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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon
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A tribute to John Paul Stevens

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 14, 2012
The University of Chicago and the Chicago Maroon have a strong list of noticeable alumni, but perhaps none were as daring in their days as former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Below, Stevens is heralded as a godly gentlman and scholar. Behind the scenes, Stevens was Editor-in-Chief of the Maroon at the time. Since...

EXTRA Historic Issue on Shelves Today EXTRA

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 14, 2012
In commemoration of the College’s 120 years, The Chicago Maroon releases its Historical Issue today, reviewing some of the most interesting events in the University’s storied history. This year is also an important one for the Maroon itself—2012 marks the 120th anniversary of the student newspaper, which traces its founding back to the first day...

Happy April Fools’ Day!

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 1, 2011
If what you saw in print today made you want to grow a moustache, botch the Summer Breeze performance, or aspire to be a non-Truman-winning, non-marathon-running apathetic college student, well... April Fools!

Art failure

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 30, 2009
For 98 percent of students, readmission simply is a matter of paperwork, but as Kong’s case demonstrates, the process is nonetheless flawed. As Art’s insufficient and arbitrary explanation makes clear, concern was not valid. Dean Art should reverse her decision.

Table talk

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 8, 2008
One year ago today, an embattled President Zimmer met with students to defend the University’s new graduate student financial-aid package and the decision not to divest from Sudan. With a hostile audience that often seemed more intent on drawing applause than asking questions, the event was a failed attempt at conversation. While tonight’s discussion with...

Green party

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 5, 2008
How much free food does it take to get a U of C student to turn off a light bulb? Last week, the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) kicked off its Battle of the Bulbs campaign in the hopes that a little bit of hoopla can go a long way in cutting back on energy usage....

Looking beyond the Super Bowl circus

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 5, 2008
I confess: I don’t know beans about football. I’m sure it’s a lovely sport, and that behind the grunting, overpaid men, the shoulder pads, and the butt-slapping there really is a complex and interesting challenge. But I really couldn’t care less about who is best at smuggling an oblong ball across a striped field. As...

Editorial slant can save the press

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 5, 2008
At a friend’s holiday dinner over break, the jovial conversation of the adults at the end of table turned to politics. The members of this cadre were, to put it nicely, impaired—and not just by their unflinching, nearly unthinking, liberal ideals. They remarked that with the shallow sensationalism of news outlets like CNN and MSNBC,...

A recipe for disaster

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 1, 2008
The dubious quality of dining- hall food is already a popular topic for griping, but the University administration seems determined to add more fodder to the criticism. The University is planning to transition Bartlett dining hall—long an oasis of campus cuisine, thanks to its higher quality and à la carte menu—into the buffet-style system to...

To B.A. or not to B.A.?

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 29, 2008
In recent weeks, fourth-years have foregone sunlight, non-caffeinated beverages, and anything resembling a healthy diet so that they can complete their B.A. theses. At a school that prides itself on its academic rigor, it is surprising that these suffering students represent only a portion of their class. The University does not require all of its...

The wrong prescription

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 25, 2008
The Student Care Center’s (SCC) recent decision to cease offering emergency contraceptives doesn’t reflect the best interests of the student body and should be rescinded. The SCC is a place where students can comfortably receive free condoms, Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing, nutrition counseling, and other services from doctors and nurses trained to work on...

A level-headed policy

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 18, 2008
The Red Bull and Chipotle burritos were appreciated, but the real significance of Monday’s A-level re-opening was in the politics, not the free food. Four quarters after the all-night study space was transformed into shelf space, its conversion back into a cozy, sociable venue demonstrates the potential of Student Government (S.G.). Students were understandably upset...

Checking in with reality

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 15, 2008
One would think that a trade that is beneficial to both sides would get done without much hassle. Unfortunately, reaching a meeting of minds between Hyde Park community members and University administration has never been that simple. In the latest example, Ward 5 Alderman Leslie Hairston has blocked the U of C’s proposal to build...

Taking the next step

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 11, 2008
At a time when most students were still sleeping off finals-week blues, the Co-Op Market’s shareholders delivered a blow to protectionism’s stranglehold on Hyde Park. Sixty percent of ballots cast favored dissolving the grocer, persuading the board to submit to the community’s demand. A new University-backed grocer is scheduled to arrive by mid-February. This is...

