Uncommon Interview with Rev. Elizabeth Davenport

By Kelin Hall / February 24, 2009

The Maroon sat down with Davenport to talk about the fine line between acceptance and homogeneity and the audacity of the cloth.

Subsidized housing complex south of campus changes hands

By Kelin Hall / February 6, 2009

After years of struggling to preserve their federally subsidized housing, tenants of Grove Parc Plaza Apartments are hoping to keep their residency secure.

One year later, former workers reflect on Co-op’s close

By Kelin Hall / February 3, 2009

University: Co-op and its mission decreasingly relevant to Hyde Park

Grocer says construction will push it out

By Kelin Hall / January 16, 2009

Liberty Foods Corp., owner of local grocer Village Foods, sued its landlord Antheus Capital LLC on December 23 to halt a redevelopment plan that would cut the number of parking spots in the grocer's shopping center, which they allege will drive them out of business.

HIV–infected patient sues hospital after transplant

By Kelin Hall / November 21, 2008

A University of Chicago Medical Center patient filed suit against the hospital and one of its surgeons Monday, charging medical negligence after receiving a kidney transplant in January 2007 that she later found infected her with HIV and Hepatitis C.

HIV–infected patient sues hospital after transplant

By Kelin Hall / November 21, 2008

A University of Chicago Medical Center patient filed suit against the hospital and one of its surgeons Monday, charging medical negligence after receiving a kidney transplant in January 2007 that she later found infected her with HIV and Hepatitis C.

U of C students join thousands downtown to protest California gay-marriage ban

By Kelin Hall / November 18, 2008

Around 5,000 demonstrators, including over 25 U of C students, braved near freezing temperatures at Federal Plaza downtown Saturday to protest the passing of Proposition 8.

Quad Club workers fear layoffs in management transition

By Kelin Hall / November 11, 2008

Associate Vice President for Strategic Iniatives David Greene said that employees are now considered new hires, not of the University, but of Compass Group Flick International.

Visiting politics professor explores how experience of shame is linked to race

By Kelin Hall / October 31, 2008

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, presented a chapter of her book-in-progress, “Sister Citizen: Black Women’s Politics in the Crooked Room,” Thursday afternoon at the Centers for Gender/Race Studies. Harris-Lacewell’s work discussed the impacts of shame on black women’s political agency, examining the phenomenon by “taking seriously the lives of African American women as a site of political work,” she said.

Visiting politics professor explores how experience of shame can be linked to race

By Kelin Hall / October 31, 2008

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, presented a chapter of her book-in-progress, “Sister Citizen: Black Women’s Politics in the Crooked Room,” Thursday afternoon at the Centers for Gender/Race Studies.

Students wary of Hyde Park bedbug infestations

By Kelin Hall / October 24, 2008

Last week, MAC Property Management made a payment of $736 to Smithereen Pest Management for extermination and prevention of bedbugs in a Hyde Park apartment complex that houses at least 30 University students. At least one other apartment complex in Hyde Park has been infested since this summer.

Students wary of Hyde Park bedbug infestations

By Kelin Hall / October 24, 2008

Last week, MAC Property Management made a payment of $736 to Smithereen Pest Management for extermination and prevention of bedbugs in a Hyde Park apartment complex that houses at least 30 University students. At least one other apartment complex in Hyde Park has been infested since this summer.

Mexican journalist explores contemporary narcoculture

By Kelin Hall / October 10, 2008

Alma Guillermoprieto, a Latin American correspondent, is a visiting professor in the departments of English, Romance languages and literatures, and Latin American studies.

Paper gives opportunity to Hyde Park’s homeless

By Kelin Hall / June 3, 2008

StreetWise, a program that publishes a weekly newspaper to be sold by homeless or unemployed vendors, provides Chicago's homeless with a source of income.

Treasure Island pushes back opening

By Kelin Hall / February 26, 2008

Treasure Island, the Chicago-based grocer slated to fill the spot recently vacated by the 55th Street Co-op Market, will not be opening in February as was their original goal. Lee Zarras, vice president of operations at Treasure Island, said that he did not know when the store would open its doors, and that at the...

Provost welcomes two new deputies

By Kelin Hall / January 18, 2008

The provost’s office welcomed two professors to new administrative positions this month. Cathy Cohen, professor of political science, was named the deputy provost for graduate education, while Larry Norman, an associate professor in romance languages and literatures, was named deputy provost of the arts. Cohen will oversee the Graduate Aid Initiative and will work to...

Different ends need different means

By Kelin Hall / May 25, 2007

As the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) representative to the Sustainability Council and a member of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND), I think that what GCI does speaks for itself, without holding the group in contrast to other activist groups. The Maroon Editorial Staff’s denouncement of STANDs “aggressive tactics” (“Speak Softly and Carry a Green...