Facebook is the greatest thing since Marx

By Leila Sales / May 4, 2004

My mother often laments the fact that she wasn’t there for the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Similarly, my father cannot get over missing Woodstock 35 years ago. Never mind that he went to Altamont and totally saw people get killed and stuff. Woodstock was the cultural phenomenon of a century, he says, and it...

Corporate sponsorship wrong path for SG

By Joshua Steinman / May 4, 2004

Last week, Ted Koppel staged what deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest acts of anti-war protest in the history of television media: instead of a normal hour-long Nightline program, he read, for a full hour, the names of the men and women killed in Iraq since the beginning of hostilities over a...

Keep on Concentrating

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 4, 2004

For much of its history, the University of Chicago has prided itself on being a unique institution. And for the most part, thanks to our plethora of idiosyncrasies, such pride was well earned. While other schools loosened their grades and graduation requirements, we stayed the course

Vote Slate of the Union

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 30, 2004

Each year, the editors of the Maroon endorse one slate running for the Student Government presidency. Each year brings a new set of slates to evaluate and consider, and we try to make an informed decision that will influence student affairs in the upcoming academic year. On the whole, the Maroon editors have been unimpressed...

Dropping the ball: ’04 SG slates lacking

By Joshua Steinman / April 30, 2004

Three to four times as many students attended the porn classic Deep Throat at Doc on Wednesday night than sat through the Student Government (SG) executive slate debate in McCormick lounge. And with good reason. SG will never revolutionize the University of Chicago. In fact, if there were no Student Government executive slate next year,...

Inspiring success without victory

By Letters from Readers / April 30, 2004

I attended a lecture this week at the Law School. I was debating with myself, as I walked across the windy Midway (the separator between the University of Chicago Law School and the College), whether the hike would be worthwhile. Then I recalled the title of the book written by the speaker whose talk I...

The elements of a successful movie

By Leila Sales / April 27, 2004

All I wanted for my birthday was to go see The Girl Next Door. It includes every good quality of a classic film, including most importantly, the prom. Now, I ask you, is that great filmmaking, or what? Actually, though, I wouldn’t know because I couldn’t see he Girl Next Door for my birthday. My...

Specter and the death of the GOP moderate

By Andrew Hammond / April 27, 2004

Arlen Specter, senator of Pennsylvania, is in a tough spot this spring. The four-term moderate is facing a serious challenge in the Republican primary from the right-wing Representative Pat Toomey. Only a few months ago, Specter’s challenger had poor name recognition, little money, and apparently no chance to take the nomination away from Specter. Yet...

SG sanctions unfair

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 27, 2004

The recent sanctions imposed on This Charming Slate by the Student Government’s Election and Rules Committee (ERC) are troublesome for multiple reasons. The sanctions are a response to Mustafa Domanic’s comments in the April 13 edition of the Maroon, after a reporter asked him to speak about SG’s funding practices. In the article he is...

Despite complaints, SG fulfills its promises

By Joshua Steinman / April 23, 2004

I was very disappointed last week to read this newspaper’s editorial decrying the overspending of the SGFC. Bo Shan, Noeline Argulnenandran, and Yanet Bahena ran for executive slate on a simple platform last year: increase funding for campus activities. And they did it. For all you cynical Deaniacs or Reaganites who yearn for the times...

“Combatant” Padilla deserves his rights

By Emily Alpert / April 23, 2004

In 2002, Jose Padilla was arrested at Chicago O’Hare Airport on return from Pakistan. He found himself taking an unexpected trip south. For over two years now, on the orders of President Bush, Padilla, a U.S. citizen, has been detained incommunicado in a South Carolina naval brig on suspicion of a plot to detonate a...

Sports and the U of C

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 23, 2004

The University of Chicago has a long, if spotty, athletic tradition. We can proudly claim the first Heisman Trophy winner (Jay Berwanger, 1935) in addition to being the only school to remain undefeated against Notre Dame in football. Though the College now competes on the Division III level, athletics still play an important, if not...