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Hostel influence can’t spoil Ruins’s B-movie charm

by Matt Zakosek

Thanks to the likes of Hostel and Saw, it seems every horror movie of the last four years has run on a surfeit of gore and a deficit of wit. The lone exception, Michael Haneke’s Funny Games—not tec...

Second-rate cinematography sours My Blueberry Nights

by Seth Satterlee

Today, My Blueberry Nights makes its American debut as director Wong Kar-Wai’s first English-language film. For the past year the film has been surrounded with an understandable amount of intrigue....

Film skims surface of family, fascism

by Jingru Yang

Those who have never been to Italy—and whose only lens on the place comes in the form of that nation’s artistic exports—generally have good reason to picture the country as nothing but one giant me...

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Jackie and Jet join forces against evil—at last

by James Conway

The plot of Forbidden Kingdom is not that important. More significant is that the film features Jackie Chan and Jet Li, two of the greatest kung fu artists since Sonny Chiba and Bruce Lee, sharing ...

student life

College denies readmission to student on leave

by Louise Lerner

Art: If Kong returned to the U of C, it is “highly unlikely” that he would be successful

Shahzad Ahsan

Students voice frustrations over SCC services

by Nathalie Gorman

Speakers at SG forum allege unhelpful staff and incorrect diagnoses

1,300 attend TNS

by Supriya Sinhababu

A marketer for the iPhone, a consultant for the World Bank, and a CIA intelligence analyst were among over 300 alumni at Taking the Next Step.

Police investigate alleged sexual assault at Alpha Delta Phi

by Alison Sider

Since alleged assault, fraternity’s popular bar night put on hold

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University students to march on Washington

by Chelsie Sluyk

Chicago Students for Immigration Reform are marching in support of immigrants' rights, rallying in downtown Chicago Wednesday to kick off a national awareness week that will end with their participation in a national rally on Washington.

Barack Obama

Too soon for Obama '08? Think again.

by Andrew Hammond

A common response when someone says that Barack Obama should run for President in 2008 is, “it’s too soon.” I’ve heard this from professors, political operatives, and pundits. To respond, I need to...

Obama kicks off tour on home turf

by Max Corey

Hundreds of Hyde Park residents and Chicagoans began lining up outside 57th Street Books at 5 a.m. to meet Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as he signed his new book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on...

Remember Blair Hull? Barack Obama does.

by Matt Barnum

Like life, politics can turn on a moment. Blair Hull will not be remembered by many; if anything, he will be a footnote in history. In 2004, Hull decided to seek the Democratic nomination for Il...

Obama and Keyes to speak at Forum

by Tim Michaels

The Community Renewal Society will sponsor a senatorial forum for the Illinois candidates for the U.S. Senate, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Alan Keyes. While the two candidates will not be ...

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Sports Shorts: March Madness

by Jordan Holliday

As the Winter sports season ends, some of Chicago's very best are getting the chance to compete for NCAA Championships.

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At Penultimate, teams chase PRs, postseason

by Alex Sisto

This weekend, the University of Chicago hosted 10 schools—and one member of the Chicago Track Club—at the Chicago Penultimate Invite, the second-to-last chance for individuals to qualify for the national meet.

Sports Shorts: March Madness

by Jordan Holliday

As the Winter sports season ends, some of Chicago's very best are getting the chance to compete for NCAA Championships.

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Sports Shorts: March Madness

by Jordan Holliday

As the Winter sports season ends, some of Chicago's very best are getting the chance to compete for NCAA Championships.

wrestling

Wrestling finishes 2–2 at Knox College Duals

by Jake Grubman

The Maroons topped host Knox and Augustana this weekend but lost close contests with Wabash and Loras.

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With UAAs looming, Chicago picks up well-timed victories

by Henry Phillips

With the UAA tournament two weeks away, the Maroons are hitting their stride, riding a three-match win streak.

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Wrestling seeks 14th UAA title as conference tournament comes to Ratner

by Jake Grubman

The Maroons will try to make it two straight Saturday as Case and NYU come to town for the conference championship tournament.

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Wrestling captures 14th UAA wrestling title

by Henry Phillips

NYU kept things close in the title bout, but the Maroons won their second straight conference championship on their home turf.

Grey City

Read Grey City

by The Maroon Staff

Did you know President's Zimmer has a complex mathematical discipline named after him? Read about it in this issue of Grey City, the Maroon's quarterly magazine, available at chicagomaroon.com/grey-city

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Presidents

by Ryan McCarl and Michael Lipkin

Each helped to shape the academic and fiscal vision of the U of C

Controversies

by Matt Barnum

The issues debated on editorial pages and in house lounges

Students for a Democratic Society Protests President Zimmer

by Shahzad Ahsan

SDS placed caricatures of the University's President around the quads.

