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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon

The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon

It’s Time to Make Sports a Core Requirement
Columns
It’s Time to Make Sports a Core Requirement
By Ryan Sanghavi / February 28, 2023
A static student body promotes unhealthy and antisocial lifestyles. A mandated athletic program can help with that.
Can I Customize That Order?
Columns
Can I Customize That Order?
By Cherie Fernandes / January 6, 2023
A case for more variety, flexibility, and affordability in campus meal plans.
Columns
Pence and Cheney Come to Campus: What Our Guest Speakers Reveal About Campus Conservatism
By Henry Cantor / December 13, 2022
Representative Liz Cheney and former vice president Mike Pence sat on the same stage but received wildly different applause.
Columns
College and Other Liminal Spaces
By Rachel Ong / December 12, 2022
Living off-campus can create the separation needed to shape an experience of your own and to build a new appreciation for UChicago.
Getting Bi
Columns
Getting Bi
By Eva McCord / November 15, 2022

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...

GSU members picket, October 2017.
Editorial
Dear Paul, Practice What You Preach: GSU-UE, The Kalven Report, and Unionization
By Maroon Editorial Board / January 19, 2023

For years, graduate students at UChicago have tried to unionize, to secure a seat at the bargaining table, and for years, the University has...

Editorial
The Maroon Editorial Board Announces USG Endorsements
By Maroon Editorial Board / April 20, 2022
The Maroon Editorial Board endorses Good Vibeslations, Ariana Ukaonu, India Hill, and Julia Brestovitskiy.
Editorial
What We're Thankful For
By Maroon Editorial Board / November 25, 2021
Per tradition, The Maroon editorial board does its best to practice gratitude.
Editorial
To Understand the April Outbreak, We Must Recognize Administrative Failures
By Maroon Editorial Board / May 24, 2021
Fraternity parties are not the only cause of UChicago’s recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
Editorial
Offset The Upset: A New Calendar Requires New Policies
By Maroon Editorial Board / May 14, 2021
The University must implement the ancillary changes suggested by the Committee to Review the Academic Calendar.
Letter
Open Letter to President Paul Alivisatos on the Possible Dissolution of UChicago’s Urban Teacher Education Program
By University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program / November 4, 2022
Educators, students, and alumni of the Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) at UChicago call upon the University to reconsider disinvestment in teacher preparation.
Letter from the Editors: The Chicago Maroon to Transition to Biweekly Printing, Migrate to New Website
Letter
Letter from the Editors: The Chicago Maroon to Transition to Biweekly Printing, Migrate to New Website
By Gage Gramlick and Yiwen Lu / August 18, 2022

Dear Reader, It’s no secret that the news industry is at a crossroads. For more than two decades, newspapers have struggled to adapt to...

Letter
Letter In Response to “The Line Between Institutional Neutrality and Complacency”
By Harald Uhlig / June 1, 2022
After being personally mentioned in a recent column, economics professor Harald Uhlig responds.
Letter
Letter to University Administration on the Hateful Horowitz Center Leaflets
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / May 26, 2022
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago demands that the University administration take action to condemn the David Horowitz Freedom Center and remove its materials from campus.
Letter
An Apology From the Viewpoints Head Editors Regarding Recent Op-Ed
By Elizabeth Winkler and Kelly Hui / April 2, 2022
Images of the chalk from before and immediately after the action. Note that chalking facilitated by anti-abortion groups on campus frequently remains for days at a time and is washed away by students—not by maintenance workers.
Op-Ed
Why Is the Administration Using UCPD to Silence Pro-Palestinian Students?
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / February 28, 2023
The administration’s recent attempt to suppress an on-campus SJP demonstration using armed UCPD officers fits within a larger pattern of anti-Palestinian bias on the part of the University.
Op-Ed
There’s Something Rotten in the State of UChicago’s M.A. Programs
By Galen Tsongas / February 21, 2023
UChicago’s master’s programs are fundamentally broken, and nothing short of institutional reform can fix them.
Op-Ed
Advancing UChicago’s Distinct Culture of Free Expression
By President Paul Alivisatos / January 17, 2023
At a time of political polarization, President Paul Alivisatos outlines priorities for the “tough work” of upholding UChicago’s free expression principles.
Op-Ed
Israeli Military Off Our Campus!
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / January 10, 2023

Content Warning: This article includes violent imagery and discusses genocide, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinian rhetoric. This winter, the...

