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Scientists call for witholding sensitive data
09 Aug 2002
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has been asked by its contributing authors to withhold information potentially useful to bioterrorists from its journals...
FBI investigates Princeton U. admissions
02 Aug 2002
Officials at both Princeton and Yale Universities verify reports that several admissions officers at Princeton have gained unauthorized access to a Yale website intended to disclose admissions de...
Bush ties Argonne to Homeland Security
26 Jul 2002
President George W. Bush spoke at Argonne National Laboratory on Monday in an effort to emphasize the role of technological development in the war against terrorism...
University Hospitals ranked 15th in nation
19 Jul 2002
U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Chicago Hospitals 15th best in the nation and among the top twenty-five hospitals in nine other specialty areas...
Exonerated Hyde Park man sues CPD, city
19 Jul 2002
Corethian Bell, the former Hyde Park StreetWise vendor who was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his mother, has filed a lawsuit against six Chicago Police Department detectives and the Cit...
Tom Cruise does philosophy
19 Jul 2002
Minority Report is an action packed movie based around a pair of interesting philosophical questions: can we predict human actions before they happen, and, with this knowledge, can these...
University purchases former Meridian theater
08 Jul 2002
The University has recently purchased the theater located on 53rd and Harper, former home of Loews Cineplex...
Don't knock philosophy's value
08 Jul 2002
When I tell someone I am majoring in English and philosophy, they almost always get a sarcastic twinkle in their eye, a friendly curl to one side of their lips, and inevitably say, "That's cool, ...
High school students attend University's summer programs
28 Jun 2002
This summer the University hosts over 150 high school students enrolled in a variety of academic programs...
Obituary: James Koehn
07 Mar 2003
James Koehn, a second-year in the College, died on Friday, Febuary 28 in an off-campus apartment in Hyde Park. He was 20 years old...
University stirs in wake of recent student death
04 Mar 2003
The flag hung at half-mast outside the administration building yesterday in remembrance of second-year in the College James Koehn, who committed suicide...
Fourth-year Baumgart wins Gates scholarship
28 Feb 2003
Fourth-year physics concentrator Matt Baumgart was awarded the Gates Cambridge Foundation Scholarship last week, making him the third University student to earn the honor in the program's three y...
Student reservists prepare for possible duty in Iraq
25 Feb 2003
As military mobilization heightens in the Middle East, many Illinois college students in the Army Reserves and the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) are preparing to fight in an increasingly ...
Lack of permits delays campus construction
18 Feb 2003
As new construction in Chicago reaches almost unprecedented levels, the University is struggling to acquire the permits it needs to keep its master plan on schedule...
StreetWise confronting illegitimate vendors
07 Feb 2003
Administrators at StreetWise, a publication that distributes newspapers to Chicago's homeless for resale to the public, have been collaborating with police officials to organize a plan that will ...
Bush's uncomplicated rhetoric
04 Feb 2003
The President's oratory is direct, forceful, and pointed, but the last thing one can call it is shrewd...
University looks into financial aid reforms
28 Jan 2003
As college tuition rises and peer institutions like Harvard and Yale undergo large initiatives to increase financial aid, Chicago is struggling to find an appropriate strategy to stay competitive...
Bar Louie delays opening
21 Jan 2003
The Restaurant Development Group (RDG), the company that owns Bar Louie, missed a January deadline to apply for certain building permits it needed to complete the construction of its new Hyde Par...
City and local activists remain at impasse over Promontory Point renovation
14 Jan 2003
The city's motivation for remaining adamantly opposed to the renovation of existing limestone at Promontory Point, a plan that appears to have wide community support, remains unclear...
Argonne scientist Alexei Abrikosov wins Physics Nobel
09 Oct 2003
After multiple nominations, Alexei Abrikosov, a scientist at the Argonne National Laboratories, received the Nobel Prize this week for his work developing the concepts of superconductivity and su...
Of Idolatry and international politics
11 Sep 2003
It is a pop culture juggernaut that transcends nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, and even good taste...
Ratner, Quads are ready for the fall
11 Sep 2003
As students left campus and warm weather moved in, construction workers labored over the summer months to complete a pair of large University projectsthe Gerald Ratner Athletic Center and a new ...
Graduation will continue traditions, old and new
06 Jun 2003
All college students dream about the moment when they will amble down a long aisle and get handed a piece of paper proving their academic worth...
Fourth-years look toward future
06 Jun 2003
After four years of theoretical study, many fourth-years at the University will soon be entering the real world, or at least going to graduate school...
Students in Hyde Park for summertime consider activities in Chicagoland
30 May 2003
While University students traverse the globe and explore resume-boosting internships around the country this summer, some have decided to make Chicago their home for the hot months ahead...
Bar Louie opens doors
23 May 2003
After months of delay, Bar Louie has finally opened its kitchen to the public, but its bar currently remains closed because of opposition from residents of adjacent retirement homes...
CAPS distributes fourth-year survey
23 May 2003
As fourth-years in the College approach graduation, Career and Placement Services (CAPS) conducted an online survey last week to better understand the immediate future of the outgoing class...
Harvard stands to profit considerably from war in Iraq
20 May 2003
Harvard has come under fire in recent months over the military stocks that comprise a portion of its endowment, raising ethical questions about the university's ability to prosper from the war wi...
