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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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All content by Lee Harris
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[Photo] Making a space for black women in academia

By Jenn Jackson
February 20, 2015
A walkway at the University of Chicago Law School, where students have been told to work remotely.

Law School Plans to Stick to “Status Quo” Grading, Bucking Peers’ Move to Mandatory Pass/Fail

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2020
Janitorial supply closet in Regenstein Library.

Non-Faculty Staff Await News on Possible Cutbacks, Paid Leave for Coming Months

By Lee Harris and Laura Gersony
March 17, 2020
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UChicago to RHs: Spring Classes Will Be “Distance Learning”; Students Must Vacate Housing in 11 Days

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
March 11, 2020
University of Chicago Medicine trauma center

Moody’s Downgrades UChicago Medical Center’s Credit Rating, Citing High Debt

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2020
Provost Ka Yee Lee

New Provost Says Graduate Funding Model May Have “Unintentional Consequences”

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2020
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“Fearful of challenge and discomfort”: Top Administrators Cut Back Dialogue with Students

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2020
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Why Can’t the Faculty Senate Send Meeting Minutes to the Board of Trustees?

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2020
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Struggles over Graduate Student Unionization Undermined Faculty Trust in the Administration—Even for Professors Opposed to a Union

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 30, 2020
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“A fait accompli”: How the Central Administration Has Consolidated Power and Deflected Dissent at the University of Chicago

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Emma Dyer
January 29, 2020
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“Under-theorized and superficial,” “opportunistic”: Faculty Worried Grossman Institute Was Beholden to Wealthy Donor

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2020
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Money Is Pouring into Flashy Research Institutes. Faculty Worry It Undermines Their Say in Governance.

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2020
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100+ Professors Write Zimmer Detailing Threats to Faculty Governance and UChicago Education in Recent Ph.D. Overhaul

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 28, 2020
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Appeals Court: UChicago Must Bargain With Student Library Workers | Newsletter for January 6

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, Emma Dyer, and Matthew Lee
January 5, 2020

New Data Shows Major-Specific Starting Salaries; Daniel Epstein (J.D. ’15) On His Bid for IL Supreme Court | Newsletter for December 3

By Lee Harris and Tyrone Lomax
December 3, 2019

Hong Kong Officials, Protesters Draw Criticism; New Student Counseling Center Adds Office Space | Newsletter for November 21

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
November 21, 2019
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New Ph.D. Policies Could Mean Hard Trade-Offs for Humanities

By Lee Harris and Darcy Kuang
October 24, 2019
Bernie Sanders (A.B. '64) addresses Chicago Teachers Union members on the eve of their strike authorization vote.

Bernie Sanders Rallies with Chicago Teachers; UChicago’s Wingsuit Physicist | Newsletter for October 3

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
October 3, 2019
The Museum of Science and Industry, at 5700 S Lake Shore Dr.

Construction Worker at MSI Briefly Trapped Under Forklift, Taken to UC Medical Center

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2019

What to Know to Start the Year: Who’s Who, College in the Age of Trump, and More | Newsletter for September 30

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
September 29, 2019
Left to right: Second-year Elaina Katz and third-years Sofia Cabrera and Celia Hoffman at a "Dream Big, Fight Hard" rally in Iowa.

Election 2020: Who Did UChicago Students Campaign For?

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
September 20, 2019
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Charles Thomas Found After Two Weeks

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
September 19, 2019

Nurse to strike Friday; Trader Joe’s hiring; rents around Obama Center rising | Newsletter for September 16

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
September 15, 2019
Former UChicago student Charles Soji Thomas has been missing since last Thursday, September 5.

Missing: Former Student Charles Soji Thomas

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
September 9, 2019

Nurses Authorize Strike; Hong Kong Program Continues | Newsletter for September 3

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
September 3, 2019
Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh (M.P.P. ‘91) in a campaign video.

Ex-Rep Joe Walsh (M.P.P. ’91) Launches Right-Flank Challenge to Trump

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
August 26, 2019
A rendering of the courtyard in UChicago's new student wellness center.