Sverdlik nets Marshall Scholarship

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 11, 2008
Alice Sverdlik, a 2006 graduate of the University, was awarded the prestigious Marshall Scholarship late last month, which provides two fully funded years of study in the United Kingdom to 40 American college graduates each year. Sverdlik will begin her studies at the London School of Economics (LSE) next fall. Sverdlik said that she plans...

Uncommon Fund lacks common sense

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 27, 2007
Giving the same thing a different name doesn’t make it better; it just makes it easier to forget how bad it was in the first place. In an attempt to make us all forget what a flop last year’s New Initiatives Fund was, Student Government (S.G.) has now dubbed it the “Uncommon Fund.” Last year,...

A safer campus

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 20, 2007
The death of Ph.D. student Amadou Cisse early yesterday morning has shaken the University community. The Maroon commends the leadership of the administration in handling this tragedy. The e-mails from President Robert Zimmer and Vice President and Dean of Students Kim Goff-Crews provided detailed information about what happened and how students could take steps to...

Co-Op fails to produce

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 13, 2007
For years, the Hyde Park Co-Op Market has given new meaning to the term “bad apple.” The Co-Op, which has slimmed from three locations to just one in the past three years, has combined low-quality produce, exorbitant prices, and almost farcical mismanagement, sending many residents elsewhere in search of better grocery options. Now, with the...

Bad company

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 9, 2007
Houseguests shouldn’t overstay their welcome. So either the residents of Hitchcock House are unusually hospitable, or a serious lack of communication allowed John Daniel George, a college student from Michigan, to stay for over a month in a two-person U of C dorm room. During George’s extended stay in Hitchcock, Resident Heads (R.H.s) Ben and...

A union divided

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 6, 2007
A week after negotiators representing campus clerical, service, and maintenance workers voted 8–1 to accept the University’s latest contract proposal, the two sides are about to find themselves at the bargaining table yet again. In a first for University labor relations, 58 percent of voting union members opposed a contract that their own negotiators recommended....

A failing grade

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 2, 2007
The University of Chicago is often referred to as the “Teacher of Teachers.” U of C graduates tend to go into academia at much higher rates than do those at peer schools, and many of the ideas associated with the University—the “Life of the Mind,” “Chicago Math,” and “progressive education,” for example—are directly relevant to...

Not all it’s Chalked up to be

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 29, 2007
Just about every student at the U of C uses Chalk for one reason or another. Whether it’s to find readings, feverishly check grades, or get the notes from a missed 9:30-a.m. lecture, the website can be a helpful academic tool. However, despite the site’s utility, Chalk’s discussion board, as currently employed, is useless at...

Time to scrap IHC and HARC

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 26, 2007
To tackle its embarrassing attendance record, the Inter-House Council (IHC) is urging the Housing Activities Resources Council (HARC) to penalize houses whose elected members skip IHC meetings. We recommend going one step further: It’s time to abolish IHC and HARC, thereby consolidating student representation and streamlining house funding. IHC ostensibly serves as a governing body...

Double, double toil and trouble

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 22, 2007
We’d like to think that at the U of C, credit is given where credit is due. As many fourth-years who are completing job applications and sending in transcripts are all too aware, the University does not follow this principle of fairness when it comes to appropriately crediting students who have earned double majors or...

The Freshman 4,866

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 18, 2007
Being forced to eat bad dorm food in college shouldn’t have to be a rite of passage. While the quality of dining at the U of C is debatable, the current policy of forcing students to pay for more University dining than they need is misguided. Every first-year student is forced to shell out $4,866...

Allow room for ROTC

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 16, 2007
Being an elite institution should not be synonymous with being elitist. But that is exactly how the University is sometimes perceived, and the University policy that prevents the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) from training on campus only fuels this perception. The University kicked the ROTC off campus during the Vietnam War to protest the...

Racing to conclusions

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 12, 2007
The City of Chicago has a tradition of honoring great Chicagoans with street names, statues, and other memorabilia. If Fourth Ward Alderman Toni Preckwinkle has her way, the late U of C professor Saul Bellow, one of the most revered writers in American literature, will be denied any such honor because Preckwinkle deems some of...

