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Purim unmasked

By Maroon Staff / March 7, 2014
Politicization of Purim runs the risk of missing modern philosophical relevance of the holiday.

South Siders start off better than they finished

By Maroon Staff / October 14, 2011
UChicago is ranked second in a preseason poll just released by Women’s DIII News. Amherst, the defending champion, took the top spot in the preseason poll. Chicago returns all five starters from a squad that won its final 18 regular season games. One of those returners is fourth-year Taylor Simpson, who was named Preseason Player...

Balle Bhangra’s got talent

By Maroon Staff / April 26, 2011
Balle Bhangra garnered the most votes at UChicago's Got Talent, a competition showcasing performing arts organizations. All proceeds for the event went to Pakistan Flood and Japan Earthquake relief.

UChicago’s got a capella

By Maroon Staff / April 26, 2011
Men in Drag performs at UChicago's Got Talent, a showcase of performing arts RSOs. Proceeds from the show were donated to victims of the earthquake in Japan and floods in Pakistan.

SASA stomps up Mandel Hall

By Maroon Staff / April 5, 2011
Fourth-years Anish Patel (left) and Neerja Joshi (center) lead SASA's Raas dancers at Mandel Hall Saturday. The group, which performed the longest piece, recently placed first in an Iowa competition.

SASA Night Live

By Maroon Staff / April 5, 2011
The South Asian Students Association (SASA) put on its annual cultural show, "SASA Night Live," this Saturday in Mandel Hall.

Election Guide

By Maroon Staff / February 18, 2011
The Maroon reported on 4th, 5th, and 20th ward candidates. Learn more here and vote February 22.

Crime Report: October 20, 2009

By Maroon Staff / October 20, 2009
Two men approached two University students entering an apartment building on South Kenwood Avenue and demanded their possessions at gunpoint. The two victims surrendered their cell phones, credit cards, and wallets. Both suspects were described as black, 18-20 years old, and about 5 foot 7 inches. One of the suspects wore a black hooded sweatshirt; the other wore a red hooded sweatshirt..

Q & A with Paul Sally

By Maroon Staff / June 2, 2009
The math department's infamous pirate prof talks about meeting Gwynyth Paltrow, pulverizing cell phones, and achieving Peep immortality.

Richard Epstein lays down the law

By Maroon Staff / March 9, 2009
After 40 years of teaching and scholarship, drawing quick, frank conclusions is in Epstein’s nature. The outspoken Law School professor takes aim at Vice President Biden, his political opponents, and his most famous former colleague.

Q&A with Bert Cohler

By Maroon Staff / December 2, 2008
The comparative human development professor weighs in on student stress, “that kid,” and the prospect of a University institute devoted to Sigmund Freud.

All-Maroons 2007-2008

By Maroon Staff / June 3, 2008
You voted, we listened. Over 100 ballots were cast in each category. Six candidates managed to separate themselves from the rest of the pack, but a single vote kept offensive MVP from ending in a three-way tie. Here are the winners representing the best of the year: Best Team- Women’s track and field (33.9%) •Finished...

Foote production struggles to hit its stride

By Maroon Staff / February 8, 2008
Horton Foote, one of America’s most prolific playwrights, has spent seven decades dramatizing the Depression-era American South. In January, the Goodman Theatre began a four-month tribute to Foote, the Academy Award–winning script writer of To Kill a Mockingbird, featuring the upcoming one-acts Blind Date and The Actor, the full-length The Trip to Bountiful, as well...

Weekend split puts women’s hoops in UAA jam

By Maroon Staff / February 5, 2008
With women’s basketball looking for its first conference-winning record in four seasons, a split over the weekend presented a bump in the road as the Maroons head for the home stretch. On the tails of a 72–68 victory over eighth-ranked NYU (13–5, 2–5), the South Siders (13–5, 4–3 UAA) headed into this weekend looking for...

