Tuition rates cause for concern

By Letter to the Editor / November 6, 2007

Alec Brandon is dismissive of growing public concern about the rapidly rising cost of the nation’s elite private colleges (“Congress Should Keep Out of Colleges’ Business,” 10/29/07). He claims that the “present tuition structure for top colleges…is astoundingly egalitarian.” Let’s review some facts. The University of Chicago estimates the current total annual cost of attendance...

IHC and HARC are worth saving

By Letter to the Editor / November 6, 2007

The Maroon’s recently published editorial, (“Time To Scrap IHC And HARC,” 10/26), lacks a basic understanding of IHC and HARC. The editorial states, “IHC ostensibly serves as a governing body for the housing system.” This is false; Inter-House Council is an advisory body to the Office of Undergraduate Student Housing (OUSH) that gathers opinions on...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / November 2, 2007

Is Ron Paul too honest? Do Google Ron Paul. Despite what Maroon columnist Zack Hill claims (“In Spite of His Honesty, Paul Is Wrong for President,” 10/26/07), being “too principled” is not a defect for a president. In an upcoming presidential election marked by candidates willing to change positions to win popular approval, Ron Paul...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / October 18, 2007

Bellow not all he’s built up to be Your report (“Alderman Denies Bellow Recognition,” 10/12/07) seems to suggest that Professor Richard Stern wished to have an entire street in Hyde Park named after Saul Bellow, which I doubt any individual alderman can do on his own. Most people in Hyde Park would strongly oppose any...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / October 16, 2007

ER error cause for concern I am a resident of the South Shore Hyde Park neighborhood and frequently shop at the Co-op, where I pick up the Maroon along with other community papers. I appreciate the paper being left at the Co-op for U of C students as well as interested community residents. That a...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / October 12, 2007

Science and religion not at odds As a Unitarian Universalist, I read Kyle Lee’s religious take (“Dawkins’s Militant Atheism Delusional,” 9/10/07) on Richard Dawkins’s speech with great interest. While personally more concerned with how one’s religion affects one’s actions than on arguing with either Lee or Dawkins on whether there is a real being behind...

Preckwinkle wrong on Bellow

By Letter to the Editor / October 8, 2007

Preckwinkle wrong on Bellow I am writing to express my disappointment in Alderman Preckwinkle’s decision to oppose the move to commemorate Saul Bellow at the University of Chicago. Certainly, Bellow had very complex views on race, and I can see how one could interpret some of them as racist. However, I am convinced that individuals...

Withhold judgment on SG reps

By Letter to the Editor / October 2, 2007

First, I would like to thank the Maroon for taking its time to research and inform readers about the recent absence of two members of College Council (CC) in last week’s editorial. Unfortunately, I was dismayed that the editorial seemed to make two assumptions about College Council members who are spending this fall abroad: first...

Activists must ask questions

By Letter to the Editor / October 2, 2007

In his September 15 column, Matt Barnum takes issue with what he sees as the self-righteousness of activist causes. His article, however, fails to engage with any of the crucial questions upon which these causes are based. I propose that activist causes should take on Socrates’ gadfly role, pressuring the community including—yes—activists themselves, to question...

Letter to the Editor

By Letter to the Editor / June 1, 2007

Maroon unfair to Bean The Maroon’s unsigned editorial on May 25 (“Administrators Should Exercise Caution Online”) demonstrated a lack of tact and discretion in accusing Assistant Director of Admissions Austin Bean of not representing the University of Chicago well in his Facebook profile. The Maroon’s point, which was neither well reasoned nor trenchant, could and...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / May 25, 2007

RBIM review was unfair I am writing in response to the “Dancers Change for the Better, But Show Stagnates from Lack of Diversity” article featured in the May 22 issue of the Maroon. Disappointment doesn’t come close to my reaction to the misrepresenting article: maybe astounded, enraged, and quite frankly confused might be better. There...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters to the Editor / May 22, 2007

Reporter didn’t ask hard questions What a great disappointment it was to read my alma mater’s paper describe the tour of Cabrini-Green taken by 60 current students in “Tour of Cabrini-Green Explores Poverty,” by Isa Haviland in the Friday, May 18, 2007 edition. I hope that the biased and overly simplistic explanation of Cabrini-Green, devoid...