South Campus convenience store struggles

by Burke Frank

Few are visiting the store, due to poor visibility and competition from the all-you-can-eat South Campus Dining Hall yards away.

Cook County may cut care at local hospital

by Brittany Birberick

Provident Hospital would focus on outpatient and preventative care services if the plan, which faces strong opposition from the community, is approved.

Third-year Ayers to stay in SCRH after Housing reversal

by Burke Frank

Ayers will still be on probation for allowing five students to walk through his first-floor Janotta House window in the SCRH last month.

Zimmer's salary shy of $1 million in 2007–8 fiscal year

by Michael Lipkin

President Robert Zimmer is almost a million dollar man.

University Market to close

by Ella Christoph

University Market employee Alma Silva rings up a costumer Monday night. The market is scheduled to close on December 13 due to large increases in rent.

Eric Guo

The market, co-owned by Esterly and Hans Morsbach, will continue many of its deli services in Medici Bakery.

Space jam: Hubble ball returns to Ratner

by Stacey Kirkpatrick

Former astronaut John Grunsfeld (S.M. ’84, Ph.D. ’88) speaks with fourth-year basketball players Micaela White (left), Sophia Senyo, and others at a ceremony in Ratner Athletics Center.

Jeremy Martin

Edwin Hubble got another chance to globetrot this summer thanks to fellow U of C alum and astronaut John Grunsfeld, who took Hubble’s championship basketball to space with him while he fixed the Hubble Space Telescope.

Media neglects Middle East coverage aside from bombings and violence, journalist says

by Will Sims

Front-page stories about suicide bombings and sectarian violence leave little room for accurate depictions of the Middle East in American newspapers, journalist Neil MacFarquhar said Thursday at the International House.

Library slow to digitize books for Google project

by Al Gaspari

CIC Director Barbara Allen said the plans call for the University of Chicago to submit its South Asia collection for digitization.

Panel of diplomats revisits 1989 revolutions

by Sonia Hinson

“The walls in the mind of the people have not come down yet," Robert Zischg of Austria said.

Court Theatre keeps costs low and theatergoers happy

by Hannah Fine

The theater said it will find a healthy balance between financial and artistic concerns.

Admin responds to SOUL activism for workers' hours

by Nathalie Gorman

Campus administrators responded to protests and a letter from Students Organizing United with Labor (SOUL) decrying the 35-hour workweek, down from a standard 40-hour workweek, for campus employees.

Crime Report 11.03.09

by Christina Pillsbury

A woman walking on 54th Street and Blackstone Avenue was held up by a man with a handgun who demanded her purse.

News Blog »

Looking to borrow a cup of sugar from the Obamas?

by Ella Christoph

If you're looking to build up a neighborly repertoire with the President and his family, you probably should start by moving in next door. But it'll cost you $1.85 million dollars.

Area man wins Nobel Peace prize

by Michael Lipkin

As if mending bridges across the Midway wasn't hard enough

Advertisement

Spacious 2-bedroom apt. for rent.
Beautiful, sunny unit with hardwood floors in small vintage building near U of C...on Harper and 54th.
Unit available 9/25/09. No pets permitted. For more info, call 630/561-5907.