Adventures in birthday-party throwing

By Leila Sales / April 18, 2005

There comes a day in everyone’s life when she must grow up, shoulder responsibility, and become the man of her house. This day can come whenever, so I was thinking, like, tomorrow. Problem is, tomorrow is my 21st birthday, and on my birthdays, rather than mature, I tend to regress several millennia. This becomes particularly...

Sunday morning commentary is devoid of policy and full of partisanship

By Monica Groat / April 18, 2005

Sunday morning talk shows are a chance to throw around the same poll-tested accusations and recycled quips in front of an audience that acknowledges the shallowness of the rhetoric, but understands the realities of the political game and watches for the P.R. spectacle. These shows tend to converge on one idea each week, presenting current...

SG Merits Our Attention

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 15, 2005

Summer may be in sight for many of us, but students have at least one more obligation to fulfill before classes end (other than finals). Spring Quarter at the University of Chicago signifies the return of something very important: an endless barrage of fliers, e-mails, campaign speeches, and chalkings, all of which indicate the imminence...

Asians are an invisible minority on campus

By Meredith Oda and Arissa Oh / April 14, 2005

This article is the first in a series regarding the culture, politics, and current affairs concerning the Asian/Asian American community. It aims to discuss what it means to be Asian, a problematic label and identity, and to engage the University community in open and critical discussion in this regard. More discussion about these issues can...

The French take their food very seriously

By Rebecca Phillips / April 14, 2005

When I make polite small-talk with a new French acquaintance, I am usually asked a thoroughly predictable series of extremely polite, routine questions concerning my stay in Paris. They would like to know where I’m from in the United States, how long I will be in France, what I’m studying here, where my apartment is,...

Bolton cannot be Ambassador to the UN

By Patrick Burke / April 14, 2005

In a time when United States foreign policy is ambiguous and volatile, John Bolton is the last person that should be representing the nation in the United Nations. As a result of the Iraq debacle, needless to say the United States already has a questionable reputation in the United Nations. It is not only the...

A U of C Diversity Center is Crucial

By Ashley P. White-Stern / April 14, 2005

After my last article in the MAROON, I received a number of very supportive e-mails from students. One student asked me to present my argument for why we need a Diversity Center on campus (one of the most important things that a Provost Initiative on Minority Issues could do as it works to make this...

A Last Hurrah

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 12, 2005

Spring quarter has arrived and, as always, graduating seniors are inching toward their diplomas and turning their thoughts to the world beyond Hyde Park. Some will make a seamless transition into the working world, making a salary, and set on a clear path for the rest of their lives. Other students’ futures, however, will not...

Bellow must be remembered and revered

By Phoebe Maltz / April 11, 2005

I went to the University of Chicago for many reasons. I wanted to be forced to learn more math and science than I would voluntarily have subjected myself to at another school. I wanted to make up for the years I spent watching Designing Women and figured that a few years of Aristotle and Adam...

The Vagina Monologues objectify the people they hope to protect

By Teresa Mia Bejan / April 11, 2005

When I first heard about The Vagina Monologues several years ago, I had little desire to see it. I’ve never been particularly interested in vaginas or monologues. Recently, however, I witnessed its debut at Oxford. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised. The play was certainly interesting and often genuinely heartrending—like the monologue of a woman raped...

Using Shakespeare to discuss Schiavo

By Hollie Russon Gilman / April 11, 2005

While discussing The Tempest, our teacher asked us what we thought about the Schiavo case. I asked, “Do you really want to hear about what we have to say about Schiavo instead of The Tempest?” My teacher is a brilliant, dedicated, and compassionate Harper Fellow. He is the kind of teacher who inspires. Of course...

America needs to step up to the bullies

By Joshua Steinman / April 11, 2005

Remember third grade? I do. There were kids who liked to play soccer, the ones who hung out in the corner eating the string cheese their moms packed for them, the kids who staked out their “space” on the jungle gym or on the four-square court, and a host of others all doing their thing...