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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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President John F. Kennedy met with delegates from the American Indian Chicago Conference at the White House on August 15, 1962. The groundbreaking conference was held on the UChicago campus the year prior and resulted in the “Declaration of Indian Purpose.” (The John F. Kennedy Library).

“We’re real, we’re happening, now is the time”: UChicago’s Complicated Indigenous Past and Present

By Agathe Demarolle / February 8, 2024
Breaking away from classroom matters, Indigenous students are strengthening communal ties on campus
The Midway Plaisance.

From Mudway Nuisance to Midway Plaisance

By Feifei Mei / January 25, 2024

Don’t get hit by a car flying down the road. Don’t jump into a puddle. Don’t stand still for too long lest a bird attacks. This is what goes on inside the mind of a Crossy Road chicken, and also...

The donation of a basket of oranges for SJP protesters on a table covered by the Palestinian flag. (Photos courtesy of Hui)

Dispatches from the First Week of SJP’s Occupation of the Quad

By Kelly Hui / November 28, 2023

Editor’s note: Kelly X. Hui attended the quad protests and documented them as a protester with Students for Justice in Palestine UChicago and as an organizer with #CareNotCops and UChicago United for...

The Great Displacement by Jake Bittle (Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster)

“One Evening… It Disappeared”

By Sofia Castro / November 7, 2023

“The town had been there for a century and a half. Then one evening, in the summer of 2021, it disappeared.”In his first book, The Great Displacement, Jake Bittle, A.B. ’17, tells stories of disappearing...

“The Masque of Youth” mural by Jessie Arms Botke. Courtesy of the University of Chicago.

The Masque of Youth

By Elena Eisenstadt / September 19, 2023

“The Masque of Youth” is a 1918 mural by Chicago artist Jessie Arms Botke, located in the third-floor theater of Ida Noyes Hall. It depicts a ritual performance—a “masque”—common in 17th-century...

Illustration of Dean Boyer in academic regalia

John W. Boyer, Dean of the College for 30 Years, in His Own and His Colleagues’ Words

By Zachary Leiter, Grey City Reporter / May 18, 2023

In January 2022, Dean of the College John W. Boyer announced his plans to transition to a new role at the end of the 2022–23 academic year. In his new role as senior advisor to University president Paul...

Canada geese

The Wild Goose Chase to Chase Out the Canada Geese

By Evgenia Anastasakos, Grey City Reporter / April 25, 2023

On the Midway and in Jackson Park, it’s hard not to come across a flock of Canada geese, with their sharp, hissing beaks and black, white, and gray feathers. The birds are unfazed by humans, but don’t...

Basement of Harper Library

Through the Forbidden Hallways: What UChicago’s Secret Places Offer Us

By Miki Mukawa, Grey City Reporter / February 1, 2023

The man in the photo—let’s call him Sam—has dark hair, parted to his left. His expression is serious as he looks into the lens of the camera; if you look closely, his head is cocked to the side,...

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