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TABLE OF CONTENTS
P. 4
Welcome Home
P. 39
Campus traditions • While you were out
P. 8
Chicago: The School of Life
U of C/Hyde Park History • Chicago Politics, Past and Present • While
You Were Out and The Road Ahead—Chicago Edition • Transportation:
How to Leave Hyde Park • Chicago: North , Central, South, West, and the
“Burbs” • Reading List & the Media Hook-Up • Navigating the Law
Who’s Who: Top of the Ivory Tower
Administration • Trustees • Alumni • Career Advancement v. The Road
Not Taken • Non-academic Institutes • Student Ombudsperson
P. 16
Habitas: Your Guide to Getting Settled
P. 44
Guide to Dorms • Roommates • Dining Halls • Campus Coffee Shops •
Coffee Shop Interviewing Process • Hyde Park/Area Dining • Managing
Your Money
P. 25
Life of the Body: Athletics, Physical
Health, Physical Phun
Athletics History • Varsity Athletics • 2013-14 Athletics Preview • Club
and Intramural Sports • Chicago Pro Sports Primer • (R)o-mance: Dating,
Hooking Up, UChicago Crushes • Functional Fitness • What to Do (and
Don’t) When You Get Sick
Student Groups from A to Z
Campus Politics • Student Activism • Cultural Groups • Religious
Groups/Institutes • Volunteering and Social Service Groups • Campus
Journalism and Publications • Campus Arts • Campus Business/Startups/Consulting • Campus STEM • Greek Life
P. 31
Back to the Stacks: A Day in the Life, A
Life in the Reg
The Core • Professors and Grad Students • Libraries • Bookstores (onand off-campus)
Editors’ Note
The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892.
Editors-in-Chief
Emma Broder
Joy Crane
Managing Editor
Jonah Rabb
Design
Nicholas Rouse
Photography
Sydney Combs
Cover Art
Ow Wei Yi
Greetings!
The rush of orientation week is upon us all. By now, your loved ones have hushed
their whimpered good-byes. They depart; without a bang the day draws to a close,
with no more than an iPhone photo album called “Move-In Day” to mark it. An
engine roars; the car pulls away. Is this it?
You keep waving. Wildly now, flapping the O-issue tucked in your armpit. But the
car is not coming back.
Editing
Will Dart
Tatiana fields
Sarah Langs
Kristin Lin
James Mackenzie
Christine Schmidt
Emma Thurber Stone
Jake Walerius
Sam Zacher
A hand touches your shoulder from behind. “First-year?” the stranger asks. You
nod. Taking this paper from your hands, the upperclassman scans the front page.
“ôrēən’tāSHən,” she reads.
“I’m sorry?”
“You heard me: ôrēən’tāSHən,” she repeats. “Noun. An animal’s change of position
in response to an external stimulus, especially with respect to compass directions.”
Copy Editing
Alan Hassler
Sherry He
Katarina Mentzelopoulos
Taking the paper from your arm, a loud whaackkk echoes through the courtyard as
she whips the newsprint to the ground.
“What the—“
“Wake up kid. This,” she waves the paper in front of you, “is not some beginning,
nor some great end. It’s just the goddamn Chicago Maroon.”
“And this,” she waves the paper outward toward the quads before them both, “is not
some beginning nor some great end. It’s just the goddamn University of Chicago.”
“Just keep reading, friend.” She hands you back the paper, walking away.
By Botany Pond now, the stranger halts. She shouts back:
“Oh, and welcome!”
Welcome, friends.
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WELCOME HOME
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CAMPUS TRADITIONS
Scav
You know what Scav is. You
have presumably received at
least one promotional brochure
during the admissions process
that mentioned it. You may
have read the 2012 New Yorker
article profiling the hunt. You
might have heard about how
Scav officially took the Guinness
World Record in 2011 for
the world’s largest scavenger
hunt. Depending on your team
allegiance, which is typically
comprised of houses banded
together, Scav is either the Super
Bowl of collective effervescence
or a blip on your radar. Hardcore Scavvies are known to forgo
classes, sleeping, and eating in
pursuit of victory and eternal
glory. For the rest of the student
body, abnormal sleeping and
eating patterns continue as per
usual.
Shake Day
There are milkshakes for $1
at the C-Shop on Wednesdays.
Rejoice!
Bar Night
Wednesday nights in the Alpha
Delt basement. Buy drinks for
less than $5, see random people
from your Hum class, spend
the rest of the night doubleshampooing your hair to get rid
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| CHICAGO MAROON
of the smell of cigarettes. Ah, the
sweet nostalgic stench of postadolescence!
Breaking down the quarter
week by week
Welcome to the quarter system.
Each quarter is 10 weeks. The end
of 10th week is reading period.
Finals are technically 11th week.
Your whole life for the next four
years is going to be organized
around whichever week it is in
the quarter (first week, second
week, third week, etc.). There is
no scientific or empirical proof
that certain weeks are universally
more difficult, but that shouldn’t
stop you from using the blanket
excuse and/or gripe, “Ughh, X
week.” We understand X week
is always the hardest, even if last
week was previously the hardest.
Winter
It starts roughly fourth week
of fall quarter and ends roughly
eighth week of spring quarter.
Make friends with the cold.
Make friends with reality. Just
watch out for the ice because that
is treacherous and is not your
friend.
Going to Valois anytime you
hear Obama is in town
In case you haven’t heard,
Hyde Park is Obama Town,
U.S.A. Look to your left! Obama
walked there (probably). Your
right? That’s Mr. President’s dry
cleaners right there because he’s
got a lot of tan suits to dry-clean.
But Barry’s favorite Hyde Park
hang is the cafeteria-style diner,
Valois, on 53rd Street. Every few
months, when someone spots
the motorcade cruisin’ around
Chicago, the entire student
body descends upon Valois to
eat breakfast all day and wait for
Barry to waltz in. The success
rate ain’t high, but it ain’t called
a success rate for nothing.
Parties not starting at the
time they say they will on
Facebook
Add 90 minutes. Two hours if
you don’t know more than three
people. The youths these days just
aren’t punctual, and all that Sosc
reading is not helping matters.
To the brave souls who show up
to parties on time and power
through those first awkward
hours where everyone just holds
an alcoholic beverage and checks
their phone, you’re the real MVP.
Seriously.
Spending all day at the
Reg, checking Facebook and
getting coffee at Ex Libris
Ah yes, the Reg, the towering,
brutalist library that serves as
both a prison and a hub. Everyone
goes to the Reg planning to study,
and most, when asked, will claim
to have been studying. But it’s
a rare specimen that spends all
day at the Reg (as you will hear
endlessly) actually studying. And
after repeatedly refreshing your
Facebook and Twitter feeds and
watching a couple YouTube clips,
you really need to get a coffee to
hunker down and bust out some
pages. Hey, you spent all day at
the Reg— you deserve it! See you
tomorrow on the third floor!
Falling asleep in the Harper
reading room armchairs
It happens to the best of us. You
just wanted to sit in a comfortable
chair for a few minutes to catch
up on your reading. You know, to
give your eyes a break from your
laptop. You just took your shoes
off because, hey, it’s eighth week
(see: “Breaking down the quarter
week by week”), and we’re all
pretty cozy by eighth week.
Not knowing where the
shuttles pick up or drop off.
Seriously, where is the East
these days? Does it change routes
every other week? Why did I not
look this up before going outside
(see: “Winter”)? Is the app that
tracks the shuttles working? Can
I even properly use my phone
with three pairs of gloves on (see:
“Winter”)? At this point, is it
more time-effective to just walk
home? Perhaps, if I start walking,
I’ll run into the shuttle, yes?
Kuviasungnerk/Kangeiko
(Kuvia)
Still not pumped for winter
(see: “Winter”)? COUP is here
to help! Second week of winter
quarter (see: “Breaking down
the quarter week by week”) is the
weeklong festival Kuviasungnerk,
which is named after the
Inuit word for the pursuit of
happiness. Every morning during
Kuvia, students meet at 6 a.m. in
Henry Crown Field House for
Kangeiko, which is named after
the tradition in karate to exercise
during the coldest time of the
year, but is in reality mostly yoga
and dancing followed by bagels
and regret. The last morning of
Kangeiko concludes with a walk
to the Point and a celebratory
free T-shirt for everyone who
made it out every morning. Free
T-shirts validate all struggle in
college.
Summer Breeze
After the ice melts, both on
the ground and in your heart,
the Summer Breeze festival kicks
off. For one glorious afternoon,
you can drink to excess on the
quad, go see a concert put on
by the Major Activities Board
(MAB), and wonder if this is
what it would feel like to go to
a school without a Core and in a
warmer climate. Last year, Flying
Lotus headlined with supporting
acts Pusha T, Baauer, and Vic
Mensa. Nelly, Crystal Castles,
Nas, Spoon, Broken Social Scene,
and Run DMC have played at the
concert in the past.
—Mara McCollom
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
It’s one thing to know the
University of Chicago by the
broad strokes of its reputation
and brochures, quite another to
know it as a community member
experiencing the penciled-in
fluctuations of each year, the ones
not yet inked into the history
books. But it turns out that the
history of this University is written
by the accumulation of that nittygritty. In order to know where this
University is going, it helps to
know from whence we came. So,
for your benefit, what follows is a
summary of 2013–2014’s major
events and dialogues; a year in the
life at the University of Chicago.
One full calendar cycle ago
last September, the University
Community
Service
Center
(UCSC) found itself at the
center of student controversy after
restructuring some of its staff and
institutional missions. The real
kicker, however, was the abrupt
dismissal of Trudi Langendorf,
the Center’s beloved and awardwinning assistant director. Student
protesters alleged that the wind of
changes unduly took place behind
closed doors, and questioned the
Center’s ongoing commitment
to its founding aim: social justice.
Salt was added to the wound
when changes to the UCSC’s
social justice internship program
Summer Links were announced in
January. The revamped internship
program included the addition of
for-profit internship sites. Alumni
of the program penned a petition
to protest, which gained over
1,000 signatures.
Students, though, had something
to celebrate come October, when
University of Chicago economics
professors Eugene Fama and Lars
Peter Hansen, along with Robert
Shiller of Yale University, received
the Nobel Prize in Economics.
More than a month before
the first day of winter, a chill ran
through campus when Freenters,
a popular free on-campus printing
service, was hacked by a group
calling themselves the UChicago
Electronic Army, compromising
the personal information of the
service’s student users.
And then winter arrived,
bringing with it a polar vortex (or
two, as it’s wont to do) and also
delivering the University’s first
snow day since the Snowpocalypse
of 2011.
In February, the University
community mourned the passing
of third-year Nicholas Barnes,
who was found dead from alcohol
poisoning in I-House.
That same month, the University
came under the investigation of the
U.S. Department of Education’s
Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for
its handling of sexual misconduct
cases. Three months later, the
University
announced
the
creation of a new associate dean
of students position to specifically
address cases of sexual assault. In
addition, the University formed
a University-wide disciplinary
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| CHICAGO MAROON
committee to hear complaints, and
clarified its sexual assault policies.
The University also held its first
Sexual Assault Awareness Week in
May. For the upcoming year, SG
has allotted $10,000 for resources
pertaining to sexual assault.
Last year the University of
Chicago Police Department
(UCPD) transitioned to a
“full-service” police force, with
additional duties and increased
autonomy from the Chicago Police
Department (CPD). In March,
over 750 students and community
members called for the UCPD to
exercise not only greater powers,
but also greater responsibilities in a
petition for increased transparency
regarding policing practices, police
records, and a simplified process for
filing complaints. The UCPD also
faced allegations of racial profiling
from the Coalition for Equitable
Policing (CEP), though Chief of
UCPD Marlon Lynch has asserted
that the department does not
engage in the practice. As of this
spring, the UCPD is accredited by
the Commission on Accreditation
for Law Enforcement Agencies,
Inc. (CALEA), meaning that the
police service has been certified
as meeting the standards of
an internationally recognized
agency, both limiting liability and,
student activists hope, increasing
accountability.
And then came spring quarter,
with its tendency of leading
students to feel freshened,
although perhaps not any more
fabulous. The announcement that
Fabrice “Fabulous Fab” Tourre, a
Goldman Sachs trader found liable
for fraud in the financial crisis of
2008 and a University of Chicago
economics Ph.D. student, would
be serving as the teacher of an
undergraduate economics course
led to controversy both within and
outside the University. Tourre was
removed from the undergraduate
teaching
position
shortly
afterward, and will fulfill his
program’s teaching requirement at
the graduate level.
In May, 108 faculty signed a
petition calling for the Council
of the Faculty Senate to vote on
discontinuing the existence of
the Confucius Institute (CI) at
the University of Chicago. The
CI supports the University’s East
Asian studies department and
falls under Chinese law because
of its connections with the
Chinese government. Petition
signers voiced concerns that the
institute does not align with the
University’s values of free and
open inquiry, but also pointed to
the Institute as a symptom of a
shift in powers from professors to
administrators. After two meetings
of the Faculty Senate, though,
the Governing Board of the CI
at the University of Chicago—
comprised of University of
Chicago professors and Chinese
government
officials—issued
a recommendation that the
University’s five-year contract
with the CI be renewed. The
University is likely to follow the
recommendation.
Later in May, the Trauma Center
Coalition—an umbrella term for
multiple groups advocating for the
establishment of a Level I trauma
center on the South Side—staged
a Week of Action, kicked off by a
group of protestors who chained
themselves to the University of
Chicago Medical Center parking
garage construction site and
effectively halted work. The debate
surrounding the trauma center has
been colored by the University’s
ironclad handling of the protests,
such as the controversial treatment
of protesters during the trauma
center protest in the winter of
2013. The UCMC continues to
maintain that supporting a Level
I trauma center is not financially
feasible.
And in June, as the school
year began to close, the Institute
of Politics (IOP) hosted a talk
featuring Dan Savage, a gay
relationship and sex advice
columnist. Both Savage and IOP
fellow Ana Marie Cox, a political
columnist for The Guardian, used
a transphobic slur at the event.
The word was not directed at any
specific student but offended some
of the audience, an offense that
culminated in more than 1,000
signatures demanding both that
Savage officially apologize and that
the IOP ban the slur from future
IOP events. The IOP did not agree
to the requests of the petition,
but released a statement on their
“Commitment to Diversity &
Inclusion.”
Lastly, the University launched
a new interdisciplinary Center
for the Economics of Human
Development (CEHD). The
Center aims to focus on research
concerned with social disadvantage
and promoting equal opportunity.
It seems fitting that this
recounting of last year’s happenings
concludes with a nod toward the
road ahead. Keep an eye out for
the William Eckhardt Research
Center (not to be confused
with Eckhart Hall of the math
department), scheduled to open
in fall 2015. One of the institutes
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it will house, the Institute of
Molecular Engineering (IME),
will offer its first undergraduate
engineering course in fall 2014.
The IME has already announced
an engineering minor degree
program, the first of its kind at the
University of Chicago, and plans to
introduce a major degree program
during the 2014–2015 school year.
Accordingly, do anticipate the “are
we preprofessional” existential
crises to bare its teeth.
Another scenic construction
site has opened with the beginning
of the construction of Campus
North, the new residence and
dining hall scheduled to open
September
2016.
Campus
North plays a significant role in
the University’s public aim to
boost the percentage of students
residing on campus, from around
half the student body up to a
bold 70 percent. MAC Property
Management, the landlord for
most students living in off-campus
housing, is keeping rather quiet on
the matter.
And, while we’re on the topic
of new buildings, how about
that presidential library? The
University has now submitted
its response to the Barack
Obama Foundation’s Request for
Qualifications, requesting that
the Obama presidential library
be located on the South Side, but
not on campus, and would seek to
provide educational programming
for South Side youth. The
foundation will select finalists
and request proposals from them
to be completed by the end of
September.
Arguably the largest of these
physical
expansion
projects,
Harper Court and related
developments on 53rd Street, is
in full spring. Over the past few
years, the University has taken
the lead in curating the real estate
landscape of the street, with more
than a few bumps in the—well,
road. Not without its successes—
the new Chipotle opened there
is popular among both students
and residents, and the new Hyatt
Place Hotel has brought increased
business to the area. But other
local businesses have less favorable
stories to tell, including the strongarmed departure of some native
mom-and-pop businesses and
revenue decline due to relocation
or obstructions caused by
construction. In what struck many
as a rather dramatic plot twist,
the University sold its brainchild
Harper Court in August. But the
development office maintains that
53rd Street is one of the major
arenas of University engagement
with the surrounding Hyde Park
community, and that it will still
be heavily involved in bringing
new businesses into the area.
Conversations to listen for: neogentrification, à la The Town
versus The Gown.
—Eleanor Hyun
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TOP OF
THE IVORY
TOWER
THE HEADS OF POWER: a who’s-who
guide of campus administrators
All is not what it seems.
The gargoyles on the
sides of Cobb Gate are said
to represent the admissions
officers who guard access to
the University of Chicago,
as well as the ascending
first-, second-, third-, and
fourth-years at the peak
who tower over the gate’s
entrance. That may or may
not just be a cute fiction
imagined by a wired admissions counselor. But, yes,
the hard fact of the matter
is that real power at the
University of Chicago is
not wielded by knowledge
itself, but by the administration. Shed a tear, then
educate yo’ self:
Fourth-year reigning
gargoyle (the Offices
of the President and
Provost)
At the top reigns
President Robert Zimmer,
in office since 2006 and
pledged to stay until at
least 2019. The former
math professor and depart-
ment chairperson has been
at the helm during a tremendous growth spurt for
the University. Under his
watch, the University has
seen the addition of two
new dorms, its first ever
engineering
program,
extended
community
development and engagement, the opening of two
(soon to be three) new
study abroad centers, and
the reorganization of the
higher-ups in his administration. Should you pass
by the President’s House
at the corner of 59th and
University one morning on
your way to your 9:30 class,
there’s a good chance you’ll
spot crews packing up furniture and tents from a
fundraising celebration the
Zimmers hosted the night
before—fundraising is one
of the principal responsibilities for the University
president, especially since
the launch of the $4.5-billion Inquiry and Impact
fundraising campaign this
past May.
Third-year gargoyles
(the deans)
Next on the gate comes
Provost
Eric
Isaacs,
acclaimed physicist and
former director of Argonne
National Laboratory, whose
responsibilities now revolve
around all things academic
at the University. The deans
of the University’s academic divisions, from the
Law School to the Divinity
School to the College,
report to him, as do the
heads of campus institutes
such as the Smart Museum
and the Urban Education
Institute.
Second-year
gargoyles (the vice
presidents)
There is, however, a
step that lies between the
deans and the provost on
the administrative tiers:
the vice presidents of the
University. One of the most
prominent VPs to students
is Karen Warren Coleman,
in charge of Campus and
Student Life and Student
Services since 2009. Her
stated duties range from
UChicago Dining to the
Spiritual Life Office, as
well as Student Counseling
Services, but she was also
the point person last year
when several students
protested the University’s
lack of a trauma center by holding a sit-in at
a University construction
site. Warren Coleman also
played a significant role in
the University’s decision
to abandon the swimming
test for incoming students
in 2012.
Currently vacant in
this tier is the position of
chief financial officer. Its
previous occupant, Nim
Chinniah, left UChicago
this summer to become the
chief operating officer at
Northwestern University.
The search to replace him
is ongoing.
First-year gargoyles
and bottom gargoyles
Last but not least on the
totem pole of gargoyles
come the deans, a grouping
of administrators so broad
and vast that it deserves
two levels on Cobb Gate.
By far the most visible
dean is Dean of the College
John Boyer, the unofficial
historian of the University,
longest-serving in his role
as dean and bike aficionado—not to mention a parttime Prancerciser, thanks to
a certain item on last year’s
Scav list. Boyer continues
to study and share the history of the University and
beyond as the Martin A.
Ryerson
Distinguished
Service Professor of History
and has frequently taught
parts of the Civilizations
study abroad program in
Austria.
Twenty-one years behind
Boyer in her tenure, Dean of
Students in the University
Michele Rasmussen joined
last year in the newly created position. However,
Rasmussen is quickly making her presence known on
campus, holding lectures
on lemurs (one of her areas
of expertise) and hosting
other events with students,
including a Leadership
Conversation organized by
Student Government last
spring that quickly turned
to the discussion of the
trauma center activism.
Eyewitness accounts report
that she also participated
in yoga during last year’s
Kuvia winter festival.
But even younger yet
is John “Jay” Ellison, the
Harvard administration
transplant who joined
UChicago on July 1 to
replace Dean of Students
in the College Susan Art.
News of Art’s departure
broke in the *Maroon* last
spring, coming after a year
of embroilment in federal
and local student allegations of mishandling cases
of sexual assault and leaves
of absence. Art maintained
that her decision to retire
was unrelated.
Ellison
told
the
Maroon in April that
one of his goals is to be
as approachable as possible
for students, faculty, and
staff. His primary obligation lies in maintaining the
student advising system.
—Christine Schmidt
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TRUSTEES
If the administration is represented by the gargoyles on Cobb Gate,
then the trustees are the ones who
decided which way they’re facing.
Tasked with shaping the
University’s long-term vision, the
Board of Trustees is comprised of
55 prominent alumni and industry
leaders ranging from *New York
Times* op-ed columnist David
Brooks (A.B. ’83) to businessman
and Board Chairman Andrew Alper
(A.B. ’80, M.B.A. ’81). The Board
selects who will serve in the higher
levels of the administration, including the president, provost, and vice
presidents, as well as fellow trustees.
Crafting the University’s future
plans goes beyond the structure of
the administration—it involves the
crafting of the actual infrastructure
of the University. The past decade
has been a period of major campus
growth, from the Reva and David
Logan Center for the Arts (opened
2012) to South Campus Residence
Hall and Dining Commons (2001)
to Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
(2011). These projects were in large
part provided for by a recent fundraising campaign, spearheaded
by Alper over the course of eight
years and resulting in more than
$2 billion raised. The University
recently ramped up fundraising in a
new campaign entitled Inquiry and
Impact, with the target of raising
$4.5 billion by 2019.
While the Board of Trustees
may seem like a transcendent entity, one of its ties to the student
body comes in the form of Student
Government’s
Undergraduate
and Graduate Liaisons to the
Board of Trustees. This year’s liaisons—School of Social Service
Administration student Katie
Schumacher and second-year in the
College Leeho Lim—enter their
roles after campaigns that strongly
questioned the disenfranchisement
of the liaisons.
’00), writer of Harold & Kumar
Go to White Castle. This three
star–rated film has the potential to be a satirical chronicle of
a UChicagoan’s trip to the fast
food restaurant, as none is within
walking distance of campus.
