cycling nationals is an excellent reminder of the existence of athletics at the U of C. ...
Over-Hyped
05 May 2006
The recipient of thousands of dollars in SGFC funding, UChicago Hype describes its mission as creating opportunities for students to experience the rich culture of Chicago that lies just outside...
Beyond the Quads
02 May 2006
Before spring break, the debate on immigration was terribly skewed in favor of a vocal minority of xenophobic activists...
Bring ROTC Back to Campus
28 Apr 2006
Given the attention that military presence on campus has generated, now, more than ever is a time to examine the Universitys stance on ROTC....
Race and the Core
25 Apr 2006
Racial tension has come to the forefront of discourse at the U of C and its peer institutions across the country this year...
Vote For Change
21 Apr 2006
Every student government (SG) election seems to be characterized by a comically small number of participants and an apathetic student body that sits by to watch the spectacle...
Divest From Sudan
18 Apr 2006
Freedom of academic inquiry is critical for the operation of any university, and U of C professors certainly need it, whether they are proposing the relationship between abortion and crime or the...
Butt Out
14 Apr 2006
Regardless of what one thinks of the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act, soon to be signed into law, a recent amendment to the act is troubling...
The Numbers Game
11 Apr 2006
The U of C has generally not gone out of its way to look good on paper...
Bon Appétit
07 Apr 2006
Anyone who has taken an economics class here, or even knows an economics major is well aware of the intellectual respect given to free markets...
We Got A Genius
31 Mar 2006
The Maroon demanded a genius from the Board of Trustees in this years Orientation issue....
Speak up, but law trumps
07 Mar 2006
Yesterdays unanimous Supreme Court decision confirming the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment was completely justified....
Sound and Fury
03 Mar 2006
Thoughts, ideas, and discussions: These are things that consume the life of a typical U of C student...
Liberalize the Arts
28 Feb 2006
The University announced the creation of the Center for Creative and Performing Arts in 2001. It is not projected to open until 2010...
Pod University
24 Feb 2006
A new podcast service at Stanford allows students to access lectures by downloading files from iTunes...
The Cartoons
21 Feb 2006
The suspension of two editors on the board of the University of Illinoiss Daily Illini as a result of their decision to print cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad is cause for serious concern about ...
Say Uncle
14 Feb 2006
The coffee shop formerly known as Uncle Joes has recently implemented some undesirable changes....
Think Before You Act
07 Feb 2006
Although there may not be a clear line, the racial slurs written on a hallway whiteboard of Hitchcock House clearly crossed it...
Commit Yourselves, SG
03 Feb 2006
At this university, we spend a great deal of time either complaining about SG or completely ignoring it...
The time is now
31 Jan 2006
This week marks a spirited campaign by the National Organization of Women chapter on campus to raise awareness of both sexual assault and the Universitys current policy toward this crime....
More than millions
27 Jan 2006
On Wednesday, the University received a $42 million donation for construction of the Comer Center for Children and Specialty Care...
Chartering Success
24 Jan 2006
It is welcome news that the University has increased its investment in area education with its second charter school that stands to offer a cutting edge education to students from areas who are i...
Pressing concerns
20 Jan 2006
When editors from The Nation came to campus this week, they contended that a democracy depends on diversity of opinions and that the media must provide various outlets for those opinions...
A Better Memorial
17 Jan 2006
Race has long been one of the central issues at this university, in part due to its location on the South Side of Chicago. While our campus has celebrated the birthday of Dr...
Fix I-House Now
13 Jan 2006
In late October of last year, the Maroon reported that noxious fumes were adversely affecting I-House residents...
Getting in the loop
10 Jan 2006
The College Council recently identified transportation to downtown as one of undergraduate students top five concerns....
Following Randel
06 Jan 2006
The Trustees and faculty members sitting on the Presidential Search Committee are nearing their final decision...
Maroon on summer hiatus
19 Jun 2006
Dear Readers, The Maroon will be on hiatus for summer 2006, and will return to its regular publication schedule in the fall...
Correction: June 2, 2006
02 Jun 2006
The May 16 article Armed Robberies Plague South Side Stores incorrectly named M2 Communications as one of the stores targeted in a larger string of armed robberies of Chicago area cell phone st...
