American business should follow Google

By Patrick Burke / January 20, 2006

At any point in its meteoric rise to the top of the business world, was Google.com truly the most efficient and convenient search engine on the web? Blinded by Google’s breathtaking success since its inception in May of 1998, it is easy to presume that the search engine was simply better than the rest. The...

The empty nest now has a new meaning

By Leila Sales / January 20, 2006

Ever since I started college and left my parents to their own devices, they have become obsessed with home improvement. It’s much like the TV show, except that instead of young hottie J.T.T. running around, engaging in crazy shenanigans, our home improvement mostly consists of my parents being neurotic. They started out by repainting the...

A Better Memorial

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 17, 2006

Race has long been one of the central issues at this university, in part due to its location on the South Side of Chicago. While our campus has celebrated the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in years past, this is the first year in which the administration has officially recognized the holiday by...

The governor’s race might get interesting

By Samuel Rosenberg / January 16, 2006

The 2006 Illinois Gubernatorial Election is off and running. Despite the disappointment felt by many Democrats with the performance of Rod Blagojevich, it seems as though there will be no significant opposition during the primary. The first-term governor has had more than his fair share of political battles over the past few years simply within...

Family values should not be dirty words

By Barney Keller / January 16, 2006

On the morning of November 13th, Michael and Cathryn Borden died of gunshot wounds to the head. When I first heard about this double murder in the small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania, it didn’t even phase me. I read about murders all of the time in the newspaper or see stories about them on TV,...

U.S. healthcare is a national failure

By David Whitsett / January 16, 2006

Last month, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) scored a major victory when they enrolled 80,000 Chicago residents in Care for All, a program that teaches low income, uninsured families and individuals how to apply for charity care at local tax-exempt hospitals. Care for All not only holds private, nonprofit healthcare providers like Chicago’s largest,...

Fix I-House Now

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 13, 2006

In late October of last year, the Maroon reported that noxious fumes were adversely affecting I-House residents. Months later, these fumes—and the multitude of problems and inconveniences they have caused—have continued to go unaddressed by University staff and administration. The residents of I-House have come to the University of Chicago—often from half a world away—to...

Balancing the past to change the present

By Andrew Hammond / January 12, 2006

Often, when we want to make sweeping conclusions about the past, history affords us a much more complex picture than we would like. In biography, when we think we have finally found the man, a new fact dashes the portrait we’ve painted. Indeed, part of the present is always spent retelling the past. For years,...

Liberals, have no fear that Alito is here

By Joe Katz / January 12, 2006

Barring a remarkable shift in the political landscape, Samuel Alito will succeed Sandra Day O’Connor as a justice of the United States Supreme Court. If, between this and the recent release of Chief Justice John Roberts’s first opinions, you’re examining Canadian real estate, I have a surprise for you. There is no persuasive evidence either...

On the oh-so-scary liberal activist judges

By Patrick Hogan / January 12, 2006

We live in very dark and restless times indeed. According to screaming headline after screaming headline, wild-eyed pundit after wild-eyed pundit, our nation is besieged from within by a festering malice, a rankling infection whose touch threatens to taint every corner of this land. Indeed, to hear it told by some, the very foundations of...

Getting in the loop

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 10, 2006

The College Council recently identified transportation to downtown as one of undergraduate students’ top five concerns. Undergrads travel to the Loop for various reasons including jobs, shopping, and entertainment. The current options all require students to plan their trip and often wait for a transfer. What’s more, thse options sometimes prove to be unreliable. A...

The Italian attack on Christ is offensive

By Laura Hamilton / January 9, 2006

The United States is waging a stealth war against religion—Christianity, to be specific—comprising a handful of court battles and the quiet replacement of “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays.” Most people are mildly amused rather than worried or insulted. But Italy has taken the fight to a new level. According to a January 4 Reuters article...