Let “fun goes to die” die

By Ellen Wiese / April 8, 2014

Negative expectations about winter quarter and student life only cultivate self-fulfilling prophecies.

Give auditing some credit

By Kiran Misra / April 4, 2014

Auditing separates learning from the preprofessional context and perhaps reminds us why we came here in the first place.

Detroit CA trek disappoints

By Phillip Brown / April 4, 2014

Careers Trek was a missed opportunity for both the city and UChicago students.

Two-sided Bitcoin

By David Grossman / April 4, 2014

Bitcoin’s “Achilles’ heel (or saving grace, depending on how you look at it)” is not being a recognized global currency.

Viewpoints has no new points

By Benjamin Gammage / April 4, 2014

The Maroon’s Op-Ed section is subpar, but readers carry the responsibility of improving it.

Letter from the editors

By Emma Broder / April 4, 2014

Dear Reader, Do you really need the Maroon? As it stands, there’s more than one answer to that question—and that bothers us. Each member of our over 100 person team is devoted to providing a service that our fellow students can value, and on which they should rely. Spring quarter is always a time of...

Divestment from fossil fuels? Save your time.

By Evan Zimmerman / March 11, 2014

When examining nuances, divestment movement becomes unfocused and unclear.

Digging our graves with debt

By David Grossman / March 7, 2014

Government policies have exacerbated, not helped, the unemployment situation.

Know your place

By Zelda Mayer / February 28, 2014

Identity of students is predicated on privilege.

In accordance

By Miriam Shestack / February 28, 2014

The University of Chicago can and must do its part to raise standards in the garment industry.

On the agenda

By Ellen Wiese / February 25, 2014

Our relentlessly busy and monotonous schedules change enjoyable activities into bullet points to cross off.

Not just symbolic

By Johnny Guy / February 25, 2014

Anti-divestment defeatism misses the point.