Most likely to have perfect
attendance at Bar Night
Tucker Max (A.B. ’98),
Internet celebrity and New York
Times best-selling author, famous
for publishing his inebriated and
sexual escapades. Success is measured in all sorts of ways here at
UChicago.
acclaimed meteorologist who
developed the Fujita system for
measuring tornadoes. He must
have had eventful spring quarters,
with the Midwest’s tornado season falling between March and
June.
ALUMNI
One of the most school spirit–
arousing events each year is the
announcement of the Nobel Prize
winners. With nearly 90 laureates
calling UChicago home between
our alumni and faculty members,
sometimes the achievements of
the other thousands of alumni
can be overlooked. Here, the
Maroon imagines what some of
these former UChicagoans were
up to during their time on campus, from the bookstacks to Bar
Night.
Most likely to do weekly
all-nighters in the Reg
Joe Mansueto (A.B. ’78, M.B.A.
’80), CEO of Morningstar. After
seeing too many concrete walls
and never-ending bookstacks, you
would want to build a glass study
space, too.
Most likely to have been a
Cubs fan
Tom Ricketts (A.B. ’88, M.B.A.
’93), current chairman of the
Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Even though Hyde Park is technically in White Sox territory as a
South Side neighborhood, perhaps this alumnus can pull the
team out of its 100+ years of
World Series drought.
Most likely to have
worked at one of the
student-run cafés
Joseph Neubauer (M.B.A. ’65),
chairman and CEO of food supply giant Aramark. Maybe he was
inspired to expand beyond coffee shops after serving students
cappuccinos at Cobb Café or
Hallowed Grounds.
Most likely to have loved
the view from the top of
Rockefeller Chapel
Jeannette Piccard (S.M. ’19),
the first licensed female balloon
pilot in the U.S. and the first
woman to fly in the stratosphere.
The stairs to get to the top of the
chapel are more claustrophobiainducing than the openness of the
stratosphere, but both viewpoints
are probably out of this world.
Most likely to have written
for the MAROON
John Paul Stevens (A.B. ’41),
former Supreme Court justice,
former editor-in-chief of the
Chicago Maroon. This is
fact—the Maroon staff has a
tradition of celebrating the end of
the quarter in his style.
Most likely to have written
for satirical publication
The Chicago Shady Dealer
Hayden Schlossberg (A.B.
Most likely to have been
Doc Films’s most ardent
critic
Roger Ebert (A.B. ’70), Pulitzer
Prize–winning film critic for the
Chicago Sun-Times. Here’s hoping
that most of the screenings were
two thumbs up.
Most likely to make a
Punnett Square pun
Janet Rowley (Ph.B. ’44, S.B.
’46, M.D. ’48), noted biologist who discovered the genetic
roots of some cancers. She probably employed some humor while
studying such a humorless disease.
Most likely to have been a
fundamentals major
Bret Stephens (A.B. ’95), columnist and editorial page editor
of the Wall Street Journal. This
creative thinker actually did study
fundamentals, focusing on the
intersection between democracy
and technology as interpreted by
Abraham Lincoln.
Most likely to have
ventured south of 65th
Street on a regular basis
Sudhir Venkatesh (A.M. ’92,
Ph.D. ’97), author of Gang Leader
for a Day and expert on urban
sociology and poverty. While it’s
not fair to assume that the surrounding neighborhoods are all
dangerous gang strongholds, an
in-depth study of that sort had
to be conducted outside of Hyde
Park’s boundaries.
Most likely to have lived
at University Theater
Anna Chlumsky (A.B. ’02),
actress from Veep and My Girl.
Her inspiration for political characters probably stems from interactions with the econ and public
policy majors on campus.
Most likely to have roadtripped during the heart of
tornado season
T. Theodore Fujita (S.B. ’53),
Most likely to have gone
to a Maroon athletics
event
Kim Ng (A.B. ’90), an executive
in Major League Baseball who
was seriously considered for G.M.
for the Los Angeles Dodgers and
the San Diego Padres. The baseball team’s record during the late
’80s wasn’t exactly stellar, but
perhaps Ng was inspired by the
attendance at the games to incite
more team spirit for other groups.
Most unlikely to have
gone to a Maroon
athletics event
Nate Silver (A.B. ’00), scarily
accurate statistician and founder
of FiveThirtyEight.com, ESPN’s
statistical analysis website. At first
glance, you wouldn’t think that
this math wonk was an avid baseball fan, but he actually wrote
about sports for the Maroon
and even got his start in statistical
analysis with a baseball website.
COURTESY OF WWW.BUSINESSWEEK.COM
KIM NG (A.B.
‘90)
COURTESY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
SUDHIR VENKATESH (A.M.
‘92, PH.D. ‘97)
COURTESY OF STEVE GRANITZ
ANNA CHLUMSKY (A.B.
‘02)
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CAREER ADVANCEMENT V. THE
ROAD NOT TAKEN
When it comes to figuring out
what career you want to pursue as
an undergraduate, every experience
is worthwhile. Now is the time to
sample. Think of these opportunities, from summer internships and
career treks to job fairs and spring
break externships, as standing in line
at the ice cream shop and being “that
guy” who takes six samples before
just going ahead and getting cookies
and cream anyway. When it comes
to your professional development at
UChicago, you’re encouraged to be
“that guy”—or that kid, if you will.
Some job experiences will end up
being your flavor exactly, which is a
beautiful thing. But in most cases, it’s
about sampling and discovering what
isn’t for you. And what’s your onestop shop for kissing all these frogs?
UChicago Career Advancement.
When the Jeff Metcalf Internship
Program began in 1997, it offered
just nine paid internships for students. By the 2013–2014 academic
year, Career Advancement was offering around 1,000 10-week summer
internships, each of which provides a $4,000 stipend. According
to Career Advancement’s website,
“over 4,500 students and 1,000
employers both within the United
States and abroad” have taken up
these opportunities to explore the
9-to-5 world beyond Hull Gate.
Alternatively, the more self-directed
path is the Summer Action Grant
route, where an undergraduate must
propose and find their own internship and mock up a budget, and the
University will bear the brunt of
the expenses. While Summer Action
Grants apply exclusively to unpaid
jobs in the United States, also up for
grabs are International Experience
Grants, which provide funding to
work abroad. Stipend amounts vary.
To access Chicago Career
Connection (CCC), the central online portal of Universitysupported job listings and internships, you must first make an inperson appointment with a career
adviser. At this meeting, the adviser
will look over your résumé and then
activate you in the system. Advisers
are available by appointment for
undergraduates for all four years
and can ease a wide range of careerrelated headaches, from revamping
cover letters and résumés to simply
chatting about goals.
CCC is an expansive database of
all career opportunities—internships, jobs, grants—the University
has to offer. Searching the database
is fairly simple. First, you browse
by location, industry, and opportunity type. Next, you apply directly
through the site by uploading your
materials—résumés, cover letters,
writing samples, and transcripts.
However, when applying specifically for Jeff Metcalf internships,
the process is slightly different. Say
you apply for a Jeff Metcalf internship at Peace Corps. First, an inhouse adviser or advisory board from
UChicago’s Career Advancement
office—not the host employer themselves—will be the first round of eyes
to screen your application material.
From this, Career Advancement
will then decide whether or not to
pass you on up to the actual employer, for an additional round of screening. From there, the employer may
choose to contact you directly in
order to set up a phone or in-person
interview. Non–Jeff Metcalf internships and jobs (which are listed on
CCC but also exist out there in
the, you know, “real world”) involve
direct contact with the employer
without any middleman screening
rounds. And so goes the mad scramble to bolster one’s résumé, from late
fall to early spring.
Yet another wing of Career
Advancement are the UChicago
Careers In (UCI) programs, which
bundle a vast array of funding and
educational opportunities into singular preprofessional tracks: business; education professions; entrepreneurship; health professions;
journalism; arts and media; law;
public and social service; and science, technology, engineering, and
math. The majority of these UCI
groups are non-competitive and
open for any student to join—you
just have to make an appointment
with an adviser or drop by the Career
Advancement offices, located mostly
in Ida Noyes Hall. Just the business
and education professions groups
involve competitive application processes. Through the UCI programs,
you have access to workshops, tailored career advice, site visits, and
treks.
UChicago offers treks across
the country and the world that
help you clarify your career goals,
get your networking sea legs, and
learn how to really nail down your
dream job. From day trips to downtown Chicago to weeklong visits to
London, Beijing, New York, and
San Francisco, these treks can be an
invaluable experience for expanding
one’s horizons.
Employment
opportunities
through Career Advancement are
vast in scope, hitting practically
every industry. Want to work in a
food truck for the summer? Get out
your taupe, because the Eastman Egg
truck offers a Metcalf. Determined
to become the Wolf of Wall Street?
There are dozens of investment
banking internships here and abroad.
Angling to be the mayor of New
York City or the governor of Illinois?
Easy there, tiger—it’s too early for
you to run for office yourself, but
you can intern for Mayor de Blasio
or Senator Cory Booker while you’re
considering it. Do you live vicariously through Kevin Spacey as you binge
watch House of Cards? Get out of
bed and take a trek—a public service
trek, that is—with the UChicago
Institute of Politics to D.C. and meet
the real realpolitikers as they live
and breathe. Wanna make movies or
fancy yourself an artist? You could
work for Paramount in L.A. or a slew
of film festivals across the country,
or even secure funding to do your
own creative project for the summer. You can even create your own
apprenticeship during the academic
year and get a travel stipend to follow
around your dream employer for 10
weeks. Overwhelmed yet? Go talk to
a career adviser.
As for the career of life, well, that’s
a whole other matter.
—Summer Fields
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AMERICA: COMPROMISED
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
The Paradigm Case: Congress
Inaugural Berlin Family Lecture
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SUN SEPT 21, 11 AM
ROCKEFELLER
SUNDAY COMMUNION Rockefeller’s weekly Sunday
service, drawing from tradition both ancient and
contemporary, always open to all. Today with music of
Anton Bruckner, including his beautiful Locus Iste.
ROCKEFELLER AND
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THURS SEPT 25, 2 PM
ROCKEFELLER 021 (HINDU PRAYER ROOM)
HINDU SANGAM OPEN HOUSE Visit the campus
Mandir, meet the Hindu Student Sangam’s leadership
team, and participate with them in a bhajan session.
THURS SEPT 25, 3–5 PM (repeated weekly)
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talk with a friend, draw a mandala, enjoy the quiet of
the meditation space, or hang out with Spiritual Life
staff—every breath is yours. Light refreshments.
SUN SEPT 21, 1 PM
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Come and meet religious
advisors of diverse traditions
at the fair!
SUN SEPT 21, 6 PM
ROCKEFELLER
AUTUMN EQUINOX Join the Pagan Student Alliance for
a gentle ritual for the equinox, followed by didjeridu
meditation from 7:30 pm onwards.
MON SEPT 22, 8 AM (repeated every weekday)
ROCKEFELLER
TWENTY MINUTES STILL Meditate for twenty minutes
in the quiet stillness of Rockefeller. No experience
necessary, open to all spiritual backgrounds.
WED SEPT 24, 5 PM (repeated weekly)
ROCKEFELLER
ZEN MEDITATION Still your mind with a half hour of
Zen meditation. 5 pm optional instruction, 5:30 pm
meditation, followed by dharma talk or discussion.
ROSH HASHANAH
THURS SEPT 25, 4 PM (repeated weekly)
BOND CHAPEL
GENTLE YOGA Easy movement to relieve stiff
shoulders! Bring a yoga mat if you have one, and
wear loose clothing. Note: Tuesday restorative yoga
at Rockefeller begins Week 1, 5:30 pm and 6:45 pm.
FRI SEPT 26, 1 PM and 2:15 PM (repeated weekly)
BOND CHAPEL
JUMU’AH PRAYERS
Muslim Friday prayers. Prayer times
are adjusted from November 2 for
daylight savings time.
SUN SEPT 28, 11 AM
ROCKEFELLER
SUNDAY COMMUNION Rockefeller’s weekly Sunday
service, drawing from tradition both ancient and
contemporary, always open to all. Today with jazz
music in honor of Hyde Park Jazz Fest!
SUN SEPT 28, 12:45 PM
ROCKEFELLER
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Missing your pet? Come and
join Hyde Park’s dogs and cats
as they come for their annual
blessing at Rockefeller. Literally
a touching event.
Throughout the high holy days, Chabad and Hillel
and Hyde Park synagogues KAMII and Rodfei Zedek
provide Rosh Hashanah events including services,
meals, and social and cultural opportunities; or you
can pick up a Rosh Hashanah kit from jU and host
a meal for friends in your dorm. More details in your
O-Book. L’shanah tovah to all who are celebrating!
jU, juchicago.org
KAM Isaiah Israel 1100 E. Hyde Park Blvd., kamii.org
Newberger Hillel 5715 S. Woodlawn Ave., uchicagohillel.org
Rodfei Zedek 5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd., rodfei.org
Rohr Chabad 5700 S. Woodlawn Ave., chabaduchicago.com
MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS SPACES AS
WELL AS SPIRITUAL AND CEREMONIAL
CENTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
MON SEPT 22, 8 PM
ROCKEFELLER
EVA-MARIA HOUBEN Superstar German pianist and
organist Eva-Maria Houben appears as part of the
Chicago Wandelweiser Festival organized by the
Frequency Series at Constellation and a.pe.ri.od.ic.
An hour’s recital of minimalist performance on the
great organ. Presented by the Renaissance Society.
TUES SEPT 23, 11:30 AM (repeated Wed–Fri)
ROCKEFELLER
TOWER TOUR For O-Week, student performers play
the magical bells of the carillon! You’re invited to
climb the tower, learn about taking lessons, and take
in the spectacular view. Involves climbing 271 steps
up the tower’s spiral staircase. From Week 1, repeated every weekday 11:30 am and 4:30 pm.
TUES SEPT 23, 4:30 PM
(repeated weekly)
ROCKEFELLER
TEA & PIPES Come every Tuesday, help
yourself to tea and biscuits, and listen
to music from around the world on the
University’s grand E.M. Skinner organ,
8,565 pipes, and more than a little
ecstasy. Today: a Rosh Hashanah special!
SAT SEPT 27, 11 PM
ROCKEFELLER
HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL WITH CRAIG TABORN
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival reaches its late night
climax with master jazz pianist Craig Taborn and a
thousand jazz revelers!
AUDITIONS
WANT TO SING OR LEARN TO PLAY THE CARILLON OR ORGAN?
WED SEPT 24, 7:30 PM
ROCKEFELLER
PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN MEET & GREET
Part story-telling event, part Q&A. Mingle over snacks,
hear from religious advisors and other students, get a
sense of progressive Christianity in Hyde Park.
See your O-Book for many other events
sponsored by religious advisors and RSOs
connected to Spiritual Life.
VOICE Auditions for Motet Choir, the Chapel Choir, and other vocal ensembles are held O-Week and Week 1.
The Chapel Choir offers choral scholarships by audition. See music.uchicago.edu (look for Performance
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5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.
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spirit.uchicago.edu
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MORE THAN A ROOF
Three hubs of learning outside the classroom
“Cloisters, ancient libraries…I
was confusing learning with the
smell of cold stone,” reminisces the
history teacher from playwright
Alan Bennett’s acclaimed History
Boys. Wise as this character is,
it’s an admittedly easy mix-up to
make: Amid all the ivory and the
cobblestones, one tends to forget
that an education has no bounds.
Do yourself a favor: Take a
wander out of the library. Go
on, really push the limits; wander on over to UChicago’s three
“non-academic” institutes on
campus: the Institute of Politics,
the University Community
Service Center, and the Office
of Multicultural Student Affairs.
Under the umbrella of Campus
and Student Life, all three of these
separately housed organizations
seek to apply and create meaning
from academia, outside of pure
academia itself.
Institute of Politics (IOP)
Founded in January 2012 by
Barack Obama’s former advisor
David Axelrod (A.B. ’76), the IOP
is the campus gateway to the world
of all things politics, public policy,
and public services.
Located at 5707 South
Woodlawn Avenue, the IOP was
created as a nonpartisan institute
that seeks to broaden student
interest in politics through three
distinct programs: a speaker series,
internship opportunities, and a
fellows program.
In its speaker series, the Institute
brings to campus a wide range
of specialists, ranging from political officials to journalists, to discuss current events and issues. In
the past year, the Institute hosted
lectures by Vice President Joe
Biden, former U.S. Senator Rick
Santorum, environmental activist and former vice president Al
Gore, and many other political
movers and shakers.
In addition to the speaker series,
the IOP also offers students an
opportunity to apply for a variety of internships related to politics, including some within the
Institute. While some of these
internships take place in the summer, there are also opportunities
to intern throughout the academic year. In its first year, the IOP
offered students 163 internships
in various career fields and locations, ranging from CNN to the
UChicago Crime Lab, and summer programming events for stu-
dents based in Washington, D.C.
The third central pillar of
the IOP is the fellows program.
This program brings professionals to the University for a full
academic quarter. Throughout
their 10-week stay in Hyde Park,
fellows hold weekly seminars
for students, each centered on a
certain political theme or issue.
Past fellows have included former
House Representative Vin Weber,
political strategist David Muir,
and former Republican National
Committee Chair Michael Steele.
However, the Institute of
Politics has not been free of controversy in the past year. Last May,
during a fellows seminar co-hosted by Ana Marie Cox, a political columnist for The Guardian,
and guest speaker Dan Savage,
columnist and founder of the It
Gets Better Foundation, Savage
came under fire for using a transphobic slur at the event. Students
who found the slur to be offensive
responded by drawing up a petition, which called for a formal
apology from the IOP, along with
a commitment to ban transphobic
slurs from future IOP events. The
IOP chose not to release a formal
apology regarding the matter, as
per the request of the petition’s
1,100 signatories. But the institute
did release a statement affirming
its ongoing commitment to pluralistic discourse.
University Community
Service Center (UCSC)
The UCSC was launched as a
student-run organization in 1992,
and has since sought to service
Hyde Park and other surrounding
communities through volunteer
work. This non-academic center
matches students with a myriad of
volunteer and community immersion opportunities.
There is a diverse assortment
of volunteer options for students,
often tailored to one’s specific
interests. These options include,
but are not limited to, studentrun groups, campus-wide days of
service, internships at nonprofit
organizations, and communitybuilding programs. The UCSC
also promotes a volunteer referral
program that seeks to connect students to short-term and long-term
volunteer opportunities throughout Chicago.
In addition to fostering individual volunteerism, the UCSC
runs many community service–
oriented programs. This includes
programs such as Summer Links
(a 10-week internship program
at a host site over the summer
quarter) and Chicago Bound (a
weeklong pre-Orientation program that promotes community
building and civic engagement to
incoming students).
Since its 1992 inception, the
Center has grown in size and mission. Former UCSC Director
and current First Lady Michelle
Obama was one of the principal
drivers of this growth in the mid1990s.
Last academic year, the Center
came under fire after a announcing
a slew of changes to its Summer
Links internship program. Past
participants and student leaders of the program charged the
new UCSC administration with
neglecting to involve student
input in the changes.
Around that time, some students and employees defected
from the organization outright,
alleging that changes to the
Summer Links program spoke to
larger shifts in the organization’s
central mission. Proposed changes to Summer Links included
reducing the program by a week,
doubling housing costs, and adding for-profit internship sites.
Students riled by these proposals
created a petition that garnered
over 1,000 signatures and called
for a restoration of the essential
aspects of the program.
Despite student outrage, the
bulk of planned changes were still
made to Summer Links. However,
the spat did spark the founding of
the new UCSC Advisory Board.
Last May, the UCSC chose
to name an advisory board composed of students, faculty members, community partners, alumni,
and campus colleagues in order to
promote and support the UCSC,
to serve as ambassadors for the
office, and to oversee the Center’s
operationalization of its mission
statement.
Students looking to get involved
with the Community Service
Center this fall should tie up their
laces.
“Plans are underway to offer
student-led neighborhood explorations every Saturday in fall
quarter,” says UCSC Director
and Associate Dean of Students
Amy Chan. “Tours led by partner
organizations such as Forgotten
Chicago, Pocket Guide to Hell,
and the Bronzeville Historical
Society will also be offered, along
with annual events such as the
Saturday, October 4 South Side
History Bike Tour and Jane’s
Walks in the spring quarter.”
Office of Multicultural
Student Affairs (OMSA)
The Office of Multicultural
Student Affairs is an organization
that seeks to foster “intentionally diverse and inclusive communities” through special pro-
gram emphasis on black, AsianAmerican, Latina/o, NativeAmerican, and multiracial student
experiences at the University.
OMSA was founded in 1986
as the Coordinating Council for
Minority Issues (CCMI), as a
result of suggestions by students,
faculty, and staff. However, the
name was later changed to OMSA
on July 1, 2007 to better reflect
the overarching mission and work
of the Office.
The Office provides students
with various academic and cultural resources, including grants,
funding opportunities, and an
in-house resource library, among
many others. In addition, students
can participate in a wide variety
of programs specifically tailored
to the multicultural community,
such as the Multiracial Affinity
Group and mentoring programs
such as Chicago Multicultural
Connection (CMC).
There are also more than 40
multicultural recognized student
organizations (RSOs) for both
undergraduate and graduate students to participate in during their
time at the University.
OMSA is located at 5710 South
Woodlawn Avenue, and is jointly
homed with the Office of LGBTQ
Student Life. The building is the
main hub for events and resources
specifically tailored to LGBTQ
students and students of color.
—Marta Bakula
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RAND PAUL DISCUSSES HIS POLITICAL VIEWS WITH DAVID AXELROD AT AN IOP EVENT THIS PAST APRIL.
STUDENT OMBUDSPERSON
If there’s something strange
in your neighborhood…if it’s
something weird and it won’t
look good…who you gonna call?
Instead of the Ghostbusters,
shoot the ombudsperson a message. Located on the third floor
of the University bookstore
building, student ombudsperson
Deepa Das Acevedo, a secondyear student at the Law School,
and associate ombudsperson
Charles Huff, a Ph.D. candidate
in Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations, serve as media-
tors between two parties at the
University. Students can turn
to the ombudspeople for help in
a variety of situations, including
issues with a faculty member, a
fellow student, or a roommate.
A part of the University
since 1968, the ombudsperson
is a part-time, salaried position. Their role is outside of
the University’s administrative structure to ensure independence, but they are technically part of the Office of the
President. They are appointed
annually by the Office of the
President, and this year’s term
began September 1.
“A lot of what we do is talk
through things with students
who may not want to take any
formal course of action,” Das
Acevedo told the *Maroon* in
February when she was appointed as associate ombudsperson.
“We’re there to listen, bring
resources to light, facilitate dialogue, and mediate dialogue.”
