Campus welcomes new art for FOTA

By Jen Glickel / May 19, 2006

A pink twist on the ancient Greek labyrinth on the quads, a house of cards constructed over the seal in the Reynolds Club, and a burlesque show featuring scantily clad performers? It can only mean one thing: Festival of the Arts (FOTA) is back this spring. This year’s FOTA has inundated campus with art pieces...

Chicago Initiative fundraising approaches $2 billion goal

By Jen Glickel / March 3, 2006

The Chicago Initiative, the University’s fundraising campaign, is approaching its $2 billion goal, with $1.48 billion raised so far. The campaign, which launched in the spring of 2002, was primarily created in an effort to boost large-scale donations, an area where the University has traditionally lagged compared to peer institutions. The core focus of the...

Econ majors to face stricter stat requirements

By Jen Glickel / February 3, 2006

The undergraduate economics department has made a key change to its curriculum this fall, raising the statistics requirement for the economics B.A. to a more advanced level. As of last quarter, Statistical Models and Methods (STAT 23400) replaced Introductory Statistics with Applications (STAT 22000) as the prerequisite for econometrics classes. Economics faculty said they felt...

Early application up 11.8 percent

By Jen Glickel / January 24, 2006

The Office of College Admissions enjoyed an 11.8 percent increase in early applications this year, with major strides made in minority recruitment. The 2,764 early action applicants mark one of the largest pools in the College’s history. Up by nearly 300 early applications compared to last year’s pool, the 11.8 percent increase is a large...

Early applications up 11.8 percent

By Jen Glickel / January 24, 2006

The Office of College Admissions enjoyed an 11.8 percent increase in early applications this year, with major strides made in minority recruitment. The 2,764 early action applicants mark one of the largest pools in the College’s history. Up by nearly 300 early applications compared to last year’s pool, the 11.8 percent increase is a large...

The Uncommon Interview: Dava Sobel

By Jen Glickel / November 29, 2005

This year’s Vare Nonfiction Writer-in-Residence is Dava Sobel, a former science writer for The New York Times and the author of multiple books. Sobel took some time out of her book tour for her newest book, The Planets, to chat with the Maroon about her work and the “Writing about Science” class that she will...

Campus-wide talk tackles race issues

By Jen Glickel / November 11, 2005

Over 300 people packed into Hutch Commons on Tuesday evening for a University-wide meeting about the racial climate on campus. The heated discussion was the most recent of the University’s actions in response to the October 14 “straight-thuggin’” party. Teresa Owens, dean of students in the Divinity School, moderated the two-hour meeting. Vice President and...

The Uncommon Interview: Geoff Domoracki

By Jen Glickel / November 1, 2005

Geoff Domoracki, a third-year in the College and philosophy concentrator, managed to pull himself away from the books for long enough to explore his business side. The Maroon chatted with this young entrepreneur. CM: I understand that in your time as a student at the U of C you have created three companies. What are...

NSP expects surge in applicants again

By Jen Glickel / October 7, 2005

The Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP), a program that employs University undergraduate and graduate students to work in elementary and high schools throughout Chicago anticipates having to turn down some students because of overwhelming interest in the program. Last year, NSP could not afford to pay all the applicants, though some chose instead to work on...

Kass leaves post as Bush’s Bioethics chair

By Jen Glickel / October 3, 2005

Leon Kass, the Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the College, stepped down from his position as Chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics this past Saturday, October 1. President Bush created the Council, which is composed of 18 intellectuals from diverse fields, to advise Bush on the scientific and...

The Uncommon Interview: Samantha Gordon

By Jen Glickel / September 13, 2005

O-Week welcomes the arrival of about 1,100 eager members of the Class of 2009. But what about the more seasoned but still eager additions to the Class of 2008 or 2007? The Maroon caught up with one of these transfer students: Samantha Gordon, a former University of Michigan student who is now a member of...