Correction: May 23, 2006
23 May 2006
In the May 19 article, Spartacists Denounce Admins Ban of Member, the Maroon inaccurately reported the reasons why third-year in the College Tom Discepola and 19-year-old Hyde Park resident Br...
Corrections: May 12, 2006
12 May 2006
The May 9 headline, U of C Site Vies for New Particle Accelerator, incorrectly referred to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) as being a part of the University. ...
Correction: May 5, 2006
05 May 2006
In the May 2 article Experts Gather at I-House to Discuss Chinas Role in World, the name of the former U.S. ambassador to China, James Lilley was misspelled. ...
Corrections: April 28, 2006
28 Apr 2006
The April 25 headline, Saudi Prince Talks at Harris was incorrect. The talk was sponsored by the Harris School of Public Policy Studies but held in the Oriental Institute. ...
Correction: April 25, 2006
25 Apr 2006
The April 21 article SG Slates Debate for Election mislabeled two of the candidates positions. B...
Correction: 4-11-2006
11 Apr 2006
In the April 7 article, Vita to loosen up, go further next issue, the Editor in Chief of Vita Excolatur, Charlotte Rutherford, was misidentified as a fourth-year in the College. ...
Correction: April 7, 2006
07 Apr 2006
In the April 4, 2006 issue, Feliks Pleszczynski, author of Israel Lobby Paper Laced With Half-Truths, was listed as a second-year. He...
Correction: 4-4-2006
04 Apr 2006
The headline and photo captions for the March 31 article, Hyde Park Groups Criticize Sale of Harper Court, were inaccurate. ...
Correction: March 31, 2006
31 Mar 2006
In the March 7 article West lectures on race, terrorism, the George E. Kent Lecture Series was inaccurately called the George L. Kent Lecture Series. ...
Correction: February 24, 2006
24 Feb 2006
In the February 17 issue of the Maroon, the article Legal Minds Tackle Civil Liberties, Terrorism incorrectly stated the date of Judge Richard Posners appointment to the 7th Circuit. H...
Correction: February 21, 2006
21 Feb 2006
In the February 17 issue of the Maroon, the article, College to Fund New Language Center, incorrectly stated that the new Center for the Study of Languages would be funded by the Division of th...
Correction 2-17-2006
17 Feb 2006
In the February 14 issue of the Maroon, the article New Condos at Shoreland Will Offer High-end Hyde Park Living, failed to identify Cheryl Gutman as deputy dean in the University for housing, ...
Corrections: February 14, 2006
14 Feb 2006
In the February 3 issue of the Maroon, the article Econ Majors to Face Stricter Stat Requirements incorrectly stated that 10 percent of U of C undergraduates major in economics. ...
Editor’s Note: January 31, 2006
31 Jan 2006
The article, Anti-Semitic Statements Found on Hitchcock Dorm Room Whiteboard (1/27/06), was written based on limited information provided by the Office of the Dean of Students and a small numbe...
Corrections 1-27-2006
27 Jan 2006
In the January 24 issue of the Maroon, the article Crimson sues school over police records misspelled Lauren Schukers first name. ...
Corrections: January 24, 2006
24 Jan 2006
In the January 20 issue of the Maroon, the article Nation, Tribune Journalists Debate Medias Role misspelled Tyler Zoannis last name. T...
Time to wake up
13 Oct 2006
At 4:40 a.m. this Wednesday, the Shoreland fire alarm went off. The alert was unplanned, the result of a system malfunction...
Don't believe the historical hype
06 Oct 2006
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s (ISI) recent survey results have prompted an onslaught in the media of sensational headlines and aimlessly heated discussions on cable news. ...
The trouble with college rankings
03 Oct 2006
Applying to college is never a pleasant process. For almost every high school senior in the country, this time of the year is marked by never-before-experienced levels of anxiety and uncertainty...
In defense of Early Action
02 Oct 2006
Harvard’s decision earlier this month to end its Early Action program prompted a flurry of praise from the masses and had caused other institutions to follow suit. ...
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