An empty edifice to Friedman

By Matt Andersson / October 10, 2008

The initiative to create the Milton Friedman Institute may reflect precisely the kind of intellectual rigidity that Friedman would have rejected.

There is an “i-banking” in team

By Nathan Bloom / October 7, 2008

Public virtue is increasingly, and disturbingly, substituted for private morality.

Friedman’s legacy not worthy of Institute

By Bruce Lincoln / October 7, 2008

The proposed Institute cannot be intellectually rigorous or politically independent.

Off the Aramark

By Nathan Wilmers / October 7, 2008

Dining hall workers deserve fair treatment.

Sacrificing substance

By Nathan Bloom / October 4, 2008

Either Obama is cynically exploiting for political gain Americans’ frustration about their government’s passivity in the face of monstrous evil, or he fundamentally misunderstands the role of a leader in a republic.

Agree to agree

By Matt Barnum / October 4, 2008

The upcoming presidential election has been fraught with disagreement since its candidates first began their arduous paths to the White House. One is left wondering who, exactly, these extremist nut jobs are.

Shouting fire in an empty theater

By Claire McNear / October 4, 2008

All across campus, econ majors are feeling queasy—if not i-banking on Wall Street, then what?

The bonds of inconvenience

By Tim Murphy / September 22, 2008

My first year in Hyde Park was marred by an unfortunate incident of homegrown, domestic terrorism.

Don’t get too excited

By Zack Hill / September 22, 2008

I think it's safe to say that a major part of life at the University of Chicago is disappointment.

Change we can live with

By Claire McNear / September 22, 2008

Change is not a pleasant experience.

Modeling the phoenix

By Nathan Bloom / June 3, 2008

Nothing could be more foreign to the ethos of the University than to suggest that the progress of a student can be measured by how close he is to graduation.

Strength in numbers

By Megan Wade / June 3, 2008

Provost Thomas Rosenbaum's recommendations on graduate funding in February, while providing some additional funding opportunities, failed to address key financial issues for students—instead treating them as if they were employees of the University.