The Chicago Initiative: your questions answered

By Charlene Cho / March 5, 2004

Editor’s note: This article was submitted on behalf of the Student Steering Committee for the Chicago Initiative. What is the Chicago Initiative? It’s a fundraising campaign for the University of Chicago. How much is the University trying to raise? $2 billion. Wow. That’s a lot of money. What’s it going to be used for? Well,...

John Kerry hasn’t won the presidency yet

By Justin Palmer / March 5, 2004

With Senator John Kerry’s sweep last Tuesday, the battle for the Democratic nomination has finally come to an end. After vanquishing his rivals one by one, Senator Kerry is now guaranteed to win the Democratic nomination and will face President Bush in November. Though many pundits are predicting one of the closest and nastiest campaigns...

Democrat Barack Obama

By Andrew Hammond / March 5, 2004

On March 16, Democrats all over the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois will flock to the ballot box to vote in their party’s primary. Although Illinois Democrats will have little effect on the presidential primary, they will presumably pick the state’s next U. S. Senator. The incumbent Republican, Peter Fitzgerald, has announced...

The proposed Red Line shuttle is the wrong solution for the wrong concerns

By Colin Alfred McFaul / March 2, 2004

It appears that the proposed Red Line shuttle is in the process of becoming a reality. Perhaps it would have been better for me to voice my objections to the idea somewhat earlier, but at the very least I should oppose it now, particularly because there appears to be a notable lack of dissent. My...

The Nader effect will be minimal in ’04

By Andrew Hammond / March 2, 2004

So Ralph Nader is going to run again. In an interview on “Meet the Press” this weekend, the consumer advocate and perennial presidential candidate announced that he would run for the White House as an independent. With the Democratic Party livid over Nader’s entry into the race, political analysts are trying to determine how much...

Nader won’t be the one to stop Bush

By Emily Alpert / March 2, 2004

“I think this may be the only candidacy in our memory that is opposed by people who agree with us,” joked Ralph Nader upon hitting the campaign trail this Monday. Unlike his 2000 run, which at the bare minimum was bolstered by the Green Party (and a few A-list fans), Nader 2004 is a lonely...

French head scarf ban infringes on civil liberties

By Matt Holtzman / March 2, 2004

I don’t know where I’ve been the last couple of weeks, but someone should have notified me about France’s nosedive into third-world politics. A ban on head scarves exists in Singapore, Turkey, and Egypt in various forms, but the implementation of President Jacques Chirac’s ban on religious garb, in my mind, can only be viewed...

The left tries to reshape America for the worse

By John Lovejoy / March 2, 2004

Many Democratic politicians who call themselves Catholic hold the bizarre position of opposing abortion personally while fighting rabidly for its unconditional legality. That being the case, I feel less disingenuous with my position on gay marriage: while I support it personally, I do not believe it should be legalized. I accept all the standard arguments...

Effects of the College expansion

By Maroon Editorial Staff / March 2, 2004

As students register for classes, they are once again faced with class size caps and conflicting times. The effects of these problems will appear next quarter when classes begin in rooms that cannot accommodate the number of students or are not properly equipped. We are now feeling the effects of the expansion of the College...

Debating the marriage amendment

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 27, 2004

Over the past few months, the issue of gay marriage has exploded in the media, in academic discourse, and in political discussions. It has caused the latest rift in American society, and politicians have lined up on every side of the debate. This week, President Bush announced his support for a constitutional amendment that would...

The perils of being moderate

By Phoebe Maltz / February 27, 2004

I’d like to say I’m voting for Bush. I was going to, really, I was planning on it, I got ridiculed for it, and now I have to take it all back. I am again a good Democrat, like when the teenaged son of a liberal New York family in Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I...

An image of America with Kerry at the helm

By John Lovejoy / February 27, 2004

In the mid-1930s, France was confronted with the rising threat of Nazi Germany. While France had the power to crush the incipient menace single handedly, it did not, preferring to wait until it had assistance from Britain or the U.S. As Hitler took one aggressive step after another, France responded with appeasement. They also built...