One-stop shopping

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 8, 2007
A smart consumer would never make a multi-thousand-dollar investment solely on the basis of a short product description. Unfortunately, under the current course selection format, students are asked to do exactly that when picking classes each quarter. A system where professors are compelled to post syllabi online before class bidding begins would allow students to...

Take a number

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 5, 2007
Every year, colleges eagerly await the U.S. News & World Report rankings, with each school hoping to improve upon its previous year’s position. But while the rankings inevitably elicit giddy press releases from the schools that moved up, they also inevitably prompt irritated criticisms of the study’s methodology and relevance. For the second consecutive year,...

An unappetizing impropriety?

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 2, 2007
Aramark Corp. CEO Joseph Neubauer’s recent $25-million donation to the U of C should be welcome news to everyone on campus. However, while we commend the Neubauer Family Foundation’s generosity, the gift further complicates a relationship between his company and the University’s main governing body that is already too close for comfort. As a member...

Correction: October 2, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 2, 2007
In the September 28 soccer article “Vets, Newbies Look for Right Mix,” Micah Gruber was identified as a fourth-year. He is a third-year. The men’s cross country article “For Once, No Clear Leader of the Pack,” incorrectly named the top 15-runners as point scorers. It is the first five. Two of the sports photos were...

Relaxation without Representation

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 2, 2007
It is reasonable for students to assume that the representatives they elect to Student Government (SG) will be the same ones who serve them the following year. Unfortunately, under the current College Council (CC) bylaws, representatives are permitted to study abroad and appoint “proxies” to take their places. The Council is starting the academic year...

Fix the Communication Breakdown

By Maroon Editorial Staff / September 19, 2007
With the inauguration of a new president and turnover of several top positions in the administration, the 2006–2007 academic year initially promised a new era of positive leadership on campus. Instead, it became the year of the student activist after the administration failed to seek out and understand students’ opinions. Causes such as graduate student...

Correction: June 1, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / June 1, 2007
The May 25 news article “CDAB to Decide Coke’s Fate” incorrectly stated that the Inter-House Council (IHC) did not bind its Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) representatives to their vote not to remove Coca-Cola products from campus dining halls and shops. According to the IHC constitution, CDAB members must “represent the interests of the IHC.”...

Granting the life of the mind

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 31, 2007
This week, an anonymous alumnus donated an unprecedented $100 million that will enable students from low- and middle-income families to enjoy the fruits of a U of C education. The donation will transform the campus culture and improve the educational experience of all students by fostering socioeconomic diversity and helping the University fulfill its obligation...

Administrators should exercise caution online

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 25, 2007
“Fuck the creationists.” Are you offended? It is safe to assume that many members of the University community would be—especially given that the word “creationists” could be replaced with any other label, with equal or greater effect. It’s surprising, then, that a University administrator would endorse such a slogan in a public forum. In what...

Correction: May 25, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 25, 2007
The May 22 Voices article “Dances Change for the Better, but Spring Show Stagnates from Lack of Variety” incorrectly states that Rhythmic Bodies in Motion was founded in 2004. The group was actually founded in 2003.

The early bird gets the worm

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 22, 2007
Attending the University of Chicago is supposed to give students an edge when they venture into the real world and apply for jobs and internships. However, since spring quarter drags on for weeks after other schools have ended their semesters, many potential employers are disinclined to hire students who cannot begin work until mid-June. Accordingly,...

CPO can’t stop the invisible hand

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 18, 2007
How much is it really worth to watch a loved one graduate? Apparently, a lot. Each year, the demand for convocation tickets exceeds the supply, and enterprising students use Marketplace to sell their extra tickets for upwards of $20 apiece. In response, administrators at the College Programming Office (CPO) are policing the website, sending students...

Keep Coke on campus—for now

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 15, 2007
The Maroon strongly urges the Campus Dining Advisory Board to vote against kicking Coke off campus at its upcoming end-of-quarter meeting. Students can argue all day about which soda brand is the greatest villain; over the past few years, the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment has found that nearly a dozen soda brands contain...

Correction: May 11, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 11, 2007
The May 4 news brief and accompanying photo caption “Author Sees Greek Tragedy in Pop Culture” failed to include the entire title of the lecture series. The complete event title was the “Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities.” The May 8 voices shortcut, “Elliott Smith’s New Moon,” incorrectly states that Smith took...

