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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon
The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon
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Edward H. Levi Hall, which houses many of the University's administrative offices.

UChicago’s Secrecy Thwarts Discourse

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 5, 2025
2024 USG Endorsement: The Timing’s Just Right with “Better Slate Than Never” Slate

2024 USG Endorsement: The Timing’s Just Right with “Better Slate Than Never” Slate

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 15, 2024
Saieh Hall as seen from the quad.

Revisiting Our Rankings

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 1, 2024
What We’re Thankful For

What We’re Thankful For

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 29, 2023
A Hollow Core

A Hollow Core

By Maroon Editorial Board
August 15, 2023
The doors to the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC), formerly known as the Oriental Institute.

New Names Can’t Erase Institutionalized Mistakes

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 15, 2023
Two students standing in front of a blackboard

2023 USG Endorsement: Uplift Marginalized Voices by Voting for upLIFT Slate

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 12, 2023
GSU members picket, October 2017.

Dear Paul, Practice What You Preach: GSU-UE, The Kalven Report, and Unionization

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 19, 2023

The Maroon Editorial Board Announces USG Endorsements

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 20, 2022

What We’re Thankful For

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 25, 2021

To Understand the April Outbreak, We Must Recognize Administrative Failures

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 24, 2021

Offset The Upset: A New Calendar Requires New Policies

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 14, 2021

With Optimism, Vote Thrive

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 21, 2021
How The University of Chicago Can Better Serve the South Side

How The University of Chicago Can Better Serve the South Side

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 1, 2021
Shaping the Conversation: The Maroon’s Role in Reporting on Race, Equity, and Opportunity on the South Side

Shaping the Conversation: The Maroon’s Role in Reporting on Race, Equity, and Opportunity on the South Side

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 30, 2021
To Repair Historic Harm, the University Must Endow South Siders With Capital and Control

To Repair Historic Harm, the University Must Endow South Siders With Capital and Control

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 30, 2021
It’s Time for UChicago To Rethink Its Development Strategy

It’s Time for UChicago To Rethink Its Development Strategy

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 30, 2021
To Be a Better Neighbor on the South Side, UChicago Must Begin on Its Own Campus

To Be a Better Neighbor on the South Side, UChicago Must Begin on Its Own Campus

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 30, 2021
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What We’re Thankful For

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 24, 2020
Bond Chapel sports new signage to guide visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic

As Chicago’s Caseload Soars, the University and Its Community Must be a Part of the Solution

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 20, 2020
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Don’t Get Your Hopes Up About Zimmer’s Replacement

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 12, 2020
An O-week procession.

Dear First-Years: The World Has Slowed Down. So Can We.

By Maroon Editorial Board
September 27, 2020
International House houses Breckenridge Hall.

UChicago Can and Should Lobby the Federal Government

By Maroon Editorial Board
September 27, 2020
Outside UC Medical Center

COVID-19 Testing Should be Mandatory for University of Chicago Students

By Maroon Editorial Board
September 13, 2020
Levi Hall

What’s Missing From the Reopening Plan? A Contingency Plan and Communication

By Maroon Editorial Board
September 11, 2020
The University of Chicago Medical Center

Do Better Than the UChicago Health Pact

By Maroon Editorial Board
September 11, 2020
Protesters with #CareNotCops stage a sit-in in the lobby of the UCPD headquarters.

The University Must Disband Its Private Police Force

By Maroon Editorial Board
June 28, 2020
An O-week procession.

Reopening for the Right Reasons

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 25, 2020

Asynchronous Learning Techniques Facilitate Success for Students in Diverse Circumstances

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 6, 2020

Student Government Executive Slate Must Balance Serious Ideas With Pragmatism

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 29, 2020
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Calendar Committee’s Revisions Sidelined Students

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 14, 2020
Fraternities and women's social club members gather on campus for the 1949 IF Sing.

The Unsung Dilemmas of Unrecognized Greek Life

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 3, 2020

For Truly Effective Mental Healthcare, Listen to Students

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 19, 2020
State Senator Robert Peters

Endorsement: Robert Peters for State Senate 13th District

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 13, 2020
Robert Emmons, Jr.

Endorsement: Robert Emmons, Jr., for Illinois’s First Congressional District

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 13, 2020
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Endorsement: Bernie Sanders for President

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 24, 2020

What We’re Thankful For

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 26, 2019
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Flat Caps, Not Percentages: We Need a Sensible Honors System

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 19, 2019

In Defense of Taking Time to Grieve

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 12, 2019
The old Administration Building, circa 1948

The Answer to Grad Education Woes? It’s Still a Union

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 29, 2019

Discounts and Deals: Dining Out Affordably

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 22, 2019
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As Tuition Soars, Quality of Education Stalls

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 15, 2019
Harper Library.