According to Das Acevedo,
an ombudsperson can help stu-
dents think through a situation,
learn more about University
policies, or resolve a dispute
between employees and employers. However, they cannot give
legal advice, conduct formal
investigations, or supersede the
authority of University policies
or officials.
The Office of the Student
Ombudsperson dealt with 37
cases over the winter and spring
quarters of 2014. “We’re a harbor should a storm arise,” Huff
said.
Acevedo is a native of Nova
Scotia who received her Ph.D. in
anthropolog y from UChicago
in 2013. Huff is a student at
the Divinity School and resident head of Thompson House,
hailing from San Antonio, with
interests in studying the Hebrew
Bible as an ancient Near Eastern
text.
Students can send an e-mail
to ombudsperson@uchicago.
edu to request an appointment.
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STUDENT
GROUPS
CAMPUS POLITICS
MUNUC
The Model United Nations Team of
the University of Chicago (also known as
MUNUC) is one of the three branches
that constitute the University’s MUN program. Founded in 1988, MUNUC is the
branch that focuses on hosting high school
competitions. While it is regarded as a
separate RSO, MUNUC members work
closely with members from ChoMUN and
the University’s collegiate Team.
MUNUC seeks to educate, introduce,
and demonstrate to high school students
the art of debate and public discourse in
regards to politics, economics, and social
welfare. This conference is historically
known to have provided secondary school
students with educational simulations of
United Nations and other international
affairs–themed bodies. At each conference,
a school usually represents one country, and
each member from that school becomes
a delegate and represents that country on
a committee. The conference is usually
divided into several committees, including
the UN Disarmament and International
Security Committee, the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, and the
Organization of American States.
Sam Neal, the secretary general of
MUNUC, credits his longtime involvement in the organization for increasing his
general knowledge of politics and economics. “As a high school student, I attended
MUNUC, and it was a life-changing experience. It gave me confidence and knowledge in a way that nothing else did. I
have gained even more as a member of
MUNUC staff. The people who are a part
of our organization are really special, and I
can’t imagine what college (and life) would
have been like without MUNUC,” Neal
said.
The team’s most significant event is the
annual four-day conference that takes place
every winter. This year’s conference will
be held on February 5, 2015, and ends on
February 8. MUNUC staff is composed of
a select number of UChicago students and
alumni who undergo months of training in
order to benefit high school students at the
conference. Team members usually meet
in the first floor of the Biological Sciences
and Learning Center every Tuesday from
8–9 p.m.
“MUNUC can be as simple as a onehour commitment every week, but it can
be so much more. What you gain from
MUNUC is proportional to what you
invest in it,” Neal said.
ChoMUN
ChoMUN is another branch of
UChicago MUN. The University of
Chicago’s traveling Model United Nations
Team founded this section of the MUN
program in 1998. The main objective
of this collegiate equivalent to the high
school organization is to provide college
delegates with the opportunity to discuss
and debate a wide range of issues in the
context of unique, innovative, and diverse
committees. Fictional scenarios and situations regarding individuals in addition to
nations are also discussed to give students
a chance to discuss more personal, social
issues.
While the number and type of committees we run vary each year, certain core
elements have come to be recognized as the
essence of ChoMUN. ChoMUN works
most closely with the competitive team,
members who take part in the conference
itself.
The most significant event that
ChoMUN prepares for is the Chicago
Model United Nations Conference. This
coming school year, ChoMUN XVIII will
be held from Thursday, April 2 through
Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the Palmer House
Hilton in downtown Chicago. The competitive team and other members generally
meet in Harper Memorial Library, room
130 every Wednesday from 7–8 p.m. Nisha
Bala is the president of the team, and Jesse
Orr is the secretary general.
UChicago Democrats and
Republicans
For those who share strong beliefs or
interests in either the left or right sides
of politics, the University offers both
Democratic and Republican societies.
Now in its twelfth year, UChicago
Democrats (Dems) aims to bring together students who are interested in politics and maintain a Democratic view of
most economic, political, and social issues.
Conversations about politics take on different settings, such as hosting speakers,
film screenings, panel discussions, and
debates among members. There are also
conversations with Chicago aldermen,
panel discussions on international crises,
and debates with the College Republicans.
There are also more social events, such as
recreational enactments of the past and
their effects on Democratic leaders and
societies today—the most notable event
from May 2013 was the Impressions of
Seven Presidents.
“I came into college without an ounce
of political experience or understanding of
the Chicago political scene (It’s a doozy,
by the way) and in two short years, I’m in
the thick of it all—in large part because I
walked into a Dems meeting and met some
nice people along the way. There’s really
no other political experience quite like
being a civically engaged college student
in the City of Chicago—I implore you to
try. Because life of the mind, yo,” president
Robin Ye said in a statement.
For those who are interested in join-
ing UC Dems, general meetings are
held every Monday, 6–7 p.m. in Bartlett
Trophy Lounge. The organization is also
introducing a new additional meeting on
Thursdays, 7–8 p.m. in Harper Memorial,
room 148. Ye is this year’s president, and
Henry Bensinger is the treasurer.
UChicago College Republicans (Reps)
was founded in 1989 to advocate the
Republican standpoint of politics to students who may have this particular view
on most issues. This organization also supports Republican candidates in elections
and arranges discussions with them on
campus.
“In just last year alone, UChicago
College Republicans have met with
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, National
Review columnist Ramesh Ponnuru, and
have had opportunities to greet and introduce nationally known Republicans such as
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and
RNC chairman Reince Priebus. UChicago
CRs have also become friends with one
another through dinners such as the winter
quarter Republican dinner at the Publican
and have had the chance to meet their
counterparts on the other side, such as
through a recently created annual public
debates with the College Democrats,” said
Steven Yaffe, UChicago Reps treasurer.
While they offer the same kinds of other
conversational events as UChicago Dems,
most meetings are held every Thursday
at 8 p.m. at the Institute of Politics. Jake
Mansoor and Jonathan Godoy are this
year’s presidents.
American Civil Liberties Union
Founded in 1992, the University of
Chicago’s chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) seeks to foster
awareness education of individual rights
and liberties and the threats to them
around the University campus. They also
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fight these injustices through various petitions and rallies. The chapter then relays
University efforts to the national and state
offices of the ACLU. The ACLU on campus usually concentrates its goals on marriage equality and student rights with a
range of petitions that strive for both freedom and protection, depending on the
circumstances.
This year’s committee consists of
Executive Director Matthew Cason,
Managing Director Alan Hassler, Treasurer
Kris Chatterjee, and Outreach Director
Joseph Bayerl. Regular meetings are held
every Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Bartlett
Trophy Lounge.
Important dates and quarterly events to
note, for those who are interested, are the
RSO Open House on Thursday, September
26 at 11 a.m. in Reynolds Club conference
room 019 and the Student Activities Fair
on Friday, October 4 from 3–5:30 p.m.
The annual ACLU UChicago student
rights panel featuring Marlon Lynch (chief
of UCPD and associate vice president for
Safety & Security), the assistant vice president for student life and associate dean in
the College, and Belinda Vasquez (associate dean of Students for Student Affairs)
is also an event that teaches newcomers
about student rights and freedoms in a
University setting is on Tuesday, October
1 at 6 p.m. in Harper Memorial Library,
room 130.
Once the year has started, events to
look forward to are Volunteer Night on
Wednesday October 16 from 5:30 to
8:30 p.m. (dinner will be provided); a
discussion on surveillance and privacy at
Northwestern Law School on October 19,
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.; and the defense for marriage equality on October 22 at the Illinois
State Capitol Building in Springfield.
Student Government
The University of Chicago’s premier
student-led organization is a group that
directly represents the student body when
making executive decisions on their behalf.
These students thrive on fostering a better
university life for their peers by listening and responding to common concerns,
including the sexual assault policy and benefits for students with disabilities. Student
Government also allocates over $2 million
a year to RSOs, student initiatives, sports
clubs, and other approved student-run
organizations.
While an executive committee does
exist, there are several other committees
that work on finances, community service, crime, and technological issues. This
year’s Executive Committee consists of
President Tyler Kissinger, Vice President
for Administration Arlin Hill, and Vice
President for Student Affairs Aseal Tineh.
“Participating in Student Government
is a great way to have a substantial impact
on University policy and the student experience. With a $2.1 million budget and
a democratic structure that channels the
student voice, no other group on campus
has the ability to so directly affect and
improve student life,” Tyler Kissinger said
in a statement.
“Although incoming students can
undoubtedly expect to encounter numerous obstacles during their careers at
UChicago, if they can maintain a certain
degree of humility, curiosity, and openmindedness, they can expect to experience
tremendous intellectual growth and development,” Arlin Hill added.
Student Government typically holds
quarterly meetings at the Booth School of
Business at 6 p.m.
—Cairo Lewis
CAMPUS ACTIVISM
UChicago’s student activism
is marked by a focus on issues
radiating far beyond student
life, and by a degree of solidarity between different activism groups. Issues range from
increased awareness of transgender rights to the lack of a
level I adult trauma center at the
University of Chicago Medical
Center (UCMC), and many
groups have formed around
flash points over the last few
years. Here’s an overview of
activist groups and issues discussed on campus.
Founded early last year and
focused on queer activism and
social justice work, Queers
United in Power (QUIP) garnered national attention last
spring. Controversy erupted
when QUIP launched a petition
demanding that the Institute of
Politics (IOP) apologize for use
of a transphobic slur by guest
speaker Dan Savage.
Co-founder Sara Rubinstein
said the controversy was “in
some ways negative and difficult” but said she was “proud
we managed to start a big conversation.” In addition to the
petition, the group also held a
panel called Trans 101, which
Rubinstein cited as a major success, and the group is focused on
heightened sensitivity to gender
pronouns, mapping gender-neutral bathrooms, and examining
the intramural sports policy in
the upcoming year.
Another major event last
spring was the Trauma Center
Coalition (TCC)’s May Mayhem
Week of Action, which united
student and community groups
lobbying the UCMC for a level
I adult trauma center. The week
featured a different event every
day, the most notable of which
was a sit-in at a UCMC construction site that ended with
protestors dragged out by the
University of Chicago Police
Department (UCPD).
Some notable groups in the
TCC include student group
Students for Health Equity
(SHE); South Side organization
Southside Together Organizing
for Power (STOP) and its youth
group affiliate, Fearless Leading
by the Youth (FLY); and several
local churches and on-campus
groups. Activism for a level I
adult trauma center began in
2010 when FLY founder and
STOP member Damian Turner
was shot and died in transit
to Northwestern Memorial
Hospital.
Another member of the TCC
is the Southside Solidarity
Network (SSN), which was
founded in 2007 to focus on
methods of community organizing. SSN works on campus,
Chicago, and statewide campaigns, and is a part of IIRON
Student Network, which lobbies
on a state level for economic and
social justice issues.
SSN’s current campaign is the
Coalition for Equitable Policing
(CEP), which alleges racial profiling on the part of the UCPD.
Founded in spring 2013 in the
wake of a forceful arrest of a
black graduate student at a
trauma center protest perceived
as racial profiling, CEP works
toward greater transparency and
accountability from the UCPD.
CEP founder Ava Benezra
cited the “consistency of stories of individuals” as a key success of the campaign, which she
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nity members and become less
student-driven in the next year.
CEP’s focuses are working with
the UCPD to create a process
to obtain information and get
access to UCPD records, particularly with the racial breakdown
of police stops.
Another group associated
with SSN is the RSO Students
Organizing United with Labor
(SOUL). Organized under
its parent national organization United Students Against
Sweatshops (USAS), SOUL
is dedicated to working with
laborers, both locally and internationally. Member Psalm
Brown cited the group’s campaign to keep Pierce dining
workers employed with the
University when Pierce Dining
Hall closed as a major success, and said the group is now
focused on the End Deathtraps
campaign, which lobbies for the
rights of sweatshop workers in
Bangladesh.
Graduate Students United
(GSU) is also focused on labor,
working to unionize graduate
students. In the short term,
GSU is focused on health care,
tuition, and child care for graduate students. Organizer Claire
Roosien cited victories as winning stipends for child care and
a stipend for doctoral studies
at the School for Social Service
Administration.
Another campaign that has
gained traction last year is
Stop Funding Climate Change
(SFCC), which lobbies for
divestment of the University’s
endowment stock in fossil fuel
companies. Following a spring
2013 referendum where 70 percent of voting students supported divestment, last February
SFCC delivered a report to
President Zimmer detailing its
case for divestment, and had follow-up meetings with President
Zimmer and University trustees. SFCC is affiliated with
UChicago Climate Action
Network (UCAN), which spent
much of the past year lobbying
against fracking in Illinois.
Many activists cited both work
between activists and resistance
from the administration as
realities of activism on campus.
Members of SHE, SOUL, and
CEP described the administration as unwilling to engage with
their campaigns, and all groups
described working with a network of other groups.
Several activist groups united
in A Better U of C Coalition
last spring. Citing frustration
with the administration, GSU,
QUIP, SHE, SOUL, SSN, and
UCAN, as well as Movimiento
Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán,
Socioeconomic
Diversity
Alliance, and Students for
Justice in Palestine held a teachin during Alumni Weekend.
Student Government President
Tyler Kissinger also spoke at the
event.
Activist groups will again
unite to host Disorientation, an
educational event designed to
introduce first-years to the relationship between the University
and the South Side.
“I think students coming
in need to think about what
they care about and why, and
essentially get involved in campaigns,” SSN member Emma
LaBounty said.
—Sarah Manhardt
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GREEK LIFE
Porches and yards filled past capacity for
entire weekends, guys in tanks playing football
in the street, parties raging on weeknights.
Doesn’t sound like a scene you’d find at the
University of Chicago, does it?
Believe it or not, Greek life has a rich history at UChicago. Beginning in the 1860s,
certain chapters were alive and well in Hyde
Park, even before the founding of our school.
Today, you can find more than twenty Greek
organizations on campus, including service
fraternities, business fraternities, social fraternities, and more.
There are about 12 widely known social fraternities and sororities (depending on whom
you ask), and that number is growing. Two
more chapters—one fraternity and one sorority—were established or revived on campus
just in the last five years and have already
solidly established themselves.
Many guys go Greek almost immediately
when school starts, usually after hanging out
at a particular house during O-Week. Girls
don’t exactly have this opportunity, as rush
weekend isn’t for few more weeks into the
quarter. An oft-cited reason for joining a
fraternity is access to a more… liberal leisure
environment, shall we say. UChicago is no
state-school rival when it comes to partying,
but it’s still “college,” and some Greeks want to
have it both ways: U of C education, U of M
party scene. It’s a delicate balance.
Bar Night at Alpha Delta Phi
By Juliet Eldred
Along with partying come encounters with
the opposite sex (gasp!), another common
motivation for joining Greek life at UChicago.
A staple of frat life is a weekly mixer, a private
party with a sorority (and vice versa); and at a
school like UChicago, this can be one of the
most painless ways to meet someone.
But it’s not all party dresses and EDM;
fraternities and sororities have philanthropic
duties as well, and some organizations have
been known to raise up to $40,000 with a single fundraising event. Members also have the
opportunity to take on leadership roles within
their organizations (e.g., president, treasurer,
philanthropy chair)—these can help cultivate
leadership skills in addition to the obvious
boost to one’s resume.
There’s an extremely wide range, to say
the least, of Greek organizations on campus,
and if any of the aforementioned motivations appeal to you, then rushing the fraternity or sorority scene is likely right for you.
A little advice, though: Don’t pledge on a
whim—think the decision through, as it will
significantly impact your college career. But,
when done correctly, pledging a fraternity or
sorority is often the best decision* that some
students make during their time here. Or at
least it beats hanging out in the Reg.
*Some drinking required.
—Sam Zacher
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VOLUNTEER/SOCIAL SERVICE
The University of Chicago is home to
more than 50 different Community
Service Registered Student Organizations
(CSRSOs) that work closely with the Hyde
Park, South Side, and greater Chicago communities. More than 2000 undergraduates
are involved with one or more of these types
of organizations, which range as widely from
the Comer Tutors, where students help sick
children in the UChicago Comer Children’s
Hospital to keep up with school work, to
Paws UChicago, where students volunteer at
local animal shelters.
Many organizations also have a broader
focus that extends outside Chicago and into
the global community, such as China Care
and Medlife. Members of China Care raise
money for orphans living in China by selling
bubble tea in front of Cobb, and students in
Medlife have the opportunity to go on an
international service trip to a medical clinic
in Peru over spring break.
Another opportunity for service-minded
individuals is Alpha Phi Omega (APO), a
co-ed community service fraternity. Brothers
of APO (both female and male members are
called brothers) participate in various service
opportunities and fellowship events throughout the year. APO is partnered with various
campus and community organizations, and
brothers tutor local children through Friends
of Washington, make food runs to homeless
shelters downtown, and maintain a community garden on a weekly basis. Traditional
aspects of fraternity life, such as having a big
brother, going to formal, and participating in
fellowship events are also an important part
of APO, and large groups of brothers can
be seen each Wednesday meeting for dollar
shakes in C-Shop.
For those especially interested in community service and advocacy landscape, the
University offers a unique program called
Seeds of Justice, offered exclusively to firstyear students. Twenty first-years are selected
each fall into this full-year program and
meet weekly to explore social justice issues
in Chicago and engage with local community-building organizations. While a larger
time commitment than many other service
programs, the program allows students to
become more intimately familiar with the
challenges the South Side faces and the
efforts being put forth to change for the better than most other opportunities. Interested
individuals should submit an application to
the University Community Service Center
(UCSC) by October 10.
At the end of O-week, all new first-years
are invited to participate in the Engage
Chicago Through Service (ECTS) program
that acts as a capstone of the O-Week festivities. Along with members of their house,
participants will be bused to various sites
around Chicago, where they will meet with
community members to work on a relevant service project that has an immediate
impact. Past projects have included building
a playground, doing SAT prep with local
high school students, and setting up a community garden. To sign up for ECTS, go to
my.uchicago.edu under the My O-Week tab.
—Andrew McVea
JOURNALISM/PUBLICATIONS
Let’s be honest with ourselves: Everyone fancies
themselves a writer at this
University. Why, if it weren’t
for the blessed free market,
the supply of student clubs
and organizations surely
couldn’t come close to meeting the demand of writerly
egos. Thank god UChicago,
like, created the free market, man. For no matter how
you hold your pen, there’s
probably a campus publication that’ll print your byline.
Probably.
If you want to go the journalism route, you have a rich
portfolio of options. But the
story of on-campus journalism begins, of course, with
yours truly: The Chicago
Maroon, the leading independent student newspaper
since 1892. This national
award-winning newspaper
covers news, art, sports,
and opinion content twice
a week in print, and around
the clock online, in text and
video. Join the ranks of the
likes of David Brooks, Nate
Silver, John Paul Stevens,
and Tucker Max by spending
your Monday and Thursday
evenings in the Maroon
office located in Ida Noyes
(conveniently within spitting distance of The Pub,
one might add).
In addition to following
the pulse of campus happenings, the Maroon puts
three “special” issues (the
O-Issue, the Historical Issue,
and the Graduation Issue)
each year with expanded
content. The Maroon’s
sister publication, Grey City
Magazine, features hardhitting investigative stories,
hitting news stands thrice
a year.
Another well-respected
rag is the South Side Weekly,
an alternative newsprint
magazine covering the
South Side community but
run by UChicago students.
It, too, puts out special
issues, its annual Best of the
South Side issue, a spunky
survey of all the South Side
has to offer, as well as the
Housing Issue, a field guide
for UChicago students as
they navigate the morass
of off-campus living. It
includes the nuts and bolts,
such as renter’s rights, as
well as in-depth reflections
on living in the Windy City.
Maybe you spent your
summer devouring Veep and
House of Cards and want to
nurse your fledgling political consciousness. For the
chance to pen political
opinion and analysis, from
national education policy
to popular political memoirs, look no further than
The Gate, an online, nonpartisan publication partnering with the Institute of
Politics. There’s also The
Midway Review, a quarterly,
nonpartisan, erudite source
of sociocultural and political commentary and criticism that provides deep-dive
analyses of current events,
philosophy, religion, and
all the big questions. For
the progressive at heart,
check out Diskord, which
tackles both student issues
and global concerns or The
Platypus Review, which
seeks to wake up the politics
of the left.
Poetry and fictionists
of many beret-shades will
also find their home here.
Memoryhouse is a quarterly
publication for creative nonfiction and visual images
that has a small performance
ensemble, while Sliced Bread
is home to a whole spectrum of literary genres, from
poetry and travel essays to
photography and painting.
Drinkers with a Writing
Problem shows by its clever
title that it is “dedicated to
the love of writing and the
winos who made it great,”
according to its Tumblr.
Perhaps the student organization that adheres best to
UChicago’s motto, Crescat
Scientia, Vita Excolatur, is
the Torsten B. Veblen Truth
Seeking Society of Chicago;
they argue on their website
that “truth cannot wait, so
neither can we—in fact,
we refuse to.” So you better
get your truth-seeking cap
on. The UChicago Palate
is a new RSO devoted to
food reviews and journalism—a worthy publication
that will motivate us all to
venture beyond the dining
hall, even in the coldest of
winter, to delve into one of
the best culinary locations
in the country. MODA,
UChicago’s fashion organization, has an annual
magazine and blog to showcase its fashion shows and
to promote the impressive
sartorial achievements of
UChicago students.
The Quad is a storytelling and cultural podcast that
aims to capture the voices
of the UChicago campus,
from students and alums to
professors. The Valentine’s
Day episode was about bug
romance; another episode
was about a third-year who
was on College Jeopardy and
a research scientist who was
on Breaking Bad, just to
give you a sample. Whether
you’re interested in editing,
writing, interviewing, or
just coming up with story
ideas, The Quad exposes stu-
dents to all aspects of audio
production. The Quad also
works with other RSOs to
develop their own audio
content.
You may be thinking
it—“All this real news and
staunch analysis and navelgazing storytelling is far
too dry, and I like messing with people by posting
Onion links on Facebook.”
UChicago answers you with
its own satirical publications. The Shady Dealer is
our longest-living satirical
newspaper that welcomes
submissions from students,
faculty, and community
members alike. It features
such gems as “Area Woman
Pays Face Value for Klondike
Bar,” and “Zimmer Attacked
by Mountain Lion.” The
Dealer fashions itself as “the
only intentional humor publication of the University
of Chicago,” per its slogan,
but thanks to the Humor
Magazine, that’s no longer
true. The magazine’s cryptic
prompts include “Epilogue:
How that could have gone
better,” “When handshakes
go awry,” and “The notes in
the lunchbox: I think mom’s
trying to kill me.” Each of
these print publications is
the perfect opportunity to
get your Onion juices flowing, UChicago style.
