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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Stories and content by Alec Brandon

Cartoons!6

By Alec Brandon / February 28, 2007

At the start of this year the Maroon hit the jackpot when we randomly found someone who is quite possibly the most talented political cartoonist I have ever seen.His name is Tom (T^2) Tian and he has a...

Hilarity

By Alec Brandon / February 28, 2007
I don't know why I've linked to so many things from the Harvard Crimson lately, but this

Hurting the third world one latte at a time

By Alec Brandon / February 27, 2007
One of the stupidest developments to rise to prominence after the Seattle World Trade Organization riots—and that is really saying something—was the idea of fair trade coffee. Essentially, fair trade coffee took two things every cosmopolitan loves: distrust of the “exploitation” of free trade and coffee. What is better than combining the high of helping...

Georgia sucks

By Alec Brandon / February 19, 2007
Georgia is really on fire lately in its attempt to show the country how much of a backwater it is. Th

Super Bowl Sunday

By Alec Brandon / February 4, 2007

Here is my pick for the Super Bowl: Colts 61, Bears 59.I figured two, obscenely high prime numbers would best encapsulate the argument I made in the Maroon about why I can, in good conscience, root for...

Point–Counterpoint: nothing likeable about bad news Bears

By Alec Brandon / February 2, 2007
Bears fans need to shut up. I’m honestly sick of all the talk I’ve heard about the team. How Brian Urlacher is the second coming of Jesus Christ. About how Devin Hester, who has been a non-factor, even a liability, since Week 14, is considered the most exciting player in the game—commentators even went so...

State of the Union2

By Alec Brandon / January 24, 2007

I don't have much to say about the State of the Union. We didn't really hear anything new, it was the same old fare. Really the only change was that there weren't any of the off the wall crazy comments...

Good riddance

By Alec Brandon / January 21, 2007
New Haven is continuing its progression from crap hole (when I grew up in Morse tower I'd hear gun sh

Finals10

By Alec Brandon / December 2, 2006
Blogging is likely to be slow from me as finals start next week. But, if I finish all that I need to

Point–Counterpoint: Why I don’t root for the Red Sox anymore

By Alec Brandon / November 28, 2006
For my entire adolescence the Red Sox represented a purer side of sports that I admired. Well, that’s not entirely true. They just represented something purer than the evil New York Yankees, who were consuming baseball with their staggering payroll and blockbuster trade at the trade deadline. At the time the Yankees seemed unbeatable. They...

U of C keeps early action

By Alec Brandon / November 24, 2006

Good to hear. Harvard and company had no basis for its decision to get rid of early action, other than good press during this years college admissions cycle and a false sense of superiority. The Maroon...

Traffic4

By Alec Brandon / November 21, 2006
Traffic has really spiked here lately. A fair number of the hits we've been getting have to do with p

49ers at .500!

By Alec Brandon / November 20, 2006

Can you believe it?Today they beat the Seattle Seahawks. Their third victory in a row puts them at .500 and only one game back of the Seahawks (and they hold the tie-breaker against them, for now). Frank...

Plans43

By Alec Brandon / November 17, 2006
I'll be gone this weekend, starting tomorrow, so no blogging from me until Sunday.

Friedman18

By Alec Brandon / November 16, 2006
As George notes, Milton Friedman has passed away.This man is essentially the founder of t

The Daley dynasty

By Alec Brandon / November 10, 2006
So much for anyone giving Daley a run for his money in the next Mayoral election. Today both candidat

Video of the day8

By Alec Brandon / November 10, 2006
This video/song is pure genius. It will trap you and you won't be able to stop watching until you've

Other big issues

By Alec Brandon / November 8, 2006
While there is tons of big news issues already, the Supreme Court had hearings today on the constitut

Pizza wars

By Alec Brandon / November 8, 2006

This article really made me miss New Haven pizza.But it also angered the "New Havener" in me. Brooklyn style pizza, or what seems to be more commonly known as New York style pizza is a misnomer. New Haven...

Quick hits2

By Alec Brandon / November 8, 2006
1) The AP and MSNBC (and CNN as George notes below) have called Montana for Tester. That means the on
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