Broken records »

 A customer browses the CD selection at Dr. Wax, a Hyde Park record store. Dr. Wax, which has been on 52nd Street and Harper Avenue for 30 years, will close February 15, after decreased foot traffic in Harper Court caused sales to drop. The store is organizing a farewell concert featuring hip-hop and soul performers February 28 at McCormick Auditorium.

Darren Leow

Sports Blog »

Women's basketball: Back on track

That first half against Emory was one of the most absurd halves of basketball I’ve watched at Chicago. Honestly, it was an unbelievable performance. The transition game was rolling, and the Eagles really had no solution to the Maroons’ defense. A few thoughts...

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Swan song: Dr Wax closes its doors

Dr. Wax owner Sam Greenberg inventories the store's remaining stock of CDs, which he plans to liquidate in a closing down sale beginning February 1.

Darren Leow

As a supporter and supplier of local music, Dr Wax is something of a Hyde Park icon.

Late-night shuttle may change hours after IHC vote, but will ignore safety concerns, SG says

IHC survey shows students felt shuttle hours were “unrealistic”

Vandals break into Harper weeks after robbers strike Classics quad

UCPD said the Harper break-in was near enough to the other thefts to raise the possibility that they were related: “There’s intense investigation underway.”

UCMC team relieves doctors in devastated Haiti

A military helicopter flies a patient to the USNS Comfort, a Navy medical ship. The patient had stumbled injured into a doctor's camp in Fond Parisien, after wandering for a long time looking for medical care.

“It’s hard to wrap your brain around the level of devastation,” said a doctor who landed in Chicago last night, one of the original eight staffers who left last month.

Activist: Sex offender laws ignore threat of family molestations

Sex offender laws treat teenage consensual sex like heinous crimes, activist says

voices »

Gorilla Tango plays the name game with Jessica Presents

Jessica Presents...Yet Again is a hilarious improv sketch show, but sometimes the acting is lacking

Bad Plus trio jazzes up Mandel Hall

Ethan Iverson (left), Reid Anderson (center), and David King (right) of the Bad Plus will perform in Mandel Hall on February 5.

Courtesy of Michael Dvorak

Audience members were blown away by the band's performance on Friday night

NSIT employee hatches Fish fantasy

James Kennedy’s debut novel The Order of Odd-Fish came out in December. The Maroon had the opportunity to talk to him about his life and the inspiration for some of his characters.

Hardcore Curriculum—2/09/2010

Letting your friend down gently and tips for getting the ladies

Chicago Manual of Style—2/09/2010

Deals on designer duds at the click of a mouse

Just in time for midterms, UT serves up some schaudenfraude

UT makes suffering students feel a little better with stories of pain and suffering.

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Crain's: Zimmer dating classics professor, separated from wife

Crain's Chicago Business reports that Zimmer has moved out of the presidential house on 59th Street.

Fox Host O'Reilly Compares South Side to Haiti

On the road with Glenn Beck Saturday, Bill O'Reilly compared the South Side of Chicago to Haiti.

Kuviakangeiko - Day Five: Finally, to the Point

Tiffany Young writes about her experience finishing Kuvia, walking to the Point with some crazy house-members, and earning the coveted Kuvia shirt.

viewpoints »

MLK rally article overlooks Hyde Park activists’ role in event turnout

Thanks to students' work, politicians had no choice but to attend MLK Day celebration

People-minded pre-meds

The pre-med curriculum should include training in human dignity

Rainbow revolution

Sexual freedom for gay community requires social freedom for everyone

Marooned

South Loop Shuttle cutbacks would discourage students from experiencing Chicago nightlife

The cost of “bipartisanship”

Obama’s attempt to engage Republicans has blocked real reform

Rethinking rights

Gay rights movement should reconsider state’s role in bringing equality

sports »

Alper, Crown to vie for “Chairman’s Cup”

Alper and Crown Houses will compete in broomball for the Chairman's Cup with Andrew Alper and James Crown watching on.

Wrestling captures 14th UAA wrestling title

Third-year Ryan Hatten faces a Case wrestler during Saturday’s UAA championships. Hatten won an individual championship at 285 pounds.

Alex Gleckman

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

Pawa went from armed service to service line

After serving in the Singaporean Armed Forces and playing tennis at William and Mary, third-year Kunal Pawa is making an impact for the men's tennis squad this season.

Offense shines in women's basketball's wins over Rochester, Emory

Chicago got back on track this weekend, dominating both the visiting Eagles and Yellowjackets in the second half of the home-and-home series.

Resurgent men's basketball repays last weekend’s losses

After losing at Emory and Rochester last weekend, a pair of stunning first halves helped the Maroons to some revenge in this weekend's UAA wins.

In the Game: Cavs–Lakers Finals a big “If”

While both teams find themselves in the conference finals a few wins shy of a championship banner, their heavily forecasted June meeting appears to have lost its former inevitability.

Sports Blog »

Women's basketball: Back on track

That first half against Emory was one of the most absurd halves of basketball I’ve watched at Chicago. Honestly, it was an unbelievable performance. The transition game was rolling, and the Eagles really had no solution to the Maroons’ defense. A few thoughts...

Rest for the weary (and also the mildly injured)

In a perfect world, everything would fit into the newspaper. Until the world becomes perfect, Maroon City will be filling you in on what should have gone in the paper, but didn’t. Today: track and field.

Men's basketball buzzes K-zoo 68–62

With sixth win of the season, resurgent Maroons equal total from 2008–2009 campaign

grey city »

Q&A with John Cochrane

Why he loves economics and the U of C—but not the talking heads on cable news.

Gangs in Chicago

And how to [try to] stop them

Out of the U of C, into the recession

After earning their degree, the class of 2009 enters the worst job market in recent memory

The Way Things Work: Lab School admissions

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A storied history and a reputation as a feeder for the nation's top colleges make the Lab School a highly appealing choice for students and parents. Getting Lab to choose you, though, is another story.

Q & A with Paul Sally

The math department's infamous pirate prof talks about meeting Gwynyth Paltrow, pulverizing cell phones, and achieving Peep immortality.

Kim Goff-Crews and the reshaping of the U of C

A top administrator brings her own approach to changing student life

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Dance Chance

February 9th 2010 at 06:00 PM

Juiceboxxx, Pooper and Pizza Dog

February 10th 2010 at 09:32 PM

Poem Present: Pimone Triplett

February 11th 2010 at 04:30 PM

Fish Tank

February 11th 2010 at 07:20 PM

Job Board



viewpoints blog »

Proposed cafe names all nerdy, headache-inducing

I get that we're quirky and intellectual and, you know, puns!—but seriously, do you really want to be buying gummy bears at 3 a.m. from "the Allegory of the Crave"?

Zimmer and Rosenbaum: Olmert disruptions "disturbing"

President Zimmer and Provost Rosenbaum took a stand in an e-mail to all faculty, staff, and students.

The other side of the log-in wall

The public parts of the U of C's website are indeed nice to look at and easy to navigate and full of, uh, "life and diversity", but most everything designed specifically for student use (e.g. cMore, course evaluations, time schedules, the pre-SG revolution apartments page) is stuck somewhere in 1998 with Craigslist.

voices blog »

UofC CLEANS UP in Critics Circle Nominations

Three authors associated with the university are nominated for the prestigious literary award.

"Slumdog" was Hyde Park's favorite movie in 2009

The northern-half of Hyde Park Netflixed "Twilight" a little more than did the southern-half, according to data put up by the New York Times.

Fight Bartlett boredom with these handy food blogs

Want to take a break from the dining halls and exercise your culinary skills? Here's a list of helpful food blogs.