Item #2007: responsible students

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 11, 2007
The quads of this University, famous as a hub of intellectual rigor, are all too often about as riveting as the gray granite of their Gothic architecture. But for one spring night each year, they are transformed into a veritable carnival of flashing lights, thumping music, and carefree revelry when Scav Hunt teams come together,...

Correction: May 8, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 8, 2007
The October 13 sports article, “Athletic Department to Induct Eight into Hall of Fame,” incorrectly identified Mike Axinn (A.B. ’82) as the winner of the 1983 Chicago Marathon. Joe Nzau was the actual first-place finisher. The Maroon is committed to correcting mistakes for the record. If you suspect the Maroon has made an error, please...

Speak softly and carry a green stick

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 8, 2007
This year, a noticeably high level of student activism exists on campus, from groups decrying the genocide in Darfur to others striving to kick Coke off campus. In terms of realized success, however, one student group stands above the rest. The Green Campus Initiative (GCI) was formed in 1999 in anticipation of pending construction projects...

Correction: May 4, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 4, 2007
The April 27 sports article, “King of the Mat Kruzel Made Most of Big Switch” incorrectly identified Bill Kopecky (A.B. ’03) as the last Maroon to win All-American honors before fourth-year Phil Kruzel. Nick Kehagias (S.B. ’04) was an All-American in 2003. The Maroon regrets and apologizes for the error.

College should add more minors

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 4, 2007
The first lesson taught in economics is supply and demand. Ironically, the economics department, along with several other popular departments, has yet to apply this principle to its college offerings. Despite student interest in minor programs, departments like economics, political science, and history only offer major courses of study. These departments should learn from their...

Tolerance is a two-way street

By Maroon Editorial Staff / May 1, 2007
The best way to confront opinions you disagree with is through open dialogue—not by quashing speakers you don’t like. Yet many members of the University—an institution that prides itself on vigorous intellectual debate—want to stop General Peter Pace from speaking at the Graduate School of Business (GSB). Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

Corrections

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 27, 2007
The April 20 news article “Kotlowitz Urges Community Advocacy” incorrectly stated that this was the first time the Public Service and Public Interest Career Fair was co-hosted by the University Community Service Center and Career Advising and Planning Services. This was the sixth year the organizations collaborated to host the event. The April 24 news...

Geeks gone wild

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 27, 2007
Few cling to tradition like the students and faculty of the University of Chicago, but when the Searle Chemistry Laboratory opened its doors to students eager to procure free lab materials last week, this tradition got a little out of hand. The closing of a chemistry lab at the U of C is usually an...

Corrections: April 24, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 24, 2007
The April 20 news article “CFD Swarms University Park Apartment Fire” incorrectly identified a fire at City Hall as having occurred last year. The fire occurred in 2003. The April 20 news article “Hill Tapped as New VP of Research to Oversee Labs” failed to identify the University’s Vice President for Research and for National...

Make Your-SG our SG

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 24, 2007
This year’s communication failure between students and the administration illustrated the need of Student Government (SG) to perform its proper function: to represent the views of the students. SG has better access to administrators on campus than most students. But while the top administrators are eager to lend their ears, SG has not yet formed...

The aftermath

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 20, 2007
The shots fired in the tragedy at Virginia Tech on Monday have echoed across the country and around the world, ringing loudest at American universities. Since then, the shooting spree that ended 33 lives has claimed another casualty: peace of mind. News of the massacre has shattered the illusion of safety on college campuses. Here...

Let students say no to the U-Pass

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 17, 2007
The U-Pass promise of free CTA rides sounds too good to be true—and it is. The Transportation Student Advisory Board’s proposed referendum for a U-Pass—a CTA program that gives Chicagoland college students the ability to pay a flat annual rate for unlimited rides—initially appears tempting. Representatives from Inter-House Council (IHC) and Student Government (SG) are...

Olympics or not, don’t give up on Hyde Park

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 13, 2007
Tomorrow, the city of Chicago will find out whether it has won the chance to compete on the world stage for the 2016 Olympic Games. If Chicago beats Los Angeles and wins the U.S. nomination, it will vie against such illustrious cities as Madrid, Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro for the honor of hosting the...

SG can have its cake and eat it too

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 10, 2007
Student Government (SG) recently announced its allocation decisions for the $40,000 pilot New Initiatives Fund (NIF). Of the four project proposals to be funded, one—bringing former Clinton adviser James Carville to campus—is distinct from the rest. Sponsoring new initiatives and bringing big speakers to campus are two separate goals and, as such, ought to exist...

