IM Insider breaks down futbol finals: Sports Shorts 3/3/06

By Online Editor / March 3, 2006

It’s that time of year again. With the intramural indoor soccer championships on the line this weekend, the top-secret, highly anonymous IM Insider has the scoop on what’s going down at Henry Crown. In the undergraduate men’s division, defending champions TuTh take on Fallerz Ballerz, the surprise team from the resident bracket. After losing crucial...

Women’s lacrosse continues to gain strength

By Online Editor / April 21, 2003

They are the women’s club team you have seen practicing in Henry Crown, on the Midway, and on the grassy area in front of Eckhart Hall. When it comes to lacrosse, these inspired athletes will play anytime on even the smallest patch of open space. While most people have heard of lacrosse, few have actually...

Chicago Initiative continues, celebrates strong fundraising year

By Online Editor / April 4, 2003

A mural of student faces representing the “future of ideas” will backdrop the first anniversary of the public launch of the Chicago Initiative Capital Campaign, to be held Tuesday. The program will bring together 250 donors, alumni, and leadership volunteers to gauge the state of the University by touring construction sites, attending faculty panels, and...

Hearing it twice doesn’t make it nice: MusicNOW fails

By Online Editor / April 4, 2003

The concert which took place the evening of March 19 at Symphony Center confirmed what apparently all but 400 of the concert-going public anticipated; the program was mediocre. Part of the MusicNOW series, which presents works by today’s composers in performances by Chicago Symphony musicians, the concert attempted to educate as it entertained its audience....

A spoonful of Texas-sized indie rock makes the hipsters happy

By Online Editor / April 4, 2003

If the March 30 show at the Abbey Pub is any indication, the Austin, Texas-based band Spoon likes to rock the shit out of the stage…for about an hour. Headlining a triple bill that included Brooklyn band Palomar and ex-Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann’s new project Crooked Fingers, they played to a capacity crowd...

Conductor Lorin Maazel flicks the wrist; it’s a technique

By Online Editor / November 22, 2002

The Good, the Not-So-Bad, and the Unfortunately-Still-Ugly” should have been the title of the program for the November 15 concert at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall featuring music of Mendelssohn, Kearns and Bartók. The concert featured two works by Mendelssohn, including the Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and his Reformation Symphony No. 5. Contemporary...

Ministry of Fun

By Online Editor / November 22, 2002

Mission of Burma The Metro November 22 This concert is not yet sold out, and for the life of me, I don’t know why. Coming out of Boston in the early 1980s, Mission of Burma basically invented the post-punk genre—that is, punk music played by accomplished musicians. Their live shows are also the stuff of...

Letter to the Editor: Allegations of anti-Semitism

By Online Editor / November 15, 2002

To the Editor: We are writing to express our concern about the allegations of a climate of anti-Semitism on the University of Chicago campus. We question a core assumption behind these allegations—that criticism of Israeli policies must be equivalent to anti-Semitism. As a diverse group of students engaged in debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we...

A reader’s omniscent planner

By Online Editor / November 1, 2002

The Planner Edition The anonymous student who wrote the last question into my sex column last week submitted this pièce de resistance: To Whom It May Concern, I am in proud possession of a University of Chicago student planner. Although it is of recent vintage, it is already falling apart. Its cover, which I’d already...

Iraq after Saddam is removed

By Online Editor / August 8, 2002

Now that the Bush Administration has decided that the object of the next phase in the war on terrorism will be Saddam Hussein, numerous strategic questions remain. How, specifically, will we remove him? What will the causus belli be? How many divisions will we use? Will we be based out of Jordan, Qatar, or will...

American civilization triumphs

By Online Editor / May 9, 2002

When one wonders what makes a civilization superior to another, one can compare the material successes of the civic and social life of competing civilizations. Wealth, technology, art, and literature are clearly some of the standards through which a civilization can boast of its prowess. However, one needs to dig deeper and understand why such...

Between the Pipes with Annie Aydinian

By Online Editor / May 9, 2002

The emergence of fuzzy-faced athletes, Slap Shot viewings, Canadian nationalism, and Labatt’s and Molson commercials can only mean it’s Stanley Cup playoff time again. This season has been…interesting, by most standards. Five of the Original Six teams made the playoffs, a number of good teams from the West didn’t earn spots for the playoffs, and...

ANTA BAKA w/ Yoshi Salaverry

By Online Editor / May 9, 2002

For the discerning gourmand in search of a tasty truffle to accompany afternoon tea, or the sophisticate yearning for a delicious beverage to complement his fruit drops, the article before you is offered as a rough sketch of the enchanting realm of European culinary delights—sweet, sour, and otherwise. Belgium Looza Blackcurrant nectar: This charming drink...

Chicago Initiative Kicks Off Today

By Online Editor / April 11, 2002

In its largest fundraising effort to date, the University today will announce “The Chicago Initiative,” a massive seven-year capital campaign seeking enough money to stay true to the University’s mission while competing with better-funded institutions. The Board of Trustees met earlier this morning to determine the final campaign goal. The announcement is scheduled for 1:30...

Doc Films Spotlight

By Online Editor / April 2, 2002

Doc has been having nightmares recently. The feverish doom-foretelling kind, reminiscent of Dr. Frankenstein. There have been war scenes witnessed from the window of a friend’s apartment, roomates-turned-mad scientists, along with the typical vague sensation of falling. Maybe Doc really does just have a fever. Maybe Doc has been staying up too late fretting about...