—Summer Fields
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CAMPUS ARTS
Music
It’s an exciting time for
music at UChicago—as of
2014, we now have at least
a handful of rockin’ campus
bands, some of which are
actually pretty good. This
explosion of student musical creativity is not unrelated to the opening of the
Logan Arts Center, which
has made available muchneeded practice space and
equipment. The musical
community is growing in
both size and cohesion and
is ready to welcome you
eagerly.
Make sure not to miss
the Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
The music is world-class,
the admission is free, and
it’ll only be steps away from
your dorm. It takes place on
the Saturday and Sunday
before classes start, and
includes almost 40 different performances by both
local and visiting artists.
Definitely catch saxophone
king Ari Brown, Tomeka
Reid’s visceral string trio,
and mind-bending drummer Dana Hall.
For musicians seeking a
more formal performance
opportunity, the music
department offers a variety
of ensembles. The classically minded should look to
the Symphony Orchestra or
the Wind Ensemble. Jazzers
should check out the X-Tet
for all their blue-note
needs. There are more than
15 ensembles of diverse
size and specialty, so everyone can find their niche.
Auditions usually occur
during O-Week, so stay
alert and get your chops up
to scratch.
If you are looking to
expand your audial horizons, you should tune into
WHPK, the campus radio
station. Over 50 years old
and run by a staff of around
160 students and community members, WHPK
is your source for all the
music you’ve never heard of,
while also hosting discussions on community issues
and interviews with local
politicians. Program director Rob Sperry-Fromm
described a WHPK DJ as
one who is “discovering the
(un)known musical multiverse, discovering themselves, [and] illuminating
the dark corners of consciousness.” Woah, dude.
Before you apply, here are
some helpful tips: Get a job
at Cobb cafe, pierce some
part of your face, and do
not let on that Radiohead is
your favorite band. Catch a
show at 88.5 FM or stream
online at WHPK.org.
WHPK also occasionally
provides venues for local
student bands, of which
there are now more than
ever before. The Flaccids,
a punk three-piece with a
focus on gender politics,
have become infamous for
their stormy cover of Taylor
Swift’s “I Knew You Were
Trouble.” Robert J. Zimmer
is a technically impressive
prog rock group boasting
a full suite of horns and
citing influences from
klezmer and jazz. Cordoba,
meanwhile, is an experimental soul band providing moments ranging from
intricate composition to
group improvisation, and
Treetop combines hip-hop
sampling with live drum
set and improvised classical piano. The storied and
monolithic Dirt Red Brass
Band plays New Orleans–
style groove music and
is liable to fill up apart-
ment buildings with joyous
gyrating. And this is just
a sample of what will be
playing local basements this
fall.
Bands desiring practice
space should look into
Logan room 502. It comes
equipped with a well-maintained drum set, piano,
bass-stack, and PAs. Room
502 has become a watering
hole where musicians inevitably meet each other and
often end up collaborating.
Grab your friends, go play,
and don’t forget to come up
with a good, in-jokey band
name before you commit to
any gigs.
further? The Classical
Entertainment Society stages readings and retellings of
ancient works by Homer,
Aristophanes, Virgil, and
just about every other old
playwright you’ve ever
heard of. Their productions
(generally one per quarter)
are known for their inventive set design and musical
accompaniment, and they
have lately begun teaming
up with Court Theatre for
marathon readings of the
Illiad and Odyssey. It’s more
exciting than it sounds, honest.
Of course reading lines
isn’t the only way to get
up on stage around campus. The more coordinated among you may want
to check out one (or all)
of UChicago’s 10+ dance
troupes, each with multiple
showcases a year that cater to
all skill levels. Phinix Dance
Crew and UC Bhangra are
now omnipotent fixtures
on campus, but I might
also recommend Rhythmic
Bodies in Motion, the
Ballroom and Latin Dance
Association, and Flamenco
for added versatility. Try out
a few workshops from each
and start absolutely killing
it at Bar Night.
And don’t worry, recreational circus performers:
Le Vorris & Vox is your one
stop for mime, magic, juggling, trapeze, tumbling,
clowning, puppetry, pyromancy, and all manner of
face-painted ridiculousness. Less “Entrance of the
Gladiators” than Cirque du
Soleil, the student circus
troupe puts on two shows
a year and is always looking
for more talented performers with a yen for high-flying theatrics and the ability
to walk on stilts. They do
not currently have a dedicated lion tamer (RIP), but
are otherwise open to every
form of theatrics and buffoonery under the big top.
And should you ever find
yourself in the mood to take
your moody poetry from the
hallowed stalls of Harper
and into the public eye, look
no further than Catcher in
the Rhyme, our very own
slam poetry RSO. Catcher
hosts its own Poetry Slam
open mic each Wednesday
at the Logan Cafe, where
veterans and newbies are
welcome to recite their best
verses in front of fellow
slammers and slam appreciators from campus and
beyond. (Note: it doesn’t
actually have to rhyme.)
In short: If you can do it
on stage, there’s a company,
troupe, or RSO that wants
to help you do it. If there’s
not, you can always make
your own. If the University
or Illinois state law say you
can’t make your own, you
should try something else,
because the world obviously
isn’t ready for your gifts.
Break a leg!
—Zach Upton-Davis
COURTESY OF JULIET ELDRED
Theater and Performance
See: Performativity, Judith Butler
Much has been made of
the introverted tendencies
of the UChicago student.
We’re known for bundling
up, for staying indoors,
for writing angry bathroom poetry and passiveaggressive Facebook posts.
Except for one Universitysanctioned week in midMay, you’ll find that there
are very few opportunities
on this campus to strip away
your inhibitions, don colorful costumes, and exercise
your latent exhibitionist
streak in front of a welcoming crowd.
Just kidding.
For starters, there’s
University Theater, which
has provided quality, student-directed productions
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for more than 100 years and
is open to budding thespians
of all majors, as well as those
interested in the more technical side of stagecraft. (UT
makes good use of our shiny
new Logan Arts Center
and its impressive bevy of
theater spaces.) Auditions
are held the first week of
every quarter; the fall lineup
kicks off with A Streetcar
Named Desire, followed by
Patrick Marber’s Closer (6th
week), Becket’s Endgame
(8th week), and what one
can only assume will be a
rather interesting version
of Macbeth (10th week).
Those with less time for
practice but more time for
strangeness should try out
for one of the four eclectic
mini-productions featured
in 5th week’s Weekend of
Workshops—they’re putting on an adaptation of
Where the Wild Things Are!
But what if you’re a classically trained actor with no
taste for post-Elizabethan
theater? Get thee to The
Dean’s Men! UChicago’s
foremost troupe of dedicated Shakespeareans, The
Dean’s Men will be putting on Henry V this fall
(7th week), and will also be
hosting play readings on a
biweekly basis. Their company bylaws expressly forbid the use of fake British
accents, but you could probably still get away with it if
you’re sneaky.
Want to go back even
—Will Dart
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Visual Arts
For budding artists and art enthusiasts alike, our campus offers a vast
array of opportunities in the visual
arts, but as seasoned UChicago students will tell you, these offerings
are easily missed in the thick of
the academic grind. Here’s a brief
rundown on our best arts RSOs,
museums, and galleries.
Outside the Lines, the University’s
figure-drawing club, is one way to
break into the UChicago arts community. The club hosts weekly sessions and provides opportunities for
students to have their work exhibited. To join, sign up on the Outside
the Lines Facebook group.
ArtShould combines art and community service for those who want
to get involved in the Hyde Park
community. The club offers afterschool art programs at four CPS
schools as well as art workshops and
events. No prior teaching experience
is required. Recruitment starts at
the beginning of every quarter.
For those who prefer to work
behind the lens, Glass Eyeball, the
student photography club, provides free darkroom space, digital
printing, and equipment rental
services for experienced and beginning photographers. The club also
hosts quarterly critiques, exhibits,
workshops, and photo walks. To get
involved, join the listhost and check
for events on the Facebook page.
Nestled between Henry Crown
Field House and Ratner Athletic
Center, the Smart Museum of Art
is the University’s small but worldrenowned art museum, displaying
the likes of Rothko, Rodin, and
Goya. The Smart houses a collection that spans five continents and a
millennium. This fall the Smart will
celebrate its 40th anniversary with
two all-museum exhibitions, the
first on defining sculpture. Carved,
Cast, Crumpled: Sculpture All Ways
will run from September 27 to
December 21. For students interested in getting involved, the Smart
offers student docent and gallery
attendant jobs, as well as a student
advisory committee. If you’re looking for a break from the Reg, the
Smart Café is a great space to study
on the weekends or catch up with
friends over coffee.
For decades, the Renaissance
Society has served as a premier
exhibition space for the world’s upand-coming artists. Located high up
on the fourth floor of Cobb Hall,
the Society began as a Midwestern
response to the avant-garde art of
the 1920s and 1930s in New York
and Paris. Pablo Picasso, Gertrude
Stein, Alexander Calder, and Jeff
Koons are some of the artists who
have been showcased in the Society’s
lofty dwelling. This fall the Society
will host the first solo exhibition in
America by the Austrian artist Josef
Strau. The New World, Application
for Turtle Island will focus on the
interplay between language and the
environment.
While the Smart Museum and
the Renaissance Society are the
University’s forefront art exhibition
spaces, the Logan Center Gallery,
the Booth School of Business, and
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House
are also worth a visit, the latter
two especially so for the architecturally inclined. Sometimes even
UChicago students need a break
from neo-Gothic.
with the Institute of Politics on a
really exciting series of Errol Morris’s
documentaries on Thursdays at 7
p.m.,” says Frankel. “It’s going to be
fast, cheap, and out of control.”
The bad news in all of this is that
you’re going to have to find time
in your busy fall schedule to go see
Zoolander, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,
and The Princess Bride at Ida Noyes.
The good news is that, thanks to
their crazy-cheap quarterly passes,
you can see every film in the entire
Doc Fall Catalogue—about 80 in
total—for just $30; a must-buy for
anyone with even a passing interest
in moving pictures.
Still too steep? Volunteers get
to see every screening for free, and
Doc is currently looking for new fall
quarter help. Doc’s volunteer gigs
provide hands-on experience at all
levels of cinema management, from
the box office to the projectionbooth, with varying time commitments for each. Their use of student
projectionists means that enterprising film nerds can learn how to
work with funky, old-fashioned
16- and 35mm film reels, just like
grandpa used to do. It also means
that there’s a 50 percent chance that
the sound will cut out during the
emotional climax of your favorite
Wes Anderson film. That’s a filmviewing experience you won’t get at
just any AMC, folks!
Want to make movies of your
own? Fire Escape Films is the student filmmaking company de jour,
and a regular producer of highquality, quirky shorts that often
make the rounds at local festivals.
Though small and still growing,
the company’s reach is extensive,
FEF President Hamid Bendaas says.
“Last year, 25 short films were made
under the Fire Escape banner by
over 120 students,” Bendaas said.
“Long-lasting annual traditions, like
intro projects to induct new members and the 48-Hour Film Festival,
in which teams race to complete a
film in a weekend, ensure the Fire
Escape community remains closeknit, enthusiastic, and fun.” You
can check out some of Fire Escape’s
work on their Vimeo channel and
at their annual O-Week screening at
Max Palevsky Cinema.
Pro-tip: The Film Studies Center,
located on the third floor of Cobb
Hall, has a ginormous (3000+) collection of ancient and obscure prints
for your viewing pleasure. Netflix’s
catalog of silent cinema is decidedly limited, but you can hit up the
FSC anytime you’d like and watch
old movies to your heart’s content.
You cannot take the prints home.
You may be able to smuggle in some
popcorn.
—Lauren Gurley
Film
Enterprising film nerds, look no further
With the coming of Harper
Theater to 53rd street, lovers of
the moving picture need no longer
take the red line north every time
they want to see Guardians of the
Galaxy. But, for the price, location,
film selection, and overall experience (nothing beats watching classic
cinema with college kids), your best
ticket for movie night will always
and forever be the legendary “cinephile heaven” that is Doc Films.
Founded
in
1932,
the
Documentary Film Group (“Doc”
for short) is the oldest continually
operating student film society in
the country, if not the oldest film
society, period. The name has stuck,
although they’ve since expanded
their vision to include films of all
kinds, from blockbusters to foreign
classics to the tiniest and weirdest of
art-house fare. Each quarter, Doc’s
programming committee selects a
handful of “series,” which run each
night of the week (more recent
releases are traditionally saved for
the weekends). These series include
10 titles, each pertaining to some
sort of unifying theme—the work
of a particular artist, a filmmaking
trend, a sociopolitical movement,
or something else entirely (Spring
2013’s Headbangersploitation was
particularly good).
“Our calendar this fall is really
varied, but also entirely accessible,”
Doc Programming Chair Daniel
Frankel says. “During O-Week, we
have a free screening of Woody
Allen’s 1977 classic Annie Hall—the
perfect introduction to neuroses for
all you first-years.” Other fall highlights include Bowie’s Greatest Hits
on Thursdays (a series of Bowie’s
best and weirdest film appearances, shown in conjunction with the
Museum of Contemporary Art’s
David Bowie Is retrospective), and
the works of ’80s comedy-legends
John Hughes and Rob Reiner on
Fridays. “We’re also collaborating
—Will Dart
Comedy
LOL
Allegedly an enclave of scholarliness
and sobriety since 1892, the University
of Chicago has in fact played an integral
part in the development of the legendary Chicago comedy scene. According to
one dubious source, improv as we know it
today was invented right down the street
at the old Compass Tavern (now Jimmy’s
Woodlawn Tap), when a drunken pickup
attempt spun out of control and turned
into an impromptu comedy sketch. The
Compass Players, which formed around
the incident, continued to perform its skits
through the late ’50s, where, as Wikipedia
puts it, “audiences flocked to see these clever youngsters whip up theatrical magic out
of thin air.”
The Players left Hyde Park soon after to
become the now-famous Second City, but
Compass alumnus Bernie Sahlins (A.B. ’43)
returned in 1986 to found the group’s spiritual successor: Off-Off Campus. Thirty
very odd generations later, Off-Off continues to perform five Friday nights a quarter
(beginning 4th week) at the Blue Gargoyle
Theater, and all kinds of mini-shows elsewhere. New members are chosen by audition at the beginning of fall quarter—but
be forewarned: They take only the funniest
and most deranged, and the two-quarter
training period is pretty brutal. It’s a commitment, if a worthwhile one. “Off-Off is
like a frat where you actually do something,”
said Dan Ackerman, member of Off-Off ’s
27th Generation. He, like many would-be
improvisers before him, had trepidations
about putting on outlandish performances in front of his peers, but was quickly
won over after seeing the troupe’s annual
O-Week Show. “I was so impressed, and I
found the audition process so welcoming
and weird that I was willing to trade fifteen hours a week for some serious improv
training and performing.” Off-Off takes its
laughs seriously, and it shows.
But while they may be the oldest jesters
on campus, Off-Off didn’t hit the off switch
on campus comedy groups. Occam’s Razor,
its plucky but lovable younger brother, was
founded in 1999, and while it may be
slightly more laid back, it is by no means less
entertaining. (Its proclivity for complete
improv over Off-Off ’s more sketch-based
comedy tends to make its shows really fucking weird.) According to a prepared statement by Razor alum Willie Calvin, “With
an open atmosphere that welcomes all to
audition and participate, Occam’s Razor is
an improv comedy group you want to bring
home to your Uncle Brendan.” Truth.
A word to the canny: Occam’s is also the
proprietor of UChicago’s only student-run
talk show, The Logan Evening Show. Filmed
in front of a live studio audience at the tippy
top of the Logan Center, the Show features
entertaining chats with notable faculty and
figures on campus, musical guests, and liberal use of poorly edited audio-visual gags.
It’s a delightfully surreal Friday night experience (the whole thing feels very “Tim and
Eric”–esque), and demands to be attended
at least once by everyone at this school.
Or maybe you’re looking for a more cultured approach to the art of the giggle? I
am proud to announce that we now have
our very own Commedia dell’Arte RSO!
Chiefly known for its stock characters, crazy
voices, outrageous pantomime and sight
gags, Commedia dell’arte is the ancestor
of many of the comedic performance styles
we know today; one can trace the genealogy of Jack Black and John Cleese right
back to 16th-century Mantua. UChicago’s
Commedia puts on at least one show a
quarter, and is always searching for fearless
actors with an above-average capacity for
improvisation and a penchant over-the-top
silliness. Sound like you? Of course it does,
you silly goose!
Our campus is clearly a pretty funny
place—but let’s remember that we’re also
living in the best city for comedy in the
country, with endless opportunities to
laugh and to make other people laugh, too.
Have jokes of your own? Here are a few
places to try them out:
Beer Belly Open Mic at Pint Bar, 1547
North Milwaukee Avenue. Wednesdays;
8:30 p.m. sign up, 9 pm start.
The Chaser at The ComedySportz
Theatre, 929 West Belmont Avenue.
Mondays; 7:30 p.m. sign up, 9:30 p.m. start.
Rathskellar Open Mic at Lottie’s Pub.
1925 West Cortland Street. Tuesdays, 8:30
p.m. sign up, 9 p.m. start.
In the Works Open Mic at Underground
Lounge. 952 West Newport Avenue.
Thursdays; 7:30 p.m. sign up, 8 p.m. start.
Cole’s Open Mic at Cole’s Bar, 2338
Milwaukee Avenue. Wednesdays; 6 p.m.
sign up (go early!), 9:30 p.m. start. Long
wait, tough room, good beer selection.
—Will Dart
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CULTURAL GROUPS
Here are some of the University’s
well-known cultural groups and their
objectives:
The Organization of Latin
American Students (OLAS)
The Organization of Latin
American Students (OLAS) is the
University’s group of students that
supports and advocates Hispanic and
Latino diversity on campus. Although
the oldest Latino organization on
the University of Chicago dates back
to 1989, it was then called HSA
(Hispanic Student Association). The
name was then changed to HACER
(Hispanic Association for Cultural
Expression and Recognition) in 1990,
then its present name, OLAS, in 2000.
There are frequent social events that
members of OLAS hold each quarter. Some notable activities over the
past years have been music festivals,
discussions about the welfare of Latin
American countries with renowned
Latino politicians, and parties where
the attendants are expected to practice
learning Spanish with fluent speakers. The most notable event, however,
is the group’s annual cultural show,
which is held every spring. This event
showcases the best of Latino music
and art.
“OLAS is a constantly evolving
organization that will provide you
with a support network and a guaranteed good time. From learning new
dances at social events, to practicing your Spanish, to learning about
anything and everything from Latin
American students on campus, OLAS
is truly the place to learn more, dance
more, and share more fun experiences,”
Cristina Ochoa, one of three cultural
directors, said in a statement.
In addition to Ochoa, this year’s
committee consists of several board
members, all of who are headed by
co-chairs Daniel Ramirez-Raftree and
Esteban Valencia. Weekly meetings are
held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at
5710 South Woodlawn Avenue, where
most cultural groups on campus meet.
The Organization of Black
Students (OBS)
Since its inception, this 2013 “RSO
of the Year” organization has strived to
address issues that concern the black
community around the campus and
the surrounding community with the
intention of continuing the growth
of black education and culture. The
Organization of Black Students
(OBS) also hosts several socials
throughout the year and releases its
very own online magazine, Blacklight.
Writing for the magazine usually takes
on the form of firsthand experience
as a student of the minority community. Poetic pieces and art and music
reviews are also welcome.
OBS socials are usually dinners or
study breaks, with some of the more
notable events being the annual OBS
Cultural Show and the Heritage Ball.
Other events involve deep conversations about the well-being of the black
community, as well as involvement in
politics and national affairs. These discussions are commonly referred to as
“Real Talk.”
Nina Kate, a second-year who
is actively involved in OBS, says it
made her a stronger person. “Joining
OBS gave me a place to air my frustrations and be around people who
didn’t just ‘get’ the same issues, but
had actually experienced them as well.
Organizations like OBS are like very
specialized insurance policies; you
often don’t realize how important they
are until something happens to shake
you up—but when you finally do, it’s
hard to imagine life without them,”
Kate said in a statement.
This year’s Executive Board is
headed by President Duaa Mohamed.
There are several other positions that
exist to represent students’ interests
and to reach out to alumni, but current
members must hold some of the positions. OBS generally meets at 5710
South Woodlawn Avenue for weekly
meetings at 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. The
subjects vary each week, from being
a black student at the University to
being a black member of society.
South Asian Student
Association
For twenty-six years, the South
Asian Student Association (SASA) has
been known for its elaborate festivals
and socials that promote South Asian
education at the University. This organization is best known for creating
the largest cultural event on campus
every spring. The SASA spring show is
showcased by an array of music, food,
and dancing, which serve as an educational break from studies for students.
In fact, this RSO won two UChicago
RSO awards for the 2013–14 school
year: the Best Event Award for the
2014 Cultural Show, SASA 101,
and the Innovative Funding Strategy
Award, for being the RSO with the
most successful funding strategy.
SASA produces at least one big
show per quarter: Diwali puja and
celebration (fall quarter), the annual
culture show (spring quarter, with
preparations throughout the winter),
and Holi (spring quarter).
SASA also hosts large cultural
meetings and screenings in the Stuart
Cox Lounge or at Harper Memorial
Library at 7 p.m., but most of the
large events are held in Mandel Hall
in the Reynolds Club. Tickets are sold
at least a month in advance. Meetings
vary, from cultural discussions to
movie screenings of old films. Smaller
weekly meetings take place every
Monday from 9 to 10 p.m. at 5710
South Woodlawn Avenue.
President Amita Prabhu and Vice
President Arushi Tomar lead members
of this year’s Executive Board.
Korean Student Organization
The Korean Student Organization
(KSO) was founded in 1976 and has
since then grown to have more than
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100 active undergraduate and graduate
members each year. In 1980, the organization hosted the first culture show
on campus and has since established an
annual KSO tradition for the past 33
years, and has also set a precedent for
all other cultural groups on campus.
KSO aims to represent the Korean
community and to bring together students who have a common interest
in Korean culture. They also seek to
establish a positive relationship for
the entire University community by
having open conversations and events
with other cultural organizations.
“Before becoming part of the board,
I played as one of the main characters in KSO’s annual culture show.
Although it required high time commitment, the show provided me an
opportunity to ask and think about
important questions on my own cultural background and most importantly how I should/want to represent it
on UChicago campus. KSO not only
helps the rest of the community—the
outsiders of Korean culture—to learn
about it, but also helps me and other
insiders to understand our own culture
and discover new aspects of our identities,” Yeo Bi Choi, a rising second-year
and current social chair of KSO, said
in a statement.
In addition to campus awareness
and education, KSO also donates to
the surrounding community by raising funds for various charitable organizations such as Korean American
Women In Need (KANWIN) and
Agglobe Services (North Korean food
aid).
