“Choosing to Govern Itself”: How the Protests of 1969 Shaped UChicago’s Disciplinary System

By Zachary Leiter, Elena Eisenstadt, and Nathaniel Rodwell-Simon / March 7, 2025

As Vietnam War protests raged on campus during the late 1960s, University administrators constructed a new program of discipline that avoided involving Chicago police or the courts.

“Living Tradition” or “Administrative Fiat”?: Annotating the Kalven Report

By Celeste Alcalay, Austin Steinhart, and Anushree Vashist / March 6, 2025

Drawing upon an interview with journalist Jamie Kalven, son of Harry Kalven Jr. of the Kalven Report, the Maroon annotates this oft-cited but little read document.

Chicago Principles Committee Reflects on Report’s Legacy

By Celeste Alcalay / March 6, 2025

A decade later, the Maroon asked the authors of the Chicago Principles about the drafting process, last spring's protests, and the future of the debate over free expression on campus.

At Columbia, Chicago Principles Falter

By Anika Krishnaswamy / March 6, 2025

Recent student protests at Columbia University, an institution with a rich tradition of student activism, highlight the divergent approaches universities take to sanctioning open expression.

UChicago’s History of Lobbying Complicates Institutional Neutrality

By Elena Eisenstadt and Evgenia Anastasakos / March 6, 2025

UChicago’s policy on institutional neutrality has not stopped the University from spending millions on federal lobbying, drawing both criticism and support from the University community.

“A Cloak of Scholarly Cowardice”: UCMed Pediatrician Criticizes University’s Take on Kalven Report

By Vedika Baradwaj and Leah Tabakh / March 6, 2025

“Our commitment is to the well-being of our patients. Therefore, if there’s something that impedes our ability, it is our responsibility as physicians to advocate for our patient," said Jill Glick, a pediatrician and patient advocate at UChicago Medicine.

The Chicago Principles and Faculty Speech Outside the Classroom

By Dinah Megibow-Taylor / March 6, 2025

Within the classroom, many faculty members have an expectation that the Chicago Principles protect their right to express controversial positions. However, when they step outside of the classroom, it is unclear whether those protections still apply.

Chicago Principles Find Appeal Nationwide

By Sonia Bradley / March 6, 2025

Over 100 American institutions of higher education have adopted or endorsed the Chicago Principles.

The Fight for Dormitory Desegregation at UChicago

By Leah Tabakh / February 28, 2025

The story of dormitory desegregation is an early example of the University community challenging UChicago to confront its institutional barriers and push it toward greater inclusivity.

Secret Places, Secret Faces

By Kaci Sziraki and Carter Lee / February 17, 2025

Two reporters provide a brief history of parts of UChicago's campus that you never even knew existed.

One Year Later, Lab Schools Community Reflects on Budget Cuts

By Agathe Demarolle and Senai Walker / February 15, 2025

In May 2024, the Laboratory Schools cut the German program to contribute to UChicago’s financial recovery plan. Nearly a year later, the budget cuts have sparked student protests and debates in the community about the realities of funding versus the Lab Schools’ mission to encourage intellectual pursuits.

Mapping the University of Chicago’s 135-Year Expansion into Hyde Park and Beyond

By Celeste Alcalay, Nikhil Patel, and Austin Steinhart / February 2, 2025

Drawing from University archives, campus maps, academic literature, and news clippings, the Maroon charted the University’s contentious property acquisitions from its charter in 1890 to the present.