I-House: 1 year after

By John K. Wilson / May 24, 2001

One year ago today, Hugo Sonnenschein announced that the Administration would reverse its previous decision and allow International House to stay open. It was a remarkable event, and I-House residents will mark the date Saturday night with a free Save I-House 1st Anniversary Party (to which everyone 21 and over is invited). This was the...

Higher education’s purpose

By Max Grinnell / May 24, 2001

As another year draws to a close, friends and family will descend upon Harper Quadrangle to see their loved ones graduate from this institution. I can remember almost every minute of my own graduation, which was but three years ago: The balmy temperature, the low murmur of the Motet Choir singing Bruckner’s “Locus iste,” and...

The legend of the people and of the Proetheus

By Sener Akturk / May 21, 2001

It is true that many politicians and political scientists alike think of the people as a pool of political resources. A politician resorts to the people only when he/she is in need of political or economic power in the form of votes and/or fund raising. In this political elitist discourse, politically active and powerful people...

Architecture grows with the new press building

By Andrew Yang / May 21, 2001

One day a few years ago, I was walking across 55th Street from my apartment. As I walked across the busy boulevard that is 55th, a female student advanced toward me with her mother. In the middle of the busy street, the student abruptly stopped, turned and pointed at Pierce Tower. With her mother looking...

Marooned south of the Midway

By Max Grinnell / May 21, 2001

The South of the Midway Study, developed by the Bruckner Studio, first saw the light of day in the spring of 2000. Since its release, the study has not received the attention of any local newspapers or journalists, and has largely gone unnoticed. While some of my fellow commentators have seen fit to dismiss the...

Construction reveals soul of Legoretta’s new dorms

By Jake Felson / May 21, 2001

In Chicago, people seem to pay most attention to buildings either well before they are built, or right before they are torn down. Before construction on the new dorms had begun, the eventuality brought out reactionary opinions from lovers of Oxford imitation. Now, with construction underway, the noise and nuisance force us to pay further...

The U of C must turn around and face Woodlawn

By Michael Sorkin / May 21, 2001

In the space of a single block the University neighborhood goes from affluence to rubble. Perhaps a new name (SoMi?, SoBa?) would begin to restore some sense of mutuality and hope. More urgent is the need for a planning strategy that includes the Midway, the south campus, Woodlawn, and the 63rd Street corridor. Ironically, the...

Unfortunately, the Master Plan is not so masterful

By Jay Shuffield / May 21, 2001

When a university leaves site plans and architecture solely to the discretion of individual architects, it is likely to end up with poor common spaces that amount to little more than the buildings’ leftovers. Some architects pay little attention to the spaces their buildings frame, but even conscientious architects may have difficulty without a clear...

Breaking ground and breaking through barriers

By Milton Watkins / May 21, 2001

Living around the University and its hospital for some odd years I have witnessed the groundbreaking of Regenstein, D’Angelo Law, and Crerar Libraries, as well as many other types of structures. The neighborhood has seen many changes, from having four or five grocery stores on 55th Street to the Co-Op being the main grocery store...

The purest French in Tours

By The Maroon Staff / May 21, 2001

The new Paris Center being created by the University will provide a number of significant benefits for study-abroad students in Europe, especially (and obviously) those in the Paris program. In addition to providing useful facilities and something of a “home base” for students in the city, the various colloquia, research opportunities, and interactions with French...

If you’re feeling guilty, you’re making society ill

By Tim Miller / May 21, 2001

Recently, in my Classics of Social and Political Thought class (yes, the common core Soc sequence that many of you know and love) we have been reading the works of the philosopher Nietzche. Far be it for me to attempt to distill the works of a very complex and influential philosopher into relatively simple statements,...

Truth, free speech, and the search for a solution

By Aniel Mundra / May 17, 2001

About a week ago, the day before David Horowitz’s infamous lecture, while outside the Reynolds Club, I attempted to engage a gentleman from the Spartacus League in a discussion. Addressing his claim that Horowitz is a racist idealogue, I asserted that, in my belief, many of Horowitz’s claims, particularly those most often identified as racist,...