Dear Reader,
Here’s what the Maroon has been covering this week.
News
A volunteer-run immigration legal aid clinic on the South Side is delivering groceries, accompanying children to school, and helping clients respond to deportation orders. “It’s taking a village, and we have hundreds of people who are stepping up,” said Bess Cohen, one of the clinic’s organizers.
A data vulnerability in the my.UChicago portal may have allowed users unauthorized access to course grades as well as student and staff social security numbers and birth dates. A previous vulnerability, reported to the University’s Information Security Office in September, exposed site users to others’ personal information, including dates of birth, campus IDs, and gender.
The Maroon documented a day in the life of Collegiate Assistant Professor Korey Williams as he balances poetry, research, and teaching in the Human Being and Citizen humanities Core sequence.
Political science professor John Mearsheimer called the Trump administration’s recent invasion of Venezuela “good old-fashioned imperialism” at a talk on January 22.
College Council approved most of the Student Government Funding Committee’s allocations at a meeting on Monday. They also approved several changes to the committee’s funding guide regarding food and travel.
Inspired by his father’s experience after returning from his tour of duty as a U.S. Navy commander in Jordan, first-year Henry Sabo launched a website to compile resources and “[help] veterans find community.” Veteran Atlas features an interactive map that allows visitors to find veteran-owned businesses, veteran-specific meetups and events, and counseling and mental health services.
Grey City
To recruit or not to recruit? Grey City spoke to students and alumni about the competitive finance recruiting process and the relationship between the preprofessional grind and the life of the mind.
Arts and Culture
Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day date? The Maroon’s Arts and Culture editors have you covered with plenty of recommendations, ranging from theaters to galleries to restaurants.
Manfred Honeck led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of portions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished Requiem Mass. “We won’t ever know what exactly Mozart’s vision was, but by constantly trying we can help keep him—and the classical tradition as a whole—alive,” writes Arts Reporter Deniz Kurdi.
