Ella Christoph

Obamas come home for weekend

by Ella Christoph

President Barack Obama is back in town this weekend for the first time since 2009.

Undocumented students rally on Bartlett Quad

by Ella Christoph

“Education, Not Deportation,” chanted the crowd, which was dotted with T-shirts that read, “Do I look illegal?” in marker.

Provident Hospital could be "good investment" for UCMC

by Ella Christoph and Adam Janofsky

The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) is considering a cost-efficient way to send doctors to nearby Provident Hospital, which faces closure due to financial struggles.

Camille van Horne

Students petition U of C for support on immigration reform

by Ella Christoph

University of Chicago Coalition for Immigration Reform is meeting with administrators and talking to students to gain support.

The Moose Party, fraternity Delta Upsilon’s (DU) perennial slate, said it would advocate for a biodome protecting the school, with a surrounding moat and a dragon guarding the campus, if elected as Student Government’s cabinet.

Undergraduate Liaison: Rafael Menis

by Ella Christoph

Third-year candidate for undergraduate liason to the Board of Trustees Rafael Menis said that, if elected, he would focus on bringing the student body together as a whole.

Matt Bogen

Uncommon Interview with the Moose Party

by Ella Christoph

The Maroon sat down with the slate to discuss the activities the brothers do excel at: keg stands, event organizing, and decorating the Moose Room.

Ald. Preckwinkle recommends Will Burns as replacement

by Ella Christoph

Preckwinkle recommended Burns to Mayor Daley as a replacement should she win her bid for Cook County President.

DU brings party to SG debates

by Ella Christoph

Next Generation and Delta Upsilon’s Moose Party traded promises and pithy remarks at a Student Government (SG) elections debate in the Reynold’s club yesterday.

Lloyd Lee

Uncommon Interview with Greg Nance

by Ella Christoph

The Maroon talked with Nance about his work, playing chess, and running against his frat brothers.

With Moose Party as only opponent, Next Generation slated to win election

by Kelly Zhang and Ella Christoph

Candidates for Student Government (SG) positions officially put their hats in the ring Wednesday.

Emily Lo

Kushner gives notes on life and the liberal arts

by Ella Christoph

The playwright was on campus all this week, discussing his art and influences

UTEP gets federal grant

by Ella Christoph

The $11.6 million grant will allow UTEP o quadruple its class size, certify teachers in mathematics and science, and improve its curriculum and recruitment.

Jake Grubman

Acceptance rate falls by one third, reaching record low of 18 percent

by Ella Christoph

While this is the lowest acceptance rate the University has seen in years, University officials say they aren’t focusing on numbers.

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Community mourns death of Lab Schools senior

by Ella Christoph

Senior Faith Fufang Dremmer, 17, was killed last week while on a bike trip in downstate Illinois.

Grads win Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, third-year wins math prize

by Ella Christoph and Christina Pillsbury

Stephanie Bell (B.A. ’08) received a Rhodes Scholarship, Amol Naik (B.A. '09) received a Marshall Scholarship, and third-year Hannah Alpert received the Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics.

Z&H to replace UMart in May

by Ella Christoph

“The dynamic of the store will be different, but the concept will be very similar,” Z&H co-owner Tim Schau said.

Cochran fields concerns on community garden

by Ella Christoph

Cochran held the meeting in order to hear the community’s reaction to the garden closure, which makes room for staging construction for the Chicago Theological Seminary at 61st Street and Dorchester Avenue.

Girl Talk mashups come to Mandel November 21

by Ella Christoph

Girl Talk, whose digital samples draw on trendy and retro pop and hip-hop tracks, is widely known for his energetic performances.

Eric Guo

University Market to close

by Ella Christoph

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

New, shorter format for 2010 convocation

by Ella Christoph

Zimmer will now confer degrees on all candidates during the ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010.

Claire Hungerford

Students gather for garden party and protest

by Ella Christoph

While some held out hope that the garden might be retained, administrators said plans to stage construction of the Chicago Theological Seminary on the plot are unlikely to change before November 15, when the University plans to fence off the garden.

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.

Two coffee shops begin accepting credit cards

by Ella Christoph

The change is part of a campaign by SG to initiate small improvements that increase the quality of life on campus.

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Neighborhood reflects as garden closing finalized

by Ella Christoph

Gardeners savor the last season of the 61st Street Community Garden, disappointed in the uprooting of the "Sustainability Quad"

Alumnus George Smith receives Nobel Prize for developing a digital camera eye

by Ella Christoph

Apparently the Nobel Prize committee didn't realize how important digital cameras were until you started posting so many photos on Facebook.