Women’s tennis narrowly falls to D-I NIU

By Maroon Staff / February 5, 2008
Coming into Saturday’s match up against D-I rival Northern Illinois, women’s tennis were undefeated going back to their September 26 match against Olivet Nazarene. Working with the momentum of a 7–2 victory against city rival Chicago State University, the Maroons looked to capture a victory against Northern Illinois. With the bitter taste of last year’s...

Wrestling ready for conferences after trio’s final polish at Wheaton

By Maroon Staff / February 5, 2008
With its regular season in the books, wrestling prepares for the closing clashes of the year as powerful opponents rumble on the horizon for the postseason. Finishing their dual-meet schedule with a record of 5–4, the Maroons only committed three members of their team to the Wheaton Invitational, the final contest of the winter. With...

Clothes-Minded—January 29, 2008

By Maroon Staff / January 29, 2008
Layering is a chore of the social. When it’s very cold out, as it has been recently, I find it would be much easier to camp out in the warmth of my apartment than to attempt to find an outfit that fits both my style and my bundling needs. However, as I have yet to...

Crime Report: January 25

By Maroon Staff / January 25, 2008
January 21, 7:25 p.m.—An unknown male entered the Quick Snacks located at 1658 East 55th Street and brought a box of garbage bags to the counter. The offender then displayed a handgun and demanded money from the male cashier. The victim surrendered cash from the register, and the offender fled the store on foot. The...

Students earn grant for coffeehouse opera

By Maroon Staff / January 18, 2008
The University of Chicago Arts Council awarded a $4,000 UChicago Arts Grant to the University of Chicago Cantata Collegium, an informal new forum for students that combines academic research with interdisciplinary performance arts. The Collegium will allocate the grant in its staging of an entirely student-produced version of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata. The short opera...

U of C opens new charter middle school

By Maroon Staff / January 18, 2008
[Corrections appended] The University’s Urban Education Initiative announced the opening of a new charter middle school campus in the Bronzeville neighborhood.[see correction below] The Carter G. Woodson campus of the University of Chicago Charter School commemorates its namesake, the founder of Black History Month and one of the first black graduates of the University of...

Swimming opens ’08 with big statement

By Maroon Staff / January 15, 2008
Looking for respect as they dove into their first meet of 2008 Saturday, the 24th-ranked Maroon men were gunning for an upset of 12th-ranked Kalamazoo, while the women sought a statement meet to support their case for entering the coaches’ poll. With big wins on both sides, the squads kicked off the year exactly as...

Track and field stumbles out of the blocks

By Maroon Staff / January 15, 2008
Looking to start the season off on the right foot, both men and women’s track sought victories against the highly competitive UW–Oshkosh. Though the Maroons were tripped up before crossing the finish line, they showed promise of hitting their stride sooner rather than later. On the men’s side, the Maroons were able to grab three...

Wrestling fights its way back

By Maroon Staff / January 15, 2008
In a full team effort, the wrestling team lived up to its reputation as a head-to-head competitor, holding its own against stacked competition that included ranked foes on the schedule. Heading into the North Central College Wrestling Invitational, the Maroons found themselves with an even record in dual meets but a second-to-last finish in their...

Sports Shorts 11/15/08: Tennis falls in debut at Northwestern

By Maroon Staff / January 15, 2008
The new year got off to a rocky start for men’s tennis, which opened the 2008 campaign with a 6–1 loss to D-I Northwestern (2–0). Despite the rough overall finish for the Maroons, Sunday stood out as a shining day for Chicago rookies, offering a glimpse of things to come for the squad. Amid the...

Fermilab braces for budget cuts

By Maroon Staff / January 11, 2008
A last-minute decision by Congress to reduce spending in high-energy physics will result in layoffs and research cuts at Fermilab, a physics laboratory that shares many of its scientists with the University of Chicago. The cuts, which come three months into the fiscal year and total 12 percent of the proposed budget, will have “a...

The sky: Is it really falling?

