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Emily Lo

Grad students twiddle thumbs for University commitment to maintain teaching positions

by Alison Sider

Admin says there is no indication students seeking T.A. positions will be turned down.

Women’s clinic closes as hospital refocuses efforts on research and special cases

by Alison Sider

UCMC spokesman John Easton said discussions about closing the gynecological and obstetric care clinic have been underway for about a year, but were spurred along by the Medical Center’s $100 million budget cut earlier this year. Critics, however, allege that the new policies will create a two-tiered health care system in Hyde Park, where the University will treat patients with private insurance and transfer uninsured and publicly insured patients to local clinics.

O’Gara & Wilson owner carries on century-old bookselling tradition

by Alison Sider

Antique typewriters, Victorian postcards, and Soviet-era lapel pins overflow in O’Gara & Wilson's window.

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Tom Tian

Scavegon Trail marks first day of annual Hunt

by Alison Sider

Scav item 148: “You know what happens sometimes in May? Prom. Find one. Crash it.”
Visit Scav Blog for constant updates on the Hunt.

Howard Margolis, College and Harris School prof, dead at 77

by Alison Sider

Margolis, a professor of social theory in the College and the Harris School of Public Policy, died April 29 at his home in Hyde Park.

Scav Hunt: And they're off!

by Alison Sider

The season of scav is upon us

University to close West Campus apartments

by Alison Sider

The University informed tenants it did not intend to renew leases on any of its five West Campus apartment buildings last month, citing the difficulties that will be created by increased construction activity on the new hospital pavilion slated for next year.

U of C partners with Chase to offer loans to international students

by Alison Sider

International students requiring financial assistance will be able to obtain loans without a co-signer from JP Morgan Chase.

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Matt Bogen

SG election guide: Moose Party

by Alison Sider

Though their primary aim is still to bring levity to SG elections, this year’s annual Delta Upsilon slate said they are taking things in a new direction.

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Courtesy University of Chicago News Office

Third-year chosen as Truman Scholar

by Alison Sider

Antonia Clifford, a third-year majoring in Latin American Studies with a minor in Gender Studies, has been chosen as a 2009 Truman Scholar.

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Courtesy of Wikipedia

Hospital to revisit ER changes amid controversies

by Alison Sider

Public backlash surrounding the U of C Medical Center emergency room policies and standards of care have escalated in the last two weeks as the Center announced it will reevaluate its plans to reorganize the emergency room, and an unrelated February incident in the ER could jeopardize its ability to serve Medicare patients.

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Alumnus Alper elected as new trustee chair

by Alison Sider

Andrew Alper (A.B.’80, M.B.A.’81) was elected chairman of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees at a meeting Wednesday. He will begin his three-year term June 4. Current chair James Crown announced his plans to step down last month, after serving as chair for six years. The trustees amended the board’s bylaws to create a three-year term for the chairman at last night’s meeting.

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Courtesy of the Oriental Institute

Trial of the Centuries

by Alison Sider

Since 2004, the Oriental Institute has found itself at the unlikely nexus of archaeology, law, and terrorism. At stake are millions of dollars, a collection of 2,500-year-old tablets, and possibly the future of archaeological research.

As peer institutions freeze pay, U of C resists

by Alison Sider

Many universities facing budget cuts and further economic uncertainty have implemented blanket freezes on annual salary increases, a policy the University of Chicago has resisted in recent weeks. Both Harvard and Johns Hopkins have announced such university-wide freezes for next year.

Stimulus package will increase Pell funding

by Alison Sider

If language remains in bill, record-level grants would take pressure off aid office

Police investigate alleged sexual assault at Alpha Delta Phi

by Alison Sider

Since alleged assault, fraternity’s popular bar night put on hold

Endowment chief to leave University in June

by Alison Sider

The University’s Chief Investment Officer, Peter Stein, announced that he will leave the University this June.

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Sharat Ganapati

University endowment loses quarter of value

by Alison Sider

Budget cuts imminent as admin grapples with first decline in five years. Budget cuts that were discussed hypothetically last month have become a reality. Academic departments have been asked to cut between 2.5 and five percent of their spending, while administrative units will make cuts in the range of three to nine percent. The Medical Center has already taken steps to reduce spending by seven percent.

Despite decline in early applications, admin expects overall rise in submissions

by Alison Sider

ice President and Dean of Enrollment Michael Behnke estimates that as of Friday, 13,280 applications have been received this year, about a seven-percent increase from the 12,409 applications last year.

Economics professor Austan Goolsbee appointed to two Obama committees

by Alison Sider

Chicago Booth economics professor and self-proclaimed “Chicago guy” Austan Goolsbee will be leaving Chicago for Washington, D.C., this January, President-elect Barack Obama announced last week. Goolsbee will request a leave of absence from the Chicago Booth, where he has served since 1995.