Senior sweethearts see future after June

By Jen Glickel / June 3, 2005

Rumor has it that if two University of Chicago students date for more than three months they are destined for marriage. Several student couples have suggested, upon graduation, that there may some truth behind this rumor. Fourth-years Koren Phillips and Alex Miller have been dating since the end of their first year and are not...

The Uncommon Interview: Steven Smith

By Jen Glickel / June 3, 2005

For those acquainted with it, The Facebook is a procrastination tool nonpareil. Some students, however, have turned their profiles into ambitious projects. While casually browsing through Facebook profiles of University of Chicago students, the Maroon stumbled upon one student’s profile that stood out. This profile belongs to fourth-year in the College Steven Smith, who had...

The Uncommon Interview: Todd Yezefski

By Jen Glickel / May 27, 2005

The U of C has plenty of serious students, but it also has its share of serious athletes. Todd Yezefski, a Ph.D. student in cancer biology, won the Collegiate National Criterium Championship for cycling on May 13. The Maroon had the opportunity to talk with Yezefski about his accomplishment. Chicago Maroon: How did you initially...

Uncommon Interview: Tucker Max

By Jen Glickel / May 17, 2005

Many University of Chicago alumni have built their reputations with serious contributions in the form of Pulitzers, Nobels, and critically acclaimed publications. And others, like Tucker Max, have taken the low road. A graduate of the College in 1998, Max’s infamous website (tuckermax.com), where he recounts his sexual escapades with “several” women, is bookmarked on...

Website interface facilitates campus social life for some

By Jen Glickel / May 13, 2005

The new “My Parties” feature on The Facebook website not only enhances students’ ability to procrastinate, but also adds to their social schedules. The “My Parties” option, added to the website during the first week in April, allows users to send out party invitations to other Facebook users and enables students to browse a list...

Teams compete as Scav Hunt craziness sets in

By Jen Glickel / May 6, 2005

If your roommate, lab T.A., or significant other has disappeared in the last few days, do not despair. He or she has probably been swept up by the insanity that is the 19th annual Scav Hunt at the University. Scav Hunt, arguably the world’s largest scavenger hunt, has come to serve as a post-midterms, insanity-inducing...

Uncommon interview: Dawn LaValle

By Jen Glickel / May 6, 2005

The University of Chicago is filled with dedicated students, whose interests run the gamut from varsity sports to political science to participating in Scav Hunt. Fourth-year in the College Dawn LaValle is one such student, yet her dedication lies in another realm: religion. Based on a unique interaction between LaValle and Fundamentals professor Leon Kass,...

Paglia stirs crowd with sharp commentary

By Jen Glickel / April 29, 2005

Author and professor Camille Paglia spoke of the importance of art in popular culture on Tuesday evening at the International House. The lecture was part of Paglia’s tour to promote her new book, Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World’s Best Poems. “The last time I was here was in 1996,” said...

I-House will be renovated this summer

By Jen Glickel / April 25, 2005

The University of Chicago International House (I-House) will be closing this summer for substantial renovations as part of an ongoing $25 million effort funded by the University to restore I-House to its original look. I-House, which will be 75 years old in 2007, has never been significantly renovated in its history. John D. Rockefeller, Jr....

Student recalls visit to Pope’s funeral

By Jen Glickel / April 25, 2005

News of Pope John Paul II’s death inspired an outpouring of grief around the globe and among the Catholic community on campus. Kinga Iwaniec, a fourth-year in the College, attended the late Pope’s funeral in Vatican City and discussed her experience with the Maroon. Iwaniec left for Europe on the Monday following the death of...

Uncommon Interview: Ted Snyder

By Jen Glickel / April 22, 2005

With the new Hyde Park campus of the Graduate School of Business (GSB) up and running, we saw fit to interview the dean of the GSB, Ted Snyder. A former U of C Ph.D. student in economics, Snyder shed light on how he ended up a dean at the University for the new GSB campus...

Wine sale at Co-Op: good while it lasts

By Jen Glickel / April 15, 2005

Hyde Park residents and University students alike have recently discovered an economical way to quench their thirst for alcohol. Over the last three weeks, the Co-Op Market on 55th Street has been having a “Blow-Out Wine Sale,” selling thousands of bottles of wine for no more than $4.99 each. After the 47th Street Co-Op closed...

