Articles by Mimi Yang

Snell-Hitchcock wins Scav

13 May 2008

After a weekend of campus-, city-, and nationwide pandemonium, Snell-Hitchcock residents emerged the victors of this year’s Scav Hunt. ...


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Amenities crop up as retail discussions continue

13 May 2008

The 53rd Street Vision Workshop, a panel discussion attended by University administrators, local politicians, and neighborhood residents, met earlier this month to discuss plans for sustaining a ...


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Scav Hunt festivities consume campus

09 May 2008

Smiling, formally dressed students carrying umbrellas and parasols greeted passersby along the main quadrangles Thursday morning...


53rd Street redevelopment planning continues

15 Jan 2008

Nearly 200 Hyde Park community members gathered in early December to discuss potential development plans for 53rd Street at an event sponsored by numerous neighborhood organizations...


City closes Magic Mart for selling alcohol to minors

25 May 2007

Late last month, the city shut down Magic Mart, a convenience store located at 1457 East 53rd Street, for selling liquor to minors...


Snell-Hitchcock takes Scav

15 May 2007

After three whirlwind days of scavenging, a 2,300-mile road trip through eight states, and a nine-hour “Judgment” held in Ida Noyes Hall on Sunday, the 2007 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt h...


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Coke's future on campus hinges on vote

11 May 2007

By the end of spring quarter, students will know whether University-run dining and food facilities will continue to provide Coca-Cola brand products in the upcoming year...


Students opt for condos with parents’ checkbooks

04 May 2007

Meredyth Richards, a second-year in the College, called living in University housing her first year “a less than desirable experience, to put it lightly.”...


Historian backs home-care workers’ cause

04 May 2007

The business of home care in America is too often misunderstood, to the detriment of home-care workers, according to Eileen Boris, a University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) labor historian....


Kotlowitz urges community advocacy

20 Apr 2007

The 2007 Public Service and Public Interest Career Fair took place in Ida Noyes on Thursday...


ACLU advocates reproductive rights

06 Apr 2007

The Undergraduate Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union at the University of Chicago (ACLUofC) hosted a Reproductive Rights Information Forum on Wednesday in Bartlett Lounge...