Columnists

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Matt Barnum

Where reading comes to die

Class expectations make reading for pleasure impossible.

Greg Gabrellas

Rethinking the right to work

University employees shouldn’t demand a 40-hour workweek.

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Evan Coren

Early action

Assigning papers prior to class discussion would enhance learning.

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Eliana Pfeffer

Stranded in Hyde Park at Thanksgiving

The quarter system makes returning home for the holiday difficult.

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Claire McNear

Articles of concern

Recent press has put the University in an embarrassing spotlight.

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Steve Saltarelli

Major activities bored

MAB should learn from its mistakes and book a big-name Summer Breeze.

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Marshall Knudson

An auspicious Nobel nod

Peace Prize highlights the gap between Obama’s rhetoric and action.

Letters

Breastival raises funds, awareness

by Letter to the Editor

There have been a few misconceptions about the UChicago Colleges Against Cancer (CAC)’s breast cancer awareness campaign—dubbed Breastival—held October 18–23.

Health care socialization does not require government control

by Letter to the Editor

The unfortunate aspect of posing the problem of health care reform in terms of governmental vs. libertarian responses, as Ari Allyn-Feuer does in his October 30 column “Reform in a Regulated Market,” is that it neglects the specifically social aspect.

The beauty of a pedestrian space

by Letter to the Editor

Many of us in the community appreciate the new changes in the quad.

Criticism of Housing in Ayers’s decision unfounded

by Letter to the Editor

The Maroon Editorial Board’s position is wholly untenable (“Window Treatments,” 10/30/09).

All that clutters is not gold

by Letter to the Editor

Besides the important things arbitrarily decided by the University Administration, the new campus walkways are not all they are cracking up to be.

The Editorial Board

Changing business as usual

by Maroon Editorial Board

The Booth School should require students to take business ethics classes.

Access denied

by Maroon Editorial Board

Expensive quadrangle renovations fail to ensure a smooth ride for the handicapped, campus vehicles.

Window treatments

by Maroon Editorial Board

Housing’s decision to remove a student for a minor incident is excessively harsh.

Contributors

Race to the Top, if you want

by Liat Spiro

President Obama’s education program lacks muscle.

An unnecessary Olympic loss

by Samantha Lee

Michael Reese demolition removes a valuable contribution to architecture.

The worst Nobel intentions

by Eric Chow

Tenuous connections to the University should not be trumpeted.

Overthinking stress

by Emily Kaiser

SCRS events make the U of C’s culture of anxiety a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Choosing between Iraq and Afghanistan

by Andrew Rigney

The U.S. can no longer afford to fight both wars.

Reform in a regulated market

by Ari Allyn-Feuer

Government should not involve itself in health care administration.

A challenge and an opportunity

by Kimberly Goff-Crews

The Olmert controversy highlights the necessity of free expression.

Why I disrupted Olmert

by Ali Abunimah

The Prime Minister is a war criminal and should be treated as such.

Right intentions, wrong methods

by Emily Kaiser

The well-meaning “Breastival” trivializes realities of breast cancer.

In search of peace for Palestine

by Dorea Martin

Despite clear Israeli wrongs, Palestinians must use a constructive approach.

War crimes are not free expression

by Frank C. Pucci

Olmert’s actions in Gaza make him unfit to speak at the University.

Editorial Cartoon

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