Dancers boogie in Ratner to help AIDS effort

By Jen Glickel / April 12, 2005

Students in the College redefined what it means to “dance the night away” at the University of Chicago Dance Marathon (DM) 2005 this past Saturday. Sixty-three students danced in the Competition Gym at Ratner from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., raising a total of $11,887.12—$2,000 over what past DMs have brought in—to benefit pediatric AIDS....

Prospies flood campus, disrupt routines of current students

By Jen Glickel / April 8, 2005

As University students return from spring break, high school students around the country are spending their vacation visiting colleges and, as the Office of College Admissions has witnessed, it seems they are all choosing to visit the U of C. Roughly 9,100 students applied for admission to the Class of 2009 and just over 3,600...

Uncommon: Dave Shields

By Jen Glickel / April 3, 2005

As one of the most active places on campus during the first week of the quarter, the University of Chicago Bookstore is frequented by hundreds of students each day. As textbooks are being purchased, credit card bills are soaring, and hair is being pulled, the Maroon thought it appropriate to highlight the manager of the...

Strapped for cash, FOTA moves forward with festival

By Jen Glickel / February 22, 2005

The Festival of the Arts (FOTA), an inundation of every form of art on Chicago’s campus between seventh and eighth weeks of spring quarter, is suffering financial difficulties. FOTA’s projected budget of $42,000 for this year has proven to be a difficult sum to meet. Originally, the Student Government Financial Committee (SGFC) granted FOTA $21,000,...

The Uncommon Interview – Connie Cohen

By Jen Glickel / February 22, 2005

For this issue’s Uncommon Interview, the Maroon wanted to capture the perspective of someone who is an essential part of the undergraduate experience. Along these lines, it would be nearly impossible to find a person at this school who has not eaten at Bartlett Dining Hall at least once. The staff at Bartlett is a...

Law, Letters to be capped at 25 students per year

By Jen Glickel / February 18, 2005

On Valentine’s Day, the Class of 2008 received an e-mail from Susan Art, dean of students in the College, informing them that an application process has been instituted for the Law, Letters, and Society (LLSO) major that will cap the number of students in the LLSO major at 25. The process, Art said, “provides a...

Spam job opportunities fill student e-mail boxes

By Jen Glickel / February 18, 2005

Members of the Internet-savvy Generation Y are well aware that “spam” is more than an unappetizing luncheon meat. Spam, or unwanted junk e-mail, has slyly infiltrated the e-mail boxes of many University of Chicago students over the last two weeks in the form of a letter entitled in lower case letters, “about this part-time job.”...

Uncommon Interview – Reverend Willard Jabusch

By Jen Glickel / February 18, 2005

As recent events have caused changes in the Calvert House infrastructure, Reverend Willard Jabusch has become the interim chaplain and director of Calvert House, a position he held for several years until 2001. Upon his return to the University, the Maroon had the opportunity to chat with Father Jabusch. Chicago Maroon: Was there any specific...

Frat boys have a new reason to use The Facebook

By Jen Glickel / February 15, 2005

As if college students around the country aren’t already completely addicted to The facebook, its creators have found another way in which to keep us obsessed: Facebook Announcements. Not to be confused with banner advertisements, announcements serve a distinct purpose. The formal definition of Facebook Announcements, as per thefacebook.com, is virtual announcements that “allow students...

Uncommon Interview- Kristin Greer Love

By Jen Glickel / February 15, 2005

We’d be lying if we said that the Maroon stopped to chat with Kristin Greer Love, a student spending winter quarter in Cape Town, South Africa, but, thanks to the wonder of technology, we managed to bug her with a few questions. Chicago Maroon: What year are you? What is your major? Kristin Greer Love:...

