24 projects receiving funding from the Uncommon Fund were announced last Sunday night.
Topic: student life
Runners fund scholarship in memory of student
The five-kilometer race and fundraiser were in memory of University student Ian Woo Cumings.
Student-taught classes cover graphic novels, “worldbuilding”
A new student group provides peer-to-peer classes modeled off a similar Berkeley program.
Protesters join in prayer for Health Clinics
More protesters arrested in mental health clinic demonstration after prayerful assembly earlier that evening.
Pierce residents to get thousands in total compensation
Residential houses and individual students will receive compensation for past plumbing and other facility inconveniences.
Student anger subsides after Pierce renovations
Among the dorm’s new amenities are new plumbing fixtures and furniture.
At Union Station, fashion’s on schedule
MODA show was a success, despite some awkward walks and hastily-sewn designs.
Hollywood’s biggest night makes cameo in dorms
Dorms celebrate the Oscars with annual party.
RSO Spotlight | Catcher in the Rhyme
New RSO is the first slam poetry group on campus.
Doc Films hit with projection problems
Moviegoers this quarter have been subject to an increased number of mishaps.
Discovering love and turbulence in undergrad marriage
Four couples have bucked a nationwide trend toward later marriages.
Maria Bavaro & Omar Castro
Dating for: 1 year, 4 months Years/Major: Omar: third-year Religious Studies major, Maria: second-year Psych major Favorite date movie: (almost) anything. They watch a lot of House together though… (Fill-in-the-blank) is a better dancer: Maria… Her hips don’t lie… Where…
Martha Fahlgren & Gustavo Alvarez
Dating for: 5 years, 4 months Years/Majors: Gustavo: second-year Biology Pre-Med, Martha : second-year Psychology major Favorite date movie: Click (Fill-in-the-blank) is a better dancer: Definitely Gustavo, despite the fact that Martha has been dancing ballet for 17 years. (What…
Evan Garrett & Peter Jensen
Dating for: 8 months Year/major: Evan: fourth-year Theatre and Performance Studies major; Peter: fourth-year English major Favorite date movie: Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, which we believe to be an underrated masterpiece (seriously, go see it). Evan falls asleep during every…
Looking for love, speed-daters jump a gender divide
Guys and gals sought friendship—as well as romance—as an a capella group sang.
Initiative aims to make leaders out of 25 students
The University’s new Student Leadership Institute (SLI) is poised to begin its first workshops for the students who successfully applied for its services, ending months of planning that began before the start of the school year. At its kick-off event…
Goff-Crews to step down at end of academic year
Vice President for Campus Life and Dean of Students Kim Goff-Crews will depart the University at the end of the academic year for a dual position at her alma mater, Yale University.
Student life support
Goff-Crews’s untimely departure signals future instability for Office of Campus and Student Life.
The Wheel World
Ensuring bicycle safety and convenience would lead to heightened campus engagement.
RSO hopes to make a tradition of Humans vs. Zombies
Humans vs. Zombies ended Tuesday with record numbers of participants, but the Zombie Readiness Task Force is prepared to turn even more students into zombies in the future.
Circus fires up Bartlett Quad
Third-year Edward Menéndez performs with a fire hoop at Le Vorris and Vox’s Spring Spectacle Friday evening on the Bartlett Quadrangle. The circus, which was revived last year through the Uncommon Fund, also showcased trapeze artists, clowns, and acrobats.
B-J dethrones Snitchcock at Scav
During Scavenger hunt weekend, caged animals and car crashes sparked discussion about ethics and safety of Scav.
Remark elicits bias report
A student reported an incident that may have been anti-Muslim in nature.
After 25 years, a world record
For its 25th anniversary, tonight Scav Hunt participants will attempt to top the world record for largest scavenger hunt.
Fewer first-years drinking their way to the ER
Fewer alcohol-related hospital trips accompany new alcohol education program.
Students to sculpt events for Smart Museum
A Student Advisory Council will plan events to attract higher numbers to Museum
Red light for Vita no more
After some controversy, the student sex magazine got the go-ahead from ORCSA over the weekend to print its current content during Spring quarter.
