The joy of dining hall meals

By Chris Meeske / February 18, 2003

If only griping about dining halls were a sport, and this sport somehow reflected in the appearance of those College students who sustain themselves with Aramark’s industrially produced food-like substances. Then Pierce, B-J, and Bartlett would undoubtedly host a wondrous collection of well-toned pectorals and rippling biceps, conditioned by grueling workout sessions of complaining about...

Professors and the student press

By Phoebe Maltz / February 18, 2003

Professors who write letters and op-eds in student papers are assets to them for the same reason that their presence poses a problem. Professors writing for student press often have valuable inputs that are useful in getting more ideas out and thus should under no circumstances be banned from student press. However, when a professor...

U of C EMP passes muster

By The Maroon Staff / February 18, 2003

Recent days have seen the practical debut of the color-coded terrorism alert system devised by the Department of Homeland Security. The system has been in place for some months, but the overwhelming novelty of prior alerts reduced their immediacy to that of a dress rehearsal. But with the increasing inescapability of armed conflict in Iraq...

The thin maroon line

By The Maroon Staff / February 14, 2003

According to the South East Chicago Commission, crime in the Hyde Park and South Kenwood neighborhoods is down 14 percent since 1998. Much of the credit for this drop in crime is due to successful cooperation between University Police and the Chicago Police Department. The police have excelled in improving and maintaining the safety of...

Writer’s Response

By Joshua Steinman / February 14, 2003

Bush and the economy: A response to John Lovejoy’s article of January 31. In a Wall Street Journal poll, 55 percent of Americans opposed Social Security privatization. I couldn’t verify Lovejoy’s source for his assertions that “the plan is wildly popular,” or that the “claim that the unemployment rate has nearly doubled makes no sense.”...

U.N. risks its own irrelevance

By George Anesi / February 14, 2003

Secretary of State Colin Powell just laid down the latest and perhaps most convincing case to date for going to war with Iraq. The war to disarm Iraq is necessary, since Iraq has refused to disarm itself. Ideally the war would have U.N. approval. However, after the U.N.’s behavior over the past few months, I...

A reluctant justification for war

By John Lovejoy / February 14, 2003

It’s not a matter of if but when we’re going to war with Iraq. The Bush administration has made it clear that Iraq’s refusal to cooperate makes invasion necessary, and barring a change of heart by Saddam Hussein, the bombs will start falling soon. Obviously this is deeply disturbing to many people. They must remember...

Favor action over discussion

By David Gardner / February 14, 2003

Last Friday’s staff editorial criticized the efforts to organize a student walkout from classes in opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq. The argument of the editorial, however, disregards the importance of public action, especially by students, in influencing government policies. The primary criticism from the editorial is that the demonstration would conflict with education...

Rethinking a walkout on Iraq

By The Maroon Staff / February 7, 2003

The ongoing protest against the coming war in Iraq entered a new phase recently when a group of students began petitioning for a walkout from classes on a designated date. In conjunction with this walkout, a teach-in will be held to discuss the problems of war in Iraq. It would be too much to say...

How to teach: Some basic ways

By James Liu / February 7, 2003

This nation is plagued with a shortage of math and science teachers, and an overabundance of unemployed philosophy majors. Meanwhile, the city of Chicago has signed agreements with the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology to get math and science majors to teach in public schools. These programs help to...

A need for polemical professors

By Yoshi Salaverry / February 7, 2003

With the rapid erosion of conservative social norms in late 20th century America, the old adage that children should be “seen and not heard” has, in most cases, flown out the window. Now this is a shift I entirely support when looked at out of context. But this change has accompanied–I would say causally–a shift...

A start for combating AIDS

By Joshua Steinman / February 7, 2003

At the end of George H.W. Bush’s presidential term in 1992, the United States was distributing over 800 million condoms annually to countries in Africa. Since his son took office, that number has been cut to about 300 million. In his State of the Union address, President Bush proposed $10 billion in new aid to...