By Maroon Staff / November 27, 2007
If you aren’t aware that the world is under imminent threat of destruction, you probably haven’t been following the news lately. The Bible Code—a New York Times bestseller—predicted the coming of a comet and the end of life as we know it in 2006. The end of the 13th B’ak’tun cycle in the long count...

Time travel not worth the effort

By Maroon Staff / November 6, 2007
Have you seen The Time Machine? No, I don’t mean the older classic, I’m talking about the 2002 blockbuster starring Guy Pearce and bearing only vague resemblance to the H.G. Wells novel of the same name. It’s the classic story of love: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl dies. Boy spends...

Ice cream eases partisan gridlock

By Maroon Staff / October 29, 2007
The University of Chicago Democrats (UC Dems) and the U of C Young Republicans/Libertarians hosted a Bipartisan Ice Cream Social last Monday evening in the South Lounge of the Reynolds Club. The event was organized by both groups as a way to get together amiably before more serious bipartisan events, including a Veteran’s Day vigil...

Favorite son’s rhetoric lost in the details

By Maroon Staff / October 26, 2007
In recent weeks, Barack Obama spoke before a well respected Chicago university on the subject of the war in Iraq. This particular university is known for its campus diversity. It has consistently been ranked top in terms of undergraduate satisfaction, and one of its graduate programs holds a number-nine ranking in the U.S. News and...

Already crippled, volleyball adds to injury list in home loss

By Maroon Staff / October 25, 2007
The Maroons have suffered a litany of injuries this season, but Wednesday night’s loss to Illinois Tech left Chicago speculating on what could be its most painful injury of the year. With the Scarlet Hawks (24–10) leading 18­–13 in the third game, second-year middle hitter Diandra Bucciarelli rose for one of her 32 attacks of...

Homecoming far from warm for slumping football

By Maroon Staff / October 22, 2007
Not all homecomings are happy ones. Football learned that lesson the hard way during Saturday’s showdown against Carnegie Mellon. Coming into the game, the Maroons (3–3, 0–2) knew that the contest was a must-win situation against the Tartans (3–4, 1–1) in order to stay in contention for a share of the UAA title. They failed...

Foresters reap benefits of volleyball’s struggles

By Maroon Staff / October 22, 2007
Troubles have been following the struggling volleyball team all fall, and last week’s contest was no exception. Now, though, time is running out on 2007, and there won’t be many more chances to find a fix to the team’s problems before the year ends. Last Thursday was another tough day for the Maroons as they...

Hall of Fame greets new class

By Maroon Staff / October 19, 2007
A new class will soon stand beside the giants of Maroon athletics, one that boasts impressive feats both on and off the field. On Friday evening, in front of a sold-out Quadrangle Club, the 2007 Hall of Fame class will take its spot next to the likes of Jay Berwanger, Gertrude Dudley, and Amos Alonzo...

Despite individual efforts, cross country inconsistent as squad

By Maroon Staff / October 16, 2007
Beautiful weather and a bucolic setting provided the background for cross country’s last chance to test itself before heading into the championship chunk of the 2007 season. But the distance-running gods only half-smiled as the Maroons pulled yet another mixed performance. With conference meets only two weeks away, men’s and women’s cross country were aiming...

Cyclists tour South Side Boyer-style

By Maroon Staff / October 9, 2007
Continuing a seven-year tradition, Dean of the College John Boyer, Vice President of Community and Government Affairs Hank Webber, and sociology professor Terry Clark led the annual South Side Bike Pedal on Saturday, October 6. The 17-mile bike tour led students through the South Side of Chicago, offering brief speeches at various Chicago landmarks. The...

News in Brief

By Maroon Staff / September 19, 2007
System will enable emergency SMS alerts The University of Chicago has rolled out a new notification system that will use voice messages, e-mail, and text messaging to update the University community as emergency situations develop. According to Greg Jackson, vice president and chief information officer, cAlert is the culmination of several years of discussion among...
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