If there is any single element that can define a certain “Chicago sound” in the diverse array of instrumental music coming out of the Windy City today, it would be that of creative exploration, and consequential indescribability. There is no real “Chicago sound” per se that defines the music, but more accurately a web of...

The Summer Breeze festival took campus by storm last weekend as the unlikely combination of a hypnotist, a bouncy cheerleading flick, a climbing wall, indie bands, and old-school rappers dominated the quads from Friday night to Saturday evening. Summer Breeze, the annual festival put on by the Council on University Programming (COUP) in the lull...

With spring in full swing, the Council on University Programming (COUP) will once again bring the annual University carnival to the quadrangles. Summer Breeze, which will begin tonight with a Doc screening of Bring It On on the Main Quadrangle, followed by an outdoor dance party with DJs from Chicago’s B96 radio station, will last...