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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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When Opinion Obscures Art

When Opinion Obscures Art

By Vivian Li / April 15, 2025
Classroom discussions often favor personal and political takes over close reading and artistic engagement.
Snell-Hitchcock Hall.

The Faculty Speak

By Clifford Ando / April 7, 2025
University senates around the country are organizing and speaking up. It’s time for University leaders to end their silence.
The University of Chicago Bookstore.

AI Professor

By Camille Cypher / April 4, 2025
When professors elect to use AI, they replace teaching with efficient but harmful shortcuts.
The Cost of Brotherhood

The Cost of Brotherhood

By Sophia Zeglis / April 2, 2025

​​In Chapter 720 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, which contains the Illinois Criminal Code, the reader finds Section 12C-50 on hazing. Under Illinois state law, hazing is classified as a Class A...

Saieh Hall, where UChicago's world-famous Department of Economics is housed.

April Fools: University Reverses Position on Free Speech

By Peter Maheras and Zachary Leiter / April 1, 2025
Initial speech cost set at two cents per word, University announced on April 1.
Is Safety the Priority?

Is Safety the Priority?

By Daniel Lin / March 31, 2025

On the first snowy night of the season, three of my friends and I strolled to a friend’s apartment nearby to pick up some food. With three large, empty Tupperware containers in hand, we stood outside...

Edward H. Levi Hall, which houses many of the University's administrative offices.

The Lines We Will Not Cross

By Clifford Ando / March 27, 2025
The University must make a full-throated defense of its core values, even—and especially—in the face of an administration that would have it deny them.
Gabriel Winant, an associate professor of history and the president of UChicago's AAUP chapter.

An Open Letter to President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker on the Trump Administration’s Threat to Academic Freedom

March 11, 2025
We ask that the University publicly confirm that it will not cooperate with immigration authorities or with requests for information about students, faculty, and staff that are not strictly required by law.
Studying Doesn’t Stop at Midnight

Studying Doesn’t Stop at Midnight

By Adam Zaidi / March 6, 2025
UChicago students never clock out, so why do our libraries?
An American flag and a Pride flag fly together in New Shoreham, R.I.

Being Trans in Trump’s America

By Francesco Rahe / March 6, 2025
In light of the Trump administration’s new executive orders, Rhodes Scholar Francesco Rahe explores trans identity at UChicago and underscores the importance of gender’s role in education.
Edward H. Levi Hall, which houses many of the University's administrative offices.

UChicago’s Secrecy Thwarts Discourse

By Maroon Editorial Board / March 5, 2025
Despite its institutional commitment to freedom of expression and inquiry, which relies on access to information, the University of Chicago has long operated under a shroud of secrecy relative to its peers.
Shawn Quek

Pledging Allegiance: Brotherhood, Beer, and The Making of Men

By Shawn Quek / March 5, 2025
We ought to properly discuss our campus’ cesspool of fraternity culture.
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