As I sprinted across the road separating Ida Noyes from the quad, the words of my soon-to-be-battle-worn comrades were drowned out by an ominous chant: “Max Pussy! Max Pussy! Max Pussy!” cried the...
As students return to campus, last year’s quad protests against the war in Gaza, including a nine-day encampment, remain fresh in their minds.
On the second day of UChicago’s pro-Palestine...
U-SHIP provides generous insurance coverage for its relatively low annual premium. But some UChicago students have recently reported significant errors from U-SHIP, such as denials of coverage or billing errors, with enduring and complex consequences.
Three years and 161 videos ago, the Maroon first wrote about Makayla MacGregor. As a UChicago first-year, MacGregor turned the focus of her high school YouTube channel toward the University of Chicago,...
The now-defunct Checkerboard Lounge blues bar doubled as a popular UChicago college hangout before it relocated to Harper Court. “We were there to be part of the South Side, to experience Chicago in that way.”—Ethan Michaeli (A.B. '89)
After first-year Alisha Arya committed to the University of Chicago, she opened the Class of 2027 Instagram page, eager to learn more about her new peers before the school year began. As she scrolled through...
Despite being an imperfect measurement of both political donations and individual beliefs, analyzing which candidates and PACs UChicago faculty donated to over the past five election cycles serves as a meaningful indicator of the collective political leaning of the faculty and their engagement in elections.
Barack Obama’s own words will be etched into the Obama Presidential Center’s 235-foot flagship museum’s facade. A portion of the chosen text, taken from his speech marking the 50th anniversary of...
UChicago’s coffee shops are vital centers of social life. How can the social theory of the third place illuminate the roles various coffee shops play in our communities?