Image controversy forces Vita publishing delay
The Vita staff defended the magazine’s image after ORCSA said pictures showing penetration may be too obscene to print.
Dorm monopoly: Alums on games, theory
Residents of Shorey House, who once sipped sherry and bought (Monopoly) houses with Milton Friedman regret the games latest electronic incarnation.
Café 4B Offers Cutting Edge Coffee
A second-year with a taste for coffee and a knack for entrepreneurial endeavors shares his barista skills with customers.
As SG vans near approval, sports teams keep waiting
SG is still pushing vans through procurement, though it campaigned on providing them by the beginning of the quarter.
Law students win federal immigration case
While they were enrolled at the U of C, a group of recent alums argued an immigration suit before Seventh Circuit, eventually winning their case.
Second-year starts second campus libertarian group
Expanding the freedom of choice for campus libertarians, a new RSO plans to promote the cause of the Libertarian party without fighting an existing organization for members.
Fourth-year conjures $10K out of Pottermania
Fourth-year Ashley Demma beat four other finalists in the Embassy Suites hotel chain’s “Uber-Fan” contest Wednesday, winning an iPhone, $10 thousand, and hotel stays.
Updated: Student dies in Virginia car crash
Another student was injured in the Saturday crash that claimed the life of fourth-year Ian Cumings.
Students petition U of C for support on immigration reform
University of Chicago Coalition for Immigration Reform is meeting with administrators and talking to students to gain support.
Giordano’s declared upper crust of Hyde Park pizzerias
RSO Global Brigades hosted the first annual “Hyde Park Pizza Event” Saturday at the McCormick Tribune lounge.
Report on student arrest outlines policy changes
The University apologized over the February arrest of fourth-year Mauriece Dawson and announced a series of policy changes to prevent a similar incident in an announcement Friday.
University students to march on Washington
Chicago Students for Immigration Reform are marching in support of immigrants’ rights, rallying in downtown Chicago Wednesday to kick off a national awareness week that will end with their participation in a national rally on Washington.
Out of the limelight, a cappella groups work in harmony
The singers and beat boxers in A Cappella Council are finally poised to take center stage. Compared to a cappella groups at universities like Yale or Brown, the U of C a cappella scene is relatively young, and it’s still forming.
Some take walk less traveled, graduate early, and pocket savings
Exhaustion from years of exams and problem sets, and the prospect of significant savings, is causing some U of C students to graduate early or take parts of their fourth years off.
Sexual assault reform on the table in policy review
The announcement comes a month after student activists proposed a Student Government referendum to centralize disciplinary procedures, a reform that has been rejected by the University for years.
Sexual assault reformers to put policy to a vote
WGSAP members said the motion will likely advocate forming a single, independent body to hear disciplinary procedures, and providing equal access to testimony and appeals for accuser and accused.
Mac Lab ends free printing
Students breaking Mac Lab rules threatened to “bankrupt” University, Lab director says
Undergrad to tour across China with World Orchestra
Third-year Kirsten Paige will rehearse in China with the World Orchestra from December 6 to December 15, and tour until January 3, 2010.
Grad student to attend Climate Conference in Copenhagen
“Our future is on the table and our future is not negotiable,” SustainUS’s climate program director Rachel Butler said.
With a fantasy land she designed, one student makes very real money
“the idea of Internet popularity. The richer you are, the more popular you are,” Aywas.com creator Julie Kossler said.
Q&A: Shaking a tail feather with the Phoenix mascot
Third-year Stephen Bonnett, the man behind the Phoenix, talks about his big break, his artistic vision, going pro, and the guilt that can rack a mascot’s soul.
C-Bench meeting civil, despite hype
Many showed up expecting a “rumble” between athletes and smokers after e-mails suggested a movement to “take back” the C-Bench.
Out of SCRH, student appeals punishment
Ayers, and the 267 members of the Facebook group that support him, think Housing’s decision was too harsh.