College Raises Metcalf Intern Stipend; New Italian Bistro Opens | Newsletter for August 12

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
August 12, 2019
Ida Noyes Hall houses the Office of Career Advancement.

College to Raise Metcalf Intern Stipend to $5,000

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
August 12, 2019

Obama Center CBA Ordinance Introduced; UC Med Nurses Picket | Newsletter for July 29

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
July 28, 2019

UChicago’s $80k+ Sticker Price, New Admissions Statistics Out | Newsletter for July 15

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
July 14, 2019

Former Patient Sues University, Google; 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Campaign in Chicago | Newsletter for July 1

By Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
July 1, 2019

532nd Convocation; Alums Respond to Diermeier on GSU | Newsletter for June 17

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
June 17, 2019

Citing U.S.–China Tensions, Zimmer Affirms Commitment to International Students

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
June 10, 2019
Cobb hall has been a major locus of picketing for the strike so far.

GSU Ends Labor Action; Albright at CPOST | Newsletter for June 6

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
June 6, 2019
Panelists at a recent GSU event criticized the University's investments as conflicts of interest.

GSU Strike Starts Today; Illinois to Legalize Marijuana | Newsletter for June 3

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
June 3, 2019

Maroon Interviews Jeanette Taylor; #CareNotCops Town Hall; Seminary Co-Op to Become Nonprofit | Newsletter for May 30

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
May 29, 2019

IME Scales Up to Become Graduate School of Molecular Engineering | Newsletter for May 28

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
May 28, 2019

Students Protest Bill on Abortion; CPD Fatally Shoots Community Member | Newsletter for May 20

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
May 23, 2019

Stay Tuned on GSU Strike Vote; Northwestern Joins Quantum Exchange | Newsletter for May 20

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
May 19, 2019
Trader Joe's Chicago.

GSU Holds Strike Authorization Vote; Trader Joe’s Announced for 54th | Newsletter for May 16

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
May 16, 2019

University to Audit Grad Student Pay; Dean Rasmussen Speaks With Inter-House Council; Scav Ends in Tie | Newsletter for May 13

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
May 12, 2019
The CARE slate celebrates winning SG elections.

CARE Wins SG Executive Slate; University Denies Faculty Forward Grievance | Newsletter for May 9

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
May 8, 2019
Capital One’s bank cafés sell Peet’s Coffee and offer free Wi-Fi.

Capital One to Open Coffee Shop on 53rd Street by Year’s End

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
May 7, 2019

Polls Open in Student Government Elections; Harris School Celebrates Move into Keller Center | Newsletter for May 6

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
May 6, 2019
University of Chicago Labor Council and affiliated demonstrators march into the quad on May Day.

Labor Groups Lead May Day Protest; SG Passes Pro-GSU Resolution; Trauma Center Turns One | Newsletter for May 2

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
May 2, 2019
Protesters with UChicago IfNotNow sit in outside UChicago Hillel to protest Birthright.

IfNotNow Sit-In at Hillel; Hairston Talks CBA; Grad Unionization Heats Up | Newsletter for April 29

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
April 28, 2019
Freshman Sal Mormino is one of seven students arrested during a sit-in last week at Loyola's downtown campus.

Graduate Student Workers Across Chicago Ramp Up Unionization Efforts

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2019

SG Slates Talk Priorities; Astrophysicist on Black Holes; Asian Mental Health Conference | Newsletter for April 24

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
April 24, 2019

Faculty Forward Files Grievance; Reform and CARE Slates Compete to Lead SG

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
April 22, 2019

Faculty Forward Files Grievance; Reform and CARE Slates Compete to Lead SG

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
April 22, 2019
Harper Memorial Library, where the Study Abroad Office is located.

