Shuttle debate needs statistics

By Robert Katz / May 24, 2004

One friend says, “Oh my God, it’s so not safe for the school to make us wait 40 minutes for the Garfield!” Another says, “Dude, that’s so ridiculous. It comes every 20 minutes. Learn how to wait for the freakin’ public bus.” In my opinion, neither of them have any idea what they’re talking about....

FDA wrong to deny Plan B

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 21, 2004

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected granting Plan B, the emergency contraception pill, over-the-counter access. This decision means that women across America, young and old, must continue to get emergency contraception with a prescription, often delaying treatment and increasing the chances of unwanted pregnancy. This decision is particularly troubling because in doing...

Bush appointee is hazardout to women’s health

By Emily Alpert / May 21, 2004

Last week, another one of Bush’s politicized appointments favored ideology over reality, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected over-the-counter availability of emergency contraception (E.C.). The decision, condemned by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Public Health Association, bears the mark of David Hager, chairman...

Brad Pitt’s next role: A Wrinkle in Time

By Leila Sales / May 21, 2004

My friend Allison and I want to make a movie and we want to call it A Wrinkle in Time. This will be a wondrous coincidence because it will, in fact, be a film adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle. I know you’re going to say, “But Leila, didn’t ABC Family just...

Red Line Shuttle unnecessarily duplicates an existing municipal service

By Maura Walz / May 21, 2004

So far the opposition to the Red Line Shuttle has been characterized in Maroon articles as a naïve response to a natural and necessary move by the University to provide services to its students. Courtney Wassell (“Shuttle is Normal University Perk,” 5/14/04) attributes the entirety of the protest against the shuttle to “guilt about…privileged status.”...

50 years after Brown

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 18, 2004

Fifty years ago yesterday, the United States Supreme Court decided that, “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” The landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in classrooms across the nation. This decision came with little precedent in the realm of national social awareness. It preceded the bulk of the civil rights movement...

Redline Shuttle debate misses larger issues

By Phoebe Maltz / May 18, 2004

Two principal takes on the new Red Line Shuttle have surfaced in Viewpoints: the shuttle is either a sinister, possibly racist, means of setting the University further apart from the community, or it is an innocuous example of the privilege U of C students may as well accept that they are paying for. Neither acknowledges...

America must apologize for Abu Ghraib

By Joel Lanceta / May 18, 2004

From the President to the Pentagon to the Senate to the army, each has tried to come up with the best excuse to explain the more than 300 pictures from Abu Ghraib, the Iraqi prison where inmates were allegedly abused and humiliated by army personnel. The pictures demonstrate a basic disrespect for all humanity if...

A Policy of rejecting rejection letters

By Daniel Gilbert / May 18, 2004

“I am sorry to inform you that your project will not be among those that we are able to fund this year. The committee had many strong applications to choose from this year, and it could not fund them all. I hope you will find another way to pursue your interests…” As I read these...

Take your liberal guilt to the CTA

By Nick Tarasen / May 18, 2004

The University’s recent approval of the Red Line Shuttle for the use of students has caused quite a stir among those same students who argued against Citibank and Taco Bell, with claims that the shuttle will marginalize those in the community by preferentially providing a service to University students, and not to the community as...

U of C in the City of Lights

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 15, 2004

This weekend marks the grand opening of the University of Chicago Paris Center, a multi-million-dollar venture that will expand both the number and type of study-abroad programs offered at the University. The Paris Center is a one-of-a-kind endeavor—unlike most university centers in other countries, the U of C center is not solely for language programs...

The Care Bear Stare vs. adult goths

By Leila Sales / May 15, 2004

It was 10:30 p.m. on a Thursday night and I was riding the #173 bus with a bunch of my friends. This clearly sounds like we were going to do something cool, like go to a rave or something—raves are the pinnacle of evening entertainment, I think—except that half of us were wearing Care Bear...