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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

The Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons
Columns
The Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons
By Camille Cypher / February 26, 2024

The University of Chicago is obsessed with cost-benefit analysis. At a school where the most popular major is economics, this comes as no shock....

Columns
Oh My, Can We Still Talk About “The OI”?
By Salma Tageldin / June 15, 2023
Navigating names, repatriation, and the legacy of the past.
There and Back Again
Columns
There and Back Again
By Henry Cantor / May 23, 2023
With two years left at UChicago, time feels more elusive than ever.
Why Student Journalism Matters
Columns
Why Student Journalism Matters
By Yiwen Lu / May 18, 2023
College newspapers provides an essential platform for students to engage with their own community and hold power accountable. A free, safe press is necessary to sustain that.
Worth Walking For
Columns
Worth Walking For
By Angelina Torre / May 18, 2023
International House is the dorm farthest from UChicago’s campus, and the distance is easy to complain about—but it’s also something to cherish.
A UCPD vehicle.
Editorial
Student Safety Should Be About Students
By The Maroon Editorial Board / February 22, 2024

"Your campus is on the South Side?” We all know that expression of concern from well-meaning relatives and neighbors when we tell them where...

Saieh Hall as seen from the quad.
Editorial
Revisiting Our Rankings
By Maroon Editorial Board / February 1, 2024

The University of Chicago prides itself on being different; if it were a member of Gen Z, it’d probably say it’s not like other girls. The...

What We’re Thankful For
Editorial
What We’re Thankful For
By Maroon Editorial Board / November 29, 2023

It’s been a long two years since the Maroon Editorial Board wrote an article about what we’re thankful for. Did you miss us? Whether or not...

A Hollow Core
Editorial
A Hollow Core
By Maroon Editorial Board / August 15, 2023

If there’s a maxim for the Core, it’s this: If you’re learning how to think, you’re not learning the subject. And if you’re only learning...

The doors to the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC), formerly known as the Oriental Institute.
Editorial
New Names Can’t Erase Institutionalized Mistakes
By Maroon Editorial Board / May 15, 2023

As museums around the country grapple with the very essence of what they are due to our country’s ongoing racial reckoning, many have uncovered...

Inside Rosenwald Hall during a sit-in conducted by UCUP in 2023.
Letter
Admin Is Trying to Silence Us for Speaking Up About Palestine. We Won’t Let That Happen.
By UChicago United for Palestine / February 9, 2024
After arresting 26 student protestors last quarter, the University required them to write disciplinary statements about their actions. Read excerpts from those statements here.
Letter
All Amazing, All Unequal
By Clifford Ando / December 21, 2023

Dear Maroon, I write in reply to Senior Advisor to the President John Boyer’s recent essay for The Maroon on the University of Chicago’s...

John W. Boyer on the State of the Universitys Finances
Viewpoints
John W. Boyer on the State of the University's Finances
By John W. Boyer / December 6, 2023
We must recognize the fact that among the very top private universities in the United States, UChicago remains the most undercapitalized, owing in large part to the fateful collapse of its undergraduate enrollments in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.
Viewpoints
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / December 1, 2023
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
Letter
A Pedestrian-Friendly Campus Demands Solutions to Mobility Inequity
By Luke Joyner / June 16, 2023
Building on recent LTEs on traffic safety, UChicago must go beyond “Pedestrian Safety Week” and actively address equity issues of mobility through greater investment in access to public transit.
So Much Excellence!
Op-Ed
So Much Excellence!
By Clifford Ando / February 22, 2024

Editors note: The University has informed The Maroon that the September payment issues detailed in the following piece were not connected to...

Ando/Boyer Debate: A Student Responds
Op-Ed
Ando/Boyer Debate: A Student Responds
By Noah Glasgow / February 15, 2024

As a humanities and social sciences student in the College, I have closely followed professor Clifford Ando’s public inquiry into our University’s...

Art installation on the quad honors Palestinians killed in Gaza.
Op-Ed
The Campus Antisemitism Crisis Is a Distraction
By UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine / January 26, 2024

This article is contributed to The Maroon by UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine. To read and sign onto our position statement, use this link:...

Protestors rallied and chanted outside of Rosenwald Hall on November 9, 2023.
Op-Ed
Should Students for Justice in Palestine Be a Recognized Student Organization?
By Jerry A. Coyne / January 23, 2024

Has the time come to ask whether the activism of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) belongs on our campus? It’s not the morally reprehensible...

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Op-Ed
(West Virginia) Chicago is happening to you. The fight for the modern university.
By Clifford Ando / January 14, 2024

Editor's note: The original stylization of the headline reads "West Virginia Chicago is happening to you. The fight for the modern university."...

Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.
Viewpoints
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / December 1, 2023
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
Op-Ed
From your Public Safety Liaison: Where is the Peace in Arresting Peaceful Protestors?
By Monica Ruiz House / November 16, 2023

 In May of last year, the University announced, to little fanfare, that it was establishing its inaugural Public Safety Advisory Council. Composed...

Op-Ed
Supporting Palestinians Doesn’t Need to Be Anti-Israel
By Anonymous / November 16, 2023

On October 20, an article in The Maroon ran titled, “Emotions Run High on Quad as UChicago Jewish Student Groups and SJP Stage Opposing Protests.”  This...

Op-Ed
In Defense of DEI in Science
By Andrew L. Ferguson, Benoît Roux, John S. Anderson, Adam T. Hammond, Graham J. Slater, Henry Hoffmann, and Aaron P. Esser-Kahn / October 12, 2023

We live in an environment in which the very concept of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs is increasingly under attack. This May,...

The Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons
The Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons
By Camille Cypher / February 26, 2024

The University of Chicago is obsessed with cost-benefit analysis. At a school where the most popular major is economics, this comes as no shock....

A UCPD vehicle.
Student Safety Should Be About Students
By The Maroon Editorial Board / February 22, 2024

"Your campus is on the South Side?” We all know that expression of concern from well-meaning relatives and neighbors when we tell them where...

So Much Excellence!
So Much Excellence!
By Clifford Ando / February 22, 2024

Editors note: The University has informed The Maroon that the September payment issues detailed in the following piece were not connected to...

Ando/Boyer Debate: A Student Responds
Ando/Boyer Debate: A Student Responds
By Noah Glasgow / February 15, 2024

As a humanities and social sciences student in the College, I have closely followed professor Clifford Ando’s public inquiry into our University’s...

Inside Rosenwald Hall during a sit-in conducted by UCUP in 2023.
Admin Is Trying to Silence Us for Speaking Up About Palestine. We Won’t Let That Happen.
By UChicago United for Palestine / February 9, 2024
After arresting 26 student protestors last quarter, the University required them to write disciplinary statements about their actions. Read excerpts from those statements here.
Saieh Hall as seen from the quad.
Revisiting Our Rankings
By Maroon Editorial Board / February 1, 2024

The University of Chicago prides itself on being different; if it were a member of Gen Z, it’d probably say it’s not like other girls. The...

Art installation on the quad honors Palestinians killed in Gaza.
The Campus Antisemitism Crisis Is a Distraction
By UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine / January 26, 2024

This article is contributed to The Maroon by UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine. To read and sign onto our position statement, use this link:...

Protestors rallied and chanted outside of Rosenwald Hall on November 9, 2023.
Should Students for Justice in Palestine Be a Recognized Student Organization?
By Jerry A. Coyne / January 23, 2024

Has the time come to ask whether the activism of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) belongs on our campus? It’s not the morally reprehensible...

-
(West Virginia) Chicago is happening to you. The fight for the modern university.
By Clifford Ando / January 14, 2024

Editor's note: The original stylization of the headline reads "West Virginia Chicago is happening to you. The fight for the modern university."...

All Amazing, All Unequal
By Clifford Ando / December 21, 2023

Dear Maroon, I write in reply to Senior Advisor to the President John Boyer’s recent essay for The Maroon on the University of Chicago’s...

John W. Boyer on the State of the Universitys Finances
John W. Boyer on the State of the University's Finances
By John W. Boyer / December 6, 2023
We must recognize the fact that among the very top private universities in the United States, UChicago remains the most undercapitalized, owing in large part to the fateful collapse of its undergraduate enrollments in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Students created an art installation on the quad to memorialize Palestinians killed since October 7.
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
By University of Chicago Students for Justice in Palestine / December 1, 2023
SJP UChicago Statement on Recent Events in Palestine
What We’re Thankful For
What We’re Thankful For
By Maroon Editorial Board / November 29, 2023

It’s been a long two years since the Maroon Editorial Board wrote an article about what we’re thankful for. Did you miss us? Whether or not...

From your Public Safety Liaison: Where is the Peace in Arresting Peaceful Protestors?
By Monica Ruiz House / November 16, 2023

 In May of last year, the University announced, to little fanfare, that it was establishing its inaugural Public Safety Advisory Council. Composed...

Supporting Palestinians Doesn’t Need to Be Anti-Israel
By Anonymous / November 16, 2023

On October 20, an article in The Maroon ran titled, “Emotions Run High on Quad as UChicago Jewish Student Groups and SJP Stage Opposing Protests.”  This...

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