Albright shouldn’t waste her time on Bush

By Patrick Burke / May 23, 2006

Madeleine Albright’s marketing campaign for her new book is highly effective. Her media appearances have been characterized by articulate arguments and catchy anecdotes. But wherein lies the former statesmen, the scholar, within Albright’s book tour? Can we find anything within the content of her book that is truly novel? Is accusing and indicting George W....

Da Vinci Code isn’t a threat to Christianity

By Ryan McCarl / May 23, 2006

Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has topped bestseller lists, entertained millions of readers, and inspired a major film as well as a host of books investigating whether the novel’s claims about history, art, mathematics, the Catholic Church, and Jesus Christ are true. Not everyone, however, is a fan of the book. The Catholic Church...

Fight for your right to dine all night

By Joe Katz and Ryan Vass / May 23, 2006

Bleary-eyed, drowsy, and firmly stuck on page six, I decided I had had enough paper-writing for the foreseeable future. My fingers had lost their motivation, my mind had forgotten my paper topic, and my stomach was drowning out Ben Folds. Half-sleeping, I gathered my computer and books and began to walk to the only Hyde...

Shhh…

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 19, 2006

Public parties are as much a part of life in Chicago as the wind off the lake and watching the Cubs lose. As it stands now, students and Chicago residents alike enjoy an arbitrary, but sufficient, legal code for the regulation of these parties. But if the Chicago City Council passes a proposed noise ordinance,...

Darfur activists support realistic solutions

By Caroline Buddenhagen / May 19, 2006

In Darfur, Sudan, 7,000 African Union troops have been charged with monitoring peace in a conflict that has so far killed 300,000 people and displaced 2 million more. In a region the size of France, there is one peacekeeper for every 28 square miles. This force is clearly inadequate, but international institutions are finally starting...

The Mentally Deficient Chef’s guide to life

By Leila Sales / May 19, 2006

My friend Allison watches a lot of cooking shows. As such, I am constantly being exposed to programs like The Iron Chef, The Naked Chef, The Post-Glasnost Chef, etc. Now, I am a huge proponent of being a television star, so I have decided to start my own cooking show, entitled The Mentally Deficient Chef....

Border move is a wasteful political stunt

By Joe Katz and Ryan Vass / May 19, 2006

With the Iraq war entering its fourth year, our armed forces are stretched to the breaking point, our ranks are growing weary, and our morale is at an all-time low. We are maintaining our troop commitments at strategic bases throughout the world, currently stationing 17,000 troops in Afghanistan, and are continuing to rotate soldiers away...

Media, not economy, to blame for negative perceptions

By Laura Hamilton / May 19, 2006

Yesterday, Gallup released a poll analysis titled “Views on Economy Take Slight Downturn.” The article opened, ominously, “Americans’ views of the economy, already decidedly negative, slid back to levels observed last fall in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.” Indeed, the results indicate this. According to the poll (conducted May 8–11), when asked to “rate the...

For Spring’s Sake

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 16, 2006

Spring quarter at the U of C is like an oasis in the middle of the desert. It offers a plethora of enjoyable campus events and traditions, and if we’re lucky, a long-awaited departure from harsh winter weather. Sadly, this spring quarter has not met either of these expectations. Due to their disorganization, the usual...

Unfortunately, frats defy U of C stereotype

By Teage OConnor / May 16, 2006

Beyond the perfect SoCal weather, one notable sacrifice I made when foregoing the opportunity to study at any of the West Coast colleges I had the choice to attend was a greatly diminished fraternity system. Our school epitomizes the life of the mind: Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life...

Darfur activists need to put up or shut up

By Alec Brandon / May 16, 2006

The genocide in Darfur has certainly become a hip cause in the U.S. It has succeeded in uniting some of Hollywood’s most liberal with the South’s most conservative evangelical Christians. Lately students have been throwing in their hats, calling on campuses to divest and demanding that the genocide stop. Many public intellectuals have dedicated their...

Get Off Your Keister

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 12, 2006

The appearance of three U of C students—members of the Velo sports club—in the Collegiate Cycling nationals is an excellent reminder of the existence of athletics at the U of C. This might come as a shock to those whose lives are consumed by trips to their dorm and the Reg, but basic athletic activity...