Review article mischaracterizes popularity of Smith Westerns concert

While I was pleased to see the best band in the world, the Smith Westerns, profiled recently in the Maroon, I couldn’t help but be disappointed in Asher Klein’s article.

Men in Power reflects larger rights movement

The formation of a men's advocacy group at the U of C is indicative of national trends.

Maroon criticisms of SGFC miss the point

It’s easy to find fault from an armchair.

Barnum wrong on King’s legacy

Matt Barnum’s most recent column on Loretta Ross’s keynote speech (“Ross’s Keynote Remarks Don’t Do MLK Day Justice,” 1/25/08) was, frankly, disappointing, both in its characterization of Mrs Ross’...

Letters to the editor

Christian chalking is offensive I found it interesting that Asian American Intervarsity (AAIV) claims that its chalking was completely inoffensive (“Christian Group Stirs Campus with Chalking,”...

Letters to the Editor

RBIM review was unfair I am writing in response to the “Dancers Change for the Better, But Show Stagnates from Lack of Diversity” article featured in the May 22 issue of the Maroon. Disappointme...

Letters to the Editor

Reporter didn’t ask hard questions What a great disappointment it was to read my alma mater’s paper describe the tour of Cabrini-Green taken by 60 current students in “Tour of Cabrini-Green Expl...

Letter to the Editor

In defense of Nicholas Rodman In its oddly one-sided take on the whining of the Campaign to Kick Coke Off Campus attempt to ban fine Coca-Cola products from campus (“Coke’s Future on Campus Hing...

Letters to the Editor

Setting the record straight In a front-page article in a recent issue of the Maroon, I was reported to have said that “specifics have yet to be worked out [with regard to our use of the Common A...

Letters to the Editor

Don’t bring bigotry to GSB Recently, more than 750 members of the University community signed a petition calling upon the University of Chicago and the Graduate School of Business (GSB) to cance...

Letters to the Editor

U-Pass is a good idea for College I was shocked to read the recent editorial regarding the U-Pass referendum (“Let Students Say No to the U-Pass,” 4/17/07). The charge that every student “would ...

Letters to the Editor

Easter doesn’t equal Passover While the photos which appeared on the front page of last issue’s Maroon were lovely, I was frankly stunned by the headline they appeared under: “A U of C Easter.” ...

Letters to the Editor

Attorneygate isn’t Watergate In Joe Katz’s March 30 article “Judicial Branch Shouldn’t Be Political” he first starts by talking about “Attorneygate,” in which the White House fired eight U.S. at...

Letters to the Editor

Wrong assumptions about Perle Reading Ryan McCarl’s Viewpoints article, “The Delusions of Neoconservatism,” I was forced to wonder whether he actually attended the Richard Perle talk or simply c...

Letters to the Editor

Grey areas of abortion law Tara Kadioglu’s article on abortion (“Abortion more than a black and white issue,” 2/13/07) is a commendable effort. Unfortunately, it is riddled with unnecessary fact...

Letters to the Editor

Liberalism vs. realism Nathan Chan (“Guess Again,” 1/23/07) makes some valid points in his interesting, but deeply flawed, editorial. The Iraq War is not the first overseas debacle in U.S. fore...

Letters to the Editor

Bond MLK Speech It is disgraceful that the Maroon criticized the University for hosting Julian Bond as a keynote speaker for MLK, Jr. Day due to controversial denunciations of some modern-day Am...

Letters to the Editor

Latke-Hamantash In your November 28 issue (“Scholars Tackle Timeless Theological Problem”), your reporter Matt Johnston, in his commendable report of this year’s Latke-Hamantash Debate, says of ...

Letters to the Editor

Consider recall I’m writing on behalf of the Student Government to explain and clarify some important information concerning the incident surrounding Kyle Lee and Ryan Kaminski. First, let me...

Letters to the Editor

Attack ads It was nice to hear, in the words of a local columnist, the “moon bat” opinion out here in Chicago. I noticed that Brian Karfunkel’s letter conveniently left out two words that I ment...

Letters to the Editor

Attack Ads In last Friday’s Maroon, Barney Keller spent a good number of words whining about politicians who whine about attack ads (“Attack Ads are Important Sources of Information”). Using log...

Letters to the Editor

Advertisement