Dear reader,
Happy Week 3! After a brief warm spell, it finally feels like fall on campus. Here’s what the Maroon has been covering this week.
Read our October 7, 2025 print issue here.
News
Assistant professor Eman Abelhadi was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer and two counts of resisting and obstructing peace after participating in an anti-ICE protest outside the Broadview processing facility on October 3.
The Seminary Co-op Booksellers Union rallied to demand a living wage last month. Contract negotiations have been ongoing for 15 months.
Former UChicago Law professor Dallin Oaks (J.D. ‘57) is expected to be installed as the 18th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Maroon sat down with professor Neil Shubin to discuss science communication and his recent nomination to serve as the next president of the National Academy of Sciences.
Philosopher Jonathan Lear, known for his scholarship on Aristotle and his writing on psychoanalysis, died on September 22. A member of the University of Chicago faculty since 1996, Lear taught courses such as Aristotle’s Ethics, Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, and Reading Kierkegaard.
UChicago kicked off the 2025–26 academic year on September 29. Check out Staff Photographer Damian Almeida Baray’s photo essay from the first day of classes.
Grey City
Students and faculty are organizing to improve pedestrian safety on Midway Plaisance. This spring, they held a summit calling for the University to advocate for changes like more raised crosswalks, curb bump-outs, and well-maintained sidewalks.
Viewpoints
The University’s recent reorganization plans in the humanities and social sciences “suggest certain fields risk joining the ranks of endangered species,” writes history Ph.D. candidate Zhao Fang in an op-ed titled “Pigs and Pandas in American Higher Education.”
Professor Clifford Ando addresses recent financial communications from the University in his newest op-ed.
Third-year Zoe Kalaw argues that a proposed 26-story, 250-room hotel near the Obama Presidential Center could displace Woodlawn residents if protections aren’t put in place.
Arts
Since 1976, The Alley has been a haven for Chicago’s punks, metalheads, and goths. Arts Reporter Agathe Demarolle took a trip to Avondale to interview the store’s founder about its past, present, and future.
“From the swirl of hazy guitar in ‘Dissolve’ to the audience-requested ‘Valium,’ the night is an exploration of the complicated beauty of memory,” writes Arts Reporter Saroya Ornelas Pagnucci in her review of dream pop artist Hibou’s show at Chop Shop.