Correction: April 6, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 6, 2007
The April 3 news article “College Increases Tuition 5.4 Percent” contained a mistake in the headline. While the overall expected cost of attending the College next year rose 5.4 percent, the cost of tuition rose 5.5 percent. The April 3 viewpoints article “Reporters Must Ask the Tough Questions” mistakenly omitted the name and columnist title...

Does race define the U of C student?

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 6, 2007
The Admissions office should not automatically pair prospective minority students with dormitory hosts of the same skin color during its overnight programming. Strategies implemented by the University toward the goal of increasing diversity include a collaborative effort between the Admissions office and campus organizations. Under the guidance of the Admissions office, the Prospective Students Advisory...

Fund grad students fairly

By Maroon Editorial Staff / April 3, 2007
It takes a special ability to make enemies while solving one of the University’s most glaring problems, yet the Administration has achieved this very feat. Although the recently announced $50 million aid package for incoming graduate students in the humanities and social sciences eliminates the financial disincentive associated with studying at the University of Chicago,...

Transportation Office should take SG’s lead

By Maroon Editorial Staff / March 30, 2007
In light of the various bureaucratic problems that have plagued the Transportation Office’s shuttle and bus services for the past two quarters, Student Government’s (SG) free, finals week airport shuttle was a welcome illustration of the potential for well implemented and efficient transportation that meets the practical needs of students. The sheer number of students...

Give us time to read during reading period

By Maroon Editorial Staff / March 6, 2007
Though many U of C students take pride in their masochistic work ethic, most would appreciate a weeklong reading period—and most also deserve it. Weeklong reading periods are common at our peer institutions, even those on the quarter system such as Stanford University. The current system, allowing students only two days during 10th week, forces...

Habeas Corpus applies to students, too

By Maroon Editorial Staff / March 2, 2007
Everyone should have a right to a fair trial—and a fair appeal of that trial. As it stands now, the University’s disciplinary procedures exclude adequate opportunity for appeals. Students accused of disciplinary offenses are not always guaranteed the opportunity to express their side of the issue or speak to the administrators handling the review of...

Editors’ Note

By Maroon Editorial Staff / March 2, 2007
Dear Readers, In Tuesday’s unsigned editorial (“Don’t Believe the HYPE,” 2/27/07), the Maroon Editorial Board erroneously stated that the Student Government Finance Committee made the decision to fund UChicago HYPE’s Yacht Party event. The article also insinuated that the current Student Government slate, “A New Day,” and its Vice President for Student Affairs, David Courchaine,...

Don’t believe the HYPE

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 27, 2007
Some Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) deserve to receive lavish Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) funding: The top 10 recipients of SGFC consistently put on outstanding campus events that expand the cultural and artistic horizons of students on campus. But last year there was one undeserving group on that list: UChicago HYPE, which was funded lavishly...

Correction: 2/27/07

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 27, 2007
The February 13 article “Track Takes on Top Competition at Invite” had the Maroons toeing the line at the UW–Oshkosh Invite February 9 when UW–Whitewater actually hosted the meet. In the February 23 article “Timeout with Pat Coleman,” Coleman was incorrectly identified as a MSNBC.com employee. He currently works for NBCSports.com. The Maroon regrets and...

Correction: February 23, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 23, 2007
The February 20 article “Model U.N. Struggles to Match Past Successes” incorrectly identifies the Model U.N. team by the acronym “ChoMUN.” The article failed to note that the Model U.N. team was awarded second place at a competition hosted at Yale University. Also, the United Netherlands delegation had 32 members. The February 20 article “Divestment...

Don’t tread on me

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 23, 2007
It isn’t unusual to hear starving college students complaining about the costs that their school tries to-stick on them, but let’s be honest about the way that the U of C treats its students. Up-front, we pay one of the highest sticker price tuitions in the country. On the other hand, the high sticker price...

Being liberal with the liberal arts

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 20, 2007
With all the econ majors on campus, it’s easy to forget that some students here are actually interested in the fine arts. A true liberal arts education should give the arts their due. In this vein, the Arts Clarity Group (ACG)—created in 2001 under President Don Randel in response to a report on the arts’...

