Raising the BAR slate victorious in SG election

By Carolina Bolado / May 7, 2004

Raising the BAR emerged victorious Wednesday night with 1,238 votes, almost twice as many as the next slate in the Student Government (SG) elections. Voter turnout this year increased by more than 500 votes, with 2,399 students casting ballots this year, according to Sharlene Holly, director for the Office of the Reynold’s Club and Student...

Meet the candidates

By Carolina Bolado / April 30, 2004

BAR wants better minority lounge The candidates on Raising the BAR want to raise Student Government (SG) to a new level. “SG has a lot of potential. It’s time that SG starts doing all the things it’s capable of doing,” said Robert Hubbard, a second-year in the College and the slate’s presidential candidate. “We have...

Democracy in Mexico topic of discussion

By Carolina Bolado / April 27, 2004

Prominent Mexican scholars, elected officials, and diplomats met this weekend at the International House to discuss the changing political scene in Mexico and the state of the country’s democratic institutions. The conference, called “Consolidating Democracy in Mexico” and organized by the Chicago Society, began Friday evening and continued all day Saturday. Panelists debated democratic reforms...

Democracy in Mexico topic of discussion

By Carolina Bolado / April 27, 2004

Prominent Mexican scholars, elected officials, and diplomats met this weekend at the International House to discuss the changing political scene in Mexico and the state of the country’s democratic institutions. The conference, called “Consolidating Democracy in Mexico” and organized by the Chicago Society, began Friday evening and continued all day Saturday. Panelists debated democratic reforms...

Committee nixes Charming appeal

By Carolina Bolado / April 27, 2004

The Student Government Assembly voted seven to four Monday night to uphold sanctions imposed by the Election and Rules Committee (ERC) on This Charming Slate. The committee had decided to deduct $50 from the slate’s $150 budget and remove 25 posters from its 150-poster quota. The sanctions came after an April 13 Maroon article, “Despite...

Committee nixes Charming appeal

By Carolina Bolado / April 27, 2004

The Student Government Assembly voted seven to four Monday night to uphold sanctions imposed by the Election and Rules Committee (ERC) on This Charming Slate. The committee had decided to deduct $50 from the slate’s $150 budget and remove 25 posters from its 150-poster quota. The sanctions came after an April 13 Maroon article, “Despite...

SG prepares for elections

By Carolina Bolado / April 20, 2004

Candidates running in the upcoming Student Government (SG) elections kicked off their campaigns Tuesday after a meeting Monday with the Election and Rules Committee (ERC). In an effort to prevent problems that have plagued elections in the past few years—such as brawls and illegal postering—the ERC tightened the controls around the campaign. According to committee...

Departing EIC reflects on time at the Maroon

By Carolina Bolado / March 12, 2004

I was told I should write a farewell column in keeping with some sort of outgoing editor-in-chief tradition. Naturally, as a news reporter, I did some research last night in our archived issues to see exactly how other Maroon staffs in the past announced the retirement of an editor. I found that a column from...

B-J facilities closed by city officials

By Carolina Bolado / February 20, 2004

The city’s health department confirmed students’ suspicions about the dining hall food when it closed the Burton-Judson Courts dining hall Wednesday afternoon because of health code violations. Inspectors found broken sneeze guards, missing light shields in walk-in coolers, and mouse feces in kitchen. In addition, the dining hall was cited for not having a sanitary...

Fire burns down condominiums

By Carolina Bolado / February 3, 2004

A fire gutted the apartments at 5305 South Woodlawn Avenue early Saturday morning, displacing 13 people and forcing several others to evacuate and temporarily relocate from adjacent buildings. Firefighters battled frozen hydrants and sub-freezing temperatures to keep the fire from spreading across the block. “We still don’t know what caused it,” said fire department spokesman...

Shortcut: The Pale

By Carolina Bolado / February 3, 2004

The Pale’s album cover is, well, pale, but in a pretty sort of way. I like nice album covers, so I decided to give the album a listen, despite my dislike of the band’s name (“pale” is NOT a noun and should not be used as such). Gravity Gets Things Done, like its album cover,...

Swimmers take care of business at Chicago Invite

By Carolina Bolado / January 20, 2004

By mid-January, with the season nearing its end, months of intense training have taken their toll on the Chicago swimmers’ tired bodies. Despite this, both the men’s and women’s swim teams managed to finish first at last weekend’s Maroon Invite at the Myers-McLoraine pool. The men finished with 650 points over second-place Illinois Institute of...

Swimmers triumph in Ratner

By Carolina Bolado / November 18, 2003

The men’s and women’s swim teams handily defeated a depleted Wheaton squad Saturday afternoon in their first home meet at the Myers-McLoraine Pool in the Gerald Ratner Athletics Center. The competition was the first on campus since the Maroons’ 1996 meet against Milliken in the 20-yard Bartlett pool that was demolished when the building was...

