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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Smile Design Studio Welcome 2025
The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon
Smile Design Studio Welcome 2025
Who Is Policing the State?

Who Is Policing the State?

By Adam Zaidi / October 29, 2025
ICE’s policing tactics pose a deep threat to the notion that power is supposed to answer to the people.
R.I.P., LRS

R.I.P., LRS

By Brent Fergusson / October 29, 2025
The new writing class works in theory, and that’s the problem.
Students in the spring 2024 mixed-enrollment class Research, Writing, and Mass Incarceration, held at Stateville Correctional Center. Courtesy of Noah Crutchfield.

Slashing Beyond Prisons Is a Political Choice

By Taji Chesimet, Harley Pomper, and Neomi Rao / October 28, 2025
The University’s budget cuts to the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture will end the educational initiative by the end of the quarter.
Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby speaks at a press briefing on the Afghanistan withdrawal at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 16, 2021. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II). Captions added by Students for Justice in Palestine.

Institute of Propaganda? New IOP Director Facilitated Genocide

By Students for Justice in Palestine / October 24, 2025
John Kirby will one day be prosecuted for abetting war crimes. For now, he’s the new director of UChicago’s Institute of Politics.
Undergraduate Student Government’s offices are located in the basement of the Reynolds Club.

USG’s Statement on ICE Presence in Hyde Park

By Elijah Jenkins and Alex Fuentes / October 23, 2025
Undergraduate Student Government President Elijah Jenkins and Executive Vice President Alex Fuentes speak out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Hyde Park.
A group of students walks in front of Ryerson Physical Laboratory.

Transportation Is More Than Just Mobility

By UCDems Transportation Policy Caucus / October 12, 2025
Improving UChicago’s transportation offers the University a chance to be a pioneer of campus transit.
A Monument and Its Shadow: The Irony of Development

A Monument and Its Shadow: The Irony of Development

By Zoe Kalaw / October 6, 2025
A hotel development linked to Obama risks pushing out the very residents his center claims to uplift.

Caffeinated Criticisms

By Shawn Quek / October 3, 2025
Head Arts Editor Shawn Quek responds to the column “Cancel Caffeine Culture.”
The old Administration Building, circa 1948. Courtesy of the UChicago Special Collections Research Center.

Information and Misinformation about the University of Chicago’s Budget

By Clifford Ando / October 2, 2025
Clifford Ando addresses recent financial communications from the University, analyzing institutional priorities, spending choices, and faculty composition.
Pigs and Pandas in American Higher Education

Pigs and Pandas in American Higher Education

By Zhao Fang / October 1, 2025
Recent reorganization plans in the humanities and social sciences suggest certain fields risk joining the ranks of endangered species.

Academic Workers Will Defend Free Inquiry

October 1, 2025

Who will defend the humanities? This summer, we witnessed a dramatic challenge for the humanities and arts at the University of Chicago. This challenge demanded faculty intervention. Since taking power...

You Get the Best of Both Worlds

You Get the Best of Both Worlds

By Sofia Cavallone / September 22, 2025
In the face of indiscriminate threats against all facets of higher education, double majoring is your best bet.
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