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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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John W. Boyer on the State of the Universitys Finances

John W. Boyer on the State of the University’s Finances

By John W. Boyer / December 6, 2023
We must recognize the fact that among the very top private universities in the United States, UChicago remains the most undercapitalized, owing in large part to the fateful collapse of its undergraduate enrollments in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.

SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine

SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine

A Pedestrian-Friendly Campus Demands Solutions to Mobility Inequity

By Luke Joyner / June 16, 2023
Building on recent LTEs on traffic safety, UChicago must go beyond “Pedestrian Safety Week” and actively address equity issues of mobility through greater investment in access to public transit.

The University Needs Inclusive and Transparent Pedestrian Safety Initiatives

By Emily Talen / June 15, 2023
In matters of pedestrian safety, the University should incorporate the needs and voices of the very people it aims to protect.
Coalition Statement on Bret Stephens’s Class Day Invitation

Coalition Statement on Bret Stephens’s Class Day Invitation

We, the undersigned students, faculty, and staff, have decided to make our collective voice heard in unequivocally condemning the administration’s decision to host Bret Stephens.

Open Letter to the University’s Department of Safety and Security on Traffic Safety

By Steven Lucy / April 25, 2023
Improved safety will come by changing the built environment to slow down drivers, not by admonishing pedestrians

Open Letter to President Paul Alivisatos on the Possible Dissolution of UChicago’s Urban Teacher Education Program

Educators, students, and alumni of the Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) at UChicago call upon the University to reconsider disinvestment in teacher preparation.
Letter from the Editors: The Chicago Maroon to Transition to Biweekly Printing, Migrate to New Website

Letter from the Editors: The Chicago Maroon to Transition to Biweekly Printing, Migrate to New Website

By Gage Gramlick and Yiwen Lu / August 18, 2022

Dear Reader, It’s no secret that the news industry is at a crossroads. For more than two decades, newspapers have struggled to adapt to the internet and to strike a balance between print and digital....

Letter In Response to “The Line Between Institutional Neutrality and Complacency”

By Harald Uhlig / June 1, 2022
After being personally mentioned in a recent column, economics professor Harald Uhlig responds.

Letter to University Administration on the Hateful Horowitz Center Leaflets

Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago demands that the University administration take action to condemn the David Horowitz Freedom Center and remove its materials from campus.

UChicago’s Democratic Socialists of America Urges Community to Support 55th Street Starbucks Union

By UChicago DSA / February 10, 2022
In a letter to the editor, the UChicago DSA writes in to support Starbucks workers.
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