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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Stories and content by Alison Sider

Women’s clinic closes as hospital refocuses efforts on research and special cases

By Alison Sider / May 22, 2009
UCMC spokesman John Easton said discussions about closing the gynecological and obstetric care clinic have been underway for about a year, but were spurred along by the Medical Center’s $100 million budget cut earlier this year. Critics, however, allege that the new policies will create a two-tiered health care system in Hyde Park, where the University will treat patients with private insurance and transfer uninsured and publicly insured patients to local clinics.

University to close West Campus apartments

By Alison Sider / May 5, 2009
The University informed tenants it did not intend to renew leases on any of its five West Campus apartment buildings last month, citing the difficulties that will be created by increased construction activity on the new hospital pavilion slated for next year.

SG election guide: Moose Party

By Alison Sider / April 21, 2009
Though their primary aim is still to bring levity to SG elections, this year’s annual Delta Upsilon slate said they are taking things in a new direction.

Hospital to revisit ER changes amid controversies

By Alison Sider / April 3, 2009
Public backlash surrounding the U of C Medical Center emergency room policies and standards of care have escalated in the last two weeks as the Center announced it will reevaluate its plans to reorganize the emergency room, and an unrelated February incident in the ER could jeopardize its ability to serve Medicare patients. .

Alumnus Alper elected as new trustee chair

By Alison Sider / March 6, 2009
Andrew Alper (A.B.’80, M.B.A.’81) was elected chairman of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees at a meeting Wednesday. He will begin his three-year term June 4. Current chair James Crown announced his plans to step down last month, after serving as chair for six years. The trustees amended the board’s bylaws to create a three-year term for the chairman at last night’s meeting..

Trial of the Centuries

By Alison Sider / March 6, 2009
Since 2004, the Oriental Institute has found itself at the unlikely nexus of archaeology, law, and terrorism. At stake are millions of dollars, a collection of 2,500-year-old tablets, and possibly the future of archaeological research.

As peer institutions freeze pay, U of C resists

By Alison Sider / February 27, 2009
Many universities facing budget cuts and further economic uncertainty have implemented blanket freezes on annual salary increases, a policy the University of Chicago has resisted in recent weeks. Both Harvard and Johns Hopkins have announced such university-wide freezes for next year.

University endowment loses quarter of value

By Alison Sider / January 16, 2009
Budget cuts imminent as admin grapples with first decline in five years. Budget cuts that were discussed hypothetically last month have become a reality. Academic departments have been asked to cut between 2.5 and five percent of their spending, while administrative units will make cuts in the range of three to nine percent. The Medical Center has already taken steps to reduce spending by seven percent..

Out on the street

By Alison Sider / December 2, 2008
Even as the markets continue to plunge, U of C students and recent graduates on Wall Street aren't panicking yet

Quad Club employees look to unionize

By Alison Sider / May 23, 2008
The University has said that it hopes to turn the Quadrangle Club around after years of mismanagement and unprofitability, though it remains unclear what role the Club's current employees will play in the Club's renewal.

MAB books diverse Summer Breeze acts

By Alison Sider / May 1, 2008
The Major Activities Board’s (MAB) annual Summer Breeze music festival will feature four musical acts this year. Cake, Talib Kweli, Andrew Bird, and The Cool Kids will all perform in the May 17 concert in Hutch courtyard. This is the first year that Summer Breeze has expanded beyond the traditional two- or three-act lineup. Fourth-year...

Law School ends classroom Web access

By Alison Sider / April 14, 2008
University of Chicago law students faced a new challenge when they returned to class after spring break–: sitting through an entire class session without internet access. Law School Dean Saul Levmore informed students in an e-mail announcement that the school had decided to disable wireless and local Internet access in the classrooms as part of...

Student examines Indian marriage market

By Alison Sider / April 7, 2008
After witnessing a number of arranged marriages among her circle of well educated, upper–middle-class Indian friends, fifth-year graduate student in economics and Mumbai, India, native Divya Mathur became interested in India’s arranged marriage market. The topic eventually inspired her doctoral dissertation, which was profiled last month in The Atlantic Monthly, the widely read economics blog...

Lab bids for $550-million DOE facility

By Alison Sider / March 4, 2008
Argonne National Laboratory is one of the country’s leading contenders for a rare isotope beam research facility (FRIB), which will be indispensable to nuclear research, according to members of the scientific community. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced earlier this month that it is currently accepting applications from research institutions interested in hosting the new...

Doc hosts rare films forum, screening

By Alison Sider / February 29, 2008
Doc Films, an organization well known for advocating obscure and rare films, invited like-minded film scholars and archivists to speak Monday night about the issues associated with preserving and studying old film treasures. Speaking to a group of about 75 students and film buffs in the Max Palevsky Cinema, the panel included Dave Kehr, a...

U of C asks Congress to aid research

By Alison Sider / February 26, 2008
President Zimmer joined a coalition of university and research industry leaders on Capitol Hill earlier this month to lobby members of Congress and the Bush administration for more funding for scientific research. The officials mobilized in response to a budget cut earlier this year that slashed millions of dollars for science research in this year’s...

Redesigned homepage to launch

By Alison Sider / February 12, 2008
As part of its efforts to keep pace with a media-rich world, the U of C is preparing to launch a test version of its redesigned homepage Monday, which will be refined until the new website officially replaces the current site in April. During the interim period, both sites will be available. [See Correction] “The...

New lights dim club’s stargazing

By Alison Sider / February 8, 2008
Overcast Chicago skies and a snow-covered telescope don’t make life easy at the Ryerson Astronomical Society (RAS), and the side effects of recently installed campus lights haven’t helped stargazing efforts either. Since last February, the University Facilities Services has been working to increase outdoor lighting on the quads significantly, adding 40 “wall-washer” lights in the...

Underground U of C fight club channels students’ WWE urges

By Alison Sider / November 27, 2007
Fans of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club or the 1999 film adaptation know the famous first rule: “You do not talk about Fight Club.” Members of Thunderdome, the U of C’s fledgling combat society, follow their own rules. Weekly fights are announced at Snell-Hitchcock house meetings, and in the one month since the group was...

Reporter calls for central Asian intervention

By Alison Sider / November 6, 2007
The Wall Street Journal reporter Steve LeVine, on tour promoting his recent book The Oil and the Glory, gave a lecture last Thursday night at I-House, sponsored by The Center for International Studies as part of its World Beyond the Headlines series. The book is the product of research LeVine conducted during his 11 years...

Reg makes students historical tourists

By Alison Sider / October 26, 2007
Though the prints currently on view in the Regenstein Library’s Special Collections Research Center were created centuries before digital cameras facilitated online sharing of travel photos, they were detailed and compelling enough to fuel international demand for images of ancient Rome during the Renaissance. The exhibit displaying the prints, The Virtual Tourist in Renaissance Rome:...
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