Megan Wade

Strength in numbers

Megan Wade

Provost Thomas Rosenbaum's recommendations on graduate funding in February, while providing some additional funding opportunities, failed to address key financial issues for students—instead treating them as if they were employees of the University.

Concert experience reveals distrust

Megan Wade

How much do you trust your fellow students? That is a little vague. Let me ask instead, would you ever automatically believe that all other students were intentionally trying to deceive you? If yo...

Nothing smooth about these song-stealing criminals

Megan Wade

I think, before truly beginning, it would be best for me to expound on the meaning of the name Alien Ant Farm. First off, "alien." As in, "the concept of music is completely alien to all our openin...

Irish punks avoid disappointing

Megan Wade

I think I saw the good and the bad meet last Friday night. They shook hands and decided to hold a punk concert. Where it seemed to me a constant clash of things should have taken place, somehow a ...

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The Maroon is on hiatus

The publication of the Maroon will resume January 9, at the beginning of winter quarter. Check chicagomaroon.com for breaking news updates.

Early applications to the College decrease by 15 percent

Michael Lipkin

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Sharat Ganapati

The College received 15 percent fewer early applications than it did during last year’s record-high, according to admissions office figures. Admissions officials attributed the decline to several factors, including the current fiscal crisis and the College’s increased selectivity, a potential deterrent to “casual applicants.”

President Zimmer asks admin for contingency budget cuts

Michael Lipkin

President Robert Zimmer and Provost Thomas Rosenbaum have asked deans and University officers to develop scenarios that decrease spending in their departments by up to nine percent in response to the recent economic downturn.

Economics professor Austan Goolsbee appointed to two Obama committees

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.

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