Claire McNear

Presidential Debate 2008: Viewpoints columnists react

Matt Barnum, Claire McNear, Tim Murphy, and Marshall Knudson respond to the October 7 presidential debate.

Shouting fire in an empty theater

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All across campus, econ majors are feeling queasy—if not i-banking on Wall Street, then what?

Politicos

Hyde Park’s activists, politicians, and leaders

5 City Study Spots

Sometimes studying at the Reg just isn’t an option

Change we can live with

Change is not a pleasant experience.

Going on 30

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Tom Tian

Nothing sits on the other side of that gray-haired void except for boredom and arthritis: Turning 30 means that you will never have fun again.

Sticking it to the Man

Books are good things. Libraries, like books, are good things as well—they give the books a nice roof to save them from inclement weather and provide other books to keep them company; they also gi…

Hyde Park’s feral cats gain local and citywide sympathy

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Chris Salata

Like many areas of Hyde Park, the East 62nd Street alley is a space in transition. Filled with dumpsters and overgrown patches of weeds, it is sandwiched by newly minted apartments and older buildi…

Campus flora help U of C usher in spring

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Shahzad Ahsan

Springtime in Chicago brings flowerbeds full of daffodils and tulips, the first leaves on campus trees, and lawns ripe for picnics and naps in the sunshine—all under the watchful eye of University …

Seven-day activists

Last week marked my 978th consecutive week on Earth. Much like the previous 977 weeks, it was characterized by the beleaguered existence of the Amazon Rainforest, ice in Antarctica, and 1,196 speci…

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Right Now

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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