Hebrew literature examined

By Rachel Levine / February 22, 2005

Amir Eshel, a professor of Hebrew Literature at Stanford University, gave a speech Monday evening at the Oriental Institute entitled, “Writing the Unsaid: Israeli Prose and the Question of Palestinian Flight and Expulsion.” Approximately 30 people attended the event. Quoting from The Story of Hirbet Hizah by S. Yizhar, and Facing the Forests, by A.B....

Reflections on correspondence: Choosing a personal reality

By Rachel Levine / February 10, 2005

For the longest time, I couldn’t understand why I wrote him so many letters. I realized, eventually, that it was because I felt substantively different interacting with him—even if it were only in writing—from how I felt when I was interacting with anyone else. My interests and experiences hadn’t changed, yet I felt like a...

Students reflect on political activism

By Rachel Levine / October 8, 2004

With one of the most tumultuous presidencies and most evenly split electorates in recent memory, strong feelings of personal responsibility are galvanizing previously apolitical students on all sides. The UC Democrats report a net increase in their listhost membership from 382 to 605 members this year, and organizers were “surprised and impressed” that a number...

This is Scav Hunt

By Rachel Levine / May 11, 2004

The Cloister Club in Ida Noyes is known to host activities as varied as dance marathons, Blues and Ribs, and high school proms. Regardless of past experience, though, there is little to prepare one for the feeling of entering that majestic room on Scav Hunt judgment day. Although not everyone pours his life into Scav...

Residents consider options

By Rachel Levine / May 11, 2004

As students contemplate their living arrangements for next year, many are looking to the General Housing Lottery, which will take place this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 8 p.m. in the B-J dining hall. General lottery numbers span from 1 to nearly 2600, with numbers 1 to 800 selecting rooms on Tuesday, numbers 801 to1600...

Red Line pilot gets green light

By Rachel Levine / April 30, 2004

The Student Government General Assembly (SGGA) voted 14-1 to support the Red Line Shuttle pilot program Monday night, following the completion of a survey that demonstrated overwhelming student support for the late-night service. “The assembly felt that there was a need for the student body to have a more efficient method of going to and...

Student committee reviews counseling service

By Rachel Levine / April 23, 2004

The Student Counseling and Resource Service (SCRS) Student Advisory Committee discussed the Service’s confidentiality policy at their April 13 meeting. They concluded that the policy itself is “stellar,” and suggested ways in which the SCRS might ensure that students understand the policy’s intricacies. The Committee suggested that those who process intakes should talk about the...

German U-boat revitalizes Museum, attracts history buffs

By Rachel Levine / April 20, 2004

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) may pale in comparison to the underground train systems of other metropolises, but how many other cities can boast German U-boats in their basements? On April 8, the Museum of Science and Industry began moving its U-505 German submarine the 2000 feet from its outdoor location at the north side of...

Aramark shakes Wednesday institution

By Rachel Levine / April 16, 2004

At first glance, Shake Day presents itself as one of the tamer University traditions. Unlike the polar bear run or Scav Hunt, it requires no nudity and no shaving of heads. It is true to University form, igniting plenty of philosophizing and, in recent weeks, a fair share of complaints. Faced with an increasing number...

Aramark shakes Wednesday institution

By Rachel Levine / April 16, 2004

At first glance, Shake Day presents itself as one of the tamer University traditions. Unlike the polar bear run or Scav Hunt, it requires no nudity and no shaving of heads. It is true to University form, igniting plenty of philosophizing and, in recent weeks, a fair share of complaints. Faced with an increasing number...

Too few people audition for UT’s spring productions

By Rachel Levine / April 6, 2004

Auditions for University Theater’s (UT) spring season resulted in less than 75 percent of acting roles being filled, with the final cast lists posted in the Reynold’s Club revealing eight of 34 roles still unfilled. One show, The Man Who Turned Into a Stick, was left with none of its six roles cast. A student...

Students pressure University to join labor consortium

By Rachel Levine / April 6, 2004

A coalition of student groups kicked off its campaign to get the University to join the Workers’ Rights Consortium with a study break in the Reynolds Club last Wednesday. The coalition, which includes groups such as Students Organized with Labor (SOUL), the Feminist Majority, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), Amnesty International, and Queers and...

SGFC runs out of funds for RSOs

By Rachel Levine / April 6, 2004

Following a year in which Student Government’s executive slate was elected on a platform of financial reform, the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) expects to have depleted its funds by today. Diana Doty, RSO resource coordinator for the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities and SGFC adviser, said that for the past two...

