Dear reader,
Second-year Calista Lee passed away on October 27 at 19 years old. A memorial on Lee’s behalf was held last week in the East Dean’s Lounge of Woodlawn, with more than 75 people in attendance.
The Maroon hopes to follow this article with an obituary memorializing Calista’s life and her time as a member of the University community. We ask anyone who has memories they want to share about Calista to please contact the Maroon’s Editors-in-Chief at tiffanyl9@uchicago.edu and elenae@uchicago.edu.
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News
Almost 20 students are vying to represent the Class of 2029 in this year’s College Council election. Here is everything you need to know about the candidates before voting closes at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Nevin Hall, the former vice president of student organizations and Elections & Rules Committee chair for Undergraduate Student Government (USG) who was impeached last year, is running for College Council. Hall is the only candidate on the ballot for two vacant seats, but USG officials say he is disqualified from taking office.
The College is offering a new minor in Kreyòl and Haitian studies. “Our role is to give students an overall picture of the Haitian context. It’s not just language, but also other aspects of the society,” said assistant instructional professor of French and Haitian Creole Gerdine Ulysse.
Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist Chen Ning Yang (Ph.D. ’48) died on October 18 at 103 years old. Yang is remembered for his research on particle behavior and for his discovery, alongside colleague Tsung-Dao Lee (Ph.D. ’50), of a phenomenon that disrupted the principle of parity conservation.
Arts
Arts reporter Mariana Meriles reviews Nia DaCosta’s film Hedda, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler about a bored middle-class woman who attempts to assert her own agency and control by manipulating others. For all the film’s beauty, Meriles writes that it “appears more polished than it is profound.”
From jazz quartets to pipes in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, the Maroon has got you covered with a roundup of three weekly concert series in Hyde Park.
Last weekend, students taking the Intro to Western Art Music course had the opportunity to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform at the Symphony Center downtown. The program featured music by composer Hector Berlioz, including Harold in Italy and Symphonie fantastique.
Sports
The Chicago Bears haven’t had much to celebrate in recent years. Under new head coach Ben Johnson, could they return to their former glory?
This summer, postdoctoral researcher and instructor in the Committee on the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science Daniel Kranzelbinder competed in the stone-putting event at the Swiss Federal Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival. Kranzelbinder says he is drawn to the sport, which dates back to 6th-century Greece, for its combination of athletics and ancient tradition.
From the archives
The Daily Maroon, November 7, 1952
Today marks the start of UChicago’s annual “Family Weekend.” More than 70 years ago, families also had the opportunity to tour the campus, attend talks, and visit classes.
