UChicago’s mandatory health insurance plan places a significant financial burden on students with limited means. The University should offer need-based waivers and subsidies so that no student has to choose between staying insured and making ends meet.
An open letter from 26 Latin American women alums of the Harris School of Public Policy calls on UChicago administrators to “demonstrate, through concrete, transparent, and accountable action, that the safety, autonomy, and dignity of women are nonnegotiable.”
Promontory Point is one of the best places in Chicago to feel the healing power of nature. But a government-led restoration project could close the park for as many as five years and destroy much of what makes the Point special.
“You have seen it a hundred times before, on good days and bad ones”—except, Associate Viewpoints Editor Levi Simon argues, that’s exactly the problem. The more familiar our campus becomes, the less we actually see it.
Arts and Humanities Deputy Dean Eric Slauter offers advice to incoming students on approaching the humanities Core with curiosity, seriousness, and an open mind.
The new politics and policy specialization—and its spiritual predecessor, the business economics specialization—has little to no overlap with the standard track and should be its own standalone major.
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