Tom Tian

Day of Service expands to neighborhood schools, gardens

by Ella Christoph

Throwing on sweatshirts over their new, yellow T-shirts, students spent the day at sites across the South Side of Chicago helping schools and nonprofits with everything from painting to tutoring, gardening to sticking labels on envelopes.

Genetics professor may have died from plague

by Ella Christoph

Malcolm Casadaban, 60, died last week while investigating bacteria that causes the bubonic plague. Health officials have found strains of the bacteria in his blood, and no other likely causes of death.

Harper Court Proposals Narrowed Down to Four

by Ella Christoph

City and University present progress on Harper Court development at Fourth Ward TIF Meeting

Eric Guo

Diners mourn loss of Dixie Kitchen, an Obama favorite

by Ella Christoph

Obama's glowing review—and 15 years worth of loyal diners—isn't enough to rescue Dixie Kitchen, which will be closing June 7.

Journalist outlines Obama’s greatest upcoming challenges at Gala keynote

by Ella Christoph

Sanger: Mismanagement of Iraq kept Bush from “honestly addressing” growing nuclear problem in Iran.

Scav Hunt: Food and fetishes

by Ella Christoph

Page 13 Captain Hannah Provenza recruits foodies and nudists to complete her page.

Scav Hunt: If only spring could actually come this instantaneously...

by Ella Christoph

Big projects - that start out small. Growing a tree from a seed doesn't seem much like a miracle, until you can do it in 20 seconds.

Firms put jobs on hold for Law School graduates

by Ella Christoph

Many graduating students at the University of Chicago Law School are scurrying to make plans post-graduation, after being deferred for up to 18 months from the law firms that hired them after internships last summer. Law school career services says this level of deferral is unprecedented.

Myerson, Nobel winner, elected to National Academy of Sciences

by Ella Christoph

Myerson won a Nobel Prize for his research in mechanism design theory, which distinguishes between when markets work effectively and when they do not.

Tom Tian

YouChicago wins SG elections

by Ella Christoph

YouChicago plan to start their term by addressing smaller issues that they hope can bring quick change, starting with bringing more bike racks to campus. They also plan to immediately begin reexamining the Kalven Report and gathering the input of students, especially current fourth-year students.

Matt Bogen

Slate and undergraduate liaison candidates debate

by Ella Christoph

Slate candidates debate role of Student Government: Improve life on campus or provide access to city?

Alum hopes to empower community by supporting black-owned businesses

by Ella Christoph

After asking themselves how they could support the community they came from, the Andersons developed the Empowerment Experiment. They decided that they would spend their entire yearly budget—about $120,000—at black-owned businesses.

Eric Guo

Rev. Jesse Jackson pushes financial aid reform

by Ella Christoph

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., spoke to students and community members Monday, urging the audience to join him in a fight for more grants and lower interest rates on loans for college students.

Eric Guo

Huerta urges students to make the most of their activism by rallying in non-blue states

by Ella Christoph

She brushed aside worries about illegal immigrants “borrowing” Social Security numbers and not paying taxes; Mexican immigrants, she said, are sustaining the Social Security system.

Camille van Horne

University to transplant community garden in Woodlawn

by Ella Christoph

The University has offered to move the topsoil, which is fertile from years of cultivation, from the current garden to the new location.

Student shot at over break

by Ella Christoph

A group of people were socializing outside a Kansas bar when a man leaned out of the passenger window of the car, shooting at the crowd multiple times with a handgun.

Literacy non-profit says demand for essential skills on the rise as funding falls

by Ella Christoph

Blue Gargoyle head to summer job seekers: You are directly competing with those in need of full-time position

New policy to extend tenure clock for assistant profs with newborns

by Ella Christoph

The University will automatically give assistant professors with newborn babies a one-year extension of the tenure clock starting July 1, one of a number of policy changes that aim to improve work-life balance for faculty and staff.

Kristine Khouri

O’Neill to leave admissions office in June

by Ella Christoph

O’Neill credits VP Behnke’s departure as influential in his decision to resign this summer

African studies major subsumed by general comparative race program

by Ella Christoph

African studies majors miffed by department change

UIC commits facilities to Olympics; U of C in discussions

by Ella Christoph

Chicago universities are beginning to pledge their facilities in support of the city’s 2016 Olympic bid.

