Anti-Semitism seems to be all the rage in England and the Continent

By Teresa Mia Bejan / April 3, 2005

Reports of a rise in anti-Semitic acts in Western Europe—the firebombing of schools, the desecration of cemeteries and synagogues, hate mail, and phone threats—only reinforce what many already suspected: Anti-Semitism is alive and well and living in Paris. And London, apparently. And Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid…and Oxford, too, to my shock and chagrin. Even before I...

U.S. diplomats must intervene in Iran talks

By Adam Weissmann / April 3, 2005

Lately, when reading the news about Iran, I have been feeling the same vibes that resonated in the months leading up to the 2003 Iraq War. The scenario is familiar: European doves clashing with American hawks about how to stop the spread of illegal weapons in the Middle East. Over the last few months, the...

American kids need a longer school year

By Andrew Hammond / March 4, 2005

American children go to school only 180 days a year. While this period may have seemed more than enough for us when we were kids, it is far too short. The brevity of the American school year is obstructing our children’s opportunity to learn more and ensuring our future demise in the global economy. For...

Here’s to the Pub

By Maroon Editorial Staff / March 4, 2005

Around laundry day, those awful shirts that say “where fun comes to die,” seem to pop up all over campus. Fortunately, there is an institution on campus whose sole purpose is to create fun. The Pub has been on campus for roughly 30 years—and it shows. The weathered booths and pool tables add to the...

Drawing better lines in the sand

By Adam Weissmann / February 25, 2005

What strikes me as the one of the more upsetting aspects of the Iraq war and its aftermath is the preoccupation with preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity. Both the United States, which leads the coalition of the willing that toppled the previous Iraqi government and now occupies the country, and the other leading powers in the...

The TRC: Making nice without making right

By Emily Alpert / February 25, 2005

CAPE TOWN—On the television screen, glowing over our intent set of students, a mother railed, “I used to be fat.” She gestured to her clothing—the gingham-print “folk dress” of rural black women—which hung loosely on her birdlike, frail frame. “Now I am thin. I used to be fat.” Her eyes bore into the strong-jawed man...

Sex and this city: The truth about French girls

By Rebecca Phillips / February 25, 2005

PARIS—The title of Mireille Guilian’s new diet book/memoir, French Women Don’t Get Fat (Chatto & Windus, 2005), is a bit of a misnomer, actually. The book ought to be called “Most French Women Don’t Overeat, and Neither Should You.” Of course, if this had been the title no one would really need to buy the...

How to attract women

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 25, 2005

In order to maintain its world-class reputation as a top scientific research institution, a place for the world’s smartest people to learn, advise, teach, and research, the University needs to make sure it is attractive to scientists of both sexes. There is no denying that women are underrepresented on the faculties of the University’s science...

Phoebe would certainly not covenant marry

By Phoebe Maltz / February 22, 2005

“Upgrading their vows to that of a covenant marriage, a legally binding contract available only in Arkansas, Arizona and Louisiana, the Huckabees [the Arkansas governor and his wife] hope to jump-start a conservative movement that has shown little sign of moving in recent years. A covenant marriage commits a couple to counseling before any separation...

Summers’s logic shouldn’t be overlooked

By Laura Hamilton / February 22, 2005

Lawrence Summers of Harvard University and Ward Churchill of the University of Colorado at Boulder have each sparked media fervor with remarks that were, to say the least, incendiary. Summers provoked liberals by suggesting that the gender disparity in tenured positions in math, science, and engineering could be due, in part, to innate differences in...

U of C must continue tsunami aid

By Joshua Steinman / February 22, 2005

Rousseau once bemoaned the fact that only in times of crisis would people be able to truly understand the character of those around them, for it was only in times of stress that people’s true natures were revealed. Crisis and tragedy strip away the cultural varnish of convenience and luxury that hides our basic human...

Smile

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 22, 2005

It is already eighth week, and the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to shine through. With pre-registration opening yesterday, and with the last midterm papers and exams falling in the next weeks before the finals rush, winter quarter is slowly melting into spring. These are the times that force students to...