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The requests were initially rejected by the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) due to not meeting requirements for funding set by the SGFC Cost Guide.
Approximately 200 students and members of other Chicago unions marched from the quad to the UChicagoGRAD offices to present a petition demanding that the University defend international graduate students amid federal immigration policy changes.
Hundreds of articles written by Nicholas Polson with help from generative AI were taken down by the Social Science Research Network, an academic research publishing platform, due to his unusually high publication rate.
All social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students and professors.
Metra Electric Line trains will stop at the 51st/53rd, 55th–56th–57th, and 59th Street stations every 20 minutes on weekdays beginning June 15, ahead of the Obama Presidential Center’s opening.
College Council approved allocations of USG’s $2.1 million budget to committees and other arms of USG and heard funding appeals from the Society for International Relations, Charles River Economics Lab, and MECHA.
Pence spoke about U.S. foreign policy, his interactions with President Donald Trump on January 6, and the role of traditional conservatism in the Republican Party’s future during Tuesday’s event at I-House.
The rally, which featured multiple speakers and musicians, urged the University to divest from the energy sector and increase its financial transparency.
A policy informing all Undergraduate Student Government committee members and chairs to redirect media requests to the Vice President of Student Organizations or other members of the cabinet was revoked after being published in error, but the substance of the directive remains.
Students will be allowed to run for multiple positions in USG elections, and USG will be required to disclose how much funding individual RSOs receive.
College Council members expressed concerns over potential liability issues if USG were to reserve Student Spaces on behalf of non-RSO student groups and the time commitment required to execute the resolution.
At an ad hoc meeting on Saturday, College Council members passed a resolution introduced by first-year representative Aaron Horowitz to call for Pritzker’s removal over his connections to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Students will be able to check UChicago-affiliated guests into their residence halls without preregistering them beginning March 21 at 7 a.m., Housing and Residence Life said. The change is a partial reversal of the guest policy launched last academic year.
University Trustee Thomas Pritzker and Epstein’s coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell discussed pictures of underwear and Pritzker’s “manhood,” DoJ documents reveal.
The meeting took place years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Documents reviewed by the Maroon do not indicate wrongdoing on Rubenstein’s part.
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly debated policy objectives and “dark money” campaign funding at I-House on January 26.
Kirby’s defenses of Biden administration policy regarding the Israel–Hamas war have led to protests against the IOP’s decision to appoint him as its head.
The Maroon spoke to candidates running to represent the Class of 2029 on Undergraduate Student Government’s College Council to hear about their goals and ideas for USG.
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