Crime Report – 10.28.03

By Carolina Bolado / October 28, 2003

A man was robbed October 22 while walking in Nichols Park on the 1300 block of East 53rd Street at 3 a.m. Two men approached him, pulled him to the ground, punched him, and went through his pockets, asking, “Where’s the money?” The victim handed them his wallet, which had only $1 inside. They hit...

Printing to cost six cents per page

By Carolina Bolado / October 28, 2003

After the 35 complimentary pages each student will receive per quarter, printing at USITE labs will cost six cents per page beginning next quarter, according to a press release from Networking Services and Information Technology (NSIT). The press release also stated that services like color printing and dissertation bond paper will be available in the...

Survey shows grads’ plans

By Carolina Bolado / October 3, 2003

Fourth-years in the College got a taste of what awaits them after graduation when administrators revealed Monday the results of a survey of the Class of 2003. Each graduating student was polled last May about his or her post-graduation plans. The survey, run by Career and Placement Services and the Dean of Students in the...

Law freezes tuition for Illinois state university students

By Carolina Bolado / September 11, 2003

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the “truth in tuition” bill into law last July, which will freeze tuition rates for students at state universities throughout their four years. The law, which takes effect with the class starting in summer 2004, will allow upperclassmen to be exempt from tuition hikes during four years, when they will...

CTA, University improve bus service

By Carolina Bolado / September 11, 2003

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has announced service enhancements for the #170, #171, and #172 bus routes, which service the area surrounding the University’s main campus and are used by both students and community members. Service on the #170 will be extended to 7 P.M. on weekdays, while Sunday and holiday hours on the #171...

Proof will film in Hyde Park in October

By Carolina Bolado / September 11, 2003

Miramax announced earlier this summer that it will film scenes for its upcoming movie Proof at the University this fall. Film crews will arrive on campus sometime during the first week of classes and will likely stay for about a week, according to Larry Abeiter director of University communication. Directed by John Madden of Shakespeare...

Athletics Department names men’s swimming coach

By Carolina Bolado / May 19, 2003

Anticipating the effects that the fall opening of the Ratner Athletic Center will have on the swimming program, the Department of Athletics named a new men’s coach last Thursday. George “Chip” Villareal, the head swim coach at Frostburg State University in Maryland, will take over as the men’s swimming coach as well as director of...

U of C medical school accepts 12-year-old

By Carolina Bolado / May 5, 2003

While most kids his age are playing video games and going to junior high dances, Sho Yano, 12, is heading off to medical school. After his graduation from Loyola University of Chicago this month, he will begin the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine in October. “Their...

Miramax pulls three films from Doc’s spring lineup

By Carolina Bolado / May 1, 2003

Doc Films’ lineup this quarter will change due to Miramax’s recent pulling of three movies. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will replace Gangs of New York this Saturday, The Matrix will replace Chicago on Friday, May 9, and Talk to Her will be shown on Friday, May 16 instead of Confessions of a...

University alumnus loses bid for Argentine presidency

By Carolina Bolado / April 28, 2003

University graduate Ricardo Lopez Murphy finished third in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday with 17 percent of the vote. Lopez Murphy, a native of Buenos Aires who received his masters in economics from the University in 1980, split from the Radical party last year and formed his own party, the Federal Recreate Movement, and ran...

Class investigates “Deep Throat” mystery

By Carolina Bolado / April 24, 2003

Only four people know the identity of Deep Throat, the secret source who leaked crucial information about the Nixon administration that helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal. Now, after four years of research, a University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) professor and his students want to be added to...

U of C economist, Johnson, dies at 86

By Carolina Bolado / April 17, 2003

D. Gale Johnson, 1916-2003 D. Gale Johnson, an expert in agricultural economics and a former chair of the department of economics in the University, died of pneumonia related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig?s disease, Sunday, April 13 in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was 86. Johnson?s interest in agriculture started as a young boy...

University proposes Arts Center

By Carolina Bolado / December 3, 2002

A committee of administrators has chosen an architect for the future Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, which will be located next to Midway Studios. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates will design the center that will house facilities for visual, performing, and creative arts. The architectural firm was chosen from a pool of 20 firms...

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / November 22, 2002

Two men were approached by an armed offender on November 20 at 5:22 p.m. while walking on the 5300 block of South Maryland Avenue. The offender displayed a handgun and demanded money from the two men, but they responded that they had none. The offender then walked to a nearby parked car, where someone was...