Who wants to be Brown, anyway?

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 16, 2007
The University of Chicago’s roots run deep in the sciences. From Nobel Laureates to research engines like Argonne, the strength of the University’s science programs is a big draw for prospective students and donors alike. But this great scientific prowess is largely absent from the University’s Core in the biological and physical sciences. President Robert...

Correction: February 13, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 13, 2007
The February 6 article “Compton House Under Repairs After Week of Power Failures” incorrectly identified Compton house resident head John Deak. The February 6 article “University Hosts Model U.N. Conference” misattributed to second-year and MUNUC member Charlie Hopkins a quote made by MUNUC Undersecretary General for the General Assembly Committees Greg Kamstra. The article incorrectly...

Show them the money

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 13, 2007
When a mathematician was named president of the University, a collective groan went up among critical theorists, literature scholars, and Renaissance historians. When that president named a physicist as provost, those groans hardened into cries of worry. The University had replaced a musicologist and an historian with two men of cold, calculating science. That the...

On divestment from Sudan

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 6, 2007
The University’s recent decision not to divest from Sudan is one of the most contentious and drawn-out decisions that will continue to face our campus this academic year. The administration, in its long process of meetings with student objectors, has shown a commitment to principle as well as to change. It has retained its policy...

Fix the bus system

By Maroon Editorial Staff / February 2, 2007
Monday’s weather forecast predicts a high of nine degrees Fahrenheit along with snow showers and wind. Accordingly, many students will attempt to ride the bus to campus. Unacceptably, too many students will be left behind in the harsh cold. This might seem a petty issue to some, but not for the hundreds of students who...

President Zimmer, don’t dig your own grave

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 30, 2007
The past few months probably haven’t been President Zimmer’s easiest. Since his idea to switch to the Common Application has gone over like a lead balloon—even though the Maroon supported him there—he has put off STAND in every way possible, and his big ideas for reform have been kept as well hidden as Iraq’s WMDs....

For the love of science

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 26, 2007
People are always quick to dismiss the value that science has in their lives, particularly the type of science for which the U of C is famous. But the type of research conducted at top institutions across the country is critical to the intellectual and technological advancement of this country and the world. This idea...

Oh, Rexy, you so sexy

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 23, 2007
OK, Rexy, you’ve done it. The Bears are back in the big game. You carried your team to the Super Bowl, or rather, they carried you through emotional issues, drinking binges, lack of preparation, and lack of skill. But you’re not T.O. You didn’t give up and take a few too many supplements to escape...

Towards a decorous King day ceremony

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 19, 2007
The University has long prided itself on pursuing open discussion and creating a safe, open environment that is conducive to its aims. Conceivably, the University tried to further those aims in its celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who opened doors for multiple levels of society and changed our nation’s morally corrupt racial and...

Integrate course selection tools

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 12, 2007
The first thing students learn each and every quarter at the University of Chicago is that the online course registration system is a mess. The three essential tools available to students—time schedules, the course catalog, and cMore—often have conflicting information, which severely hinders the registration process. To help solve this problem and fix other flaws...

Correction: January 12, 2007

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 12, 2007
The November 21 article, “Charges Erased after UCPD Wrongfully Arrests CPS Teen,” incorrectly categorized the arrest of Jemelle Lloyd as “wrongful.” Although Lloyd was found to have had no connection to the crime for which he was arrested, legally a “wrongful arrest” is a specific term that implies that the arrest was not made on...

Redefining the dorms

By Maroon Editorial Staff / January 9, 2007
Inter-House Council (IHC) recently considered the possibility of gender-neutral housing—and hopefully will move forward with this idea. Implementing gender-neutral housing options would be a positive decision for the University community. Past additions of gender-neutral bathrooms to our campus accommodated the privacy of transgendered individuals or individuals who felt constrained by traditional gender labels. The University...

Editorial: Defending the Collegiate Press

By Maroon Editorial Staff / December 6, 2006
The following student newspapers endorse this collaboratively written editorial, and have published it this week in either their print or online editions: The Brown Daily Herald The Cavalier Daily (U. Virginia) The Chicago Maroon The Cornell Daily Sun The Daily Californian The Daily Evergreen (Washington State University) The Daily Illini The Daily Orange The Daily...

