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Articles by Rhema Hokama
Men find academic home in gender studies
29 Apr 2008
Sexuality, masculinity, and interracial pornography have held particular allure for David Klein since high school, but only after coming to the U of C did Klein find a theoretical framework for t...
SG Guide: Connect Four
22 Apr 2008
Pressing for better and more communication across campus groups, Connect Four promises more opportunities for conversation between Student Government (SG) and the student body...
SG Guide: YEP
22 Apr 2008
Advocating greater communication among campus groups, the YEP slate promises to launch new opportunities for dialogue among Student Government (SG) representatives, University administrators, and...
Student Care Center brings back “morning after” pill
15 Apr 2008
In late February the Student Care Center (SCC) announced that it would once again distribute Plan B, the popular emergency contraceptive pill...
U of C, Daley join to combat gun violence
11 Apr 2008
Academic theory and public policy will converge in a new youth crime prevention initiative jointly sponsored by University scholars and the city of Chicago...
Daley launches jobs program with U of C
07 Mar 2008
As part of a continuing effort to bolster town–gown relations between the University and the larger South Side community, Mayor Richard M. ...
Study abroad lawsuit raises pricing issues
29 Feb 2008
A Boston-area civil-rights attorney filed a lawsuit earlier this month against Wheaton College in Norton, MA, for charging students home tuition rates for cheaper programs overseas...
Harvard lures Sunstein from Law School
22 Feb 2008
Cass R Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School professor and by some accounts the most prominent legal scholar in the United States, announced this week that he has accepted a senior professor...
Sereno announces discovery of two new dinosaurs
22 Feb 2008
The vast array of dinosaur bones in Paul Sereno’s underground Fossil Lab spills over laboratory shelves and tables onto the floor. ...
College apps jump by record numbers
29 Jan 2008
Applications to the College rose nearly 20 percent this year, resulting in the largest applicant pool in the history of the University...
Students puzzled by MAC deposit returns
11 Jan 2008
When fourth-year Liz Milsark returned to her apartment after the month-long winter interim, an unexpected letter was waiting for her in her building’s mailbox. ...
Scholars discuss academic freedom
20 Nov 2007
“I’ve always thought the University of Chicago should have a campfire song that goes something like, ‘Anything you can do, I can do meta,’” said Richard Shweder, William Claude Reavis Distinguish...
Nun speaks out against executions
13 Nov 2007
Death is a reality for Sister Helen Prejean, and hardly a new one at that...
Webber to leave U of C
06 Nov 2007
In the past two decades he has spent living and working in Hyde Park, Hank Webber has witnessed the transformation of the University from an isolated, inward-looking institution into an active pl...
Alderman denies Bellow recognition
12 Oct 2007
Chicago has a tradition of naming landmarks after the famous—and the infamous. ...
College can ease coming-out anxieties for some
09 Oct 2007
John McPherrin reaches back into the annals of time, recalling the day 25 years ago when, at four in the morning, his brother came out to him about being gay...
Admin puts frats on notice
05 Oct 2007
Representatives from several campus fraternities met with University administrators Friday to discuss ongoing issues of residential disturbances resulting from fraternity parties...
Professors defend controversial bestseller at I-House lecture
30 Sep 2007
This month’s publication of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy spurred ongoing debate over the United States’ role in Middle Eastern politics. Jo...
RIAA subpoenas U of C for pirates’ info
19 Sep 2007
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced in early August that it has initiated lawsuits against six University of Chicago network users for copyright violations, charging th...
Accessibility settlement shapes campus renovation projects
22 May 2007
Students returning to campus this fall will notice subtle changes across the quads, as the University continues work to bring campus buildings into compliance with the 1990 Americans with Disabil...
University studies loan program
15 May 2007
The University launched a review of in-house lending practices after nationwide inquiries have called into question student loan procedures at colleges and universities, according to University V...
Earth Week brings green to gray campus
24 Apr 2007
Mini-golf, worm composting, and vegan cuisine intersected in this year’s week-long celebration of the environment and sustainability on campus. ...
Hyde Park shaken by string of assaults, robberies
13 Apr 2007
Investigators from the Chicago Police Department announced Tuesday that they believe four robberies and assaults committed in Hyde Park on Monday night are related incidents...
Student downloads draw RIAA, MPAA ire
06 Apr 2007
Ever since receiving an e-mail notifying her that she had been removed from the University network for copyright infringement, second-year Sibo Lu has thought twice about online file sharing...
SG offers post-finals airport shuttle
30 Mar 2007
Student Government (SG) launched an airport shuttle program that provided 400 U of C students with free transportation to Midway and O’Hare airports during the end of winter quarter. ...
Profs outline potential ’08 election issues
02 Mar 2007
Three hundred students filled Kent 107 on Monday for U of C professors Allen Sanderson’s and Charles Wheelan’s lecture “America Undressed: The ‘Naked Economics’ of Domestic Issues,” Chicago Socie...
Scholar advocates diversity in Kent lecture
27 Feb 2007
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a Harvard professor in the humanities and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African American Research, shared his views on U.S...
Slavic Department forms study abroad program
23 Feb 2007
The Slavic Languages and Literatures Department unveiled plans for a new quarter-long study abroad program to be launched in winter 2008...
Milton Friedman remembered
30 Jan 2007
Family, friends, and colleagues of the late economist and University of Chicago professor emeritus Milton Friedman joined members of the University community yesterday to commemorate the Nobel la...
U of C grads rank high with Peace Corps
26 Jan 2007
The U of C ranked second among peer institutions in the Peace Corps’ annual list of top colleges and universities that produced the highest number of alumni volunteers in 2006. ...
Econ professor Levitt presents new paper
23 Jan 2007
Steven Levitt, economics professor and co-author of the 2005 best-seller Freakonomics, presented a new paper at the American Economic Association’s annual consortium earlier this month. ...
Professors discuss Supreme Court’s year ahead
19 Jan 2007
The undergraduate chapter of the ACLUofC hosted University law professors Geoffrey Stone and Adam Samaha in a panel discussion on the future of the U.S. Supreme Court...
Talk explores hip-hop in the Holy Land
12 Jan 2007
The Middle Eastern Studies Students’ Association hosted University graduate student Rami Nashashibi in a talk on the emergence of hip-hop as a vehicle for political expression in the Palestinian ...
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