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / November 19, 2002

On November 12 at 1:25 p.m., a burglary occurred on the 5100 block of South Kimbark Avenue. The female victim was sleeping in her residence when she heard a noise. The victim woke up and saw a man in her hallway. Upon seeing her, the offender fled. The offender is described as a white male,...

Indie film to be shot at U of C

By Carolina Bolado / November 12, 2002

Producers are looking for extras for an independent film that will be shot on campus this week. The film, Dark, centers on an African-American student who attends a fictional elite university. “We were looking for a school and institution that just from its look it has a very Western feel,” said Greg Cooke, one of...

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / November 12, 2002

A man was robbed while walking in an alley on the 4800 block of South Drexel at 11 p.m. on November 9. He saw a man who was counting money approach him, pull out a handgun, and request money. The victim gave him $100 and a cellular phone. The offender took the money but threw...

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / November 8, 2002

Two men were robbed while walking along the 900 block of East 54th Place on November 6 at 7:40 p.m. Two male offenders approached them and demanded their wallets. After taking the wallets, the offenders fled the area on foot. The first offender was described as a black man, 17 to 20 years old, 5...

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / November 5, 2002

University Police officers arrested two men caught with a stolen car on October 29 at 11:20 a.m. An officer saw a suspicious car parked at 744 East 62nd Street. After confirming that the car had been taken in a carjacking, the officer set up surveillance around the car. A man approached and entered the car....

Emory scholar resigns after academic probe

By Carolina Bolado / October 29, 2002

Emory University professor Michael A. Bellesiles announced his resignation last Friday after an investigative committee found flaws in the research in his book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. “The controversy surrounding Arming America has made it impossible for me to continue both my scholarly research and my teaching,” Bellesiles wrote in...

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / October 24, 2002

A man who was walking alone and talking on his cellular phone on the 1400 block of East 50th Street on October 23 at 8:15 P.M. was approached from behind by two men. One demanded that he give up both the phone and his money. The man ignored the two offenders and continued walking. The...

Reconstruction of Lake Shore drive continues

By Carolina Bolado / October 21, 2002

Both the Hyde Park Boulevard and 53rd Street entrance and exit ramps onto South Lake Shore Drive will be open by the end of the year, said Brian Steele, spokesman for the Chicago Department of Transportation. The Hyde Park Boulevard ramp is currently closed as part of the complete reconstruction of South Lake Shore Drive....

Crime Report

By Carolina Bolado / October 17, 2002

A man walked into the lobby of Burton-Judson Courts at 1:21 a.m. on October 17, and was asked to leave by the desk attendant. When he refused, the attendant called the University police, who arrested Stephen McCaskill, 33, and charged him with criminal trespass. McCaskill has been arrested numerous times in the neighborhood for theft...

GSB ranked second to NU

By Carolina Bolado / October 14, 2002

Chicago has become the center of the business world after Business Week magazine ranked Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business and the University’s Graduate School of Business first and second in the nation, respectively, in its biennial report. The last time the schools went one-two in Business Week’s rankings of full-time M.B.A. programs was 1992....

College Board revises SAT test

By Carolina Bolado / June 27, 2002

The College Board’s Trustees voted unanimously yesterday to dramatically alter the SAT I in order to make it reflect more of what students have learned. The new changes, which will be unveiled in March 2005, mark the second time in the past decade the College Board has significantly revised the test. “The current SAT I...

Committee announces health insurance changes

By Carolina Bolado / May 6, 2002

The Student Health Insurance Review Committee recently announced the new plan redesign of the Student Accident and Sickness Insurance (SASI) for the upcoming school year. After two months of deliberation, the committee has done away with the former two-tier health insurance plan system. “The plan design changes are the most substantial in past years,” said...

SG elections under way

By Carolina Bolado / April 22, 2002

Voting commenced yesterday at 9 a.m. in the Student Government Spring election. As of 6 p.m., over 500 students had voted online, according to Ian Marlier, the Election and Rules (E&R) Committee Chair and a fourth-year in the College. “Given the way SG elections have run in the past, I would guess that voter turnout...

Crime report

By Carolina Bolado / April 22, 2002

On April 18 at 11:31 p.m. police were notified of gunshots at 4720 South Drexel Avenue. They found a 24-year-old man lying on the ground in the courtyard suffering from a gunshot to the chest. The man was taken to Northwestern Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival at 12:02 a.m. Two witnesses said they...

Ken Burns to come to campus

By Carolina Bolado / April 22, 2002

Ken Burns,the documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Florentine Films, will be speaking as a Marjorie Kovler Visiting Fellow at the Max Palevsky Cinema on Friday at 3 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature a screening of selections of his work followed by a question and answer session. Burns...

