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The University of Chicago’s Independent Student Newspaper since 1892

Chicago Maroon

The Institute of Politics building.
IOP Suspends Cook County Jail Writing Workshop Cohort Amid Alleged Student Policy Violations
According to court filings, a cohort of the Bridge writing workshop had been suspended due to students communicating with inmates from outside the facility in violation of jail policies.
By Gabriel Kraemer / May 19, 2024
Yours For Food
Yours For Food
By Finn Hartnett / May 14, 2024
Hutchinson Commons’ adoption of the Grubhub point-of-sale system and what we lose when our daily interactions with the world go virtual.
The Case of the Checkerboard Blues
The Case of the Checkerboard Blues
By Celeste Alcalay, Grey City Deputy Editor / May 2, 2024
Protesters who occupied the IOP building exited through a window after UCPD entered the building.
Pro-Palestine Protesters Briefly Occupy Institute of Politics
By Emma Janssen / May 19, 2024
Protesters held the IOP for less than half an hour and then rallied outside President Alivisatos’s house around 10 p.m. on Friday.
Members of Faculty for Justice in Palestine stage a die-in in front of Levi Hall.
Faculty For Justice in Palestine Stage Die-In at Levi Hall
By Katherine Weaver / May 17, 2024
After UCPD raided the pro-Palestine encampment last Tuesday, FJP hosted a teach-in on the quad followed by a die-in outside of Levi Hall.
An Open Letter to President Alivisatos Concerning the Encampment and the Kalven Report
An Open Letter to President Alivisatos Concerning the Encampment and the Kalven Report
May 13, 2024

Dear President Alivisatos, As instructors at the University of Chicago, we object—in the strongest possible terms—to your decision to...

76. Where Am I?
76. Where Am I?
By Silas Coleman / May 12, 2024

75. Meta-HEAP
April 30, 2024

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An Open Letter to President Alivisatos Concerning the Encampment and the Kalven Report
An Open Letter to President Alivisatos Concerning the Encampment and the Kalven Report
The deployment of armed police against peaceful student protesters is antithetical to the principles of free speech and neutrality
May 13, 2024
Against Playing It Cool
Against Playing It Cool
By Jessica Zang / May 7, 2024

My goal for this quarter? Stop trying to play it cool. I can’t lie; I am always instinctively flattered when the occasional person tells me...

2024 USG Endorsement: The Timing’s Just Right with “Better Slate Than Never” Slate
2024 USG Endorsement: The Timing’s Just Right with “Better Slate Than Never” Slate
The Maroon Editorial Board endorses Better Slate Than Never for Undergraduate Student Government’s executive slate, Arsima Araya for trustee and faculty governance liaison, and Andrea Pita Mendez for vice president of advocacy.
By Maroon Editorial Board / April 15, 2024
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
A Message to the Protesters From Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
A call to keep raising the tempests on campus over the Gazan horror.
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. / May 3, 2024
Special Report: Interviews from May 3 Encampment Protests
By Gregory Caesar, William Kimani, and Jake Zucker / May 4, 2024

Podcasts conducted a series of interviews on the quad as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters faced off on day five of the encampment....

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The Maroon Weekly, E118
By Gregory Caesar, Tiffany Li, and Jake Zucker / April 16, 2024

On Episode 118, Greg and Jake are joined in the studio by Tiffany, a second-year who is joining the section. She tells us about the new contract...

Special Series: Undergraduate Student Government, E1
By Jake Zucker, Head Podcasts Editor / April 2, 2024

On the first episode of a new mini-series covering Undergraduate Student Government (USG) here on campus, Jake talks to USG President Jefferson...

The Maroon Weekly, E117
By Celeste Alcalay, Gregory Caesar, and Jake Zucker / March 29, 2024

On Episode 117, Celeste shares her insights into new agreements reached between the administration and nurses and graduate students, averting...

So What Brings You Here: O-Week for Transfers
By Celeste Alcalay and Erica Cai / March 20, 2024

On their second episode, Celeste and Erica discuss navigating O-week as a transfer — from awkward first impressions over Zoom to extravagantly...

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