Letter to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / October 6, 2004

Legal Reasoning lockout As a transfer student from Stanford University, I can offer one perspective on the issue of the over-enrolled Legal Reasoning course that the article missed (“Law class proves guilty of being over-enrolled,” 10/1/04). Even though I am a second-year and have official standing as one, I was absolutely barred from enrolling in...

Letter to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / June 8, 2004

Red Line Shuttle With all due respect, I find the little protests of Justin Rolfe-Redding et al. some of the most ridiculous things I have heard in a while. The U of C is attempting—gasp—to make this university a little more “normal” and help students get out into the real Chicago, And you apparently want...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / May 24, 2004

Emergency contraception We are writing in response to Karlis Kandero’s cartoon in the Friday, May 21, 2004, issue of the Maroon that satirizes the FDA’s recent decision to outlaw the over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception. It should be noted that we agree with the spirit of the cartoon—none of us believe that it is ethical...

Letter to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / May 21, 2004

Rejection letters To Dan Gilbert: I read your recent Viewpoints article (“A Policy of Rejecting Rejection Letters,” 5/18/04) with a mix of wonder and pity. Unless this is the response you were going for, I suggest you choose your next topic more wisely.Readers expect staff writers to write on other people’s lives and not their...

Letter to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / May 18, 2004

Anchor Splash cleanup To the Ladies of Delta Gamma: Now that your Anchor Splash has passed, it would be an appropriate time to clean up the mess that you left on the Bartlett Quads. Please remove the duct tape delta and gamma from the east entrance to the Reg. Of course the taped-down flyers have...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / May 15, 2004

Red Line Shuttle I was interested in your stories about the new shuttle between campus and the Red Line El stop at Garfield. First, I must say that I appreciate the concern among some of the University community about the divisive effects of such University-only privileges. However, one phrase in Nick Juravich’s story rankled me...

Red Line Shuttle is the wrong solution

By Nick Juravich / May 11, 2004

Many University of Chicago students have had the unpleasant experience, after a night spent in downtown Chicago, of waiting for the #55 bus on the south side of the Dan Ryan overpass on 55th Street. On a cold winter night with Chicago wind blasting off I-90 from the North, this can be a truly unpleasant...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / May 7, 2004

University Healthcare I write in response to the article titled “Randel Chats with Students at Reynolds” (4/27/04). According to the article, in response to questions regarding any future plans the administration has to alleviate the rising cost of health insurance for graduate students at the University of Chicago, President Randel stated “…that there simply needed...

Letter to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / May 4, 2004

Sexism on campus Last week on the A-level of the Regenstein, I overheard a loud conversation by a number of fraternity members in which they made disgustingly derogatory remarks about women, which I care not to repeat. I was deeply offended by what they said and am amazed that anyone at this school would be...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / April 27, 2004

The Chicago Initiative Alum M. Levin’s letter (“Paying for the Chicago Initiative,” 4/23/04) maliciously misrepresents or misremembers the reasons that so many students, faculty, alums, and even trustees had for criticizing elements of the Sonnenschein-Stone administration in 1999. Not a single person argued that the University shouldn’t be seeking money. Rather, there was grave concern...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / April 23, 2004

Elimidate had good intentions I share the author’s disappointment that some members of last week’s audience at Eliminate Your Date were insufficiently mature to respectfully enjoy the “gay date” portion of the program (“Homophobia at the U of C Elimidate,” 4/16/04). However, a criticism of the program in the context of a serious study of...

Letters to the Editor

By Letters from Readers / April 20, 2004

Concerning the article entitled “Homophobia at U of C Elimidate” (4/16/04), I have a number of concerns with the depiction of the event by Anne Parsons. While I concede to Parsons my own frustration with the remarks made at the event, I feel that she did not direct her frustration most appropriately. As I was...