Favorite events from KSO involve
huge ramen sales, the annual
Cultural Show, and PanAsia’s New
Year’s Celebration. Weekly meetings, conversations, and socials are
held in Stuart at 9 p.m., and ticket
sales are usually in the Reynolds
Club. Large events such as movie
screenings and formals take place all
over campus.
Members of the KSO committee are
led by President Kristine Ma and Vice
President Ryan Kim for the 2014–15
school year.
—Cairo Lewis
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CAMPUS BUSINESS/START-UPS/
CONSULTING
You own “business
casual” for each day of
the week. You subscribe
to The Economist or The
Wall Street Journal—
or both. As a child, you
ran the Walmart of lemonade stands and drove
bit players ( Jimmy from
next door) to the ground.
You are probably an econ
major.
And now you want
to join a business RSO.
Maybe you want to sharpen that trader’s intuition
or dip your fingers into
finance. The O-Issue’s got
your back: With our Q3
2014 “Let’s Get Down to
Business” report, you’re
guaranteed to find the
RSO with the synergies
you’re looking for.
Eckhart
Consulting
(EC) is the campus strategy and management consulting RSO. EC does pro
bono work for nonprofit and for-profit clients:
Members work in small
teams of four or five to
address client needs. It
runs two project cycles a
year, typically with one
nonprofit, one for-profit,
and one university client.
Recent clients include
Joffrey Ballet School, the
University of Chicago
Library, and the City of
Chicago.
“Eckhart was a great
experience as a first-year,”
said Ben Veres, a rising second-year and engagement
manager for EC. “Because
the teams are so small, it
is critical that every member contributes a lot. The
team is very supportive,
but expectations are high,
so it was a great environment to challenge myself.”
His spring-cycle project involved working with
the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME) Group,
a leading derivatives marketplace. “The project was
heavily quantitative, which
fits my skill set,” said Ben.
“Our team developed tools
using big data to improve
the CME Group’s marketing strategies.”
How
do
I
join?!
Attending an info session
is a great way to learn more
about EC. It accepts applications for both fall and
spring cycles—the process
can be selective, as EC typically has around twenty
members.
Pareto Solutions is the
pro bono marketing consulting RSO on campus.
Its approach integrates
data analysis and creativity to provide strategy recommendations to clients.
Projects run from six to
eight weeks, and past clients have included Chicago
Booth, Bridgeport Coffee
Company, and Epoch
Education.
“Pareto provides a
unique opportunity to
gain hands-on consulting
experience,” said thirdyear Kejia Ren, a manag-
ing director for Pareto.
“Members have the chance
to work with clients on
interesting, relevant business issues, learning about
data analysis, marketing
strategy, and client management throughout the
process.”
How do I join?! Pareto
accepts applications in the
fall. Attend an info session and hit up some current members with questions—there’s an interview
process as well, to check if
candidates mesh with the
club’s culture and values.
Phoenix Funds (PF) is
an academic finance RSO
that aims to make abstract
financial theory accessible
to its members. It hosts
weekly lectures on a variety
of topics, ranging from the
efficient-market hypothesis to the Black-Scholes
model. PF also organizes a
speaker series throughout
the year with both graduate students and corporate
veterans.
“It’s all very UChicago
style,” said Victor Tan, a
rising second-year in PF.
“You get to learn a lot in a
relaxed environment. I was
interested in finance but
wasn’t entirely sure where
to start, and I found that
PF was great for filling in
gaps of knowledge I never
knew existed—I would
never have learned what a
‘samurai bond’ or a ‘dimsum bond’ was without
PF!”
How do I join?! PF only
has one recruiting cycle in
the fall, so make sure to
stop by for info at the RSO
fair. There’s a round of
interviews to get through,
too.
The Blue Chips (TBC)
is the largest undergraduate investment RSO on
campus, with over 100
members. It manages a
$100,000 all-equity portfolio, split into seven sectors: basic materials, con-
sumer, energy, financials,
healthcare, industrials,
and technology. Working
within their assigned sector, members pitch attractive investment opportunities for the portfolio using
a variety of qualitative and
quantitative techniques.
“I learned a great deal
about accounting and how
to acquire specific bits of
information used to valuate a publicly traded company,” said David Tong, a
rising second-year in TBC.
“I’m in the tech sector, and
one of my favorite pitches
is Yandex, a Russian internet–search engine.”
How do I join?! TBC
accepts applications at
the beginning of every
quarter. After an interview round, new members
must go through a training
program. Keep your eyes
peeled for their fall quarter info sessions.
—MJ Chen
RELIGIOUS GROUPS/INSTITUTES
During your time on campus, you’ll
find that the life of the spirit isn’t strictly
metaphysical. From recognized student
organizations (RSOs) to religious advisers and interfaith discussion groups, most
wandering paths stem out of the Spiritual
Life Office, a comprehensive resource for
spiritual life on campus. The office is
located in beautiful Rockefeller Chapel,
which itself serves as an all-encompassing
space for you on your journey.
The chapel regularly offers a number
of diverse events and activities, including
but not limited to 20 Minutes Still (20
minutes of daily meditation open to all
backgrounds) and Restorative Yoga.
Rockefeller also has a Hindu prayer
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room, where the Hindu Student Sangam
(HSS) meets every week for devotional
songs, meditation, and reading Hindu
texts. Every April, HSS collaborates with
the South Asian Students Association and
the Spiritual Life Office to celebrate Holi,
the Hindu festival of colors, on the main
quad.
Muslim students, in addition to using
Rockefeller’s Muslim prayer room, can
get plugged into the Muslim Students
Association, which offers events during Ramadan, service events, and Friday
prayers.
Also meeting weekly in the basement of
Rockefeller Chapel is the Secular Alliance,
a community of atheists, agnostics,
humanists, skeptics, rationalists, naturalists, non-theists, and other freethinkers.
The group hosts a range of speakers and
activities, including weekly discussions
and science and philosophy workshops.
The Buddhist Association acts as a
hub for Buddhist student activity and
other meditation groups. It also works
with the Queer Spirituality group and the
Shambhala Meditation Center of Chicago
to cosponsor Queer Dharma, a meditation and discussion group for LGBTQ
students.
UChicago Hillel, the campus branch of
an international organization, supports
individual Jewish students as well as Jewish
RSOs such as Jewish Students Association
( JewSA). A program of an Illinois nonprofit, JewishU runs events during Jewish
holidays and provides internship opportunities to students, among other programs.
Another branch of a nationwide organization is InterVarsity Christian Fellowship,
which offers Bible studies throughout the
week, large-group gatherings, and other
events and conferences during the year.
Calvert House, the University’s Catholic
center and home to the Catholic Students
Association, celebrates mass throughout
the week as well as running the Calvert
House Tutoring program.
The Bahá’i Association is a community
and discussion group based on the texts
and teachings of the Bahá’i Faith, whose
central principles include the unity of
God, religion, and humanity.
Alongside these groups are also networks for students and faculty who identify as Jain, Quaker, Zoroastrian, Sikh,
Pagan/Wiccan, Unitarian Universalist,
and more. There are several interfaith
groups as well, such as Interfaith Dialogue,
which brings together students of all faith
backgrounds not only for discussion, but
for various religious site visits and social
events as well.
In 2011, the Spiritual Life Office
launched Spirit Week, now an annual
tradition, which includes the Annual
Multifaith Celebration, presented by the
Spiritual Life Council, the Spiritual Life
Office’s student advisory board. The celebration consists of a diverse line-up of
song, meditation, chant, and prayers, as
well as a space for members of various
faith (and non-faith) communities to
come together.
With such a comprehensive pool of
opportunities, the only limits on your
spiritual growth during your time here are
your own expectations. You are encouraged, on all levels mental and spiritual, to
scrutinize, define, deny—all of the above,
and to pave your own way.
—Grace Koh
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HABITAS
SETTLING IN: THE GUIDE
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COMPENDIUM OF DORMS
Blackstone
5748 South Blackstone Avenue
Blackstone combines the intimate
feel of a small residence hall (comprised only of denizens of Blackstone House) with the relative privacy of half-double apartments. Each
apartment in Blackstone consist of
two adjoining rooms, a shared bathroom, and either a kitchenette or
(for the first time this year) a storage
unit. To accommodate this change,
a community kitchen will join the
hall’s amenities, which already include a lounge with a fireplace and
grand piano, a study lounge, and a
TV room. The array of communal
areas facilitates Blackstone’s budding house culture, kick-started a
few years ago by the addition of
first-years to the previously upperclassman-only house.
Breckinridge is far from most campus buildings, but the long walk is
offset by the hall’s proximity to the
Midway Plaisance (prime real estate for outdoor recreation) and the
59th Street Metra stop.
Broadview
5540 South Hyde Park Boulevard
With a 15-minute walk to the
main quads, most Broadview residents quickly pick up an intimate
knowledge of the shuttle routes and
#171 bus schedule. But if you’re willing to sacrifice convenience for quality of accommodation, Broadview’s
apartment-style living arrangements might not be so bad. Living
in Broadview is perhaps the best
The brick façade of the six-story
residence hall blends nicely with
the quaint residences that surround
it, but Blackstone is also somewhat remote. Despite being about
a 10-minute walk from the main
quads, and even further from other
campus locations, residents enjoy
convenient access to public transit
options and community businesses
and restaurants—in other words, a
neighborhood.
Breckinridge
1442 East 59th Street
Named after Sophonisba Breckinridge, who became the first woman
to earn a Ph.D. in political science
from UChicago in 1901 as well as
the Law School’s first ever female
graduate, Breckinridge Hall is another single-house dorm. The hall
offers single and double rooms divided into single-sex floors, as well
as other amenities such as a weight
room and large community kitchen.
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approximation of apartment life in
“on-campus” housing. The building
offers a mix of single, double, and
a few recent forced-triple first-year
rooms, all of which have an adjoining private bathroom. Another perk
of the distance from campus is an increased familiarity with Hyde Park,
as well as the rest of Chicago—the
nearby #6 bus stop will take you
straight to downtown. Broadview
takes advantage of both the physical
building and proximity to the surrounding community. A large ballroom, left over from the hall’s days
as a hotel, serves as the venue for
an annual, formal-dress Broadview
Ball for the dorm’s three houses, and
neighborhood children are invited
to trick-or-treat on Halloween.
B-J
Let’s get one thing out of the
way: Burton-Judson is unironically,
unapologetically referred to as B-J.
Giggle to yourself now and get it out
of your system. B-J, built in 1931, is
a neo-Gothic building with plenty
of character and no air-conditioning
or elevators. Its location is convenient—just south of the Midway, a
short walk to the main quads, and
just a few steps away from a dining hall and late-night convenience
store. B-J is home to six of the
smallest houses on campus. House
culture is heavy on traditions, and
they have plenty of reason for house
pride, having fostered several famous alumni, Carl Sagan and David Broder among them. Residents
also make use of two large first-floor
lounges, a basement movie theater,
and the two enclosed courtyards
around which the building is built.
Rooms in B-J are mostly singles,
though doubles are also common. B-J doubles are a bit unusual,
though, in that they are made of two
adjoining rooms, only one of which
has a door out to the hallway. This
level of privacy is certainly a plus,
but debate is ongoing as to whether
it’s preferable to live in the room
that your roommate will always have
to walk through when coming home
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late, or the room in which one could
conceivably find themselves trapped
while being sexiled.
I-House
Life in International House (IHouse) is not your typical dorm
experience. The hall houses around
430 residents, only 250 of which are
UChicago undergraduates. I-House
was founded in 1932 by John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. to connect students
from around the world and promote
cultural exchange and understanding; today it houses a variety of students from over 50 countries, as well
as students in the College.
In spite of I-House’s unique
purpose, the four houses located
there (Booth and Phoenix, recently
formed to accommodate the expanding undergraduate population,
and Shorey and Thompson, part of
the post-Pierce exodus) have all the
trappings of the housing system—
house tables, RHs, RAs, etc. Each
house also has a small lounge, but
the main common spaces in I-House
are shared by the building, including
a notably spacious kitchen and plenty of seating and lounge space on the
first floor.
Booth and Phoenix Houses offer exclusively single rooms, and
Thompson and Shorey have only a
few doubles.
Maclean
5445 South Ingleside Avenue
Located further north than any
other residence hall and housing about 100 students in a single
house, Maclean Hall is rumored to
have more than just geography in
common with Game of Throne’s
Winterfell—other students have
been known to joke that Maclean,
too, is fictional. Maclean’s location
in a residential area of Hyde Park
is not all that far from the main
quads, and just two blocks from
Ratner Athletics Center. Offering an overwhelming majority of
single rooms, Maclean couples privacy with social opportunity; video
games, IM sports, and movie nights
are mainstays of the house culture.
The hall also features a large communal kitchen, a theater space for
the aforementioned movie nights
(organized by the house “movie
czar”), and an exercise room. Walking around the dorm, Maclean’s
vibe can be seen in the decor, with
famous quotes painted on hallway
walls by residents.
Max Palevsky Residence Hall
Colloquially known as “Max.” A
dorm funded by a man of wealth
and taste, Max Palevsky is often
criticized for its audacious color
scheme. Forgive that, and realize
that its location is second only to
Snell-Hitchcock.
Along with South Campus, Max
is the other housing “big dog” in
terms of the number of students it
holds, and is made up of four-person apartments and a smattering of
singles. Reg, food, and gym are all in
a 100-meter radius. The dorm thus
tends to draw both athletes and the
profoundly lazy. You know who you
are.
Stony Island Residence Hall
5700 South Stony Island Avenue
Probably because it was a dorm
originally intended for grad students, Stony has almost zero maintenance issues—especially compared
to the other satellite dorms. The
rooms, which are all four-person
apartments, are superior in build
quality and are larger than even
those in South Campus.
New Graduate Residence Hall
New Grad is the home of the
other half of the post-Pierce exodus.
Its East 59th Street location exposes
residents to a diverse cross section of
the student body. Plus, residents get
to live in a building that looks sort
of like the Parthenon. The rooms,
which are mostly doubles, are some
of the nicest on campus, owing to
the fact that they weren’t intended
for undergrads (no offense).
South Campus Residence Hall
6031 South Ellis Avenue
South, as it is popularly known,
is the imposing, glassy behemoth
at 60th and Ellis which houses 800
people. It is a mix of singles, doubles,
and apartments. Build quality can
be shoddy in places, but this is mitigated by the fact that it’s sort of new.
Services and maintenance response
times are among the best on campus, perhaps because the University
wants a Potemkin village to show
parents. The ice machine next to the
laundry room is a must for any rager.
Snell-Hitchcock Hall
Snell-Hitchcock is the oldest
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dorm on campus, and the one that’s
famous for being zealous about
Scav. In order to live there, one usually must have either turned in one’s
housing form early or paid someone
off. Snell House is made up almost
exclusively of singles, while Hitchcock House contains a mixture of
singles and doubles. Residents of
both houses share a laundry room
and have access to a pool table and
ping-pong table.
Pierce/Campus North
5514 South University Avenue
Pierce Tower was a very lovable
place before it was razed last year.
Literally. Among a host of other
maintenance issues owing to the
building’s age, the toilets had a
tendency to explode. If you don’t
believe us, you can read about it in
old issues of the Maroon. Beginning last academic year, ex-Pierce
residents (and their RAs and RHs)
were relocated to the New Grad and
I-House dorms.
Earlier this year, the University
announced that Studio Gang Architects, a Chicago-based architecture
firm, had won the contract to build
a new dorm on the Pierce site, called
Campus North. We don’t know
much about North yet, save that
there’s going to be a lot of glass, it
will have its own dining hall, and it
should open in 2016.
—Isaac Stein and Clair Fuller
MANAGING YOUR MONEY
For many students, managing a tight budget or dealing with stressful financial
circumstances isn’t a reality
that sets in after college—it’s a
fact of undergraduate life. The
good news is that if you know
where to look, free assistance
and social support networks
are increasingly available on
campus to help you deal with
financial hardship.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: GRANTS AND
FUNDING
There are a variety of grants
available to support you in
your time at the College. The
University has an emergency
loan policy in case of sudden
and unavoidable changes to
your finances, and the Financial Aid Office can handle
any concerns you may have
about being unable to manage payments. The Office of
Multicultural Student Affairs
(OMSA) provides grants that
can assist with the costs of
study abroad, and the University’s study abroad website
provides many more. Career
Advancement is also a great
provider of free resources that
can help you make the best of
your education and prepare
for whatever comes next—
they offer employment counseling appointments, networking opportunities, and
professional training services
available free of charge, things
that are hard to find for free or
cheap elsewhere.
If your financial situation
becomes a problem, there are
people who can get you financial assistance when you’re in a
bind. According to Jacqueline
Gaines, the director of College Academic Support Services, the first person to go to
in case of emergency should
be your College adviser.
Gaines says that advisers “are
well suited to put the students
in touch with the resources
that best meet the student’s
needs,” and also “can help
advocate for students as their
needs change over the course
of their time at the College.”
Your adviser can access your
financial aid information, get
a sense of what services might
be most useful to you, and direct you accordingly. If you’re
not sure where to go for a first
step, go to your adviser.
If you know that your concerns are isolated to financial
aid, it’s a good idea to contact
the office directly. The Office
of College Aid has a phone
line where students can ask
questions about their financial aid or changes to their aid,
and there are also in-person
counseling services available.
If you want clarification on
your situation, go straight to
the source, and ask for help—
they’re ready for you.
PRACTICAL CONCERNS: TIPS FOR
EVERYDAY
While there are plenty of
resources that help you figure
out tuition questions, there
are also plenty more that help
you balance other budgets.
Whether it’s paying for Saturday dinners (dining halls
are closed Saturdays after 2:30
p.m.) or for house trips, there
are continuous small-scale
challenges when it comes
to funding student life. According to Danielle Wilson,
a member of Socioeconomic
Diversity Alliance (SDA) at
UChicago (which aims to
support low-income students,
first-generation students, and
those at the intersections),
OMSA is a particularly useful
resource when it comes to everyday practicalities, providing free laptops to borrow (in
addition to those offered at
the Reg, which are also free)
and copies of books on loan
for some core classes. Wilson also noted that SDA has
put together a resource guide
that gives students detailed
information aimed at helping
them navigate various costs of
life in housing (this guide is
available in hard-copy form at
OMSA).
SOCIAL NETWORKS:
COMMUNITY AND
SUPPORT
Practical and large-scale
financial considerations may
not be the only barriers for
you if you’re facing financial
difficulty—oftentimes, students managing an emergency
or tight budget are likely to
feel socially isolated. Wilson says that students facing
tough financial circumstances
often may not want to ask for
help, and SDA attempts to
combat those feelings of isolation through the creation of
open and honest discussions
about class issues (of which
there will be several this fall,
including an event on November 18 featuring the president
of First Generation Harvard
Alumni). SDA perhaps best
exemplifies the trend toward a
growing support network on
campus for low-income and/
or first-generation students,
as well as for students experiencing financial emergencies.
Attend events, discussions,
or groups aimed at fostering
an environment of inclusion
if that’s your cup of tea, while
also bearing in mind that
more private support is available through a financial aid
counselor, your adviser, or the
Student Counseling Service.
The most important thing
is to reach out somewhere if
you’re feeling trapped or unsure—no student deserves to
have financial worry eclipse
his or her potential for wellbeing and success.
—Emma Thurber Stone
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ALL SUFFERING MUST PASS: 21 TIPS FOR DEALING
WITH YOUR ROOMMATE
The University of Chicago is a demanding
school, and one of the most difficult challenges you may face will be getting along with
your roommate. If living in harmony with an
absolute stranger is proving more difficult
than you feared, read on for The Chicago
Shady Dealer’s tips on how to endure, or even
enjoy, your next several months together.
1. When in your room, make yourself as
small as possible to show your roommate you
are not a threat.
2. Murmur; do not speak at full volume.
3. Never warn your roommate about sexiling. They will probably love the surprise, and
may even want to join in on the fun.
4. Create your own copy of all of your
roommate’s e-mails, text messages, Facebook
chats, etc. for your own use when you need
something from them. Don’t think they’re not
doing the same!
5. It is nice to make your room a pleasant
place to return to. Cover it with a bed of pine
needles and aromatic spices. Burn sage, and if
you’d really like to go over the top, have a shaman come in to bless it!
6. Never throw anything away, weave trash
into a blanket to keep your roommate warm
in the winter.
7. Remember, housing prohibits keeping
outside pets in your room. You can, however,
catch your own little buddies that are already
living in the house (cockroaches, mice, mold
spores, etc.) by leaving food out for several
weeks.
8. If they ask, give a kidney. No questions,
but you’re entitled to an organ of equal or
lesser value at any future date.
9. Anything that you lick is yours permanently.
10. Have sex under their bed.
11. Always use a condom.
12. Hide under a pile of laundry and yell,
“SURPRISE!” when they come home every
day.
13. If your roommate is called on a worldspanning quest of adventure, romance, and
destiny, you have first dibs on being the comicrelief sidekick.
14. Host parties with 30 of your closest
friends and 30 of their closest friends the day
before your roommate’s midterms. That way
they can wind down a bit.
15. Put the “mate” in “roommate.”
16. Put the “vroom” in “roommate.”
17. Put the “ate” in “roommate.”
18. Deal an array of illicit substances from
your room. Offer your roommate a discount
to keep them quiet. Then, tell your RH of
your roommate’s illegal activities. When you
have a new roommate, repeat.
19. Start tunneling now on your roommate’s side of the room. The dresser should
be large enough to cover said tunnel so that
the guards don’t notice until the time to run
comes, and by then it’ll be too late. Do not
tell your roommate you are doing this. It gives
them plausible deniability.
20. If you doubt their loyalty, get hitched in
Vegas without a prenup.
—The Chicago Shady Dealer Staff
DINING HALL HACKS
The Unlimited meal plan is
appropriately named, as it literally
gives you as many meal swipes as
you need to satisfy your stomach.
But with great power comes great
responsibility—or, rather, the
need for great creativity. Because
the dining hall can get monotonous—fast. As soon as you run
out of your quarterly flex dollars
and are constrained to eating three
meals a day in the same room
with food served on a more or less
rotational schedule, you’re going
to want new options. Here is what
my house and I have found.
1. Mixing and matching
Though the dining hall is compartmentalized by strange names
like “harvest” and “global,” the best
way to defeat monotony is to combine food from different stations.
Use the parmesan cheese from the
salad bar to garnish your pasta; put
peas in your macaroni and cheese;
add corn from the entrée station to
your tacos. If you think of the food
as ingredients rather than finished
products, you can jazz up your dinner with very little work.