Out on the street

by Alison Sider

Even as the markets continue to plunge, U of C students and recent graduates on Wall Street aren't panicking yet

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Chris Salata

GSB nets $300 million gift from alumnus David Booth

by Alison Sider

The Graduate School of Business received a $300 million donation Thursday from alumnus David Booth (MBA ’71) and his family and will be renamed the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Dan Dry

First U of C charter middle school targets Bronzeville

by Alison Sider

The Carter G. Woodson campus of the University’s Charter School opened this year to 250 sixth through eighth graders, with plans to eventually expand to 450 students.

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Chris Salata

Facing ire, University waives rent for evicted students

by Alison Sider

The University announced new measures Friday to ease the transition for tenants evicted from its East 57th Street and South Drexel Avenue apartment building earlier this week, including forgiving one month's rent.

Economic crisis affects job market for graduating class

by Alison Sider

For fourth-year students preparing to leave the ivory tower, the rising unemployment rate is a pressing concern.

Consulting firm to evaluate campus student health care options

by Alison Sider

On the heels of a shift to a new insurance provider, the University has hired Keeling & Associates (K&A), a higher education consulting firm, to reevaluate the University’s current health care services.

Pell Grant recipients on the rise as federal program faces challenges

by Alison Sider

Pell Grants awarded to record-high number of students in the College.

Grad students feel credit crunch

by Alison Sider

The University informed nearly 3,000 graduate students that it had lost its major lending partner and could no longer offer student loans.

Quadrangle Club employees vote to join Teamsters union

by Alison Sider

Quadrangle Club employees unanimously voted to join Teamsters Local 743 Tuesday, the union that represents many University clerical and maintenance workers.

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Chris Salata

Quad Club employees look to unionize

by Alison Sider

The University has said that it hopes to turn the Quadrangle Club around after years of mismanagement and unprofitability, though it remains unclear what role the Club's current employees will play in the Club's renewal.

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Sharat Ganapati

Admissions yield for 2012 hits 39 percent

by Alison Sider

The U of C's admissions yield for the class of 2012—the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll at the University—is 39 percent, based on preliminary admissions office figures.

MAB books diverse Summer Breeze acts

by Alison Sider

The Major Activities Board’s (MAB) annual Summer Breeze music festival will feature four musical acts this year. Cake, Talib Kweli, Andrew Bird, and The Cool Kids will all perform in the May 17 con...

Law School ends classroom Web access

by Alison Sider

University of Chicago law students faced a new challenge when they returned to class after spring break--: sitting through an entire class session without internet access. Law School Dean Saul ...

Student examines Indian marriage market

by Alison Sider

After witnessing a number of arranged marriages among her circle of well educated, upper–middle-class Indian friends, fifth-year graduate student in economics and Mumbai, India, native Divya Mathur...

Lab bids for $550-million DOE facility

by Alison Sider

Argonne National Laboratory is one of the country’s leading contenders for a rare isotope beam research facility (FRIB), which will be indispensable to nuclear research, according to members of the...

Doc hosts rare films forum, screening

by Alison Sider

Doc Films, an organization well known for advocating obscure and rare films, invited like-minded film scholars and archivists to speak Monday night about the issues associated with preserving and s...

U of C asks Congress to aid research

by Alison Sider

President Zimmer joined a coalition of university and research industry leaders on Capitol Hill earlier this month to lobby members of Congress and the Bush administration for more funding for scie...

Redesigned homepage to launch

by Alison Sider

As part of its efforts to keep pace with a media-rich world, the U of C is preparing to launch a test version of its redesigned homepage Monday, which will be refined until the new website officia...

New lights dim club’s stargazing

by Alison Sider

Overcast Chicago skies and a snow-covered telescope don’t make life easy at the Ryerson Astronomical Society (RAS), and the side effects of recently installed campus lights haven’t helped stargazin...

Underground U of C fight club channels students’ WWE urges

by Alison Sider

Fans of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club or the 1999 film adaptation know the famous first rule: “You do not talk about Fight Club.” Members of Thunderdome, the U of C’s fledgling combat soci...

Reporter calls for central Asian intervention

by Alison Sider

The Wall Street Journal reporter Steve LeVine, on tour promoting his recent book The Oil and the Glory, gave a lecture last Thursday night at I-House, sponsored by The Center for International Stud...

Reg makes students historical tourists

by Alison Sider

Though the prints currently on view in the Regenstein Library’s Special Collections Research Center were created centuries before digital cameras facilitated online sharing of travel photos, they w...

Alison Sider

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