Letter: “Money Matters” makes an incorrect assumption

By Nathan Worcester / April 13, 2012

I agree with much of what Anastasia Golovashkina wrote in “Money Matters.” Economic ignorance is indefensible. In fact, for anyone who would really like to see changes in our society, concrete economic knowledge is a precondition for being able to imagine and articulate those changes. Lord knows I could brush up on my economics (what...

Losing a spiritual center

By Taylor Schwimmer / April 13, 2012

With recent firings, campus Jewish community has lost its vital nucleus.

Drawn together

By Meaghan Murphy / April 6, 2012

The Logan Center needs to be a space where disciplinary lines intersect rather than divide.

Letter: Response to “An unhealthy Constitution”

By Michael McCown / April 6, 2012

“One beautiful fact about the United States is that the founders were scared of absolute power and sought to guarantee as much freedom for the citizenry as possible. This slow expansion of government power, at the expense of the individual, is a danger to American society and goes against the original intent of the Constitution.”...

Letter: Israel-Palestine coverage misinformed

By Sami Kishawi / April 5, 2012

I am writing to express my concern about The Maroon’s journalistic integrity in tackling the Israel-Palestine issue. How can the University of Chicago foster the free and fair spread of ideas if its very own student newspaper does not dare to deviate from a set of unrelated and skewed “talking points”? This past Monday, students...

Composite sketch

By Minjae Kim / April 3, 2012

“Etch-A-Sketch” candidate Mitt Romney shows willingness to shape his policies to reflect the collective will of his constituents.

Letter: Syrian intervention warranted

By Apratim Gautam / March 30, 2012

If our military experts have consistently underestimated the costs of counterinsurgency warfare—from Vietnam to Afghanistan to Iraq—then they have also quite often overestimated the risks of battling conventional state armies, especially in the Middle East. In both Gulf Wars, Saddam Hussein’s army put up considerably less of a fight than many planners expected. The United...

A diner inconvenience

By Joe Cronin / March 2, 2012

Clarke’s fails to serve up the classic diner experience.

Learning for earning’s sake

By Adam Gillette / February 27, 2012

President Obama’s emphasis on obtaining a college degree ignores the equally vital role vocational schools play in producing jobs.

A time to redefine

By Sherraine Ashley / February 27, 2012

Black History Month celebrates a misleading, exclusive definition of the black experience.

Fear of commitment

By Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL) / February 20, 2012

The University should end its contract with Adidas, upholding its commitment to fair labor practices.

Setting the bar low

By Rachel Marro / February 17, 2012

Student Government’s inclusion of Tilted Kilt in Pub Crawl sends wrong message to students.