Administrators seek to remedy classroom crunch

By Rachel Levine / March 2, 2004

With the bids of 4,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students pending, the Registrar’s office will make preliminary room assignments for next quarter later this week, following a quarter during which many courses, language classes in particular, went without adequate classroom space. According to Thomas Black, the University registrar, room assignments will be updated based on...

Press meets academia

By Rachel Levine / January 23, 2004

Professor Dali Yang addressed 60 members of the University community Tuesday night at the International House, giving a lecture entitled “China’s Governance Under New Leaders.” During his speech, Yang spoke about the issues of migrants in cities, government work on transparency, and changes in social norms. A discussion moderated by Jerome McDonnell, host of WBEZ’s...

Neighborhood activists protest Checkerboard move

By Rachel Levine / January 13, 2004

A December protest over a legendary blues venue has raised community-wide questions about the University’s role in shaping the landscape in Hyde Park and the greater South Side. On Wednesday, December 10, members of the organization “Friends of the Checkerboard” gathered near the steps of the Administration building to protest the University’s involvement in providing...

Model U.N. ties for second place at Penn

By Rachel Levine / November 14, 2003

The University’s Model United Nations Team tied for 2nd place out of 50 schools last weekend at Model UN Conference at the University of Pennsylvania (UPMUNC). The University team tied with West Point for 2nd place, and the UPMUNC committee chairs gave the “Best Delegate” awards to David Clayman and Koh Kim, both first-years in...

Websites with Diebold documents still online

By Rachel Levine / November 14, 2003

None of the three University students who posted internal documents on their websites have received cease-and-desist letters from the Diebold Corporation, according to two of the students involved. The three students, second-year Yitz Wasileski, third-year Marquis Eusung Hwang, and transfer student Ryo Chijiiwa all posted incriminating internal documents hacked from the Diebold Corporation on their...

Students post stolen internal documents on websites

By Rachel Levine / November 3, 2003

Three University of Chicago students have joined the “electronic civil disobedience” campaign against the Diebold Corporation, hosting copies of internal documents hacked from Diebold’s computer database on their websites that reveal serious flaws in the polling company’s practices. As of press time late Monday night, there were approximately 70 of these sites on 39 college...

Randel, Klass speak about campus issues at Brown Bag discussion

By Rachel Levine / November 3, 2003

President Don Randel and Vice President and Dean of Students Stephen Klass met with members of the University community Monday for their installment of the “Brown Bag” forum, discussing concerns ranging from the future of housing, elevators in the Shoreland, the student-faculty ratio, construction at the International House, the midwifery program, and relations between the...

UT upset over real estate gift

By Rachel Levine / October 23, 2003

The University Theater community is distraught over the impending loss of its shop at 5020 South Cornell Avenue, which was leased by the University to the Hyde Park Art Center on June 30, 2003, for 35 years. While expressing their support for the arts in Hyde Park, those involved in UT say they are not...

Scholarship recipients begin school year

By Rachel Levine / October 20, 2003

The five inaugural recipients of a joint scholarship between the University of Chicago and the Chicago Public Schools are well into the swing of their first year in the College, but the long-term effects of the program are only beginning to take hold. Endowed by the Henry Crown family, the program will award five full...

Community draws more UCPD coverage

By Rachel Levine / October 16, 2003

The expansion of the University of Chicago’s Police Department is based on a long-term strategy of assisting community redevelopment, according to Henry Webber, the University’s vice president of Community and Government Affairs. Pending approval by the City Council and the superintendent of police, the UCPD will extend its coverage north into the North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood—an...

War protesters await trial date

By Rachel Levine / October 13, 2003

Chicago is the only city in the country where litigation is pending against antiwar activists, according to Voices in the Wilderness, a nonprofit organization based downtown. Nine Chicago antiwar activists were arrested on March 13, 2003, for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. The activists, who are loosely affiliated with Voices, had been staging a nonviolent...

Breckinridge re-opens, highlights week of move-in

By Rachel Levine / October 2, 2003

While students streamed through campus into the dorms last week—Snellians into their aged hall and residents of Max Palevsky into their newly constructed Residential Commons—students in Breckinridge House had the distinction of moving into a dormitory that is simultaneously old and new. Breckinridge, located at 1442 East 59th Street, opened its doors to students last...