Uncommon Interview – Melissa Harris-Lacewell

By Jen Glickel / February 12, 2005

As February is Black History Month, the Maroon thought it relevant to interview a professor focusing on African-American studies for this issue’s Uncommon Interview. Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an assistant professor of political science here at the University, approaches African-American studies from a political perspective. Chicago Maroon: What is your area of study? In what department do...

Uncommon Interview – Greg Wendt

By Jen Glickel / January 28, 2005

As we reported in the January 21 issue of the Maroon, Greg Wendt, A.B. ’83, made a personal donation of $100,000 to the University’s Blue Chips student investment club in order for the club members to manage their own real portfolio. A former Alpha Delt, Wendt has gone on to become a portfolio manager and...

Midnight flood fills Flint House on Friday night

By Jen Glickel / January 25, 2005

When the fire alarm went off after midnight on Friday, January 21, in Max Palevsky Central and everyone proceeded to evacuate the building, the students living on the first floor of Flint House did not anticipate what they would return to upon re-entering the dorm approximately one hour later. Pajama-clad students standing on the snowy...

The Uncommon Interview: David Clayman

By Jen Glickel / January 25, 2005

In a small undergraduate population like that of the University of Chicago, certain students’ names come up again and again on the short list of movers and shakers. But at Chicago, there are so many overachieving, goal-oriented, über-involved students that it is difficult to select one to highlight. Nonetheless, the Maroon stopped to chat with...

The Uncommon Interview

By Jen Glickel / January 21, 2005

It’s highly unlikely that there exists a student at the University of Chicago who has not spent a long night in the all-night study space on the A-Level of the Reg, whether it was slaving away at a paper that was due eight hours later or studying an entire quarter’s worth of material for the...

Admissions expects strong stats from new applications

By Jen Glickel / January 14, 2005

On first glance, the Office of College Admissions does not appear to be busy. It’s not teeming with high school juniors awaiting campus tours and seniors anxiously waiting for interviews. But the admissions officers, who are sitting down to read thousands of applications over the next few months, beg to differ. While the statistics for...

Student groups will explain what matter to them and why in new SG mag

By Jen Glickel / January 7, 2005

Student Government (SG) will release a new magazine within the next month to provide student groups a forum for advertising their events. The quarterly magazine, untitled as of yet, is meant to raise awareness of organizations among the student body. These organizations not only include Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), but also Greek organizations and athletic...

Dean of Admissions pleased with early app turnout

By Jen Glickel / November 9, 2004

The Office of College Admissions, still compiling statistics following the November 1 early action deadline, expects to see a spike in African-American and Latino applicants. “It looks to me like we’re going to be up with African-American and Latino students,” said Dean of Admissions Ted O’Neill. “It also looks as though we’ve more than doubled...

Student Care Center reacts to national flu shot shortage

By Jen Glickel / October 27, 2004

As the leaves turn and coats emerge from the depths of closets, students are reminded that it’s that time of year again—time to head to the Student Care Center (SCC) to get a flu shot. With the nationwide flu vaccine shortage, though, this will not be a possibility for most students. While the SCC currently...

Admissions essays puzzle prospective Chicagoans

By Jen Glickel / October 24, 2004

Before next year’s incoming class ponders Socrates, delta-epsilon proofs, and how to perfect the art of flipping a cup, it must first respond to an entirely different question: Have you ever wondered who would buy a five-pound jar of mustard? This is one of five essay options on the 2005 Uncommon Application. With the November...

Networking high-schoolers connect to University

By Jen Glickel / October 12, 2004

Three years ago, the University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program (CSP) was created in an effort to strengthen the University’s relationship with the Chicago public schools. The stimulus for the program’s creation was the scarcity of Chicago public school students applying to the University of Chicago. Collegiate Scholars Program Director Kim Ransom explained that although...

BSCD revamps Core Bio requirement for fourth time

By Jen Glickel / October 2, 2004

The organization of the Core Biology requirement has been changed for the 2004-2005 school year, making this the fourth change to the program in five years, and is receiving mixed reactions from students. José Quintans, Master of the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division (BSCD), said the BSCD upgrades its curricular offerings regularly in an effort to...