One Day, One Room

By Annie Dhal / April 7, 2023

At UChicago, celebrating small connections is just as vital as cultivating long-term relationships.

New Quarter, New Roots: Finding the Flavors of Home

By Jessica Zang / April 6, 2023

Jessica Zang discusses spending her first Chinese New Year away from family and preserving her roots through good food and good company.

Thoughts from an Egyptian UChicagoan

By Salma Tageldin / March 23, 2023

Salma Tageldin writes about coursework, Cairo, and making it count.

It’s Time to Make Sports a Core Requirement

By Ryan Sanghavi / February 28, 2023

A static student body promotes unhealthy and antisocial lifestyles. A mandated athletic program can help with that.

Can I Customize That Order?

By Cherie Fernandes / January 6, 2023

Cherie Fernandes makes the case for more variety, flexibility, and affordability in campus meal plans.

Pence and Cheney Come to Campus: What Our Guest Speakers Reveal About Campus Conservatism

By Henry Cantor / December 13, 2022

Representative Liz Cheney and former vice president Mike Pence sat on the same stage but received wildly different applause.

College and Other Liminal Spaces

By Rachel Ong / December 12, 2022

Living off-campus can create the separation needed to shape an experience of your own and to build a new appreciation for UChicago.

Getting Bi

By Eva McCord / November 15, 2022

Coming out to my mom the first time was a nonissue. I was 12 years old, a defiant hand placed on either of my cocked, knobby hips, emboldened by Hayley Kiyoko’s This Side of Paradise and Panic! At The...

Global Society’s Failed Attempts to Pop the Core’s Western Bubble

By Tejas Narayan / November 10, 2022

Despite its efforts to break the mold, Global Society remains a stark reminder of Sosc’s obsession with the West.

Quiet in the Stacks, Please

By Luke Contreras, Columnist / November 6, 2022

To protect the need for silence, students should be more considerate of others in UChicago’s “quiet zones.”

On Patience and Accessibility: An Elevator Pitch

By Katherine Weaver, Columnist / November 1, 2022

Anyone who’s lived in a multistory residence can tell you that every second spent waiting for the elevator dilates into about a thousand years of inter-floor purgatory. As the clock ticks closer and...

A Student’s Guide to Growing Ripe

By Annie Dhal, Columnist / October 19, 2022

Consider the aisle of this grocery store, the one of your choice—Trader Joe's (snacks, premade meals, questionable naming practices), Whole Foods (pretension, alternative options, whatever cashew-based...