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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon
Smile Design Every Other Week
The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Letter: IIRON Calls on New Provost to Meet Demands

By Letter to the Editor / April 14, 2016
As representatives of the IIRON Student Network (ISN) at the University of Chicago, we’re writing in response to the announcement of an upcoming transition in the Office of the Provost. Our organization includes the UChicago Climate Action Network (UCAN), Students for Disability Justice (SDJ), Campaign for Equitable Policing (CEP), and Fair Budget UChicago (FBU). Our...

Letter: J Street UChicago Comes Out Against Resolution

By Letter to the Editor / April 7, 2016
J Street UChicago is opposed to the resolution recently introduced by UofC Divest. We are unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-peace, and pro-Palestinian. Our belief in social justice, human rights, and self-determination for both peoples has led us to work toward a two-state solution and to oppose the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The UofC Divest resolution...

Letter: UofC Divest Calls for Divestment for Human Rights in Palestine

By Letter to the Editor / April 7, 2016
Palestinians today face a comprehensive system of occupation, dispossession, and segregation—in short, apartheid. Their cities are bombed, resources stolen, children kidnapped, and movement restricted. They have asked for our help. In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to use the tactics of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) to pressure...

Letter to the Editor: IOP Director Responds to Protests at Alvarez Event

By David Axelrod / February 18, 2016
Do you believe in a society in which people simply shut down and silence those with whom they disagree? Can our democracy function that way? That’s exactly what happened Wednesday at the Institute of Politics (IOP) when the Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez was interrupted by loud and profane protesters, who brought to a...

Letter: South Side Community Calls for More Efficient Metra System

By Letter to the Editor / January 7, 2016
The Metra Electric, which serves Chicago’s South Side and South Suburban communities, is a hugely underutilized asset. If operated like CTA lines—with trains every 10 or 15 minutes, full Ventra integration, and transfer discounts—the Metra Electric could unlock the enormous development potential of the South Side and South Suburbs. Built as a transit line much...

Letter: Contingent faculty’s petition to unionize

By Letter to the Editor / November 16, 2015
We, the undersigned tenured and tenure-track faculty at the University of Chicago, support the right of our contingently-employed faculty colleagues to form a union. We affirm the statement of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) that “faculties at both public and private institutions are entitled, as professionals, to choose by an election or comparable...

Letter: Law School professor makes the case against divestment

By Letter to the Editor / November 5, 2015
A petition is circulating among the faculty of the University of Chicago to “urge the University to divest from the fossil fuel industry.” As of now, it has over 109 signatures from professors across the University. This is a small part of a larger campaign spearheaded by Students for a Just and Sustainable Future (SJSF)...

Letter: SJP responds to allegations of spreading false information

By Letter to the Editor / October 19, 2015
On October 5, Abdulrahman Shadi Obeidallah was shot in the chest with a live round by an Israeli soldier near the main entrance of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. He died a short while later, still wearing his school uniform. Unfortunately, this was no isolated incident. Since October 1, Israel has killed 32 Palestinians...

Letter: UCAN demands that Trustees consider divestment

By Letter to the Editor / October 15, 2015
In September, the University of California Board of Regents divested itself of $200 million worth of investments in coal and oil sands. We want our university to do the same. Since 2012, the University of Chicago Climate Action Network has been advocating for the university to divest from fossil fuels—more specifically, to sell all direct...

Letter: SJP spreads false information around campus

By Letter to the Editor / October 15, 2015
On posters all throughout campus, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) claim that the Israeli military murdered Esra’ Zidan Abed and Ahmad Manasra. I am not writing to provide context or commentary. I am not writing to debate SJP on the ongoing events in Israel. I am writing with a single purpose: to refute lies...
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