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University, city host global science conference

by Louise Lerner

University co-sponsored a meeting of world-renowned scientists this week, co-chaired by President Robert Zimmer. The event included presentations and posters illustrating U of C research in everything from physics to linguistics, behavioral ecology, and genetics.

Grey City: Features

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Obama's economist

by Tim Murphy

In just a few years, Austan Goolsbee has gone from being just another star professor at an institution brimming with them to the next big thing—an economist in a position to help shape public policy from the top down.

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Fiction: 61st Street Revisited

by Sara Jerome , Joe Riina-Ferrie, Claire Tolan, Noah Weisz, Helen Gregg, and Katy McNeil

Inspired by a prompt on this year’s Uncommon Application (“Tell us the story of a street....”) we asked you for tales about East 61st Street, the U of C’s southern edge. The catch? Stories must be exactly 61 words.

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The sit-in: 40 years later

by Supriya Sinhababu

The two-week takeover of the Administration Building in 1969 is nearly absent from the collective memories passed down to each new generation of students, leaving a vacant seat next to tales of Leopold and Loeb, urban renewal, and Hyde Park homicides.

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Grey City Preview Podcast: Inside Teach for America

by Sara Jerome and Matt Barnum

Sara Jerome and Matt Barnum discuss the upcoming a feature in Grey City, the Maroon's quarterly magazine. Matt's article provided a look inside the high-pressure world of Teach for America. Check out Grey City in this Tuesday's issue of the Maroon, and at chicagomaroon.com/grey-city

Grey City: The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work: Land ownership

by Michael Lipkin

The University's recent investment in Washington Park, and the community’s tense reaction, raise an important question: Just how much land does the University own?

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The Way Things Work: The endowment

by Michael Lipkin

As the University's endowment has reached record levels of growth, it has come under increased scrutiny from all directions. In Washington, the Senate has considered placing caps on endowment spending for the richest institutions, while closer to home, graduate students on campus have called for more endowment dollars to be spent on their financial aid. What is an endowment, and how does it work?

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The Way Things Work: Nuclear waste

by Claire McNear

The U of C's nuclear experiments—as well as modern efforts to clean them up—trace their roots to a killjoy administrator, an Italian physicist, and a gang of singing teenagers.

Gangs in Chicago

by Hayley Lamberson

And how to [try to] stop them

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The Way Things Work: Tuition Hikes

by Jordan Holliday

As competition for top faculty, staff, and students has increased, so has tuition.

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Zimmer optimistic at open forum

by Al Gaspari

Zimmer said the recently announced faculty expansion is only possible because the University made budget cutbacks last year.

Student arrest forum live blog coverage

by Asher Klein

The Maroon live blogged the forum, held in response to last week's A-level arrest.

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Arrest uproar prompts forum, answers from admins

by Asher Klein

Administrators outlined preliminary steps yesterday to remedy percieved racial profiling within the UCPD and to revise Library behavior policy and protocol in how staff ask for ID

Crime

U of C employee attacked on Ellis

by Michael Lipkin

A University employee was violently assaulted Wednesday evening during an attempted robbery, according to police reports.

Woman sexually assaulted on Hyde Park Blvd.

by Michael Lipkin

Woman attacked as she was entering her apartment building around 10 p.m.

After recent attacks, Security Alert put to test

by Noah Glaser

UCPD's new alert system has been used to quickly notify campus of recent string of violent crimes.

Students hope to foster safer Hyde Park

by Supriya Sinhababu

Students nervous about getting from Burton-Judson to Regents Park after dark would most likely turn to SafeRide, not the University’s Marketplace website. On Sunday night, however, between listings for ride-sharing and babysitting, was a post titled “Are you tired of being afraid to go out at night in Hyde Park?”

A-Level

Student arrested in Reg

by Asher Klein

While UCPD claimed the student was charged because he refused to show officers his identification or leave the library for unruly behavior, witnesses deny that police asked the student for ID or that the student was causing a disturbance.

Admins to discuss A-level arrest today

by Michael Lipkin

Students have reacted strongly to the arrest, sending dozens of e-mails to various administrators and listhosts to spread awareness. According to Kim Goff-Crews, the Library Department and UCPD are conducting internal reviews of the incident, and a complaint has been filed with the UCPD over the arrest.

Student arrest forum live blog coverage

by Asher Klein

The Maroon live blogged the forum, held in response to last week's A-level arrest.

Darren Leow

Packed forum presses admins on Reg arrest

by Asher Klein

Concerns over other potential cases of racial profiling dominated proceedings. Administrators had few specific answers to attendees' questions, citing three ongoing investigations.

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