Maroon on hiatus for winter break

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 30, 2006
Dear Online Readers, This Tuesday, 28 November 2006, was the final issue of the Chicago Maroon for autumn quarter. Please come visit us again when we return to publication at the beginning of winter quarter and the start of the new year. Many thanks, and have a wonderful break. Best, The Maroon Editorial Board

Correction: 11.28.06

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 28, 2006
The November 21 article “Influential Physicist Speaks on Campus” incorrectly stated that the Institute for Advanced Study is based at Princeton University. The institute is located in Princeton, N.J., but operates independently of the university.

Who wants to go to UPenn, anyway?

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 28, 2006
By and large, the near 10 percent-increase in Early Action applications to the University is to be heralded. A larger applicant pool means that the University has a greater opportunity to accept talented, unique students who embody the “Life of the Mind.” With a greater number of students to choose from, incoming classes are more...

Think twice

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 21, 2006
The Internet is a powerful tool; there is no doubt about that. It distributes information quickly and provokes discussion on a worldwide level. Blogs, YouTube, and social networking websites have revolutionized the rapidity and efficiency of information dissemination. For example, a handful of blogs and a lone YouTube video were instrumental in the Democrats’ capture...

Correction: 11.17.06

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 17, 2006
The November 14 article, “State Democrats Debrief Midterm Elections,” incorrectly stated that the Illinois Democrats were the minority party in the state senate. The minority party is actually the Republican Party.

Easily applying the Uncommon way

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 14, 2006
At first glance, it seems blasphemous for the U of C to even contemplate switching to the Common Application. Admissions has clearly prided itself on the statement the Uncommon sends to students, telling them that the U of C isn’t like other colleges. But if there is a way to differentiate the U of C—particularly...

These colors don’t run

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 10, 2006
Homer Simpson maintained that there are two kinds of people at college: jocks and nerds. At the U of C, we don’t bother with the distinction, focusing instead on the traits that divide the nerds from the geeks, the dorks from the dweebs, and all of those from “that kid.” We’ve all made our way...

Promote the vote

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 7, 2006
This issue is coming out on Election Day, and if you’re registered in Hyde Park, the election must not seem that inspiring. There’s no Illinois Senate race, and even if there were, it wouldn’t be competitive. The incumbent is secure in the gubernatorial race. Nothing is brewing in the House race, and local elections seem...

Reality check

By Maroon Editorial Staff / November 3, 2006
Crime is a fact of life living in Hyde Park, but this seems to come as news to Student Government (SG). This week, they decided to take action against crime and do what they do best: form a Committee. SG’s plans might be full of ambition, but they lack the forethought necessary to actually make...

Correction: 10.31.06

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 31, 2006
The headline to the October 27 article, “Plans for OMSA’s new diversity resource center take shape,” incorrectly identifies the Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) as the only group involved with the new Diversity Resource Center planned for 5710 South Woodlawn Avenue. The center will be home to the Amandla Center, Office of Minority Student...

Treats are for kids…of all ages

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 30, 2006
Halloween sure ain’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of having Mom paint on that pirate goatee or sew that bright pink bow on the back of the princess gown. And the only block where we can still trick-or-treat with Dad is on Memory Lane, his flashlight in one hand, and our...

Still waiting

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 25, 2006
This year, more than ever, the University has made its long-run transportation plan clear: Move all the students who are forced to live off campus onto campus. When you really think about it, this is really the only viable solution given the difficulties inherent in busing hundreds of students back and forth seven days a...

Correction: 10.24.06

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 24, 2006
The October 20 article, “University Buys Doctors Hospital, Plans for Hotel,” incorrectly stated that the building to the south of the Doctors Hospital site is senior housing. That building is not designated as senior housing.

Hotel for Hyde Park

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 24, 2006
Think back to your junior or senior year of high school. You’ve just arrived in Chicago to visit your dream university. But you had to stay at an expensive hotel downtown, and you unassumingly hopped on the Green Line when trying to get down to Hyde Park so that, upon your arrival, you are greeted...

Give the drop policy a W

By Maroon Editorial Staff / October 20, 2006
It’s fourth week and everyone is trapped. The chance to drop that one class you had doubts about has passed. As you find yourself completely lost when you start studying for that upcoming midterm, you know there’s nothing you can do about it, unless you’re willing to accept the dreaded W on your transcript. But...
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