Screenshot of Journeys inbox.
Op-Ed
The Problem of White Grievance: A Defense of Critical Inquiry
By Rebecca Journey / December 8, 2022
“Reactionary attacks on academics are not new,” instructor Rebecca Journey says. “What’s new about the practice in the 21st century is the force multiplier of social media.”
Op-Ed
Graduate Student Unionization: For World-Class Research and Teaching at UChicago
By University of Chicago Graduate Students United - United Electrical / December 7, 2022
For graduate workers, organizing their colleagues and fighting for union recognition are imperative steps in producing high-quality work.
Op-Ed
Equal and Fair Pay for Security Officers Who Work Indoors
By JD / February 23, 2022
Indoor security officers put themselves at risk every day and deserve a raise.
Op-Ed
UChicago Is Not an Island
By Dominic Robolino / February 21, 2022
No amount of policing will change the economic conditions of the people of the South Side or undo the decades of division engineered by the University between its own community and those surrounding it.
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Op-Ed
Distance Does Damage
By Eva McCord / February 19, 2022
To truly combat environmental and racial injustice, the University needs to put the power in the hands of the South Side.
Images of the chalk from before and immediately after the action. Note that chalking facilitated by anti-abortion groups on campus frequently remains for days at a time and is washed away by students—not by maintenance workers.
Why Is the Administration Using UCPD to Silence Pro-Palestinian Students?
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / February 28, 2023
The administration’s recent attempt to suppress an on-campus SJP demonstration using armed UCPD officers fits within a larger pattern of anti-Palestinian bias on the part of the University.
It’s Time to Make Sports a Core Requirement
It’s Time to Make Sports a Core Requirement
By Ryan Sanghavi / February 28, 2023
A static student body promotes unhealthy and antisocial lifestyles. A mandated athletic program can help with that.
There’s Something Rotten in the State of UChicago’s M.A. Programs
By Galen Tsongas / February 21, 2023
UChicago’s master’s programs are fundamentally broken, and nothing short of institutional reform can fix them.
GSU members picket, October 2017.
Dear Paul, Practice What You Preach: GSU-UE, The Kalven Report, and Unionization
By Maroon Editorial Board / January 19, 2023

For years, graduate students at UChicago have tried to unionize, to secure a seat at the bargaining table, and for years, the University has...

Advancing UChicago’s Distinct Culture of Free Expression
By President Paul Alivisatos / January 17, 2023
At a time of political polarization, President Paul Alivisatos outlines priorities for the “tough work” of upholding UChicago’s free expression principles.
Israeli Military Off Our Campus!
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / January 10, 2023

Content Warning: This article includes violent imagery and discusses genocide, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinian rhetoric. This winter, the...

Can I Customize That Order?
Can I Customize That Order?
By Cherie Fernandes / January 6, 2023
A case for more variety, flexibility, and affordability in campus meal plans.
Pence and Cheney Come to Campus: What Our Guest Speakers Reveal About Campus Conservatism
By Henry Cantor / December 13, 2022
Representative Liz Cheney and former vice president Mike Pence sat on the same stage but received wildly different applause.
College and Other Liminal Spaces
By Rachel Ong / December 12, 2022
Living off-campus can create the separation needed to shape an experience of your own and to build a new appreciation for UChicago.
Screenshot of Journeys inbox.
The Problem of White Grievance: A Defense of Critical Inquiry
By Rebecca Journey / December 8, 2022
“Reactionary attacks on academics are not new,” instructor Rebecca Journey says. “What’s new about the practice in the 21st century is the force multiplier of social media.”
Graduate Student Unionization: For World-Class Research and Teaching at UChicago
By University of Chicago Graduate Students United - United Electrical / December 7, 2022
For graduate workers, organizing their colleagues and fighting for union recognition are imperative steps in producing high-quality work.
Getting Bi
Getting Bi
By Eva McCord / November 15, 2022

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...

Global Society’s Failed Attempts to Pop the Core’s Western Bubble
Global Society’s Failed Attempts to Pop the Core’s Western Bubble
By Tejas Narayan / November 10, 2022
Despite its efforts to break the mold, Global Society remains a stark reminder of Sosc’s obsession with the West.
Quiet in the Stacks, Please
Quiet in the Stacks, Please
By Luke Contreras, Columnist / November 6, 2022
To protect the need for silence, students should be more considerate of others in UChicago’s “quiet zones.”
Open Letter to President Paul Alivisatos on the Possible Dissolution of UChicago’s Urban Teacher Education Program
By University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program / November 4, 2022
Educators, students, and alumni of the Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) at UChicago call upon the University to reconsider disinvestment in teacher preparation.
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