Polar Bear Run: get naked, shed inhibitions

By Andrew Mintz / January 29, 2002

If Sherlock Holmes had been here these past few weeks, he would surely have proclaimed to his sidekick Watson, “You know trusty sidekick, I do think we are on to something!” Watson, not perceptive enough to realize what the great detective meant, would have surely asked, “What?” I am no Watson. For that matter, I...

CAPS plan doesn’t help much

By Phoebe Maltz / January 29, 2002

I recently read a passage in a booklet from CAPS outlining the “four-year career plan” that students should follow in college. At the end of your four years here, if you follow the instructions, you will not only graduate — you will also have the career of your dreams, admission to the graduate school of...

Do not forget about safe sex

By Claire Baldwin / January 29, 2002

So what’s the basic consensus on condoms? I do not mean to be vulgar, I am simply curious. Basically my own feelings are that they are a rather good addition to sex these day since there is a disease called AIDS. So there’s another question: what’s the basic consensus on AIDS? We all remember when...

Plan A

By The Maroon Staff / January 25, 2002

Most every student at the University of Chicago is bound to pull at least one all-nighter during their four years at school. But without an all-night undergraduate study space available, the all-nighter can become a nomadic venture from doom rooms to lounges to unattractive study rooms. Students have been asking the administration and Student Government...

No U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia

By Tim Miller / January 25, 2002

It’s time for the United States to get its troops out of Saudi Arabia. This statement may come as somewhat of a surprise given that one of Osama bin Laden’s goals has always been the removal of American troops from the Arabian Peninsula. But it is becoming more and more clear that our presence is...

Dangerous patterns of decadence in today’s world

By Sener Akturk / October 8, 2001

Nietzsche once said, “Decay is universal and the sickness goes deep” (The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner). Our Age is most certainly an age of decadence. But we should not forget that decadence in dominant civilizations coincides with an awakening and a rebirth in peripheral civilizations. As decadence, disintegration, and sublime darkness...

A word of caution

By The Maroon Staff / October 8, 2001

Recent weeks have seen a marked increase in daylight crime in Chicago. More and more robberies in Hyde Park are bucking the widely held ducat that the sun means safety. To wit, now is a very good time to urge every resident of Hyde Park to be mindful of the risks of urban living. In...

Pulling on the reigns of reality

By Jay Patel / October 8, 2001

It is no lie that reality television has invaded our households and has truly captivated the lives of many who tune in weekly to experience the world of strategy, deception, danger, and excitement. As one series reaches its dramatic conclusion, another soon springs forth to appease the hearts of the “reality hungry.” The questions that...

Doing what no one wants to do

By Tim Miller / October 8, 2001

And so it has begun. After refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden and other members of the al-Quaeda terrorist network, the Taliban is facing the might of the United States’ military. Obviously the Taliban believes that this attack itself is a terrorist action against them, so blinded they are by their extremist view of...

This could be a war not won

By Edward Hershey / October 4, 2001

Late during orientation week, I got in an argument with a student whom I assumed to be a first-year. I never saw what he looked like — we chatted from opposite sides of the divider in the RSO lab in the Reynolds Club basement. Despite not seeing the face of my interlocutor, I think an...

Now, it has become personal

By Jon Kern / October 4, 2001

For some time I have been struggling to find the right words. I still am. My home for my entire life has been in Lower Manhattan. The neighborhood has shaped my identity. I grew up without next-door neighbors or other kids my age. I had access to subway lines and I always had to travel...

A day that will live in infamy

By Justin Palmer / September 27, 2001

“I fear that all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” This memorable line was uttered by Japanese Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto hours after his navy attacked Pearl Harbor. Sixty years later, the United States has been attacked by surprise by an enemy no less intent on...