No U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia

By Tim Miller / January 25, 2002

It’s time for the United States to get its troops out of Saudi Arabia. This statement may come as somewhat of a surprise given that one of Osama bin Laden’s goals has always been the removal of American troops from the Arabian Peninsula. But it is becoming more and more clear that our presence is...

Dangerous patterns of decadence in today’s world

By Sener Akturk / October 8, 2001

Nietzsche once said, “Decay is universal and the sickness goes deep” (The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner). Our Age is most certainly an age of decadence. But we should not forget that decadence in dominant civilizations coincides with an awakening and a rebirth in peripheral civilizations. As decadence, disintegration, and sublime darkness...

A word of caution

By The Maroon Staff / October 8, 2001

Recent weeks have seen a marked increase in daylight crime in Chicago. More and more robberies in Hyde Park are bucking the widely held ducat that the sun means safety. To wit, now is a very good time to urge every resident of Hyde Park to be mindful of the risks of urban living. In...

Pulling on the reigns of reality

By Jay Patel / October 8, 2001

It is no lie that reality television has invaded our households and has truly captivated the lives of many who tune in weekly to experience the world of strategy, deception, danger, and excitement. As one series reaches its dramatic conclusion, another soon springs forth to appease the hearts of the “reality hungry.” The questions that...

Doing what no one wants to do

By Tim Miller / October 8, 2001

And so it has begun. After refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden and other members of the al-Quaeda terrorist network, the Taliban is facing the might of the United States’ military. Obviously the Taliban believes that this attack itself is a terrorist action against them, so blinded they are by their extremist view of...

This could be a war not won

By Edward Hershey / October 4, 2001

Late during orientation week, I got in an argument with a student whom I assumed to be a first-year. I never saw what he looked like — we chatted from opposite sides of the divider in the RSO lab in the Reynolds Club basement. Despite not seeing the face of my interlocutor, I think an...

Now, it has become personal

By Jon Kern / October 4, 2001

For some time I have been struggling to find the right words. I still am. My home for my entire life has been in Lower Manhattan. The neighborhood has shaped my identity. I grew up without next-door neighbors or other kids my age. I had access to subway lines and I always had to travel...

A day that will live in infamy

By Justin Palmer / September 27, 2001

“I fear that all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” This memorable line was uttered by Japanese Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto hours after his navy attacked Pearl Harbor. Sixty years later, the United States has been attacked by surprise by an enemy no less intent on...

Don’t forget the summertime

By The Maroon Staff / September 18, 2001

Like an artist’s hand or the sustain pedal on a piano, summertime has a way of smudging the sharp edges of things, making everything a little less pointed. We emerge from summer with our ties undone, our hair down, and our gait a little slower, only to collide head on with fast fall. Fall arrives...

Adler’s Legacy

By The Maroon Staff / September 18, 2001

While some University of Chicago students consider the Core curriculum to be a badge of honor marking intellectual prowess, many others are more inclined to regard it as a bothersome hurdle to jump. Over the last few years, the academic climate at the University of Chicago has seemed more comfortable to the second group than...

We don’t come for the books

By Ryan Mayo / September 18, 2001

Ahh, another summer has ended and we have all been called back to our seasonal home in Hyde Park, to attend the 9th best college in America — at least according to certain rankings. What I don’t understand is why we actually do return each year like salmon going upstream to lay their eggs (I...

MAB knows its situation

By Mark Hendrickx / May 24, 2001

Much incorrect information has been printed in the campus newspaper — namely the Chicago Weekly News — over the last several weeks in regards to the Major Activities Board’s (MAB) spending habits and why we do not release to the media the booking fees we pay to artists who perform at our shows. I am...