2. There are two types of
hummus, and one is better
than the other
The hummus at the kosher station tastes significantly better than
its counterpart at the salad bar.
3. No two dining halls are
the same
Though Cathey and Bartlett
claim to have all the same goods,
they don’t. There’s a hazelnut-flavored coffee at Bartlett, but not
South. Captain Crunch is only
served in Bartlett, but Cathey
more consistently has Cinnamon
Toast Crunch. Cathey is also
home to the Mongolian grill on
campus, where you can watch your
vegetables and meat get stir-fried
with the sauce of your choice.
the microwave or toaster oven.
6. Waffle machines too
During fourth meal, you can put
tater tots in the waffle machines
to make a potato waffle. It’s what
some experts call genius.
be used at all campus coffee shops
except for Grounds of Being, the
Divinity School coffee shop. If you
go to Cobb Coffee Shop, you will
find hot lunches catered from local
restaurants like the Snail and the
Nile.
7. Maroon Dollars can take
you a long way
If you’re tired of eating in the
dining hall, you can always use the
100 flex dollars set aside for you
each quarter. Maroon Dollars can
8. …so can meal exchanges
The Unlimited meal plan will
afford you three meal exchanges, which are essentially preset
meals that seem like they cost you
nothing. Many places on campus
4. It’s all about the bressert
Combining breakfast and dessert items can lead to an exciting
dessert or a sugary start to your
day. Put a cookie in the waffle
machine with some waffle batter
and you get a wookie. Replace
sprinkles with cereal for your ice
cream topping.
5. Microwaves and toasters
can perform miracles
You’d be surprised how much
better food tastes when it’s piping hot. Put your pita bread and
chocolate chip cookies through
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offer meal exchanges: Among
these options, C-Shop offers a
bagel and coffee, the BSLC has
hot dogs (among other items),
and Hutchinson Commons (aka
Hutch) will give you three tacos at
Qdoba. Look for a maroon sign at
any place that provides food.
Follow these instructions and
before you know it, you’ll be able
to switch to the Phoenix plan.
—Kristin Lin
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COFFEE SHOPS
C-Shop
Besides its prime location on
the first floor of the Reynolds
Club, C-Shop hosts the historic
Dollar Shake Wednesdays‚ during
which milkshakes are sold for—
wait for it—one dollar. Rumor
has it that Einstein Bros was only
allowed to operate in the space if it
maintained this tradition. C-Shop
is popular among hungry students
looking for a bagel-ish breakfast
alternative to nearby Bartlett
Dining Hall or a quick snack. Or,
for a clandestine meeting, snag a
booth.
Hallowed Grounds
Right upstairs from C-Shop
is Hallowed Grounds, with pool
tables, old hardwood paneling,
and couches spread throughout.
Hallowed is and historically has
been UChicago’s closest approximation to a student union, and
remains the central student social/
political center on campus. Proof:
The café was nearly shut down
to make space for RSO advising
offices in 2013. A subsequent
student-led petition to Save
Hallowed reached more than
1,000 signatures.
Ex Libris
You will end up going because
it’s in the library and you will
be hungry while studying, or
between studying and class. Ex
Lib acts as a comfortable extension of the Reg. It is a good place
to people-watch, but in the words
of one Maroon staffer, “People
there are basic.” Expensive/mediocre coffee, Mediterranean and
orzo salads from Foodism. It’s all
in the name: ex libris, “out of the
library.”
Plein Air Café
Located right next to the
popular Seminary Co-Op bookstore, the Plein Air Café opened
March of this year and remains
a relative unknown to many at
the University. Styling itself after
a rustic French atelier, the café
serves water in mason jars and
specializes in simple but stylish
(expensive) food and drink. The
professional designers and curators behind the shop and the art
that graces its walls help to distinguish it from the other coffee
shops on campus.
Common Knowledge
Common Knowledge is famous
not for the quality of its coffee
or its diversity of eating options
(both of which are above average), but for its proximity to the
Harper reading room (officially
the Arley D. Cathey Learning
Center). Indeed, the shop is often
referred to simply as Harper Café.
This synonymy with Harper is
only enhanced by the café’s status,
on Sundays through Thursdays, as
the only coffee shop on campus
that stays open until midnight.
After midnight, if you are still in
Harper, they give away free leftover coffee!
Cobb Coffee Shop
Cobb accepts that sometimes
less really is more. There’s a sort of
ramshackle approach to proceedings in Cobb, but that’s the point:
Where other cafés feel formal, like
venues for a meeting or study session, Cobb is more of a social center, with the music and low prices
a huge part of the draw. Cobb has
some of the cheapest coffee on
campus, and a huge selection of
fresh-baked goods every day keeps
students coming back, many making a stop right before rushing off
to class.
Grounds of Being
“Where God drinks coffee.” If
your goal is simply to have the
best cup of joe campus has to offer,
look no further than Grounds of
Being. If other on-campus coffee shops serve as alternatives
to Starbucks or Einstein Bros,
Grounds of Being exists as an
alternative to that. A different coffee supplier, different sponsor, and
different management (Alterra,
the Divinity School Association,
and Div School graduate students,
respectively) all serve to create a
unique, divine experience.
Logan Café
On the first floor of the Logan
Center for the Arts lies the Logan
Café, a home for those who
feel a little too closed in by the
University’s more centrally located
cafés (read: all of them). There’s a
no-noise policy, but Logan often
feels like the calmest of all the
coffee shops on campus. A modern aesthetic that matches the rest
of the Logan Center—couches
in the middle of the room and
alcoholic options—helps give the
café its own flavor of Aramark
identity. The biweekly Catcher in
the Rhyme slam poetry event and
open mic nights happen there on
even-numbered weeks.
Coffee Shop Hiring
So you want to be a barista?
Come work at Hallowed Grounds,
Cobb Coffee Shop, Ex Libris,
or Harper Café this year. While
researching each of our studentrun coffee hangouts will give you
an idea of location (to your dorm
when you’re late to shift), type of
coffee and local vendor selections
(when you need that employee
discount because your flex dollars are low), and atmosphere (so
you know if your music will be
accepted), the easiest way to get
to know about these places is to
come to open hiring!
You may apply separately to each
shop by sending in an application
or inquiring with staff (contact
e-mails below), or you can come to
open hiring, where participating
coffee shops interview you at once,
then decide who is the best fit for
each shop (aka the “wand chooses
the wizard” method). Questions
will be based on your availabilities,
music preferences, experience, and
personality. Open hiring will be
hosted the middle of O-Week, so
start looking into applications and
our coffee shops now!
Contact information for shop
managers:
Hallowed Grounds: hallowedmail@uchicago.edu
Cobb Coffee Shop: cobbcoffee@uchicago.edu
Ex Libris: steffeskevin@
gmail.com
Harper Café: brownpe10@
gmail.com
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HYDE PARK/AREA DINING
Casual
Food from these places might
actually be less nutritious than
ramen, but they are loved all the
same.
Daley’s
Diner
809 East 63rd Street
(773) 643-6670
A historic diner that has been
owned and operated by the same
family (no relation to the mayoral
contenders) since the 1920s. Stop
in and ask for Mike, the owner….
He’ll hook you up. Excellent
Midwestern diner fare; similar
to Valois but with more options.
For South Campus residents, this
is your break from the horror of
Subway. Dinners run less than $10
and include an entrée, two sides,
and cornbread.
Harold’s Chicken Shack #14
Fried chicken, Southern, casual
(773) 752-9260
Excellent fried chicken for
Eisenhower-era prices. Go on
Sunday through Wednesday to
take advantage of the half-dark
special—half a fried chicken for
$3.51…$3.19 if UChicago ID is
shown. Location next to Kimbark
Liquors and a laundromat makes
for choice one-stop shopping.
McDonald’s
American, casual
5220 South Lake Park Avenue
(773) 288-2161
Perhaps the slowest service out
of any McDonald’s anywhere, but
that’s Hyde Park. Like Harold’s,
Donald’s House bails you out when
you’re eating alone and have no
more than four dollars to spend
on Saturday night dinner. Don’t be
sad. Have a sack of McDoubles.
Valois
American, breakfast, casual
(773) 667-0647
Officially endorsed by Obama,
but whatever. The draw here is
excellent and heavy breakfast food
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that is not for the faint of heart,
pun intended. Weekend revelers
and Reg dwellers alike eat here at
5:30 a.m., for obvious reasons.
Date-worthy
Impress your date.
A10
French, semiformal
(773) 288-1010
Trendy and chic. Ideal for a third
date, or if you don’t like money.
B’Gabs Goodies
Vegetarian, vegan
(773) 363-1505
Within the bowels of the
UChicago steam plant, which keeps
your dorm warm, is B’Gabs…a
vegan eatery which will certainly
warm your insides. Food is highquality and innovative, as exemplified by the vegan tacos.
Kikuya
Japanese, semiformal
(773) 667-3727
Good for sushi when the point
is to enjoy it, rather than to eat as
much as you possibly can. Attentive
wait staff and pleasant decor combine to make this a viable choice
for a date.
Kilwins
Sweets, ice cream
5226 South Harper Avenue
(773) 675-6731
Once you get past the fact that
you paid five dollars for an ice
cream cone, it’s all gravy. Cute store
layout combined with a location
right next to Harper Theater (5238
South Harper Avenue) makes an
excellent movie/ice cream date easy
to finagle.
Siam Thai
Thai
(773) 667-5423
The best among the strip of three
or four Thai restaurants on 55th
Street. Status quo: delicious. This is
how food should taste.
Sit-Down Meal
Bring a group or friends, or just
your B.A. draft. These restaurants
work in any scenario.
Clarke’s
Diner, late night
2441 North Lincoln Avenue
(773) 472-3505
Service and food quality are
somewhat inconsistent, but being
open 24 hours is a major credit in
a neighborhood where everything
seems to shut down at 9 p.m. Have
Greek fries and a choc milkshake.
Leona’s
American, casual
(773) 363-2600
Leona’s serves solid lunches and
dinners which revolve around
the pizza/salad/sandwich train.
Drawback is inconsistent service;
enjoyment of dining here depends
on frame of mind (Is that plate of
pasta bigger than your head?!)
Medici
American, casual
(773) 667-7394
Eating here is a no-risk proposition. Take your boss, a date, or your
dad out to lunch at the Med and he
or she will certainly find something
enjoyable. Personal-size $10 deepdish pizzas are a great idea, and are
an even better idea during a midwinter Reg binge.
Salonica
Diner, Greek
(773) 752-3899
Solid diner fare at reasonable
prices. Its location, a block west of
Stony Island Avenue, also makes
Salonica a desirable stop before
leaving Hyde Park via the Metra or
the #6 bus.
Shinju
Japanese, casual
(773) 966-6669
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bring beans you didn’t buy there.
Hyde Park Produce
Supermarket
(773) 324-7100
Beats the price of prepared food
by a wide margin. Produce selection and closer-to-campus location
are marginally better than rival
Treasure Island (1526 East 55th
Street).
Greater South Side
Beyond the gown.
Dat Donut
Doughnut, pastry
8251 South Cottage Grove
Avenue
(773) 723-1002
Makes both Dunkin’ Donuts and
Krispy Kreme look scrub. Consider
purchasing the Big Dat, a glazed
doughnut four times the size of
any other on the market, for about
$3.20. Dat also shares building
space with a good barbecue joint if
a war declaration on the intestines
is imminent.
Lem’s Bar-B-Q
Meat
(773) 994-2428
Unique among South Side barbecue, Lem’s slathers its offerings
in a delicious vinegar-infused sauce.
Get the rib tips.
Specialty/Miscellaneous
Ohhhh, shit. Get your group of
hungry college students together
for all-you-can-eat sushi, which
runs about $22 a head after tax.
The food quality is decent.
Produce and Grocery
Giordano’s
Deep-dish
(773) 947-0200
As Edwardo’s on 57th officially hit the bricks lastsSpring,
Giordano’s is now the only deepdish pizza game in HP. Eating here
means eating an absurd amount of
cheese, so bring/prepare to drink
a gallon of water over the course of
your evening.
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Open Produce
Fruits, vegetables, specialty
(773) 496-4327
The riddle of why Hyde Park
can churn out Nobel laureates like
a juggernaut but is foreign to a
decent apple has been mostly solved
by Open Produce. Decent selection
of fruits and vegetables year-round,
plus they let you use their industrial
coffee grinder for free, even if you
Bartlett Dining Commons
5640 South University Avenue
(855) 862-3463
Verbatim, from Yelp: “Judging by
the number of people who frequent
Bartlett Dining Hall, it seems to be
a very popular dining destination
especially popular among the hip,
young crowd…. Overall, the first
couple meals here are not bad, but
the next hundred or so tend to feel
somewhat repetitive.”
Kimbark Beverage Shoppe
(773) 493-3355
Wine has calories, right?
—Isaac Stein
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The Office of Civic Engagement is pleased to announce its
2014-2015 Student Advisory Committee
Laura Lee Burks, 2nd year, Chicago Harris
Jeanne Chauffour, 4th year, College
Alex DiLalla, 2nd year, College
Kenzo Esquivel, 2nd year, College
Stephanie Greene, 2nd year, College
Cosette Hampton, 2nd year, College
Meselle Jeffe-Eke, 4th year, College
Ronald Jones, 3rd year, Law School
Phillip Moore, 4th year, College
Louisa Richardson-Deppe, 2nd year, College
Julianna St. Onge, 3rd year, College
Nuwan Samaraweera, 2nd year, Chicago Booth
Sean Wiley, 1st year, Chicago Harris
The Student Advisory Committee is a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students, who help
to shape the University’s civic engagement activities and strengthen the connections between the
Office of Civic Engagement and the many student-led community initiatives across the campus.
Email the Student Advisory Committee with ideas, questions, or suggestions at sacoce@uchicago.edu.
Visit us at UChicago.edu/engage
Follow us @UChiEngagement
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PROFESSORS AND GRAD
STUDENTS
Can you spot the difference?
Academia as an institution consists of
much more than students and teachers.
There are graduate students who work
as instructors, professors who work as
administrators, and administrators who
are also graduate students. Understanding
the basic distinctions between faculty
members and other academic appointments can get you pretty far in understanding how UChicago functions, not
just in the classroom but as a school.
Graduate students
Graduate students are a diverse bunch
who have one thing in common: their
pursuit of a master, doctoral, or professional degree. A group of 9,502 spanning five divisions and six professional
schools, they are on campus for an average of five to seven years to take classes,
conduct research, and write their disser-
tations. Given their long stays on campus,
graduate students contribute a significant
amount to undergraduate life, whether by
being the resident head in your dorm or
your neighbor in an apartment complex,
a TA critiquing your Hum paper or working in research, an instructor teaching a
full class or a classmate no different than
yourself.
At UChicago, graduate students
enrolled in doctoral programs are guaranteed funding, issued through quarterly
stipends that are used to cover rent and
other costs of living. Graduate students
even have their own union, Graduate
Students United (GSU), which acts as a
voice for the graduate student body and
lobbies for their rights. Started in 2007,
GSU has successfully doubled the pay for
TAs and called for more affordable health
care and child care for graduate students.
Faculty
The University has 2,190 full-time faculty who conduct research, teach, and
contribute to decision-making on campus. Faculty are divided into four categories that vary based on factors like length
of appointment and experience. The distinctions are as follows:
Instructors are hired by the University
on a one-year or two-year basis and do
not necessarily have a doctorate.
Collegiate assistant professors are
appointed for four years at a time. You
might want to watch for the HarperSchmidt fellows, who are hired as
Collegiate assistant professors to teach
Core courses in the humanities, social sciences, and Western civilization. Because
the fellowship is highly selective and
is tailored specifically toward enriching
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the Core Curriculum, Harper-Schmidt
Fellows tend to be excellent instructors—
or, at least, receive rave evaluations. A
word of advice: When choosing core
courses, bid for the ones that they teach.
You’ll get more out of reading evaluations
than you will out of some class readings.
The tenure track comprises three types
of professors. Assistant professors serve
for a renewable term of either three or
four years for a total of no more than
seven, at the end of which they are considered for tenure. Associate professors
and professors have received tenure,
which means that they are guaranteed
their position at the University for an
indefinite period of time.
As an academic community, the
University puts great care into ensuring
that its faculty have the power to shape
the environment in which they work.
These decisions are made through the
University Senate, which is composed
of tenure-track professors, along with
the president, provost, and vice presidents of the University. According to
the University’s bylaws, the University
Senate is charged with “all advisory, legislative, and administrative powers in
the University concerning its education
work, except those vested in the president
by the Board of Trustees.”
The University Senate meets once a
year to discuss “matters of University
interest,” whatever that means. The
Council of the University Senate, a subset of 51 members of the senate, consists
of the president and provost, along with
49 elected members of the senate. The
council meets at least once a quarter.
Will any of this affect your life as
an undergraduate? The short answer is:
Probably, but the heck if we know how.
Try to make friends with some professors
or grad students.
–Kristin Lin
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LIBRARIES
Study ‘til you drop
Take a group of friends to the Reg to hang
out on the first floor and procrastinate the
night away, or go to Eckhart and wipe out some
problem sets solo: The libraries are versatile,
and how you perceive them depends on how
you use them.
Regenstein
Upon your first visit to UChicago, the first
library you’ll notice is the imposing Regenstein
Library, or “the Reg.” Notable for its location
on the site of the University’s former football
stadium, Stagg Field, the symbolism is not lost
on students or administrators, most of whom
recognize the Reg’s importance as the de facto
hub of University activity.
On any given day, one can see the Reg
populated by economics study groups in the
A-Level, coffee-addled writers with a looming
deadline, and idle students who pretend to
work but just want a place to chill. Tables are
arranged throughout the seven floors (nowhere
quite as concentrated as the interconnected
second and third floors) but for those seeking
comfort and possibly a quick nap, a better bet
might be the couches arranged near the windows. Those interested in privacy should take
solace in the equally widespread cubicles that
are interspersed on almost all floors.
The Reg might not be known for its positive, chilled-out vibes or the niche that it
serves, but it instead makes its presence known
through sheer scope and widespread usefulness. Whatever your needs are, they can most
likely be served in some fashion by the Reg’s
extensive collection.
Mansueto
Just a short hallway away, the Joe and Rika
Mansueto Library offers a new study experience. Rows of desks with charging outlets fill
the domed structure, and the extreme silence
that pervades the area makes it clear that this is
an exclusively study-oriented space. Mansueto
is so quiet that even the sounds of students
packing up and leaving often draw restless
looks from the other patrons, sneezes or coughs
prompting death stares. The flipside to this, of
course, is that this is one of the prime studying
areas on campus: free of distractions, home
to an underground 3.5 million–book storage
area that is OPERATED BY A ROBOT, and
still within short walking distance of dining
commons. Several movies, TV shows, and ad
campaigns have been filmed in Mansueto since
it opened in 2011.
Arley D Cathey Learning Center
Despite its clinical-sounding name, which
it only got this past school year, Cathey, more
commonly known as Harper, is one of the
most relaxed and homey studying areas in the
University. Found right next to the Common
Knowledge Café, the former Harper Reading
Room has comfortable seating, placement
close to classrooms, and plentiful electric outlets. On any given night, the space will be filled
with students either finishing up their papers
or succumbing to the sleeping surface that
couches on either side of the area offer.
The quiet façade in Harper disguises a
vibrant social atmosphere, with “Harper self-
ies” and Facebook chats across tables common distractions from the day-to-day studying.
This, along with the inviting decoration and
wood furnishings, makes Harper one of the
most appealing places to work. The hours
also promote long-term visits, with the library
open all day from Sunday mornings to Friday
afternoons, giving visitors a reliable location
for all-nighters.
Eckhart
Found in Eckhart Hall, home to the
Department of Mathematics, Eckhart Library
is home to, as might be guessed, math volumes
and textbooks. However, despite the dry, precise space that these facts might imply, Eckhart
gives off a stylish aura, with as much attention
paid to artful, aesthetically pleasing design as to
ergonomics and effective study space.
Crerar
Your first visit to Crerar, the science library,
might be a bit of a bait-and-switch: The building looks relatively unassuming, and even peering inside doesn’t indicate anything abnormal
about the space, but once you step inside you
realize that this is, without a doubt, the quietest study space on campus. In addition, the
resources here are immense. The halls contain
1.4 million volumes, and the size of the library
itself means that there is plenty of room to
spread out and find a place to make your own.
Feel free to study here if you like your mind to
be absolutely undisturbed, or find a quiet spot
and relax if you prefer; it’s unlikely you’ll be
interrupted.
D’Angelo Law Library
If you’re looking for a change of pace, a
way to get some space and an area away from
most of the undergraduate population, the
D’Angelo Law Library might be right for you.
As an undergraduate student, you will see
few friends or classmates, but the professional
ambience is well worth it for some. The most
like an office building of all the libraries, the
Law Library nevertheless attracts its fair share
of students looking for an alternative to the
Regenstein-Mansueto-Harper trifecta. For the
film buffs out there, D’Angelo also has one of
the more comprehensive DVD collections in
the school, with selections like The Wire and
The Godfather available, in contrast with the
more academic selections that might be found
in other libraries.
SSA
Last but definitely not least, found right
near South Campus housing and BurtonJudson, the Social Services Administration
Library is a comfortable, fun library, somewhat
understated when looked at in comparison to
behemoths like the Reg. Couches are spread
throughout, and a relaxed vibe permeates the
space. This library might be the one least visited by undergraduates, but it still acts as a valuable foil to the imposing atmosphere of some of
the other libraries.
—Austin Brown
Librarians of UChicago
Chicago Maroon: How do you help students that come to you?
Catherine Mardikes, Senior Humanities Bibliographer, Bibliographer for Classics & the
Ancient Near East, Electronic Text Services Coordinator (Ph.D. ’95): Sometimes I help them find
an angle in their topic.... Professors do this more than I do - usually they have a fairly well formed
topic by the time they come to me - but they don’t know where to start. I am able to get them started
and work through all the crazy abbreviations we have in this field. In Classics we don’t just abbreviate
our journal titles, we abbreviate our dictionaries and encyclopedias and our collections of pots and
papyrus. Sometimes I tease them and say, you know, some people think that learning Greek is the
secret handshake to becoming a classicist, but other times I think it’s really mastering all those crazy
abbreviations we have.... If anything I’d like people to realize that we’re here to do more than just find
that one book. We’re here to help them with their research strategies. And we enjoy it!
Chicago Maroon: What do you do at the reference desk?
Rebecca Starkey, Librarian for College Instruction and Outreach (A.B. ’95): We answer
all sorts of questions. You can come to us with questions like, “Where do I go in the library
for this?” or “I’m working on a research paper for the first time, how do I find good sources for
my topic?” We can sit with you and go through the different resources, databases, and catalogs
that are available. So for a lot of subject areas we have a specific database that covers literature
for that area so you can go beyond using Google or JSTOR and really search some of these
academic resources that are available to you as students.