College Students, Join the Picket Line

By Maroon Editorial Board
June 2, 2019
University of Chicago chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton (far right) presents the Quantrell Award to members of the university faculty. Ernest E. Quantrell, university alumnus and trustee who founded the award, is second from right.

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Should Be Eligible for the Quantrell Prize

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 22, 2019

To Improve Grad Students’ Pedagogical Training, the University Must Recognize GSU

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 6, 2019

Endorsement: CARE for Executive Slate

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 3, 2019

Making Metcalfs Less Finance-Focused

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 29, 2019

Where’s Obama?

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 29, 2019

Don’t Just Digitize, Prioritize: The Case for NARA at the Obama Center

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 8, 2019
Toni Preckwinkle

Toni Preckwinkle, the Hyde Parker Who Will Fix Chicago

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 20, 2019
Piemonte met with the Editorial Board last March.

Fifth Ward Aldermanic Endorsement: Gabriel Piemonte

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 13, 2019
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20th Ward Aldermanic Endorsement: Anthony Driver

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 13, 2019
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Two-Year Requirement Won’t Make Housing Better

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 29, 2019

Closed Observatory, Open Dialogue

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 10, 2019

Early Decision Unfairly Favors Wealthy Applicants

By Maroon Editorial Board
December 3, 2018

The Maroon Gives Thanks

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 20, 2018
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Looking for a Better Way to Prevent Sexual Assault

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 15, 2018
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Liberals, Don’t Intern in the Trump Administration

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 8, 2018

U-Pass is Inefficient, So What?

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 11, 2018
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Endorsement: Unite for Executive Slate

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 30, 2018

Student Government’s UCPD Resolution is a Common Sense Proposal

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 27, 2018
Daniel Biss sat down with the Maroon Editorial Team earlier this month.

Endorsement: Daniel Biss is a Solid Progressive Pick for Governor

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 17, 2018

Regulating Speech: Not a Job for LSA

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 5, 2018

Biss: Electing Pritzker is “literally the worst thing we could possibly do”

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 3, 2018

University Should Voluntarily Recognize Graduate Union

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 26, 2018

Let’s Get Down To Business

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 23, 2018
The Obama Center's projected location in Jackson Park.

Don’t Relocate, Advocate

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 23, 2018
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The Proving Ground

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 19, 2018

Tax Reform Firestorm

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 21, 2017

A High Price to Pay

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 10, 2017

In Grad Students We Trust

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 26, 2017

A Step Aside, a Step in the Right Direction

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 17, 2017
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South Side With You

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 22, 2017

A More Perfect Union

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 18, 2017

Fraternities Committed to… Something

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 14, 2017

Fraternities Committed to… Something

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 14, 2017

Begin at Home

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 4, 2017

Constitutionally Yours

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 23, 2017

Stay the Course

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 21, 2017

Just for the Record

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 7, 2017

Don’t Desist to Resist

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 2, 2017

A Launch-Pad for the University

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 19, 2017

Fraternizing With The Maroon

By Maroon Editorial Board
January 17, 2017

What We’re Thankful For

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 22, 2016
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Tricks, Treats, and UCPD

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 3, 2016

Back to the Drawing Board for Convocation Changes

By Maroon Editorial Board
November 1, 2016

DJ Turn It Up

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 24, 2016
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A Jury of Peers

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 18, 2016

Fitting the Bill

By Maroon Editorial Board
October 4, 2016

In Case You Missed It

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 26, 2016

Giving a Green Light to the Media

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 24, 2016

Budgeting for the Future

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 13, 2016

Raising the Bar on UCPD Accountability

By Maroon Editorial Board
May 6, 2016

The Maroon Editorial Board Endorses Esquivel, Beck, and Albrecht

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 29, 2016

The Maroon Editorial Board Endorses Our Campus

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 29, 2016

Set the Record Straight

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 15, 2016

SG Should Stick to Campus Issues

By Maroon Editorial Board
April 8, 2016

Break Away From the Herd

By Maroon Editorial Board
March 4, 2016

Don’t Shirk the Shrine

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 26, 2016

Letter from the Editor

By Maroon Editorial Board
February 19, 2016
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