Faculty Forward files grievance; Reform and CARE slates compete to lead Student Government

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
April 21, 2019

Student Government Referendum; Julian Castro Comes to IOP; New Fraternity

By Lee Harris and Deepti Sailappan
April 18, 2019

Recent String of Apartment Burglaries; Trauma Center Gets $9.1 Million Gift; Profs Named Guggenheim Fellows

By Elaine Chen and Lee Harris
April 15, 2019
The protestors standing outside the talk

UCPD Removes Protesters From Law School; Booth to Relocate London Campus | Newsletter for April 11

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
April 11, 2019
Challenger William Calloway (left) and incumbent Fifth Ward Hairston (right)

Fifth Ward Race Still Close; #CareNotCops Issues Demands | Newsletter for April 8

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
April 8, 2019
The admissions office housed in Rosenwald Hall.

Admissions Rate Dropped; Catch Up on City Runoff Races | Newsletter for April 1

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
April 1, 2019

Exascale Supercomputer Coming to Argonne; Chance Endorses Preckwinkle; Cochran Pleads Guilty | Newsletter for March 28

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
March 28, 2019

City Council Approves Police Academy; Law School Affinity Groups Boycott Admitted Students Weekend | Newsletter for March 14

By Deepti Sailappan and Lee Harris
March 14, 2019
The East wing of the Law School, viewed from the Laird Bell Law Quadrangle.

Confidential Data on Law School Applicants Circulated by Senior Admissions Rep

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2019
The conversation drew almost 200 students and faculty members.

Free Speech Prof to Stop Saying Racial Epithet in Class | Newsletter for March 12

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
March 12, 2019
Soul Shack's Chicken and Waffles.

Soul Food Restaurant Opens on 53rd

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2019

Willie Cochran to Plead Guilty and Resign; Eric Swalwell Teases Possible Presidential Run | Newsletter for March 7

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
March 7, 2019

Special Report: “What is Socialism”

By Miles Burton and Lee Harris
March 6, 2019
Left to right: New Yorker staff writer Osita Nwanevu (A.B. ‘15, M.P.P. ‘16), Jacobin editor Micah Uetricht, and Marianela D'Aprile, an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America.

Left-Wing Journalists Discuss Socialism’s Future, Goals, and Rising Popularity

By Lee Harris and Miles Burton
March 5, 2019
Sanders supporters at a rally hold 'Bernie' signs.

Sanders Rallies at Navy Pier; Trump’s Free Speech Order; More Openings and Closings on 53rd | Newsletter for March 4

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
March 4, 2019
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UC Med Hit Maximum Capacity, Placed on ‘Internal Disaster’ Status for Over 24 Hours

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2019
Daley conceded at around 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday night.

2019 Chicago City Elections Results

By Euirim Choi, Deepti Sailappan, Lee Harris, and Elaine Chen
February 27, 2019

Lightfoot and Preckwinkle Head to Runoff; the Soul Shack to Open | Newsletter for February 27

By Lee Harris and Elaine Chen
February 27, 2019
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Preckwinkle, A Favorite for Mayor, Casts Her Vote Near Campus

By Lee Harris, Elaine Chen, and Pranathi Posa
February 26, 2019
Security officers normally stationed at street-corner emergency phones will not stand at their posts on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, as temperatures drop to dangerous lows.

Security Officers Removed From Outdoor Posts As Campus Hunkers Down

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 28, 2019
Rendering of the Center from a view looking north.

UChicago Property Law Profs Clash Over Obama Center Lawsuit, Filing Briefs on Opposing Sides

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 21, 2019
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UChicago Law Grad Represents Suits Against Harvard, NYU Law Reviews Alleging Bias Against White Men

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
January 14, 2019

NLRB Sides With Student Library Workers, Against University

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
December 6, 2018
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is awaiting public comment on updated guidelines surrounding universities' handling of sexual assault.