.... So that’s really the part I enjoy most: interacting with the students and helping them learn
and not struggle with their research. When I was a student here I was always intimidated by
the library and wasn’t always good about asking for help. What we want students to know
above all is that librarians are here to help you. We are a service here to help you achieve success with your studies and get good grades. We’re here to help you. We’re not just a warehouse
for books, we’re a place where you go to study with lots of people that can help. So that’s really
my montra, to help undergraduates understand that.
Chicago Maroon: How did you become the Math, Statistics, and CS Librarian?
Jennifer Hart, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Librarian: I have an undergraduate degree in math so that’s how I got into that -- since that’s my specialty. The math and statistics I
was really familiar with and the Computer Science is somewhat related. So I handle all the ordering
of the books, resources, journals, and etc in those subject areas so I understand the language of it
fairly well.
CM: Is it important to have a familiarity in your field?
JH: Some people pick it up. Where I worked before I did physics too, and I don’t know a lot about
physics, so you have to learn and read a little on the subject. But it helps to know it and to know
how people do research in the field and what kinds of things they are looking for and how they find
information. So if you studied it at one point, then that insight can be helpful too.
—Sydney Combs
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BOOKSTORES
Shop ‘til you drop
store has all the school supplies a
student could possibly need, often
imprinted with the UChicago
logo, from notebooks to mugs to
computer programs. The building also houses a Starbucks to
keep students caffeinated between
classes.
BEST PLACE TO: show some
Maroon pride.
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Powell’s Books
“Nothing in life is free,” my mom
once told me. This is true, until you
check out the almost omnipresent
cardboard box of free books outside of Powell’s, containing free
novels, anthologies, and much
more. Powell’s has been in Hyde
Park since the ’70s and sells books
both used and new on East 57th
Street and South Harper Avenue.
The best part is that Powell’s sells
its books far below full price, usually just a couple of dollars. As
it is a used bookstore, the selection is far more varied than your
usual Barnes & Noble, with cool
finds like British editions of Harry
Potter and an entire basement section dedicated to biographies of
Jack the Ripper. At the checkout
counter, there is a stack of copies
of Chasing Vermeer, a bestselling
novel set in Hyde Park, in which
Powell’s serves as the backdrop for
teenagers attempting to solve an
art crime. These days, there isn’t
much crime solving to be had in
Powell’s, but you’re sure to find
respite from the crime of exorbitant book prices.
BEST PLACE TO: find a good
deal and FREE BOOKS.
Myopic Books
This Wicker Park used bookstore is one of the largest and most
historic bookstores in Chicago.
Though the storefront looks small
in width, the inside of the eclectic space is gigantic in depth and
height, with three and a half stories and no shortage of nooks,
crannies, and bends with (you’ll
never guess) books stuffed into
them. The store has some pretty
strict regulations—no phones, no
photography, and leave all bags
at the front desk if you want to
explore the upper or lower levels.
Despite this, or perhaps because
of it, Myopic has an antique rather
than intimidating feel, more like
a collection than a commercial
center. The floor-to-ceiling shelves
evoke a roof literally held up by
books, and if you climb all the
way up to the open gallery area on
the top floor, the only space not
crammed with tomes of literature,
you can enjoy the semi-weekly
series of readings and occasional poets’ talks and live music on
Monday nights.
BEST PLACE TO: enjoy live
entertainment, see a bookstore cat
(Leonard).
Seminary Co- Op
The Seminary Co-Op has been
on the Hyde Park bookstore scene
for a while, but they’re still breaking in their spiffy new locale, located at East 58th Street and South
Woodlawn Avenue, right next to
the historic Robie House. The
Co-Op is cooperatively owned
by its 53,000 members (3,500 of
whom are located overseas) and
sells shares of stock for $10 each;
a purchase of three shares constitutes a membership, which provides a 10 percent discount. The
Seminary Co-Op is a popular
location for students to purchase
course books, located in the basement, and to sit down and peruse
literary works ranging from biographies on modern political powerhouses to introduction guides
to ancient medicine—comfortable
reclining chairs are located next to
the Co- Op’s expansive windows.
Finding the perfect academic read
at the Co-Op will be no problem;
the bookstore stocks the largest
selection of academic volumes in
the United States throughout its
extensive maze of shelves.
BEST PLACE TO: find that
new carpet smell (the Co-Op’s
building is just two years old).
57th Street Books
Entering 57th Street Books feels
a little like entering the dwelling
of a strange, literary forest sprite.
The small awning outside boasts a
shingled roof and a healthy growth
of moss, lit by a single light bulb.
Further, you have to venture down
a number of stairs to enter the
bookstore, giving the impression
of entering an underground cave.
Inside, the bookstore feels like a
secret tree house, lined with books
and various nooks in which to sit
and leaf through a book. With
multiple rooms market by cheekily pointing signs, the bookstore
is easy to navigate, with each section—young adult fiction, photography, Chicago, and self-help,
among others—in a separate bend
of the store. Don’t know which
book to read next? Staff recommendations are taped to almost
every shelf, giving a brief summary
and personal thoughts on a particular book or series. Signs inside
and outside of the shop remind
patrons to “shop local,” an easy
task when the local wares consist of beautifully designed (albeit
pricey) copies of all the classics in
several different prints and editions. 57th Street Books is part of
the Seminary Co-Op bookstore
network and is famous for its mystery, science fiction, and cooking
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sections, and occasionally holds
events in its space or in the grassy,
fenced lot next door. Other attractions include a children’s reading
area and twinkly Christmas lights
that are present year-round.
BEST PLACE TO: start a
themed book club—have you seen
the window displays?
University of Chicago
Bookstore
Your typical college bookstore,
the UChicago Bookstore is many a
student’s first stop during O-Week
to get a maroon sweatshirt to proclaim their collegiate pride. Come
first week, you’ll likely head there
again, this time to the second floor
to purchase books for your non–
Hum and Sosc needs. The campus bookstore offers every type of
UChicago-emblazoned paraphernalia possible as well as proudly
displaying stacks of alumni- and
faculty-authored works. Forgot
your headphones at home? Too
much luggage to bring your collection of multicolored highlighters?
No worries—the campus book-
Quimby’s
This eclectic bookstore located
in Wicker Park distributes “independently published and small
press books, comics, zines, and
ephemera, [favoring] the unusual,
the aberrant, the saucy, and the
lowbrow.” Walking in can be a
little overwhelming if you don’t
know exactly what you’re looking
and even more overwhelming if
you do, because the majority of the
store’s contents are small, handproduced booklets brought in by
artists and authors on consignment. These “zines,” as they are
termed, range in topic from radical parenting to trans oral history
projects to anarchy and politics
to minicomics to chapbooks produced by Chicago middle schoolers. Toward the back, you can find
the sale section, on an elevated platform, guarded by a cross-legged,
red- hued devil woman, and near
the cash register, there are “grab
bags” for purchase, where one can
acquire 10 randomly selected art
periodicals for $2.50. Quimby’s
does offer some commonly commercially available books, but a
limited selection, usually, “stuff
that deals with topics that in some
way relate to outer limits, carnies,
freaks, conspiracy theory, lowbrow
art, miscreants, mayhem, that kind
of stuff.” Quimby’s mascot is the
cute Quimby the Mouse and their
venue is the location for many
monthly literary events, featured
on the events section of their highly informative and user-friendly
website.
BEST PLACE TO: support
independent artists and authors.
—Kiran Misra
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THE CORE
For two years, your bookshelf full of the Western canon... For life, you, full of critical thought?
School is sort of a big deal over here.
While our noses aren’t always buried in
some dense reading as we trod to the Reg,
our collective effervescence for all things
academic is still quite present on campus. It
is laced into our vocabularies by the end of
the first quarter (“collective effervescence”),
soaked into our subconscious by the third.
We have the Core to thank for much of
this.
Yet the Core means different things to
different people. For some, it is the Michelle
to their Destiny’s Child, the awkward third
of an otherwise glamorous experience. For
others, the Core will spark interest in a new
major or previously underappreciated discipline. Regardless of your own slant, choosing the classes of best fit for you, not the
friends you just met in your house, will help
you wring the most from your experience.
All first years are required to take Hum
(pronounced “Hume”), which delves into
the philosophy and literature foundational
to (primarily) Western thought. A cornerstone of the Core, Hum can offer you access
to different collections of literary and philosophical thought, depending on the class you
choose. Take something more traditional
like Human Being and Citizen, and you will
spend at least two quarters reading the great
books, from Homer’s Iliad to Aristotle’s
Nicomachaean Ethics and Dante’s Inferno.
Readings in World Literature, on the other
hand, ventures beyond the Western canon
with works like the Mahabharata.
Some of you will choose to tackle the
three-quarter Social Sciences (“Sosc,” pronounced “Sosh”) sequence during your first
year. Credit ambiguously named classes
like “Power, Identity, and Resistance” and
“Self, Culture, and Society” for all those
Arendt, Durkheim, and Smith references
you will probably make after taking them.
Sosc allows you to delve into the history of
political philosophy or, even better, learn
how to develop social and political theories
of your own. Considered a more “practical”
option for the Core, Social Science Inquiry
gives you the foundation to carry out your
own social science research, while Mind
allows you to circumvent the classics for
psychology articles galore.
In addition to Hum, the Core has both
Art and Civilizations (“Civ”) requirements.
You must take six quarters among these
three disciplines, with no less than one
quarter in each. Choose from the likes of the
theoretical (art history, music theory) and
the hands-on (drawing, theater) for the art
portion of your core. But beware: Because
of the small class sizes and high demand,
core art classes become increasingly difficult to nab as you progress through your
four years. Bid early, bid often. For Civ, it
is (not surprisingly) a popular option to
enroll in a study abroad program and spend
one quarter frolicking around cities such as
Barcelona, Istanbul, Beijing, and Oaxaca—
although the new Gender Studies Civ could
be equally uncharted territory.
While not every Civ abroad has a language prerequisite, you will have to learn a
foreign language as part of the Core—the
completion of an introductory sequence, or
its equivalent in test credit.
The math and science portion of the
Core requires six quarters, with a minimum of two quarters each in natural sciences, physical sciences, and math. A general
Core Bio course, the natural sciences staple,
is paired with a bio topic of your choice
(though the Nutrition sequence can serve
as an alternative); physical sciences classes
will have you studying astronomy, global
warming, and natural hazards if you want
to avoid chemistry or physics; and for those
allergic to calculus, fear not! Statistics and
computer science are both accepted for your
math requirement. A.P. or I.B. credit can
waive many of these classes.
When it comes down to it, the Core is
your introduction to the Life of the Mind
in practice. There will be times when you
are up at the witching hour, cursing your
past self, thinking “What sequence of events
brought me to this terrible pit of ennui?” To
that existential question, not a single one of
the people you will read will bear an answer.
Well, except for Marx and his theory of
alienation. And maybe Freud—yeah, I could
see that.
And in a twisted way, this is the Core at its
finest: tediously, sometimes even painfully,
gifting you an invaluable, fluid way of looking at the world.
—Kristin Lin
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CHICAGO: THE
SCHOOL OF LIFE
JAMIE MANLEY
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U OF C/HYDE PARK HISTORY
“University of Chicago” and “neighborhood” are not the same thing
You may not notice it right away,
just from walking around, but the
one-way streets and dead-ends in
Hyde Park form what is essentially a maze. This is not without purpose. From the south, you
can only get in by poking through
South Ellis or Woodlawn Avenues,
from the west, East 51st and 55th
Streets. And, inside the neighborhood, almost no street runs continuously for more than a few blocks.
This
neighborhood
was
designed and built with the
University’s interests in mind.
Hyde Park was annexed by the city
of Chicago in 1889; the University
arrived in 1892. For the first 50
years or so, most people in Hyde
Park were white, and most were of
the upper-middle or upper class. It
was an elite neighborhood with an
elite university. But things began
to change around World War
Two; Chicago’s black population
increased by 42 percent between
1940 and 1950, due in large part
to the ongoing Great Migration.
Areas to the north and west of
Hyde Park were soon predominantly black (from 1930 to 1950,
the black population in Kenwood
rose from 1 percent to 84.7 percent). University administrators
considered moving the school to
Arizona or New Mexico for a time,
or at least the Chicago suburbs.
In the prewar years, neighborhood “improvement associations”
had worked to “maintain the color
line,” often with University support. One way of doing this was
through restrictive covenants,
legally enforceable agreements that
prevented selling and renting to
non-white people. From 1933 to
1947, the University spent more
than $110,000 on “community
interests,” more than $83,000 of
which went towards the protection of restrictive covenants.
Many of the restricted proper-
ties, in Hyde Park, Washington
Park, and Woodlawn, were owned
by the University, and while it
sought to disassociate itself from
the covenants publicly, its influence was well-known: The Chicago
Defender called the covenants “the
University of Chicago Agreement
to get rid of Negroes.”
When the Supreme Court
declared restrictive covenants
unenforceable in 1948, urban
renewal became segregation’s new
modus operandi. Cheap tenements
and other properties with signs of
wear were purchased and redeveloped, pushing poor, especially
black, residents out of the neighborhood. Sounding very much like
The Chicago Defender, Lawrence
A. Kimpton, the University’s president from 1951 to 1960, called
urban renewal a strategy for
“cutting down [the] number of
Negroes” in the neighborhood.
By 1958, redevelopment plans
were in place that covered much
of the land from East 47th Street
to East 59th Street, over an 855acre territory. The plans called for
removing “blight” and the construction of a “compatible home”
for the University. In all, after
the plans were pushed through
the City Council, 193 acres were
demolished, 30,000 people were
displaced, bars, jazz clubs, and
other businesses were pushed out,
and 41 acres were claimed as additions to the UChicago campus.
Over the next decade, Hyde Park’s
black population would fall by 40
percent.
These are, of course, only certain
facts about the University’s history in Hyde Park, though they
are facts, and they are undeniable.
It is important to convey them
here because you’re not likely to
hear them anywhere else—and not
all of them are in the past. When
plans were announced for a slew of
developments at Harper Court in
2012, David Greene, an executive
vice president of the University,
called it “enlightened self-interest
for us.”
One shouldn’t expect the
University to go out of its way
to apologize for the consequences
of restrictive covenants and urban
renewal. Yet one might expect it
to acknowledge more than it does,
to not brush these consequences
off as problems (the more popular word here is “tensions”) of a
pre¬–civil rights era gone by, as if
everything were OK now. If you
go to the “History” section of the
University’s website, for instance,
you will read that Hyde Park
was “once a solidly middle-class
neighborhood,” but that, in the
early 1950s, “it began to decline.”
By this account, the only things
“profoundly affected” by the subsequent measures of urban renewal
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were “the neighborhood’s architecture and street plan.” If you go to
the page on Kimpton, you’ll read
of a conflict between “some Hyde
Park activists” and others who
“recognized that the University’s
power, money, and prestige were
crucial in pulling together the
government and private resources
needed for redevelopment.” Once
this happened, “things happened
quickly, sometimes more quickly
than the community expected.”
Today Hyde Park is, nominally,
one of the few racially integrated
neighborhoods in the city. The
University has made moves to
embrace the surrounding community, notably with the construction
of the Arts Incubator in next-door
Washington Park, and certainly
not everyone who shops at and
benefits from Harper Court is a
student or a member of the faculty. But “enlightened self-interest”
means embracing Hyde Park and
the South Side only when it is convenient. From 2000 to 2010, the
percentage of rent-burdened residents in the neighborhood—those
who spend more than 30 percent of
what they earn on rent—rose from
43 percent to 58 percent. This
was before the Hyatt, the proposed
Whole Foods, the Promontory,
A10, Yusho, Chipotle, Five Guys,
Akira, and the pop-up boutique Sir
& Madame.
Today the University thankfully, obviously, does not go about
changing the neighborhood the
same way it did in the 1930s or
the 1950s. But this does not mean
its relationship with the neighborhood no longer needs to be critically examined. One thing hasn’t
changed: The University still has
trouble seeing Hyde Park as something separate from itself.
–John Gamino
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CHICAGO POLITICS, PAST AND
PRESENT
Let’s all watch a Rahm-Com
If you were to ask anyone about what’s
wrong with the state of politics in America,
three words would help in defining their
frustrations—Chicago-style
politics.
Defined by legendary examples of corruption, patronage, and disruption, Chicago
has become in the eyes of many a national
example of everything that is broken in
government today. But where did this perception come from and is it really as bad as
everyone says?
To pinpoint the origin of Chicago’s political narrative is difficult. Early examples of
Chicago-style politics include the story of
Richard J. Hamilton, the appointed Cook
County school commissioner, who loaned
the City’s school fund to private real estate
speculators who defaulted on their loans.
A few decades later, the 1871 municipal election rallying cry of Mayor Joseph
Medill for the “Fireproof ” ticket was to
“vote early and vote often.” Throughout
the past two centuries, political scandals
of different forms and fashions have captivated Chicagoans and bewildered the rest
of America.
However, the history of Chicago politics is more than a chronicle of tabloid
scandals. It is a story about democracy in
practice.
Chapters of Chicago’s story would
undoubtedly be titled by the names of the
individuals who have led the city as mayor.
Names such as Thompson, Daley, Cermak,
Byrne, and Washington have become integrally connected with the city itself.
The first truly notable mayor following
the Great Fire of 1871 was Republican
three-term Mayor William Hale
Thompson. Thompson’s time in office was
characterized by high levels of corruption,
including partnerships with famed organized crime leader Al Capone, and use of
crude ethnic patronage.
Every mayor since Thompson has been a
Democrat, beginning with Anton Cermak,
who built a broad coalition of ethnic and
working-class voters along with progressives such as University of Chicago professor Charles Merriam, business leader
Julius Rosenwald, and social reformer Jane
Addams to defeat the incumbent mayor
Thompson.
The Democratic Party would become
stronger throughout the city and reached
its peak during the tenure of Richard
J. Daley from 1955 to 1976. Daley, a
career politician from the Irish American
Bridgeport neighborhood on Chicago’s
South Side, would become the longestserving mayor in Chicago’s history at that
time. Daley emerged as a political force in
the early days of the New Deal and developed a reputation for working to keep the
city financially sound by exploiting the
state’s decision to divide the financial budgets of the city and county governments
based on need. These separate budget rules
continue to this day as Cook County
Board President Toni Preckwinkle is in
charge of the county’s nearly $3 billion
budget, which encompasses entire hospital systems including UChicago’s own
UCMC.
Daley also ran the city by exploiting
racial politics. By allowing de facto segregation of African American and Latino
populations to occur through discriminatory city housing policies, Daley was
able retain support among working-class
whites while giving limited resources to
low-income minority populations. The
segregation of the city would lead Martin
Luther King Jr. to visit Chicago in 1966
and claim that he had never seen any
other place “so hostile and so hateful”
as Chicago. During his time in Chicago,
King also spoke at Mandel Hall about
“economic reforms aimed at combatting
the spread of urban slums.”
The racial and ethnic divides throughout the city became increasingly volatile in
the 1970s and ’80s as different party factions attempted to disrupt the Daley status
quo. Two candidates who succeeded in
challenging the Daley machine were Jane
Byrne and Harold Washington.
Mayor Jane Byrne, at first a loyal member of the Democratic machine, worked to
unseat Mayor Daley’s successor, Michael
Bilandic, in 1979. Positioned as a political reformer, Byrne hired Ruth B. Love,
Chicago’s first black school superintendent, and also became the first Chicago
mayor to recognize the city’s gay community. Byrne is the only woman ever to serve
as mayor.
Mayor Harold Washington ran to unseat
Byrne in the 1983 mayoral election. By creating a coalition of first-time minority voters from throughout the South and West
Sides, Washington became the first black
mayor in Chicago’s history. Washington’s
candidacy also saw the rise of another
Chicago political institution—Institute of
Politics Director David Axelrod. Axelrod
worked for Washington’s reelection campaign in 1987 after more than a decade in
journalism. Axelrod would go on to work
for more than 150 local, state, and national
campaigns—including the senatorial and
presidential campaigns of Barack Obama.
Our two most recent mayors, Richard
M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel, have worked
to prepare Chicago for the challenges of
the 21st century. In Richard M. Daley,
Chicago elected the son of the longestserving mayor in Chicago’s history, who
then outdid his father by working in City
Hall for 22 years. During Daley’s tenure,
he worked to promote business, infrastructure, and tourism. With Emanuel, Chicago
elected the first Jewish mayor in the city’s
history.
Today, Chicago is facing many serious
challenges. CNN’s Chicagoland documentary series this past year underscored
its many challenges, from crime to youth
unemployment and the many budgetary
travails of its government entities. The size
of Chicago’s unfunded pension liability,
the difference between its estimated obligations and assets, is the largest among
U.S. cities and on top of that it has a
current municipal deficit of $339 million. Chicago Public Schools faces major
budget challenges too, as Emanuel continues to fight with Chicago Teachers
Union President Karen Lewis, who herself
is considering a run against Emanuel in
the upcoming mayoral election over the
record number of school closings during
Emanuel’s tenure and the increased number of charter schools throughout the city.
With all of these problems it is easy to
fall in line and claim the city’s political system is fundamentally broken. The best way
to change that reality is to stand up and get
involved. Why not join in the scrum and
make a little political disruption?
–Will Fernandez
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WHILE YOU WERE OUT AND THE
ROAD AHEAD—CHICAGO EDITION
A small list of big-city happenings
From rising violence on the city’s South and
West Sides to the largest public school closure
in American history, Chicago has been making national headlines. Chicago is a politically
active city, and most Chicagoans, you will find,
know their Chicago politics. For those who
are new to Windy City, here is a brief walkthrough of major city issues and events from
the past year, and some stories to keep your eye
on in the upcoming one.
In retrospective:
CPS School Closures
In 2013, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration made a highly contentious decision
to close 50 under-enrolled Chicago Public
Schools (CPS), the majority in minority communities on the city’s South and West Sides.
The closure, the largest in any city in American
history, sparked anger and protests across the
city as students and teachers were displaced
from their established communities. Among
critics, the event earned Mayor Emanuel the
title “Mayor 1 Percent.” This fall, CPS will lay
off 1,000 of its employees while increasing its
investment in charter and selective-enrollment
schools. In the 2014–2015 school year CPS
graduation rates are projected to reach 82 percent, a 25 percent increase since 2007.
Homicides and Shootings
In 2013, when homicides topped 500,
Chicago was named murder capital of America
by some, and by others, “Chiraq.” Violence
in the city was yet again on high this summer
with more than 70 shootings over the July
4 weekend and the murder of 11-year old
Shamiya Adams, who was struck by a stray
bullet at a slumber party in West Garfield Park.
