Rap’s big break, 10 years ago

By Claire Baldwin / February 12, 2002

Here’s something that will make you feel that the years are slipping by quickly — it was ten years ago that Dr. Dre released one hell of a badass album, The Chronic. Personally, the realization that it has actually been ten years since that album, combined with the recognition that the world has really only...

Staff Editorial

By The Maroon Staff / February 12, 2002

An air-tight campaign Since last June, Lab School parents have been voicing concern over the possibility that toxic particles might drift into Lab School classrooms as Woodward Court is being demolished. Air quality is a legitimate concern, and Lab School parents, to their credit, have taken matters into their own hands, forming an Air Quality...

Not all Taliban soldiers POWs

By The Maroon Staff / February 8, 2002

President Bush has decided that Taliban prisoners are to be accorded protection under the Geneva Convention, but captured Al Qaeda fighters are not. This decision does not mean, however, that Taliban fighters will be accorded POW status, just that they will be treated in the manner specified by the Geneva Convention. On the whole, I...

Staff Editorial

By The Maroon Staff / February 8, 2002

No triumph of technology This year, for the first time, the process of applying for a Metcalf Fellowship has been completely automated, a change the CAPS staff has made in order to streamline the application procedure. However, the inattentiveness this change shows to the technophobia of some faculty members may pose a problem. More specifically,...

Remembrance of things past

By Patrick Barry / February 8, 2002

What is it that makes people think Homer had the memory of an amnesiac? I mean, he was blind, not the guy from Memento. For some reason, every time the merits of the Greek oral tradition are discussed, some disbelieving soul objects to the widely accepted fact that poems like the Iliad and the Odyssey...

Some horoscopes for horofolks

By Tim Miller / February 1, 2002

Welcome, disciples of the dreadful and masters of the metaphysical to Master Tim’s Psychic House o’ Fun, where our motto is “just because we ‘underperformed’ during midterms doesn’t mean you shouldn’t trust our advice.” Speaking of which, many students here have just completed or are in the process of completing their midterms, which will of...

Staff Editorial

By The Maroon Staff / February 1, 2002

On Dawson’s Departure Michael Dawson, a professor in the political science department and founder of the Committee on Race, Politics and Culture, announced last September that he was leaving the University of Chicago for a position at Harvard University. At the time, his announcement received little attention on campus or in the national media. But...

Where you learn to be a deity

By Phoebe Maltz / February 1, 2002

Dear Aspiring Deity, Thank you for expressing interest in the Divinity School. We hope you find that our program suits your interests as a budding deity. Enjoy! Purpose: The Divinity School is devoted to its mission, which is to educate and send out into the world a top-notch set of gods, year after year. We...

Do not forget about safe sex

By Claire Baldwin / January 29, 2002

So what’s the basic consensus on condoms? I do not mean to be vulgar, I am simply curious. Basically my own feelings are that they are a rather good addition to sex these day since there is a disease called AIDS. So there’s another question: what’s the basic consensus on AIDS? We all remember when...

Polar Bear Run: get naked, shed inhibitions

By Andrew Mintz / January 29, 2002

If Sherlock Holmes had been here these past few weeks, he would surely have proclaimed to his sidekick Watson, “You know trusty sidekick, I do think we are on to something!” Watson, not perceptive enough to realize what the great detective meant, would have surely asked, “What?” I am no Watson. For that matter, I...

CAPS plan doesn’t help much

By Phoebe Maltz / January 29, 2002

I recently read a passage in a booklet from CAPS outlining the “four-year career plan” that students should follow in college. At the end of your four years here, if you follow the instructions, you will not only graduate — you will also have the career of your dreams, admission to the graduate school of...

Plan A

By The Maroon Staff / January 25, 2002

Most every student at the University of Chicago is bound to pull at least one all-nighter during their four years at school. But without an all-night undergraduate study space available, the all-nighter can become a nomadic venture from doom rooms to lounges to unattractive study rooms. Students have been asking the administration and Student Government...