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Professor Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize in physics

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Dan Dry

Nobel committee cites professor’s discovery of the “mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.”

Amenities crop up as retail discussions continue

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Sharat Ganapati

The 53rd Street Vision Workshop, a panel discussion attended by University administrators, local politicians, and neighborhood residents, met earlier this month to discuss plans for sustaining a re…

Snell-Hitchcock wins Scav

After a weekend of campus-, city-, and nationwide pandemonium, Snell-Hitchcock residents emerged the victors of this year’s Scav Hunt. The house’s “Army Dillo” team garnered a first place victory f…

Scav Hunt festivities consume campus

Smiling, formally dressed students carrying umbrellas and parasols greeted passersby along the main quadrangles Thursday morning. Offering to escort fellow students, professors, friends, and strang…

53rd Street redevelopment planning continues

Nearly 200 Hyde Park community members gathered in early December to discuss potential development plans for 53rd Street at an event sponsored by numerous neighborhood organizations. Many residents…

City closes Magic Mart for selling alcohol to minors

Late last month, the city shut down Magic Mart, a convenience store located at 1457 East 53rd Street, for selling liquor to minors. The store is one of the three stores on 53rd Street in Hyde Park …

Snell-Hitchcock takes Scav

After three whirlwind days of scavenging, a 2,300-mile road trip through eight states, and a nine-hour “Judgment” held in Ida Noyes Hall on Sunday, the 2007 University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt has…

Coke’s future on campus hinges on vote

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Chris Salata

By the end of spring quarter, students will know whether University-run dining and food facilities will continue to provide Coca-Cola brand products in the upcoming year. Both Coca-Cola supporters …

Historian backs home-care workers’ cause

The business of home care in America is too often misunderstood, to the detriment of home-care workers, according to Eileen Boris, a University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) labor historian. I…

Students opt for condos with parents’ checkbooks

Meredyth Richards, a second-year in the College, called living in University housing her first year “a less than desirable experience, to put it lightly.” When time came to decide on housing for th…

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Professor Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize in physics

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Dan Dry

Nobel committee cites professor’s discovery of the “mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.”

University issues move-out date for remaining Harper Court tenants

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Chris Salata

Business owners must vacate their retail spaces by January 31.

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