I don’t know much about sororities. A friend in Pi Phi tells me the group sings trademarked songs at every general body meeting, that in voting, pi means yes, beta means no, and that a queer woman guards...
When I first set foot on campus, I collected club brochures like pastry selections at a lavish breakfast buffet—I wanted a little bit of everything. After the social appetizers and academic entrees,...
Recently, it’s seemed impossible to go one day without hearing about the war between Israel and Palestine. There are moments when conversation wanes, then news of an atrocity or a new policy emerges,...
Dear Editors-in-Chief,
110 days. That was how long it took my writing to be mutilated and published in the Maroon. As a long-time editor for our paper, I thought I was well-acquainted with the Maroon’s...
Intro
In 2022, the University of Chicago embodied its commitment to halve its emissions by 2030 through the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan: Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 to FY2030, commonly known...
Browsing the Reynolds Club posters, one can’t ignore Divest UChicago, UChicago Against Displacement (UCAD), and Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) work to put UChicago Board of Trustees’ funding...
Editor’s note: This piece is one part of a two-part critique on DEI efforts within academia, political spaces, and broader society. Part one can be read here on The Chicago Maroon.
Free expression...
Former Maroon managing editor Michael McClure reflects on how being diagnosed with autism affected his college experience and his career as a student journalist.
Dear President Alivisatos,
As instructors at the University of Chicago, we object—in the strongest possible terms—to your decision to deploy armed police against a peaceful encampment of our students...
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...
