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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon
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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon

Grey City is the Maroon’s features and investigative journalism section. We cover campus culture and local news in an in-depth, often long-form style, and we are dedicated to all things serious and curious at the University of Chicago.

Lipstick Killer: Murder, they wrote

By Christina Pillsbury / November 30, 2010
In 1946, before William Heirens had turned 18, he’d already skipped his senior year of high school, gained admission to the University of Chicago, been elected vice president of the University’s Calvert Club, burglarized dozens of apartments, and gained national notoriety for committing one of the most gruesome killing sprees in Chicago history. .

The Zimmer Program

By Michael Lipkin / March 5, 2010
Before he was president, before he was provost at Brown University, before any of his administrative work, Robert Zimmer was a powerful mathematician who carved out a complex discipline that now bears his name: the Zimmer Program.

Tunnel Vision

By Hayley Lamberson / March 5, 2010
Seasoned U of C students know that nearly all the buildings on the quad are connected to each other—Cobb and Gates-Blake, for example. But it's a well-kept secret that the entire University is connected underground by miles of steam tunnels.
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