Freedom quilt seeks unity and diversity

By Carolina Bolado / April 22, 2002

Third-year in the College Justin Palmer decided to bring the Freedom Quilt Project to campus after hearing on the British Broadcasting Corporation about students’ efforts to make a freedom quilt at George Washington University (GWU). The quilt, which will include panels from different University groups, will be laid out along with those of other universities...

César Chávez remembered by MEChA

By Carolina Bolado / April 2, 2002

The Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) is hosting a series of events this week to commemorate César Chávez, the labor leader who founded the United Farm Workers (UFW). “We hope to increase awareness of Latino issues and politics and to promote our culture,” said Juliana García-Uribe, co-chair of MEChA. “We also hope that people...

Army Corps to Excavate Point

By Carolina Bolado / April 2, 2002

Fuel tanks may be buried underneath Promontory Point, according to the Louisville district office of the Army Corps of Engineers. The site is one of three on the South Side of Chicago that will be excavated in search of fuel tanks left over from Cold War Nike missile sites. The Chicago Park District is delaying...

Doomsday Clock moved forward

By Carolina Bolado / March 1, 2002

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the “Doomsday Clock,” on which midnight heralds the onset of nuclear war, on Wednesday morning from nine minutes to seven minutes until midnight. This resetting to the position at which it debuted in 1947 marks the 17th time that the clock has been reset in...

SG proposes new rules for Board liaison

By Carolina Bolado / February 22, 2002

The Student Government (SG) Assembly discussed changes to the position of student liaison to the Board of Trustees at their meeting Wednesday night. Ryan Nelson, a third-year law student and the current liaison, proposed that a student be selected for the position rather than elected by the student body in order to make the trustees...

U of C decides on campus bank

By Carolina Bolado / February 19, 2002

After much deliberation, the University banking committee has decided upon a bank to occupy the space on 57th Street and Ellis Avenue. The University has been considering different options because Citibank’s contract will expire this spring if not renewed. The committee’s unanimous decision will be released today. Three finalist banks have been identified; of these,...

UIC students protest lack of minority faculty

By Carolina Bolado / February 8, 2002

Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) campus protested on Wednesday what they deemed to be discrimination against minority professors. The protest was organized by the student group Diversity in Demand in response to the administration’s failure to grant tenure to Valerie Johnson, an African-American political science professor. “It was a grassroots student...

GSB sees increase in applications

By Carolina Bolado / January 29, 2002

The weakened economy may be affecting students’ decisions to attend graduate school this year. Applications for graduate and professional programs such as the University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) are up, as many college students are opting to get their degrees while the job market is down. “My guess is that the number of applications...

Billy Joel performs for students in Mandel

By Carolina Bolado / November 9, 2001

After waiting in line for up to six hours, students flooded into Mandel Hall last night to see Billy Joel in the Major Activities Board-sponsored “Questions, Answers, and a Little Music.” The Piano Man, as Joel is known, gave a three-hour show filled with humor, anecdotes, and musical selections from both his pop repertoire and...

Second-year student robbed outside Shoreland

By Carolina Bolado / October 1, 2001

A Shoreland resident was robbed last night while waiting for the bus in front of the dorm. Helena Stenberg, a second-year who lives on the seventh floor, was sitting alone at the bus stop at 9 p.m. with her bookbag at her feet when a man walked by, grabbed it, and began running. Stenberg immediately...

CPO director leaves after Orientation Week

By Carolina Bolado / September 27, 2001

Following a successful Orientation Week, the College Programming Office (CPO) is undergoing a change in leadership. Heather Johnson, the former director, was replaced last Tuesday by Linda Choi, who is currently serving as acting director after only two months in the CPO. Orientation ended on Sunday and, the next day, Johnson was fired from the...

College Council adds 10 members, changes election method

By Carolina Bolado / May 24, 2001

The College Council, in its last meeting of the year, voted last night to increase its size by 10 members. After much debate about whether representatives should be chosen by dorm or by class, the Council decided to modify the current system, in which the representatives are elected by class. Currently, there are four first-...

SG Assembly confirms Odyssey and proposes elimination of SA Court

By Carolina Bolado / May 17, 2001

The Student Government (SG) Pan-University Assembly certified Ben Aderson as the 2002 SG President last night, at a meeting of both the Graduate and College Councils. 2001 President Deepak Sevak resigned at the meeting, amid rounds of applause. “I had an incredible time this year,” Sevak said. “It was lots of hard work, and I...

SA Court finds Odyssey guilty of allegations but does not disqualify slate

By Carolina Bolado / May 17, 2001

The Student Administration (SA) Court decided yesterday against disqualifying the Odyssey slate in the Student Government (SG) elections, despite allegations from Solidarity that they illegally campaigned door to door. The Assembly certified the results last night and formally accepted Ben Aderson, Laura Hepokoski, and Frances Lim as the SG executive slate for the upcoming school...