Camelia Malkami
What You Missed: A Spring and Summer of News
Hyde Park and the city has had a lot happen in the last six months. The Maroon is here to give you a rundown of what you've missed.
NEWS/
September 15, 2020
Weeklong #CareNotCops Occupation Ends with Block Party, Police Confrontations
Police confrontations and a block party followed the week-long occupation of the space surrounding Provost Ka Yee Lee’s home where protestors slept, ate, held meetings, and socialized.
NEWS/
September 9, 2020
#CareNotCops Stage Multi-Day Occupation Outside Provost Lee’s Home; Lee Rejects Demand to Abolish UCPD
In a statement released Tuesday, Provost Lee said “the actions that are currently taking place on my doorstep go beyond any civil bounds.”
NEWS/
September 1, 2020
Solidarity Street: Students Take Millennium Park, the Loop, Calling for End to University-Police Contracts
College students filled the streets of Chicago calling on schools to end their contracts with police Saturday night.
NEWS/
August 4, 2020
Taylor, Hairston, and Lightfoot Introduce Woodlawn Housing Ordinance to Prevent Resident Displacement
Wednesday’s proposal came after months of back and forth between Taylor, whose draft legislation was supported by community organizers from the CBA Coalition, and Lightfoot, who introduced her own proposal in February of this year.
NEWS/
August 3, 2020
University Removes Plaque, Stone Commemorating Stephen Douglas and Old University of Chicago; “C Bench” Keystone remains
Campus organizers criticized the removal, saying “we have never heard anyone call for this,” and demanding reparations from the University.
NEWS/
July 9, 2020
ICE Announces Nonimmigrant International Students Must Learn In Person or Leave U.S.
An announcement Monday said that international students would need to leave the country if their coursework was exclusively online, and that arriving students whose fall course loads are fully remote will be unable to enter the country.
NEWS/
July 8, 2020
University Releases Details for Hybrid Fall Quarter Plan
President Zimmer and Provost Lee announced new plans for autumn quarter, including details about in-person and remote classes, changes to housing and dining, and COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.
NEWS/
June 30, 2020
Professors Will Individually Choose Whether to Hold In-Person Classes Fall Quarter
In an email to University instructors, top administrators wrote that no instructor will be required to teach in person in the fall. The email also included some plans to return to resume some in-person teaching, including contact tracing.
NEWS/
June 27, 2020
In #Strike4BlackLives March and Meetings, STEM Departments and Students Call for Change
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Department’s March Was a Part of the Day’s Broader #Strike4BlackLives and #ShutDownSTEM Movements Led by the Particles for Justice Organization.
NEWS/
June 25, 2020
University Sends off the Class of 2020 in First-Ever Remote Convocation Weekend
The event, which included speeches by administrators and students, was held remotely because an in-person Convocation Weekend was impossible in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEWS/
June 21, 2020
Student Organizers Sit in at UCPD Headquarters
Organizers were not able to use the building’s bathrooms or bring in supplies. Although organizers were able to leave the building, that would have ended their action to “defund, disarm, disclose, and disband” UCPD.
NEWS/
June 17, 2020
University Begins Revealing Plans for Possible Fall Quarter Return to Campus
The current plans for a possible reopening would include significantly reducing course instruction and research capacity, including the number of students allowed in each classroom, while maintaining remote options for both.
NEWS/
June 15, 2020
Third-Year Takes Lead in Organizing Massive Protests for Police Accountability
Sydney Jackson, a Chicagoland native, helped organize and lead hundreds of people marching from Bronzeville to Hyde Park last Sunday. That action will be the first of many for Jackson.
NEWS/
June 11, 2020
UChicago to Direct $6.2 Million in CARES Act Funds to Students as Emergency Financial Aid
The University will use “use institutional funds, as opposed to CARES Act funds, to support undocumented and other students who may not meet existing federal eligibility requirements,” according to a University spokesperson.
NEWS/
June 9, 2020
Hyde Park Businesses Clean Up and Hunker Down Following Weekend Damage
Some businesses on 53rd and 55th Streets had windows smashed and merchandise stolen on Saturday night and closed early on Sunday to prevent more thefts and damage.
NEWS/
June 2, 2020
Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus
Local Politics: What You Should Know
With the November 2020 General Election coming up, and an ever-changing landscape of city issues, the Maroon has put together the information you need to keep track of who's who in Illinois and Chicago politics.
NEWS/
September 15, 2020
Hannah Morin
Quarantine’s Silver Lining: UC Students Share Pet Stories
Socially distanced from other humans, many UChicago students have found solace in their animal companions.
FEATURE
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September 16, 2020
Lee Harris
UChicago Plans to Distribute Masks, Thermometers to Students Ahead of Fall Quarter
On-campus students will get their masks and thermometer in a welcome package distributed to dorms; off-campus students will collect theirs outside Mandel Hall at designated times.
NEWS/
September 17, 2020
Jamie Manley
Snell-Hitchcock Turned to Isolation Dorm; Residents Reassigned to Woodlawn or Released from Housing Contract
Dean of Students Michele Rasmussen and Assistant Vice President for Campus Life Richard Mason said in the email that this is a temporary measure and “a required decision to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.”
