The U of C must turn around and face Woodlawn

By Michael Sorkin / May 21, 2001

In the space of a single block the University neighborhood goes from affluence to rubble. Perhaps a new name (SoMi?, SoBa?) would begin to restore some sense of mutuality and hope. More urgent is the need for a planning strategy that includes the Midway, the south campus, Woodlawn, and the 63rd Street corridor. Ironically, the...

Unfortunately, the Master Plan is not so masterful

By Jay Shuffield / May 21, 2001

When a university leaves site plans and architecture solely to the discretion of individual architects, it is likely to end up with poor common spaces that amount to little more than the buildings’ leftovers. Some architects pay little attention to the spaces their buildings frame, but even conscientious architects may have difficulty without a clear...

Breaking ground and breaking through barriers

By Milton Watkins / May 21, 2001

Living around the University and its hospital for some odd years I have witnessed the groundbreaking of Regenstein, D’Angelo Law, and Crerar Libraries, as well as many other types of structures. The neighborhood has seen many changes, from having four or five grocery stores on 55th Street to the Co-Op being the main grocery store...

The purest French in Tours

By The Maroon Staff / May 21, 2001

The new Paris Center being created by the University will provide a number of significant benefits for study-abroad students in Europe, especially (and obviously) those in the Paris program. In addition to providing useful facilities and something of a “home base” for students in the city, the various colloquia, research opportunities, and interactions with French...

If you’re feeling guilty, you’re making society ill

By Tim Miller / May 21, 2001

Recently, in my Classics of Social and Political Thought class (yes, the common core Soc sequence that many of you know and love) we have been reading the works of the philosopher Nietzche. Far be it for me to attempt to distill the works of a very complex and influential philosopher into relatively simple statements,...

Truth, free speech, and the search for a solution

By Aniel Mundra / May 17, 2001

About a week ago, the day before David Horowitz’s infamous lecture, while outside the Reynolds Club, I attempted to engage a gentleman from the Spartacus League in a discussion. Addressing his claim that Horowitz is a racist idealogue, I asserted that, in my belief, many of Horowitz’s claims, particularly those most often identified as racist,...

Burning Bush: good idea?

By Anand Dash / May 17, 2001

Jenna Bush’s recent guilty plea of possession of alcohol by a minor is neither particularly shocking nor of political interest to Democrats. When the opposing party’s leader is constantly talking about changing the tone of political discourse, the last thing you want to do is to start slinging mud. Plus, the Democrats tend to take...

Grade Expectations

By The Maroon Staff / May 17, 2001

Grade inflation has been a marked trend in both secondary and collegiate education since 1985, or even earlier. In many respects, the upward drift of GPAs can be attributed to changes in pedagogical practices. Nowadays it has become common for teachers at every level to consider the psychology of students when they give grades, sometimes...

Letters to the Editor

By The Maroon Staff / May 17, 2001

Seeing the controversy To the Editor: Now that the David Horowitz mess has yielded all of the predictable condemnations of those students who protested the event, it’s time to address some overlooked issues — the first being the flimsiness of Jason McCabe’s claim that the College Republicans invited Horowitz in order “to create a dialogue.”...