The undergraduate start-up will soon expand to Northwestern and Cornell.
Benjamin Pokross, Chicago Maroon
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Freenters extends its imprint
The Way Things Work: “Sustainability” on Campus
The University’s Office of Sustainability was created in 2008. Since then, its staff have been fixing up the Quads’ oldest buildings, tracking greenhouse emissions, and changing lightbulbs all over campus. But how does it pick its projects—and how can we tell they’re doing any good?
AEPi lands great latke debate
The 66-year-old Latke-Hamantash Debate is organized by two third-years and is scheduled to take place around Purim, the holiday of hamantash.
UCMC gets highest safety rating
The Medical Center was recognized for exemplary safety practices.
McCormick hosts GOP viewing
The Republican viewing party had two guests of honor, life-sized cutouts of the GOP executive ticket.
Ticket to the top: Formal sells out in 2 days
The Council on University Programming sold all 375 tickets to Fall Formal after five and a half hours of tabling.
Free printing offered by student start-up
The new company has four locations on campus that provide free printing with advertisements.
Career services renamed, expanded
The new Career Advancement office adds two programs as part of expansion of services.
O-Issue 2012: Campus Controversies
Blood can still boil when it’s 10 degrees below—here are just a few things that did the trick last year.
Two fraternities under fire after bias claims
A pledging activity at Alpha Delta Phi and a party thrown by Delta Upsilon have been seen as racially insensitive by Latino groups on campus, bringing in the larger campus community, as well as administrators and OMSA.
Students prep for NATO action at panel sponsored by administration
Students found a joint SG-admin panel about safe protest strategies useful, even if turnout was low.
Weekend shootings bombard Woodlawn
Though there were no homicides on campus this weekend, Woodlawn experienced multiple shootings, one fatal.
SG 2012 Slates: Moose Party
Delta Upsilon’s perennial slate is running to bring trailer parks to campus and to get everyone drunk as hell.
2012 Orientation will launch first-years into community service
A pilot program this fall will give new students a chance to participate in community service.
Law School alum throws down gauntlet for Fifth Ward post
William Godwin (J.D. ’10) has entered his bid for a hotly contested position in Chicago’s Democratic machine.
SHCS back to taking last-minute calls
The health-provider has brought on an interim physician to make up for being short-staffed.
Nadler cracks the spine of library’s history
Nadler expounds on the University Library’s rich history.
South of Wacker, an urban canvas like no other
The chair of the Visual Arts Department is expanding her work into downtown.
Faster course registration catches some off guard
The new Web site consolidates the services offered once by four different online tools.
Hairston challenger vies to split fifth ward power
Anne Marie Miles campaigned unsuccessfully last year for Leslie Hairston’s alderman seat.
CAPS malfunction pushes recruiter deadlines by one week
Over two dozen employers were affected by the momentary break in online service.
Uncommon Fund advances 83 applicants to second round
The applicants were selected from an initial pool of 124.
Quidditch to land on campus this spring
The University’s first Quidditch season will begin this spring.
Doctor’s abrupt exit has Primary Care scrambling
A physician left suddenly at the end of December, leaving the Primary Care Service too understaffed to guarantee that it will take appointments made just 24-hours in advance.
Changes to student manual target protest, some say
Students claim that changes to the Student Manual will limit expression and protest.
Adrienne Cooper (A.M. ’72), klezmer muse, dies at 65
Adrienne Cooper, who helped revitalize America’s Yiddish community, succumbed to adrenal cancer over winter break.
Deemed a success, Arts Pass to keep Chicago cheap
The popular Arts Pass program has a new lease on life.
Logan Center leaves fate of current arts spaces up in air
The Logan Center for the Arts will open in Spring 2012, and may displace current art spaces.
Oates opens up about writing, death
As part of her tenure as the 2011 Kestenbaum Writer-in-Residence, author Joyce Carol Oates spoke to a crowd in I-House Wednesday on her husband’s death and the changes in her writing process.
Dramatic rise in job offers graces campus
Job offers to students have more than doubled in the past year, CAPS reports.
SG town hall focuses on dining future, workers’ contracts
Last night, student government brought together administrators to talk about housing and dining issues to a packed house in the Booth School.
Hyatt slated to open in 2013
A 130-room hotel has been announced as one of the new development initiatives for Harper Court.
Housekeeping staffers may be laid off
After the announcement that housekeeping and facilities services will merge, students rise up to help save jobs
Gaiman talks new projects at reading
Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman read excerpts from his best-selling book Neverwhere, which is part of a city-wide literacy program.
UCPD crash leaves seven cars damaged
One UCPD officer was hospitalized for minor injuries after a car spun out of control.
Students to sculpt events for Smart Museum
A Student Advisory Council will plan events to attract higher numbers to Museum
Special Collections opens with new space, old books
Though the new Exhibition Gallery of the Special Collections Research Center opens May 9, newly renovated rooms opened on Monday.
Professors late to turn in book lists
Some course book lists are still not available on the time schedules website, despite a federal mandate that requires the lists to be accessible to students.
Goldstein talks on the future of a journalist
Goldstein, a former associate editor at The Daily Beast and contributor to Newsweek and The Nation, read nonfiction with fourth-year Michael Lipkin.
CTS gets green roof with stimulus funding
A $50,000 grant for a green roof will help the Chicago Theological Seminary earn its mandatory LEED certification.
Hot study takes a different look at global warming
Booth School professor Jane Risen’s research shows that feeling hot makes people more likely to believe in global warming.
CAPS visits by first years double
According to CAPS director Meredith Daw, recent classes of admitted students are more career-oriented.