NEWS/
September 4, 2020
Euirim Choi
President Zimmer to step down after 2020-21 school year, transition into new role as Chancellor
The Board of Trustees will establish a committee to search for Zimmer’s successor, to serve from July 1, 2021 on.
NEWS/
August 22, 2020
David Axelrod
Ezra Klein Discusses American Polarization, Biden’s VP, at IOP talk
Ezra Klein, co-founder and editor of Vox, and David Axelrod also discussed Klein's new book, Why We're Polarized.
NEWS/
June 12, 2020
Camelia Malkami
Students Renew Calls for UChicago to Be Designated a “Sanctuary Campus”
Campus organizers a part of UChicago Without Borders create petition with almost 1,000 signatures from University affiliates detailing policy demands to “add substantial protections for undocumented community members.”
NEWS/
August 13, 2020
Caleb Sussman
In a COVID-Induced Reimagining of Housing, the University Has Organized Monthly Leases for Students at Sophy and Hyatt Place Hotels
To meet increased need for off-campus housing, the Sophy and Hyatt Place hotels design student packages
NEWS/
August 6, 2020
Jeremy Lindenfeld
ICE Walks Back Policy; New International Students Face Uncertainty
New enrolling international students must take in-person classes to be issued a visa
NEWS/
August 6, 2020
Solidarity Street: Students Take Millennium Park, the Loop, Calling for End to University-Police Contracts
College students filled the streets of Chicago calling on schools to end their contracts with police Saturday night.
NEWS/
August 4, 2020
Taylor, Hairston, and Lightfoot Introduce Woodlawn Housing Ordinance to Prevent Resident Displacement
Wednesday’s proposal came after months of back and forth between Taylor, whose draft legislation was supported by community organizers from the CBA Coalition, and Lightfoot, who introduced her own proposal in February of this year.
NEWS/
August 3, 2020
University Removes Plaque, Stone Commemorating Stephen Douglas and Old University of Chicago; “C Bench” Keystone remains
Campus organizers criticized the removal, saying “we have never heard anyone call for this,” and demanding reparations from the University.
NEWS/
July 9, 2020
ICE Announces Nonimmigrant International Students Must Learn In Person or Leave U.S.
An announcement Monday said that international students would need to leave the country if their coursework was exclusively online, and that arriving students whose fall course loads are fully remote will be unable to enter the country.
NEWS/
July 8, 2020
University Releases Details for Hybrid Fall Quarter Plan
President Zimmer and Provost Lee announced new plans for autumn quarter, including details about in-person and remote classes, changes to housing and dining, and COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.
NEWS/
June 30, 2020
Professors Will Individually Choose Whether to Hold In-Person Classes Fall Quarter
In an email to University instructors, top administrators wrote that no instructor will be required to teach in person in the fall. The email also included some plans to return to resume some in-person teaching, including contact tracing.
NEWS/
June 27, 2020
In #Strike4BlackLives March and Meetings, STEM Departments and Students Call for Change
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Department’s March Was a Part of the Day’s Broader #Strike4BlackLives and #ShutDownSTEM Movements Led by the Particles for Justice Organization.
NEWS/
June 25, 2020
University Sends off the Class of 2020 in First-Ever Remote Convocation Weekend
The event, which included speeches by administrators and students, was held remotely because an in-person Convocation Weekend was impossible in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEWS/
June 21, 2020
Student Organizers Sit in at UCPD Headquarters
Organizers were not able to use the building’s bathrooms or bring in supplies. Although organizers were able to leave the building, that would have ended their action to “defund, disarm, disclose, and disband” UCPD.
NEWS/
June 17, 2020
University Begins Revealing Plans for Possible Fall Quarter Return to Campus
The current plans for a possible reopening would include significantly reducing course instruction and research capacity, including the number of students allowed in each classroom, while maintaining remote options for both.
NEWS/
June 15, 2020
Third-Year Takes Lead in Organizing Massive Protests for Police Accountability
Sydney Jackson, a Chicagoland native, helped organize and lead hundreds of people marching from Bronzeville to Hyde Park last Sunday. That action will be the first of many for Jackson.
NEWS/
June 11, 2020
UChicago to Direct $6.2 Million in CARES Act Funds to Students as Emergency Financial Aid
The University will use “use institutional funds, as opposed to CARES Act funds, to support undocumented and other students who may not meet existing federal eligibility requirements,” according to a University spokesperson.
NEWS/
June 9, 2020
Hyde Park Businesses Clean Up and Hunker Down Following Weekend Damage
Some businesses on 53rd and 55th Streets had windows smashed and merchandise stolen on Saturday night and closed early on Sunday to prevent more thefts and damage.
NEWS/
June 2, 2020
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VIEWPOINTS
Smart Voices: University Admin Must Listen to Students and Act Promptly on Racial Justice
The Smart Museum’s nascent Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility working group urges the University to address policing in Hyde Park
OP-EDS/
September 15, 2020
EDITORIAL: COVID-19 Testing Should be Mandatory for University of Chicago Students
EDITORIAL: What’s Missing From the Reopening Plan? A Contingency Plan and Communication
EDITORIAL: Do Better Than the UChicago Health Pact
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