Eva McCord is a member of the Class of 2025 and a 2022 ICPA First-Place Reporter. When she’s not leading the Editorial Board, illustrating a last-minute graphic, or curating The Maroon’s “Prod Night” playlist, she’s either writing in her journal or preparing for MD-PhD applications. In a past life, Eva was the 2021 Michigan Journalist of the Year, interned with the Detroit Free Press and USA Today as a 2020 Free Spirit & Journalism Scholar, and served as a guest speaker for Journalism Education Today.
Despite its institutional commitment to freedom of expression and inquiry, which relies on access to information, the University of Chicago has long operated under a shroud of secrecy relative to its peers.
Around 40 protesters briefly rallied outside Harper Memorial Library before delivering a petition with over 1,500 signatures to the Office of the Dean of Students in the College, calling for the reversal of a student’s involuntary leave of absence.
A pro-Palestine rally saw three protesters arrested and physical altercations between protesters and officers. Earlier, protesters locked Cobb Gate using a bike lock, and multiple police officers used pepper spray and batons. Protesters damaged UCPD vehicles and kicked at least one officer.
“You can say very offensive things on this campus. That doesn’t mean we’re saying ‘please go out and say offensive things.’ It just means that that’s protected speech,” Alivisatos said in an interview with the Maroon.
As a college student, I wanted nothing more than to talk about being a low-income student. As an Odyssey Scholar, I felt like my experiences were not only meaningful, or deserving to be heard, but were worth something.
Coming out to my mom the first time was a nonissue. I was 12 years old, a defiant hand placed on either of my cocked, knobby hips, emboldened by Hayley Kiyoko’s This Side of Paradise and Panic! At The...
As incoming Odyssey Scholars and FGLI students embark on their journey at UChicago, a low-income student offers advice, guidance, and a few choice words of wisdom.
As masks become optional on campus and individuals decide whether they’ll continue to wear them, we must reject the urge to moralize and instead treat everyone’s decision with respect.
The UChicago Chess Club didn't just survive the pandemic—they thrived in it. Back in-person this year, the club looks stronger than ever.
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