Riding the Shoreland

By Jeremy Guttman / April 21, 2003

In the fall, a few students in Broadview complained that the Shoreland Express Shuttle Bus was sometimes filling up in the morning and passing them by. The housing office, without taking ridership statistics or altering the bus schedule, decided to start unconditionally checking for Shoreland/Broadview IDs, even though the bus was filling up in maybe...

U.S. unjustly looks to Syria

By Jasir Ghanchi / April 21, 2003

After successfully overthrowing Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, it seems that the Bush administration is now eyeing the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in neighboring Baath-party controlled Syria. Even before the situation in Iraq has been stabilized, Washington is indicating that unless Syria cooperates, the Syrian people might be the next candidates for American-enforced “liberation.” But...

Graduate students debate

By Tom M. Hill / April 21, 2003

Is the war in Iraq racist and imperialist? Should graduate students, in their capacity as instructors, support student walkouts? These questions and others were debated recently on histgrad, an e-mail list for University of Chicago graduate students of history, as Anglo-American forces flooded into the “cradle of civilization” to seize the second-largest oil fields in...

Oriental Institute treasures

By The Maroon Staff / April 17, 2003

Following the liberation of Baghdad, rampant looting ravaged the city. A major casualty of the looting was the city?s Iraq National Museum, which housed thousands of priceless ancient artifacts. By now, many of these may have made their way to the black market, effectively taking them out of the secure hands of museum curators. Given...

Planning a new Woodlawn

By Simon Shifrin / April 17, 2003

The El tracks that cross 63rd Street, overlooking the empty lots that extend the length of East Woodlawn, are scant living proof of the vibrant commercial life that thrived in the Woodlawn community over 40 years ago. Hot jazz clubs and swank shopping venues once attracted residents from all over the city to the retail...

The time bomb of Saudi Arabia

By George Anesi / April 17, 2003

Although I am a Democrat, I have been a staunch supporter of the Bush administration?s foreign policy since September 11, 2001. I supported the campaign in Afghanistan, the 14-month ?rush to war? with Iraq, and the subsequent 20-day ?quagmire.? However, Saudi Arabia is where my allegiance to President Bush ends. The U.S. government has made...

A reflection on war’s results

By Justin Palmer / April 14, 2003

?Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival,? wrote Sir Winston Churchill. And it is victory that we have achieved in Iraq, liberating a once-proud nation from the chains of tyranny and showing the Muslim world that...

On cronyism and corruption

By Joshua Steinman / April 14, 2003

For an administration that favors a free market, President Bush?s government seems to have an affinity for cronyism. As reported in The London Daily Telegraph on April 12, Halliburton, Vice President Dick Cheney?s former firm, stands to make over $7 billion on a no-bid contract it was awarded by the Pentagon. Cheney received a $30...

Post-war Iraqi leadership

By The Maroon Staff / April 14, 2003

Ahmed Chalabi, who received his Ph.D in mathematics from the University in 1969, is favored by the Pentagon as Iraq?s future leader, despite opposition from both the State Department and the CIA. Though it fills us with pride to see a U of C alumnus in the headlines, we question the means by which he...

Communication breakdown

By The Maroon Staff / April 4, 2003

While President Randel’s e-mail to the student body earlier this week may not have entirely allayed fears about the war in Iraq, it succeeded in assuring students that the University is concerned about its student’s emotional needs and is prepared to offer any services it can in the event that the war hits closer to...

The beauty of our Botany Pond

By Dave Kaiser / April 4, 2003

Urban Oasis or Science Project? I’m speaking, of course, about Botany Pond, that quaint little in-ground fish tank over by Hull Gate. Now it doesn’t rival the Gulf of Mexico, nor does it evoke the Mighty Mississippi. It’s even smaller than most suburban swimming pools. But all of those things are far away while Botany...

A veil of secrecy over the SGFC

By Joshua Steinman / April 4, 2003

Each quarter, undergraduates and graduate students at the University pay a student activities fee. In total, $190,000 is collected per year for student activities. This money pays for RSO budgets, activities and special events; its distribution is in the hands of the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC). The students who sit on this committee are...