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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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Stories and content by Hannah Gold

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / April 19, 2013
This weekend, get your foodie swag on, hear storytelling at Logan, and experience "girl-on-girl action at its very best."

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / March 7, 2013
Friday | March 8 Sometimes hitting the bar can also raise the bar, at least where artistic vision is concerned. In this vein, Hyde Park Art Center is hosting ArtBar, its quarterly adult art studio with an open bar and DJ. The winter installation falls on International Women’s Day, and the workshops are somewhat germane...

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / February 22, 2013
This weekend drink lots of margaritas, see competitive sandwich-making, and apologize for what happened on Valentine's Day.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / February 7, 2013
Friday | February 8 The next installation of Michael Apted’s highly literal coming-of-age story, 56 Up, will play at the Music Box Theatre through February 14. Apted’s career began in earnest when he was hired as a researcher for Granada TV’s Seven Up, an experimental series in which 14 children from diverse neighborhoods and socioeconomic...

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / January 17, 2013
This weekend bike to work for free coffee, get your flamenco and tapas on one last time, and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / January 10, 2013
This weekend hear some hair metal literature, support your local brewery, and go for a pants-less ride on the Red Line.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / November 30, 2012
This weekend get involved with the University of Chicago's Humor Magazine, embrace your inner indie artist, and bust out your best ugly sweater.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / November 9, 2012
This weekend get your Joyce on, view the making of a semi-improvised television classic, and stock up on some classy knickknacks.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / November 2, 2012
This weekend dance with Carmen Maranda, win a trip to Park City, Utah, and stuff your face with as much pie as Hyde Park has to offer.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / October 25, 2012
This weekend shave someone's chest hair, get jiggy with the University Symphony Orchestra, and have a serious talk about circumcision.

Do What You’re Told

By Hannah Gold / April 12, 2012
Friday | April 13 Who doesn’t love a premature tax return, especially when it includes crispy strips of pig fat? In celebration of the IRS tax-filing deadline (April 17, a joyous occasion), Oscar Meyer is handing out free samples of their beloved Butcher Thick Cut Bacon at two downtown locations. If you didn’t bring home...

Canon fodder

By Hannah Gold / November 21, 2011
Common Core courses should incorporate significantly more texts authored by women.

East Coast trip to test Chicago against UAA foes

By Hannah Gold / October 14, 2011
Coming off the heels of a terrific season and first-place finish in the UAA Championship in 2010, this year’s women’s soccer team has a lot to keep them on their toes. The squad will travel to Boston to test its strength, first against Brandeis on Friday, October 14, and then against NYU on Sunday, October...

STD–10/7/11-10/13/2011

By Hannah Gold / October 7, 2011
Friday 10/7 The Smart Museum of Art invites you to bring out your inner propagandist at its tongue-in-cheek Communist (Art) Party. Create original posters influenced by Soviet propaganda, mingle with Northwestern students, and eat free food. For inspiration, check out the Process and Artistry in the Soviet Vanguard and Vision and Communism exhibits, on view...

O-Issue 2011: The Core

By Hannah Gold / September 17, 2011
By now I am sure you have heard of a little thing called, “The Core Curriculum,” and probably enough trite commentary on it to match the incessant ramblings of Homer. Some popular platitudes about the Core include that it sets the U of C curriculum in complete opposition with that of Brown (which hardly requires...
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