Passage of divestment referendum shows student desire for University that values environment more than illusion of neutrality.
Topic: Kalven Report
Divest in the future
Halting investment in firms that harm the climate would be in line with UChicago’s liberal academic tradition.
Opening a new forum
The changed format of “Coffee and Donuts” is a welcome attempt to foster student engagement.
Students press Zimmer on social justice issues at globalization forum
Many questions strayed from the intended subject at “A Leadership Conversation with President Zimmer.”
Born amidst ’60s student protests, Kalven Report remains controversial
The document outlining the University’s adherence to political neutrality is still a highly debated issue, especially in the areas of University investment and student protests.
Students push for climate-conscious divestment
The “Stop Funding Climate Change” campaign is the UChicago branch of a national effort.
Panel gives HEI workers outlet for anger
Southside Solidarity Network and other RSOs hosted workers who spoke out against the University’s investments in the HEI hotel chain company.
Back on topic
As students return for the new academic year, so do ongoing campus issues.
An untenable practice
A modern university’s operations are incompatible with the Kalven Report.
An imperative outside ourselves
An elite education is more than a means to an end—it imparts a moral obligation.
Damage control
The SRIC movement’s desire to avoid condoning harm is more common sense than contentious.
Kalven and mobs
The logic behind pressuring the University to divest from controversial firms is flawed.
Kalven report examined, questioned at open forum
Faculty and an administrator examined the role of the Kalven report in shaping University policies at an open forum hosted by SG on Wednesday evening.
Invest with competence
The University should consult its community in re-evaluating how the Kalven report is interpreted.
Zimmer calls SRIC creation “unlikely” at student meeting
At a meeting between student and University administrators, President Zimmer painted a grim picture for SRIC’s future.
Lobbying for consistency
Administration’s use of the Kalven Report is hypocritical and illogical
Inspired by Brown, activists push for HEI non-investment
Student activists are pressuring the University to pull all its investments from HEI Hotels & Resorts.
A more courageous U of C
The University’s stance on investment policy and social values is ultimately contradictory
Investing in evil
The University shouldn’t
invest in morally
suspect enterprises
Sexual assault policy to be reviewed, Zimmer says
At open forum, Zimmer also fields questions on Kalven report, UCPD officers trolling Facebook, and how much he weighs students complaints when investing