University students to march on Washington

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.

Graduate students rally for advanced residency tuition cuts

Fourth-year Divinity student Dave Mihalyfy discusses the unfair nature of AR tuition as part of a rally yesterday, organized by the Graduate Student Union.

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Wearing cardboard mouse ears and holding mousetraps, about 50 members of GSU yesterday said they had fallen into the advanced residency “trap."

Out of the limelight, a cappella groups work in harmony

The singers and beat boxers in A Cappella Council are finally poised to take center stage. Compared to a cappella groups at universities like Yale or Brown, the U of C a cappella scene is relatively young, and it’s still forming.

China Center gets director as U of C plans for India

The Beijing Center will serve as a jumping-off point for deeper interaction between institutions in China at a time when few universities have the resources to expand internationally, President Robert Zimmer said in an interview. A committee is looking into creating a similar center in India.

Arrest uproar prompts forum, answers from admins

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

Obama honors history prof McNeill for University experience

McNeill has written numerous books on global history, and helped design the Western Civilization Core sequence.

Packed forum presses admins on Reg arrest

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

Admins to discuss A-level arrest today

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.

Liasons' limited role is sufficient, Alper argues

Students will never have voting rights on the Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Andrew Alper said, because it would violate the Board's commitment to objective discussions. — 3 Comments

U of C is the Great American University, author says

Former Columbia University Provost Jonathan Cole said the University embodies the values of academia more than any other American university. — 2 Comments

Some take walk less traveled, graduate early, and pocket savings

Exhaustion from years of exams and problem sets, and the prospect of significant savings, is causing some U of C students to graduate early or take parts of their fourth years off.

Dining exemptions policy too strict, petition says

The Housing Office allows students with medical and religious dietary needs to request exemption from the mandatory unlimited meal plan, but the petition organizers say that the system is too harsh, preventing some students from leaving a costly plan they rarely use.

U of C continues decade of top Peace Corps enrollment

“Chicago graduates are so well prepared that they can hit the ground running,” said Dillan Siegler, director of the Chicago Careers in Public and Social Service program.

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Read Grey City

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

Student arrest forum live blog coverage

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

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