Summer Breeze marked by weekend of festivities
16 May 2003
The sunny skies and warm front that are expected this weekend will push out lingering clouds and cool temperatures, setting the atmosphere for Summer Breeze, the annual two-day outdoor festival s...
Famous blues lounge may move to Hyde Park
13 May 2003
The depressing winter is over, but Hyde Park is about to get the blues...
Justice Scalia speaks at Law School
09 May 2003
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entertained a packed house of University students at the Law School Tuesday, explaining his originalist view of the Constitution while telling humorous anecdo...
Metamorphosis wins SG election: As voting moves online, participation jumps 28 percent from previous year
09 May 2003
The slate members of metamorphosis stood nervously together on the second floor of the Reynolds Club Wednesday night, anxiously awaiting the results of the Student Government (SG) elections...
SG voting commences
06 May 2003
While weathering a few early glitches, voting for the Student Government (SG) executive slate commenced yesterday slightly after 8 a.m. on the SG Web site without major incident...
The Chicago Maroon Student Government Election Coverage
02 May 2003
Springing to life with the annual regrowth of flora are the witticisms of SG, flyers blossoming across campus and pollinating the University with political ambition...
Six slates begin campaigns for Student Government executive office positions
29 Apr 2003
The University's bulletin boards have recently been covered with a multitude of colorful flyers and its sidewalks scrawled with chalk, signaling the upcoming elections for the Student Government ...
Economy, poor management blamed for closing of Cafe Siena
22 Apr 2003
As the troubled economy continues to affect businesses across the country, Cafe Siena recently closed its doors for business, adding another vacant property to the row of buildings located on the...
Oriental Institute compiling database to keep Iraqi treasures off black market
18 Apr 2003
The second floor of the Oriental Institute has been buzzing with activity in the past several days as graduate students rush to compile a picture database of the invaluable artifacts that may hav...
College admissions rise 12 percent for year, second only to Dartmouth College
15 Apr 2003
Alan Leonard stood in line with a stuffed folder in hand yesterday, waiting to talk to one of several admissions counselors behind a desk covered with dozens of papers stacks...
Tuition will increase 5.1 percent
04 Apr 2003
In an effort to stay competitive with other elite academic institutions, the University will raise tuition by 5...
Study abroad trips continue despite war
04 Apr 2003
As anti-American sentiments intensify abroad, the University remains confident but cautious about the safety of its students studying in foreign countries...
New Subway fills late-night niche with food and cricket passion
11 Mar 2003
Marketing chiefly to University students, the new Subway franchise on 55th Street has attracted a notable swarm of business...
Students protest war against Iraq
07 Mar 2003
Hundreds of University students walked out of their classes on Wednesday to protest military action in Iraq, joining students and faculty at more than 300 schools across the country in opposing a...
After closing for nearly six weeks, cleaner, renovated Pub turns on taps
27 Jan 2004
The taps are flowing and the grill is sizzling this week at the Pub, which re-opened Friday after a nearly six-week hiatus taken to make physical improvements and bring the establishment up to co...
Asian student gain minority status
23 Jan 2004
Members from the Provost's Initiative on Minority Issues (PIMI) addressed a sea of multi-colored faces Wednesday night to announce that the Asian student community would fall under the purview of...
Activists protest FTAA in Miami
02 Dec 2003
First-year Andy Kiersz stood in downtown Miami on a Thursday afternoon, surrounded by thousands of protestors and, according to him, nearly as many police...
Voices sends news editor into the mosh pit of doom; Pulitzer to follow
25 Nov 2003
A dark veil of anticipation hung over the thousands of fans that stirred restlessly within the general admission area at the Aragon Ballroom Tuesday night...
Ben Folds will headline concert in Mandel Hall, Ben Lee to open
23 Oct 2003
Ben Folds will headline this year's fall concert featuring an opening act from Ben Lee, a longtime collaborator of Folds, the Major Activities Board (MAB) announced on Wednesday night...
Comedians take on peace in Mideast
09 Mar 2004
"I don't know what all my cousins are complaining about. You know they come from the Middle East, look how nice they treat us at the airport...
Students petition for same-sex marriage in Chicago
02 Mar 2004
In response to Mayor Richard Daley's statement in support of same-sex marriages, advocates from Undergraduate Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union at the University of Chicago (ACLUofC) ...
Dorm gamblers hold their poker faces
20 Feb 2004
Late last fall, second-year in the College Brian Ebling sat across the table from Steve Tang to decide the winner of the Wallace House poker tournament...
Notes from the Board of Trustees
06 Feb 2004
President Randel and the University administration met with the Board of Trustees over the past two days in a series of committee meetings, discussing various issues ranging from the state of fac...
It pays to heckle our opponents
06 Feb 2004
Many people believe that hecklers are loud, drunk, slovenly idiots who have nothing better to do than make fools of themselves in public...
UCPD officers allegedly assault black SSA student
03 Feb 2004
Two University Police Department (UCPD) officers allegedly assaulted a black student from the School for Social Service Administration (SSA) on January 23 as he walked near Regenstein Library, in...
FDA plays God and denies Plan B access
15 May 2004
As if it isn't bad enough that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been raining down its fire and brimstone morality on the American public, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rej...
Nurses association negotiates 13 percent salary increase
07 May 2004
Using the threat of a strike as leverage, the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) reached a tentative agreement on contract negotiations with the University Hospitals on Monday...
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