ACLU advocates reproductive rights
The Undergraduate Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union at the University of Chicago (ACLUofC) hosted a Reproductive Rights Information Forum on Wednesday in Bartlett Lounge. Leah Bartelt, a U...
View ArticleKotlowitz urges community advocacy
The 2007 Public Service and Public Interest Career Fair took place in Ida Noyes on Thursday. Coordinated by Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS) and the University Community Service Center...
View ArticleHistorian backs home-care workers’ cause
The business of home care in America is too often misunderstood, to the detriment of home-care workers, according to Eileen Boris, a University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) labor historian. In...
View ArticleStudents opt for condos with parents’ checkbooks
Meredyth Richards, a second-year in the College, called living in University housing her first year “a less than desirable experience, to put it lightly.” When time came to decide on housing for this...
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Coke’s future on campus hinges on vote
Photo: Chris Salata/The Chicago MaroonA student drinks Coca-Cola while studying in the C-Shop Thursday evening. The Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) is scheduled to vote 10th week on the fate of...
View ArticleSnell-Hitchcock takes Scav
After three whirlwind days of scavenging, a 2,300-mile road trip through eight states, and a nine-hour “Judgment” held in Ida Noyes Hall on Sunday, the 2007 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt has...
View ArticleCity closes Magic Mart for selling alcohol to minors
Late last month, the city shut down Magic Mart, a convenience store located at 1457 East 53rd Street, for selling liquor to minors. The store is one of the three stores on 53rd Street in Hyde Park that...
View Article53rd Street redevelopment planning continues
Nearly 200 Hyde Park community members gathered in early December to discuss potential development plans for 53rd Street at an event sponsored by numerous neighborhood organizations. Many residents...
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Scav Hunt festivities consume campus
Photo: Chris Salata/The Chicago MaroonSecond-year Ryan Uricks of the Max Palevsky Scav team walks across the Midway dressed as client number nine, a reference to shamed former New York governor Eliot...
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Amenities crop up as retail discussions continue
Photo: Sharat Ganapati/The Chicago Maroon The 53rd Street Vision Workshop, a panel discussion attended by University administrators, local politicians, and neighborhood residents, met earlier this...
View ArticleSnell-Hitchcock wins Scav
After a weekend of campus-, city-, and nationwide pandemonium, Snell-Hitchcock residents emerged the victors of this year’s Scav Hunt. The house’s “Army Dillo” team garnered a first place victory for...
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Professor Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize in physics
Photo: Dan Dry /The Chicago MaroonCAPTION Yoichiro Nambu, 87, the Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize...
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University community gathers to honor Nambu’s induction into cast of laureates
Photo: Chris Salata/The Chicago MaroonInsert caption here Members of the University community gathered on Friday afternoon to celebrate the achievements of Professor Yoichiro Nambu, who last week was...
View ArticleHumanities Day showcases University faculty
University of Chicago students walking through Harper Quadrangle last week may have noticed a large rectangular sign in the center of the Quad. A closer examination would reveal that it was covered...
View ArticleSG declines to take action against gossip website Juicy Campus
Gone are the days of reading anonymous rumors scribbled on bathroom stalls. JuicyCampus.com, an online forum where college students can discuss any topic anonymously, takes gossip online. But it has...
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