ACLU president talks civil rights at I-House
American citizens risk making themselves targets of discrimination if they fail to confront tough questions about the erosion of their civil rights, the president of the American Civil Liberties Union...
View ArticleJersey Shore Conference: Snooki’s brush with Marxism
A Marxist analysis was in play at one of the conference’s talks, where a joint panel of students from the U of C and the University of Western Ontario offered a backdoor look at labor relations on set...
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Reinke brings grave inspiration to FSC
Photo: Courtesy of The Film Studies Center This past Friday, Steve Reinke gave me a delirious and peculiar, yet engaging experience, which, in some ways, led to some self-realization. Reinke, a...
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Latina women speak out on murder, misogyny
Sporting her national colors of red and white, Bolivian activist Julieta Paredes lamented the steady decline of women’s social and political status in post-colonial Latin America before dozens of...
View ArticleSnowed in? Snow problem
University of Chicago graduate student Forrest Gregg and Webitects developer Derek Eder launched a new online app that estimates which Chicago streets have been cleared of snow during a storm, as part...
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At community kitchen, a troubled past boils away
Four months ago, 25-year-old Lamont Herron was given a second chance to pursue his dream of becoming a seasoned chef, a passion that has simmered since he was young, despite several dips and turns...
View ArticleTeacher sues Board of Ed over suspension
A social science teacher at an elementary school just blocks from the University is filing a suit against the Chicago Board of Education, claiming that the school was wrong when it suspended him for...
View ArticleBooth students claim international prize in marketing contest
A team of MBA students at the University’s Booth School of Business had a “leg up” on the competition and won an international case contest as first-time entrants to the 22nd Annual Marketing Summit...
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Kalven report examined, questioned at open forum
Faculty from the Law School and the College and a high-ranking University administrator took opposing but measured stances on the University’s continued invocation of the Kalven report at an...
View ArticleHome and abroad, profs ‘nudge’ policy
Since their 2008 book on psychology and behavioral economics excited nerves among policymakers in Washington and overseas, two U of C professors of law and economics have found major new applications...
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Van Jones talks tyranny and justice
Van Jones, former “green jobs” adviser to the Obama administration, joined New York-based slam poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph in leading a discussion on race and economics in the U.S. on Tuesday night in...
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Expert on Middle East discusses aftermath of Arab Spring
Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, argued that the Arab Spring had transformed the world and could affect...
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In back of Hutch, a nightly game of kings
A dozen or so men quietly gather in the back of Hutchinson Commons in the Reynolds Club. This night, as well as the one before that, and the one before that, they sit long after dark and plot their...
View ArticleSteep divide at polls between grad schools
Graduate students were a force in this year’s Student Government (SG) election, turning out in far greater numbers than they did in 2011. The 803 graduate students from across the University who voted,...
View ArticleMajor RSO events face more scrutiny
About half a dozen RSOs planning to host major events this month had to undergo a review process officially implemented by the University this quarter in an effort to ease communication between...
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