Hitting the spot

By John Connor / June 3, 2008

As I near the end of my collegiate years, besides having faced great evolution of both body and mind, I've been absorbed by an unconscious quest to find my "spot" in the Joseph Regenstein Library.

The giving spirit

By Wendy Gonzalez / June 3, 2008

The Senior Gift is in many ways symbolic, but it has more of an effect than you may realize: Reaching certain levels of participation translates into challenge gifts of substantially more money.

A humanitarian invasion

By Ryan Kaminski / June 3, 2008

Every day, every minute, and every second the international community waits for the thumbs-up from Burma's sadist junta to deliver vital medical supplies and food aid into the country increases the possibility of worsening an already gargantuan humanitarian catastrophe. Yet, the international community has barely begun to respond to this crisis, which began in early May.

Going on 30

By Claire McNear / May 30, 2008

Nothing sits on the other side of that gray-haired void except for boredom and arthritis: Turning 30 means that you will never have fun again.

Vetoing Memorial Day

By Ryan McCarl / May 30, 2008

If "supporting the troops" means anything at all, it means respecting soldiers as individuals and as citizens, not simply as instruments of war.

Community lip service

By Melissa Maciejewski / May 30, 2008

It's reprehensible that an accepted student would ever feel any sort of discouragement from the University (especially concerning volunteer work), but perhaps more importantly, the University needs to be more careful about potentially reinforcing outsider stereotypes of Chicago life. After all, not only are these generalizations ignorant, but pragmatically, they have the potential to limit current students' opportunities for outreach..

Award culture

By Rebecca Shi / May 30, 2008

This year's gross under-recognition of students in groups designated as "cultural" RSOs by the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities (ORCSA) demands the administration to reassess its valuation of the work done by these students, which has a deep political relevance for our campus life.

Pass the torch

By Marshall Knudson / May 23, 2008

[img id=”80656″ align=”alignleft”] On the U of C’s official website, between the obligatory Argonne Laboratory update and an overzealous ode of acclaim to the new Temple of Milton Friedman, I was surprised to find an article digging in the dirt. Yes—the University news feed cooked up a really sweet review of the ongoing archaeological dig...

Finding common ground

By Zack Hill / May 23, 2008

Spring quarter of your fourth year brings some mixed emotions. There’s the panic of realizing that grades are due early, meaning you should probably start working on that massive research paper. There’s also the worry of not getting enough tickets to cover the 35 relatives who want to see you graduate. Worst of all, there’s...

Most likely to secede

By Tim Murphy / May 20, 2008

Years from now, supporters of Ron Paul's ill-fated run for the White House will have no shortage of stories to tell their freedom-loving grandchildren.

Dr. Jekyll and Hyde Park

By Alec Brandon / May 20, 2008

[img id=”80636″ align=”alignleft”] Recently, the Hyde Park Interwebs and listhosts have been quiet. Even the Hyde Park Herald has been pretty tame of late, suggesting that maybe crazy goes on break when the weather gets nice—but that doesn’t mean that the fight to improve Hyde Park is over. Remember, this is a community that flipped...

Financial aid: priceless

By James Conway / May 20, 2008

President Zimmer has recently made several big announcements regarding expensive initiatives and projects that the University hopes will be beneficial in the near and long-term future. These frequent announcements of incredibly expensive projects are starting to sound like a MasterCard commercial—one can almost hear the smug narrator list off the series of expensive items: “New...