DeVos Introduces Cross-Examination, Redefines Harassment Under New Title IX Guidelines

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
December 3, 2018

Special Report: #AbolishICE with Sean McElwee

By Miles Burton and Lee Harris
November 30, 2018
Third-year Eugene Miravete, left, debates Sean McElwee, right, on his proposal to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Interview: Sean McElwee aka ‘we’re going to abolish ICE’

By Lee Harris and Miles Burton
November 30, 2018

At Student Group’s Urging, Biological Sciences Division Drops GRE Requirement

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 16, 2018

GSU Walks Out of Admin Town Hall

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 15, 2018

GSU Supporters Walk Out On Committee on Graduate Education Town Hall

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 14, 2018
Baxter records her song, “Line in the Sand,” with Hamilton star Mandy Gonzalez.

Grammy-Winning Third-Year Releases Music Video In Partnership With UNICEF

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2018
Stony Island dormitory.

Stony Island to Close After 2019—2020

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 12, 2018
UChicago's 8 percent return on investment trailed ROI at peer institutions during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018.

At 8% Returns, UChicago Endowment Trails Other Top Universities’ ROI

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
November 8, 2018

Newsletter for November 12

By Pete Grieve and Lee Harris
November 2, 2018
Crystara, the John David Mooney sculpture that hangs in the atrium of The John Crerar Library.

At New Crerar Opening, Zimmer Teases “Large Sequence of Investments in Computer Science”

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
October 25, 2018
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Ahead Demonstration, Boyer Advises Grads Against “Walking Out On Your Students”

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
October 17, 2018
A Department of Planning and Development document shows the University's plans to increase the height of the fence around the President's house.

UChicago Plans to Raise Fence at President’s House by Three Feet

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
August 8, 2018
The Twitter avatar of David Klion (MA '09), designed by Tom Tomorrow.

Meet David Klion, the UChicago Left’s Extremely Online Favorite Son

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
August 6, 2018
A rendering of the new dorm, which will sit just north of 61st Street between University and Woodlawn Avenues.

University Turns to Grants and Outside Landlords as Enrollment Strains Housing

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
July 19, 2018
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Fourth-Year Student Expelled for Sexual Assault a Week Before Graduation

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
June 26, 2018
Dan Scavino, White House Director of Social Media and a co-defendant in Knight Institute v. Trump, films the President during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office.

@realDonaldTrump’s Twitter Blocking Ruled Unconstitutional; Law Prof Lakier Weighs In

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
May 30, 2018
A not-so-rare sighting of Zimmer discussing free expression on college campuses.

Zimmer in the Wild: President Talks Free Speech on Nat Geo

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2018

Jury Sides With Cop Allegedly Scapegoated by UCPD’s “Old Boys’ Club”

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
May 17, 2018
The Burnam apartments, one of POAH's flagship developments in Woodlawn, at 6134 S. Cottage Grove Ave.

POAH V.P. Bill Eager Discusses Affordable Housing Development, Obama Center

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 12, 2018

Mental Health Services Failed Thomas, Activists Say at UCPD Protest

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 7, 2018
The scene at 12:30 a.m. on South Kimbark Avenue between 53rd Street and 54th Street after a shooting that CPD said involved multiple UCPD officers.

UCPD Officer Shoots U of C Student Wielding Metal Pole, Smashing Windows

By Pete Grieve and Lee Harris
April 4, 2018

‘The Most Well-Armed Woman in North’: Here’s the Story Behind The Crossbow Meme

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 2, 2018
Ellis Avenue and 61st Street, where a 23-year-old male was severely injured by gunfire on Tuesday.

Man Shot at 61st and Ellis in Serious Condition

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 27, 2018
The Sweet Shop at Hutch Commons, to be replaced by Mr. Pak's Sushi and Poke.

New Poke and Sushi Station for Hutch

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 21, 2018
Republican candidate for Illinois governor, Jeanne Ives, at the Illinois Statehouse.

Controversial GOP Candidate for Illinois Governor to Speak at IOP

By Lee Harris, Editor-in-Chief
March 2, 2018

SOUL Circulates Petition Backing Faculty Forward

By Lee Harris and Spencer Dembner
February 24, 2018
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