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BREAKING: POLICE RAID QUAD ENCAMPMENT

BREAKING: POLICE RAID QUAD ENCAMPMENT

By Peter Maheras, Eva McCord, and Emma Janssen / May 7, 2024
Police began clearing the encampment shortly after 4:30 a.m.
Students board an UGo bus.

University Replaces Shuttle-Tracking App TransLoc with Passio GO!

By Vernon Li / May 7, 2024
The new UGo shuttle-tracking service has both advantages and drawbacks, according to students.
Against Playing It Cool

Against Playing It Cool

By Jessica Zang / May 7, 2024

My goal for this quarter? Stop trying to play it cool. I can’t lie; I am always instinctively flattered when the occasional person tells me that they think I’m cool. I myself often use that adjective...

An Open Letter to President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker Concerning the Pro-Palestine Encampment

An Open Letter to President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker Concerning the Pro-Palestine Encampment

May 3, 2024

Dear President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker, Allowing the continued encampment of protesters on our main quad imposes the following significant costs on the University: Time, Place, and Manner...

The encampment on the Quad enters its second day.

LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Its Second Day on Quad

By Maroon Staff / April 30, 2024

UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad at 10 a.m. on Monday. After a first day marked by protest, University responses, and tensions between supporters of Palestine and...

The Ancient Virtues Will Not Save You

The Ancient Virtues Will Not Save You

By Nicolas Posner / April 22, 2024

In the year 4000, an explorer trudged through the swamp-choked asphalt runs that feed into Lake Michigan. In the southern reaches, a complex of dark, weathered stone burst from the mangrove thickets. Cracked...

So What Brings You Here: A Cadet on Campus

By Celeste Alcalay and Erica Cai / April 4, 2024

On their third episode, Celeste and Erica interview first-year and cadet Sara Garcia about training at Fort Knox, the first time she put on her uniform, and what being part of the ROTC program at UChicago...

Head of Operations and Growth Geneva Kirk Drayson, Lynkr Founder/CEO Emily Wheeler, and Head of Finance RJ Czajkowski at their final CNVC pitch.

Event-Planning App Lynkr Wins Record $160,000 in College New Venture Challenge Funding

By Austin Zeglis / April 3, 2024
The Maroon spoke with Founder and CEO Emily Wheeler and Head of Operations and Growth Geneva Kirk Drayson about Lynkr’s online pushback and next steps.

So What Brings You Here: O-Week for Transfers

By Celeste Alcalay and Erica Cai / March 20, 2024

On their second episode, Celeste and Erica discuss navigating O-week as a transfer — from awkward first impressions over Zoom to extravagantly fancy lunches — with guest Saia Patel, a transfer student...

So Much Excellence!

So Much Excellence!

By Clifford Ando / February 22, 2024

Editors note: The University has informed The Maroon that the September payment issues detailed in the following piece were not connected to the University’s budget situation as alleged. A statement...

The exterior of the Hillel building.

Students React to Israeli Consul General’s Meeting With Alivisatos, Chabad, and Hillel

By Tiffany Li / February 10, 2024

University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos met with Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Yinam Cohen on January 23. According to Cohen’s X and LinkedIn, the purpose of the meeting was “to further...

From left to right: Dina Rashed and panelists Maliha Chishti, Gregory Khalil, and Omar Shakir.

Panel Illuminates Cultural, Institutional, and Legal Perspectives on Gaza

By Alia Bencheqroun / February 10, 2024
Panelists spoke about hypermasculinity culture, structural violence, and international legal accountability in the context of the Palestinian territory.
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