Daley taps U of C alum Huberman to head Chicago Public Schools

by Ella Christoph

Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Ron Huberman (M.B.A. ‘00, A.M. ‘00) head of Chicago Public Schools this week. He will replace Arne Duncan, a Lab Schools graduate, who was appointed Secretary of Education in the Obama administration.

Students honor MLK with day of service

by Ella Christoph

Students at the University of Chicago may be used to pulling all-nighters on the A-Level of Regenstein Library, but rarely do they wake up early on Saturday mornings to do manual labor. But on Saturday, more than 120 shivering students gathered at 7:30 a.m. to board school buses in honor of Martin Luther King on Chicago Cares Day, an annual Chicago community service event that attracted 4,000 volunteers citywide.

After renter refuses to leave, Harper Court leases extended

by Ella Christoph

U of C willing to buy out Harper Court leases, but some owners say they need more assistance

University and city solicit Harper Court development partners

by Ella Christoph

The University moved forward with plans to bring mixed-use development to Harper Court on Tuesday, beginning the process that will allow developers to submit proposals for the site. The University asked the city for a Request for Proposal (RFP), a city document that solicits responses from developers on how they would develop the site.

University, community leaders discuss Washington Park plans

by Ella Christoph

At a Washington Park community meeting on Saturday, moderator Leon Finney evoked local residents’ enthusiasm about Barack Obama’s victory to introduce local challenges that face the neighborhood.

Doctors Hospital hotel blocked for at least four years, precinct voted dry

by Ella Christoph

Residents voted the 39th precinct dry on Tuesday, halting University plans to convert the vacant Doctor’s Hospital into a hotel.

Doctors Hospital hotel blocked for at least four years, precinct voted dry

by Ella Christoph

Residents voted the 39th precinct dry on Tuesday, halting University plans to convert the vacant Doctor’s Hospital into a hotel.

Fifth ward meeting probes after-school activities, South Side crime

by Ella Christoph

The setting for Alderman Leslie Hairston’s monthly community meeting evoked the neighborhood concerns and aspirations discussed when locals gathered Tuesday night at Gary Comer College Prep. The building is home to a rapidly expanding high school with plans for ambitious after-school programming to help mitigate student crime. But indicative of persistent concerns over local violence, the building’s windows are made of bulletproof glass.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club tightens belt amid financial woes

by Ella Christoph

Director says resources have been spread too thin as community donations have declined.

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College grads open new produce store

by Ella Christoph

Open Produce store promotes sustainable growing practices and business transparency.

Dan Dry

After restoration, chapel instruments sound again

by Ella Christoph

Debut concerts this weekend will reintroduce the chapel sounds to the Hyde Park community.

Writer-in-residence George Saunders reflects on career

by Ella Christoph

Now an acclaimed author, professor of creative writing, and recent recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Saunders spoke of his life as a writer and the writing process at a talk in Swift Hall Wednesday.

Chris Salata

Madeleine Albright briefs U of C crowd

by Ella Christoph

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke of her passion for democracy in front of a large crowd in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel during the Tomás G. Masaryk Lecture on Democracy Tuesday eve...

Students discuss open housing decision

by Ella Christoph

About 30 students joined Director of Student Housing Katie Callow-Wright at an open forum on Wednesday evening to discuss the postponement of the Inter-House Council’s (IHC) gender-neutral housing ...

Sharat Ganapati

Gloria Steinem gets progressive at Gala

by Ella Christoph

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem encouraged progressive activism to a crowd of about 500 people gathered for the keynote address of the Progressive Gala: Women in Washington in Ratner gym on Saturday n...

New dean appointed to Rockefeller

by Ella Christoph

The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Davenport has been appointed dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel after a nearly seven-month search to fill the position. She will begin her duties on July 1. “I’m greatly ...

New facilities VP an expert on sustainable campuses

by Ella Christoph

The U of C has hired Steve Wiesenthal, a newly appointed fellow of the American Institute of Architects with experience in facilities management, capital projects, and resource planning and managem...

Hyde Parkers discuss area development

by Ella Christoph

Community leaders and University administrators gathered Tuesday to discuss plans for bringing appealing retail options to Hyde Park at a panel discussion entitled “Making Hyde Park: Development in...

U of C names Heineman to lead sustainability push

by Ella Christoph

The U of C Sustainability Council has hired Eric Heineman, an expert on sustainable practices, technology, and education, to fill the newly created project manager position for the Council. The ...

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