Columnists

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Greg Gabrellas

Environmental aphorisms

Environmentalism is a response to crises of capitalism

Alison Howard

Staving off the summertime blues

How to spend your 106 days of summer

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Matt Barnum

Good message, bad methods

A boycott is an inefficient, destructive way of changing Arizona’s immigration law

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Marshall Knudson

Not a born identity

The UChicago culture is the product of nurturing, not nature.

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Andrew Thornton

A case for Kagan

Despite concerns about precise nature of her legal views, Kagan adds a much needed female voice to the bench

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Greg Gabrellas

Rethinking immigration reform

Liberal compromises on immigration reform conflict with the goals of organized labor

Alison Howard

Lazy Mondays

Procrastinating intelligently is a valuable life-long skill

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Matt Barnum

The trouble with empathy

Empathy is a hard-to-define concept that does not help when evaluating judicial candidates

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Andrew Thornton

The pompousness of prescriptivism

There is no point in following grammatical rules purely for their own sake

Alison Howard

Here comes the sun

Wearing sunscreen essential to avoiding tanlines, sunburns, and death

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Greg Gabrellas

Paving with good intentions

Well-meaning efforts against racism ignore broader questions of emancipation from capitalism

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Tom Tian

Demockracy in Action

Editorial cartoon by Tom Tian

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Matt Barnum

Point-Counterpoint: To give or not to give?

Matt Barnum and SCG co-chair Jessie Reuteler debate the merits of donating to senior class gift

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Andrew Thornton

Wanted: liberal lion

Upcoming issues require strong liberal voice on the Supreme Court

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Matt Barnum

An easy, yet important decision

To improve biased and inconsistent sexual assault policy, vote ‘No’ on referendum

Alison Howard

Uncommon experience?

The average prospie’s experience does not reflect life at the U of C

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Peter Ianakiev

In defense of diversity

Supreme Court benefits from varied life experiences among justices

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Greg Gabrellas

Principles of duckspeak

As political vocabulary shrinks, nuance goes with it

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Peter Ianakiev

Memo to the South: You were the bad guys

Southern rejection of Confederacy long overdue

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Matt Barnum

Free labor

Government should not crack down on unpaid internships

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Marshall Knudson

Aggressive ignorance

Swapping civic understanding for slogans threatens U.S. politics

Alison Howard

The write stuff

Defeating writers’ block ultimately comes down to, well, writing

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Steve Saltarelli

Resurrecting the U-Pass

With U-Pass, students would enjoy Chicago conveniently and cheaply

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Matt Barnum

Point–Counterpoint: Civil discourse on an uncivil incident

Columnists debate race, legality, and details surrounding Dawson arrest

Letters

“A more perfect union” (May 14) misunderstands the nature of problems plaguing SG

It is hard to overlook the apathetic stance that most students take towards Student Government (SG)

A beef with “Where’s the beef?” (May 14)

Considering that a gentleman writing to this paper recently accused my environmentalist ilk of desiring the collapse of human civilization, I could only be pleased, by comparison, that the Maroon’s culinary critic considers vegetarianism to be a viable diet.

Editorial understates social changes at U of C

The University of Chicago is a great and prestigious institution, one of the top academic schools in the country.

“A continental oversight” underestimates economist's methods

“A continental oversight” (May 7) offers its own myopic understanding of economic analysis.

“The hidden patriarchy” falls short in addressing sexism

Since the 1960s we have increasingly seen a deficit of thought about what overcoming sexism would mean.

“Why we Organize” over-simplifies grad funding tradeoffs

I found Joe Feinberg’s article arguing for more graduate student funding to have such ridiculously over-the-top and flawed arguments as to be a parody of itself.

“Dark meaning behind Earth Hour” misrepresents goals of environmentalism

I was saddened to read Mr. Moya’s column (“The dark meaning behind Earth hour,” 4/13/2010) chastising those who participated in Earth Hour

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.

“Damaged Discourse” misrepresents 60s education system

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Confederacy was portrayed in a sympathetic light, both in the north and in the south.

Eyewitness: Student arrest emblematic of wider racial distrust

Students' immediate reactions just as disturbing as force used to arrest student in the Reg

The Editorial Board

The core of the matter

The University should directly engage CORES, lest it prove accusations of corporatism true

Chicken-n-beer? That’s ludicrous.

Bonanza should channel the spirit of Animal House, but leave the animals out

A Breeze that didn’t blow

It’s time to give MAB props for putting together a great Summer Breeze

A more perfect union

The only way to improve Student Government is to get involved

A super market

uBazaar provides a much-needed service to campus community and alumni

Weird social science

Student concerns about the decline of UChicago culture are unfounded

Preaching to the listhost

The University should provide better tools for publicizing events across campus

Stony Island Avenue’s big facelift

Despite its drawbacks, the plan to expand the Lab Schools to the Doctors Hospital is a good one

Moving forward

In the wake of Referendum 1, the University must act to strengthen the sexual assault policy

Professors without borders

To support open education, the U of C should offer selected courses online

2010 Student Government endorsements

The Maroon endorses Next Generation, David Akinin, and supports changing the sexual assault policy

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Made to order

Aramark fulfills long-standing student request for late-night dining

Shooting blanks

Reg report does more to quiet controversy than prevent recurrence

Undue process

U of C students face unnecessary challenges in the law school application process

Musical chairs

Finding a seat in a Core Art course shouldn’t be such a frustrating game

Programs of study

Core class in computing skills would benefit students across all disciplines

Contributors

Putting down Aristotle

Criticizing accessibility in literature alienates potential readers and does a disservice to book lovers

An imminent truth

Environmental concerns are pressing matters of life and death, not abstract, long-term considerations

A continental oversight

The U of C’s treatment of Africa shortchanges students interested in the field

The hidden patriarchy

Examining ordinary language use and social expectations reveals patterns of demeaning sexism

Ideals have consequences

Liberals should embrace a foreign policy that actively intervenes in defense of human rights

The power of protest

Mass protests have forced Obama administration to address immigrants' rights issues

Tea Partiers: Not all whackjobs

Encounters with Tea Partiers reveal movement’s authenticity

Why we organize

Financial circumstances of grad students necessitate unionization

The dark meaning behind Earth Hour

Earth Hour places the environment over human progress

Damaged discourse

Public education’s decline endangers Americans’ essential citizenship skills

A problem of (pre)occupation

While important, Israel-Palestine conflict should not monopolize discourse

Delivering the goods

Life of the mind and real-world solutions reinforce each other at MUN

Founding principles

Americans deserve politicians who remain true to their values

Teach for...Goldman Sachs

Teach For America’s focus on branding shortchanges its core mission

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Viewpoints Blog »

The Offensive Isrealist

Brace yourself: John J. Mearsheimer is teaching a class on Zionism

Course Evaluations: A Nudge Approach

Why do students neglect course evaluations?

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