Community organizers across the city held
vigils and anti-violence protests, and Governor
Pat Quinn and police Superintendent Garry
McCarthy recruited state troopers and FBI
agents to the city’s South and West Sides for
the month of August. Critics of the City complain that adding officers is only a short-term
solution to a problem that stems from the
dearth of economic opportunities on the city’s
South and West Sides. So far, the homicide rate
is the lowest this year since 1967. Shootings
are up.
Housing for Central American
Immigrants
You’ve probably heard about the growing
border crisis: thousands of unaccompanied
Central American minors who have fled violence in their home countries are being housed
in detention centers along the Mexican border and many neighboring communities are
protesting that these children be deported.
This summer the City of Chicago announced
that it will welcome 1,000 immigrant children
in November, and city officials are currently
arranging for their housing. Some Chicagoans
argue that tax dollars should instead be allocated to the city’s most vulnerable communities,
while others argue that Chicago should continue to foster a large and diverse immigrant
community.
George Lucas Museum
This summer Star Wars creator George
Lucas finalized the search for the site of his
Museum of Narrative Art. After considering
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Lucas selected
Chicago as the future home of the museum
that will house his art collection and Star
Wars memorabilia. Mayor Emanuel pushed
hard for the museum to come to Chicago’s
Museum Campus, and many taxpayers and
Cubs fans are upset with the expensive plans
that will remove tailgating space from the area
surrounding Soldier Field. Prominent Chicago
architect Jeanne Gang, whose firm is building
the new North Campus dorm at UChicago, is
already lined up to design the garden surrounding the museum.
Up Next:
2015 Mayoral Race
February 2015 promises to be a big month
in Chicago politics. Emanuel, former chief of
staff to Barack Obama, who left the Capitol to
run his hometown, is up for reelection, and the
polls aren’t looking promising. So far, the only
serious contender is Chicago Teachers Union
President Karen Lewis, who has a 47 percent
lead on Emanuel in a recent Tribune poll.
Lewis, who went head-to-head with Emanuel
during the 2012 teachers; strike, says she will
run a grassroots campaign. The polls show her
support lies with the black and Latino communities. But Lewis hasn’t officially declared
whether or not she will run and Emanuel, who
already has $7 million in his war chest and the
backing of several Super PACs, will have little
trouble raising many more millions. Alderman
Bob Fioretti is also considering a run.
Minimum Wage
The $8.25 minimum wage in Chicago could
see a major hike in upcoming months. Emanuel
and Governor Pat Quinn have recently pushed
for an increase to a $13 wage by 2018. Some
say this isn’t high enough, while other say this
will result in the loss of jobs. The measure
could appear on the ballot this November.
CPS
Civil
Rights Violation
Investigation
CPS is currently under a civil rights violation investigation by the U.S. Department of
Education. Two South Side schools, Dyett
High School and Mollison Elementary, claim
they have been stripped of resources such as
teachers and honors courses as enrollment has
dropped. “Discrimination and segregation are
alive and well in the city of Chicago,” one member of the Kenwood Oakland Community
Organization said at the announcement of
the federal investigation in July. If the claim is
determined to be valid, the schools will try to
reach a settlement with CPS. The outcome of
the case could have large implications for CPS.
Obama Library
Recent polls show that Chicagoan are split
on whether tax dollars should be spent on the
Obama Presidential Library. According to a
Tribune poll, only 47 percent of Chicagoans
are in favor of Emanuel’s proposal to spend
$100 million on the project. This fall New
York, Hawaii, and Chicago will continue
to duke out their proposals for the Obama
Presidential Library. Many Chicagoans feel
that the library should be on Chicago’s South
Side, where the president began his political career and grassroots organizing. Proposals
have been made for Woodlawn (the neighborhood just south of the University) and the
North Side’s Lincoln Park.
—Lauren Gurley
TRANSPORTATION: HOW TO LEAVE
HYDE PARK
Welcome to Chicago! To Hyde Park, specifically. You’ve landed in what some have called
the most mysterious neighborhood in America.
Your next four years here will be consciousness-expanding and loaded with complex and
confusing experiences and observations. An
obvious part of the neighborhood’s draw is its
proximity to the rest of Chicago. I will take
some time to explain to you your options for
getting around, and go so far as to make recommendations, pronouncements, and judgments.
Your options begin when you choose which
mode of transportation you will use to get
around. The obvious modes are walking, biking, taking the bus, and taking the train.
Walking
When you are in Hyde Park, walk! The
neighborhood is compact enough that you are
rarely more than 15 minutes from your destination. Walking is the best way to experience
a new place. Observe the streets, buildings,
humans, etc. and take it all in. Simply add
more layers as it gets colder. There is no shame
in wrapping your face in a scarf (or two!) as
you walk home from the library in December.
There are some safety concerns around walking
but you will be briefed elsewhere about those.
Biking
Almost as good as walking. Try it when
you’re in a rush. Also good for leaving the
neighborhood. The Lakefront Path is beautiful
year round and the city’s evolving network of
bike lanes offers relatively safe passage to the
rest of the city. Pick up a refurbished bike at
Blackstone Bicycle Works on East 61st Street.
The bikes there are assembled and worked on
by youth from the surrounding neighborhoods.
The Bus
The Bus
Often maligned, the bus is simply the best
way to get around Chicago. No need to disparage train travel, but the bus will be your best
friend while you live here. Chicago’s bus routes
are much more comprehensive than its rail
routes. Buses run (by law) on streets at half-mile
intervals throughout the city, so you are never
far from one. I will now take a minute to explain
Hyde Park’s bus options.
#55- The #55 is your trusty route to and from
Midway Airport, the Red Line, the Green Line,
and many other South Side neighborhoods. It
passes through an incredible diversity of places and is a great introduction to the city. Be
warned that during rush hours not all buses go
as far as Midway; pay attention to the marquis
to make sure you do not get stranded halfway.
#6- “Route 6, Jackson Park Express”: You
will hear this refrain many a time for the next
four years. The #6 is the neighborhood’s fastest
connection to downtown. Pick it up on South
Hyde Park Boulevard (or South Lake Park
Avenue north of East 51st Street) and enjoy
your express ride downtown. You’ll make it in
20 to 30 minutes if the traffic’s not bad. It also
continues further south, ending at East 79th
Street. Do not discount this direction, as there’s
a lot to be seen in Woodlawn and South Shore.
The #6 usually stops service around midnight
or 1 a.m. depending on the night, but you best
look this up to be sure.
#2- The Hyde Park Express is similar to the
Jackson Park Express, but it runs a slightly different route, only during weekday rush periods.
Try it out.
#4- Route #4 is the Cottage Grove bus. It runs
from downtown to the South Side primarily via
South Cottage Grove Avenue. Surely you have
been told terrible things about Cottage Grove,
but it is undeniably an important artery. The
area’s history is legible in the ornate buildings
that surround the bigger intersections. If you
have business in North Kenwood, Bronzeville,
or at the Chatham Target, the #4 will be your
conduit.
#15- The Jeffery Local will take you to and
from the East 47th Street Red Line station.
Unlike the #55 at the Garfield station, you can
wait for the #15 indoors at 47th Street, making
it a good winter option. It goes south all the way
to East 103rd Street.
The Train
Chicago is famous for its elevated rail system. Now operated exclusively by the Chicago
Transit Authority, the elevated railway lines
were run by private corporations until their
consolidation in the 1940s. Seven of the nine
lines pass through downtown and move people
to and from more outlying neighborhoods. The
phrase “the Loop” refers to the set of elevated
tracks the Orange, Green, Brown, Purple, and
Pink Lines share in the central area. The Red
and Blue Lines pass through downtown as
subways. They are also the only two lines that
run all night.
Your options for leaving Hyde Park on CTA
rail are the Green Line and the Red Line. The
Green Line is about 10 minutes closer, though
both are best accessed via the #55 bus. The
Green Line runs on elevated tracks through
Washington Park and Bronzeville before arriving downtown, and from its windows you can
see the contours of the neighborhoods. The
Red Line runs down the middle of the Dan
Ryan Expressway, affording it much less access
to scenery. The Green Line is a bit faster than
the Red Line and a good artery for destinations west of the Loop, like the Garfield Park
Conservatory, but if you are headed to the
North Side a continuous ride on the Red Line
may be your most enjoyable option.
So, there are your options. Enjoy using them
to explore Chicago. Try to think of Hyde Park’s
unique location and the many hours you will
spend on the CTA navigating it as a blessing
rather than a curse.
—Patrick Dexter (A.B. ’14)
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NEIGHBORHOODS: NORTH, CENTRAL,
SOUTH, WEST, AND THE “BURBS”
Evanston
Known to many Chicagoans as the only cool
suburb, the city of Evanston is a long but straightforward trip from Hyde Park: just take the Red
Line alllllll the way to the end of the line at Howard
Street, then hop on the Purple Line or any of
the northbound buses that leave from Howard
Station. Or, if you’re coming from downtown, the
far quicker option is to board a Metra North Line
train from Ogilvie Transportation Center and get
off at Main or Davis.
If you toured Northwestern before choosing in
favor of the life of the mind, you’ll already know
that Evanston’s lakefront is gorgeous and great for a
long walk or bike ride. Venture just west of campus
for huge houses, well-kept lawns, and an unfathomably high concentration of 19th century churches.
Evanston has started to fight back and poke fun at
its history of churchliness and once-resident temperance movement figurehead Frances E. Willard
with a number of new local brewing operations,
including Temperance Beer Company and FEW
Spirits. However, the Frances E. Willard House
Museum and Archives preserves her larger legacy as
an educator and advocate for women’s suffrage and
is open for public tours.
If you’re craving more bustle, keep this rule in
mind: Evanston has several small business districts,
each concentrated around its Purple Line stops and
each with its own particular draws. Get off at Main
to see cool geodes and a free geology museum at
Dave’s Rock Shop or eat cheap and excellent GreekAmerican food at Cross-Rhodes; at Dempster,
check out affordable and unpredictable boutique
The Mexican Shop, shop for antiques at Secret
Treasures, and browse a great collection of used
books and music at Squeezebox. Davis Street is
true downtown Evanston, where you’ll find familiar
chain clothing stores, a large movie theater, and
some great bars and restaurants. At a single street
corner you’ll find Gigio’s Pizza, Vintage Vinyl, and
Bennison’s Bakery, all of which are not to be missed,
especially when the latter’s pumpkin cake donuts
come into season. All in all, Evanston is a great
weekend day trip, a chance to venture just outside
the boundaries of the city without feeling that
you’ve really left—just don’t fall asleep and miss
your stop on the way home.
–Rachel Schastok
Pilsen
Pilsen is a fascinating study in Chicago history.
Originally a Czech neighborhood, and still home to
the incongruous Dvorak Park, this neighborhood is
now best known for its high-quality Mexican food
and has one of the largest Hispanic populations in
the city. Recently however, in a strange twist of fate,
the neighborhood is being gentrified and starting to
show signs of its roots with restaurants like Pl-zen
harkening back to its original Czech inhabitants.
However, the neighborhood is still a definite
must-go for any and all varieties of Mexican and
Tex-Mex, topped only perhaps by Little Village
further west, where many ex-Pilsen inhabitants were
driven once Pilsen started gentrifying. Tacos, burritos, carnitas, agua fresca, and Mexican pastries are
to be had in droves, with restaurants offering varying
styles and traditions.
Spend a day wandering the streets, admiring
Pilsen’s fascinating and varied murals adorning
many alleyways and buildings, stop in for free at
the National Museum of Mexican Art on West
19th Street, and grab some traditional Mexican hot
chocolate (if it’s cold, and let’s face it, it probably will
be) at nearby La Catrina Café on West 18th Street.
Pilsen has also recently become home to a strip of
thrift and vintage clothing shops along West 18th
Street, whose price and selection beat out many of
the more touted spots further north. Knee Deep
Vintage, along with Comet Vintage and Pilsen
Vintage, will quell your hunger for quirky clothing and knick-knacks, and across the street, Cafe
Jumping Bean (a Pilsen staple for 20 years) can serve
a mean pick-me-up with their version of Mexican
hot chocolate plus a shot of espresso.
For lunch or dinner there is no dearth of options:
Head for tacos, traditional Mexican fare, or something a bit more Tex-Mexy at any number of spots
along West 18th Street and the surrounding area.
I’m not giving away my favorite spots; it’s best if you
find some for yourselves.
Chinatown
Getting to Chinatown is easy: the Red Line
drops off right in the heart of Chinatown at the
you’d-have-to-be-asleep-to-miss-it stop, CermakChinatown, just a few miles north of Hyde Park.
Deciding what to eat, and where, once you get there
is a slightly more Herculean task.
Compared to the Chinatowns in New York or
San Francisco, Chicago’s Chinatown may seem a bit
meager. The streets are rarely teeming, and the area,
while certainly holding some of the best restaurants
in the city, is far from expansive. That doesn’t mean
choosing a restaurant is any easier. The roughly
seven-block neighborhood is packed with delicioussounding places promising all kinds of cuisine. Is
the old Three Happiness on West Cermak Road
better, or the New Three Happiness across the way
on South Wentworth Avenue? How do you choose
between Lao Beijing or Lao Shanghai or Lao Sze
Chuan? Should you head to Chiu Quon Bakery or
Tasty Place Bakery or Man Shi Da Bakery? What
about a nice bubble tea post-meal?
Chinatown is a neighborhood that favors two
kinds of people: those adventurous and decisive
enough to blindly enter the first restaurant that
takes their fancy, and those who like to do research
and find exactly where they can find the best pork
buns for their buck (hint: Chiu Quon on South
Wentworth Avenue). The former can stop reading
here, grab their jackets, and head for the Red Line.
The latter might benefit from continuing.
The most important factor in navigating the
culinary waters of Chinatown is knowing what you
want. Like spicy food? Szechuan cuisine is famous
for its spicy dishes with crunchy red peppers that
will bring tears to your eyes, best served up at Tony
Hu’s Lao Sze Chuan. Three Happiness (the original
on West Cermak Road) serves up some of the best
seafood and is open 24/7. Got a large group who
can’t agree? Joy Yee’s vast picture menu includes
dishes from all over China, not to mention Korea
and other parts of Asia, along with a truly staggering
collection of bubble tea flavors and combinations
to please even the pickiest diner. But watch out,
the portions are huge, and with its expansive menu
and customer-oriented service, it can be easy to get
caught up in the Joy Yee bubble; make sure to pop it
every now and then.
Lincoln Park
Yes, Lincoln Park is home to some of the most
expensive apartments, condos, and houses in the
city, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to
chow down on some of the best greasy tacos you’ve
ever tasted at Allende Restaurant at 4 a.m., or listen
to blues all night at the nearby Kingston Mines,
one of the oldest blues joints still open in the city.
The neighborhood boasts scores of restaurants and
joints catering to high, low, and middling budgets,
with the culinary range to match. Want a Korean
barbecue taco? Hit up Del Seoul on North Clark
Street. Or if that doesn’t make the cut, grab a hulking burrito at next-door Angela’s Burrito Style, or
head a bit further north for hot dogs and embarrassment Ed Debevic’s style at The Weiners Circle. For
a North Side neighborhood full of million-dollar
condos, Lincoln Park can certainly dish out some
affordable grub.
Though of course, if your student life is starting
to feel a bit too starving artist or greasy spoon, you
can hoof it up to Lincoln Park for a jaunt through
the Lincoln Park Zoo and oft-overlooked, but wonderful, collections of flora at the attached conservatory (both of which are always free), take in some
contemporary art at the DePaul Art Museum (also
free), and finish it all up with tea, coffee, and pastries
at Bourgeois Pig Cafe on West Fullerton Avenue. If
that doesn’t have you purring like the city’s fattest
of cats for the price of a metro fare and a few cups
Darjeeling, I’ll eat my hat.
The best way to get to Lincoln Park is to take the
Red Line to the Fullerton stop, which drops you off
right near DePaul’s campus. However, during the
warmer months, biking to Lincoln Park along the
Lake Shore path is a delightful way to spend a few
hours, not to mention the ride itself is spectacular,
beaches filled with droves of Chicagoans and the
sun, so absent during the winter, glinting playfully
off the lake. The ride does take around an hour to
and hour and a half, but in early fall or late spring is a
wonderful way to bid goodbye, or hello, to summer.
Wicker Park
This North Side neighborhood is famous for
being one of the birthplaces of modern hipsterism.
Originally a somewhat seedy area, the blocks surrounding the famous “six corners” intersection have
long since started the tortuous process of gentrification, changing the area from cheap artist hangout
to an expensive retail and restaurant haven. The
old wave, however, is still putting up a fight, and in
between high-end stores like Brooklyn Industries
and Rag and Bone, coffee shops, record stores, and
small pop-up vintage clothing sales still hold on.
The neighborhood has become a place where
few working artists and musicians can still live, but
the extensive collection of galleries, concert venues,
and events still has the city’s creative types flocking
to Wicker Park for culture and craft beer. For a student, Wicker Park’s greatest asset may be the stretch
of Milwaukee Avenue including Myopic Books,
Reckless Records, and Wormhole Coffee. Though
the neighborhood is traditionally touted for its
thrift stores and vintage shops, it is now a friendlier
place for shoppers looking to splurge on new boots
at the Doc Marten store or expensive jeans at, well,
many, many different places.
Wicker Park, though in some areas less scenic
than some of its North Side relatives, can still be
a fun place to spend the day. The food scene is
burgeoning and you can dish out a few bucks
for an excellent taco at Flash Taco, conveniently
located under the Blue Line stop, pizza by the
slice (a surprising rarity in Chicago) at Demo’s on
North Damen Avenue, or a prix-fixe dinner of mod-
ern American fare at the Trencherman on North
Avenue, all within a few minutes walk of the Blue
Line stop at Damen.
Logan Square
Logan Square, reachable by the Blue Line, a few
stops past Damen at the eponymous stop Logan
Square, has recently become a haven for some of
the city’s most interesting restaurants. Waits can
measure in the hours for popular spots like Fat Rice
(an incredible Portuguese-Asian fusion joint worth
waiting days for, in my opinion), and Longman &
Eagle, neither of which accept reservations, but are
still neighborhood, and city-wide, favorites. Lula
Café, serving up bi bim bop or buckwheat pancakes
for brunch, and offering a six-course vegetarian
tasting menu for dinner, is another favorite. The list
goes on and on.
Of course there are many other reasons to head
up to Logan Square. The Logan Theatre hosts the
yearly Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International
Film Festival and the Chicago Underground Film
Festival, as well as screening indie flicks alongside
blockbusters and old cult-favorites. The theatre
brings a little slice of old Hollywood glamour to
Logan Square, with thick carpeting, old-timey soft
yellow lights, a concession stand that looks more like
a speakeasy bar than an overpriced popcorn counter,
and old movie posters along the hallways.
Logan Square is a vibrant, artistic neighborhood,
often cited as the area where ousted ex–Wicker
Parkers move to escape the upscale chains and yuppies. The food scene is one of the best in the city,
and is constantly changing, rent and attention still
low enough for experimentation. The best way to
explore Logan Square is to wander the streets and
find your own favorite restaurants, shops, cafés, or
bars. Logan Square is a neighborhood that rewards
a little extra legwork.
—Robert Sorrell
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READING LIST AND THE MEDIA
HOOK-UP
To supplement in-person explorations, basic Chicago-specific reading
A world-class city with a rich history and culture is bound to produce a plethora of great writing.
Here are a few starting points to put
on your reading list, which you can
revisit while you’re procrastinating
on that Sosc paper.
On the regular
Stay up to date on all the latest
happenings. The Chicago Tribune
and the Chicago Sun-Times are the
city’s two daily newspapers. They
say all politics is local, so political
junkies in particular will appreciate the Trib’s Clout Street blog (a
nod to Chicago’s history of political patronage) and the Sun-Times’
Early and Often blog, both focusing on city and state politics. The
Chicago Reader is the city’s alternative weekly, with longform investigative features and arts and culture
coverage. Check out Crain’s Chicago
Business for the lowdown on the
city’s big movers and shakers in the
business and finance world. Gapers
Block and Time Out Chicago are
essential sources for making your
weekend plans, with listings of the
city’s best concerts, plays, exhibits,
festivals, etc.
Longform journalism
A good place to start is A.J.
Liebling’s classic profile, “Second
City,” in which he blisteringly criticized Chicago — though the name
stuck. Also from the vault, sportswriter E.M. Swift celebrated the
charms of Wrigley Field in “There’s
No Place Like An Old Place.” Mike
Nichols (X ‘53) and Elaine May
(X ‘53) recounted how their comedy duo, formed while both were
students at UChicago, led them to
fame and served as the foundation
for Chicago’s famed Second City
comedy theater, in “Who’s Afraid
of Nichols & May?” From 2008,
learn about how Chicago shaped
President Barack Obama’s political career in “Making It,” by Ryan
Lizza, The New Yorker’s political
correspondent. And this year, The
Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates released
the much discussed “The Case for
Reparations,” drawing on extensive
reporting on the institutional racism embedded in Chicago’s housing
policies.
Fiction
Poet Carl Sandburg memorably
described Chicago as “Hog Butcher
for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker
of Wheat, Player with Railroads
and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the
Big Shoulders.” Theodore Dreiser’s
Sister Carrie and Upton Sinclair’s
The Jungle epitomize Sandburg’s
Chicago — the city as a rough-andtumble industrial mecca. Inspired
by real life experiences, Native
Son by Richard Wright and The
House on Mango Street by Sandra
Cisneros examine the city’s black
and Hispanic communities, respectively. More recently, the characters
in Audrey Niffenegger’s bestseller,
The Time Traveler’s Wife, timetravel in various Chicago locations,
including the Newberry Library. In
addition, Veronica Roth’s Divergent
trilogy takes place in a futuristic version of our city.
Nonfiction
The Devil in the White City by
Erik Larson takes place right in our
backyard, chronicling serial killer
H.H. Holmes’ reign of terror during the 1893 World’s Fair. The
legendary Studs Terkel (Ph.B. ’32,
J.D. ’34) wrote prolifically, publish-
ing numerous oral histories about
ordinary Americans. One selection
particularly worth a look: Division
Street: America, a collection of stories
about working class Chicagoans living in the tumult of the 1960s. Boss,
by Mike Royko, may be the definitive biography of Mayor Richard J.
Daley, whose family ruled Chicago
politics for over five decades. Alex
Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children
Here is a stark depiction of life in a
Chicago public housing complex.
And Nature’s Metropolis by William
Cronon explores how Chicago’s
unique ecological and geographical features turned a frontier town
into an economic powerhouse.
More non-fiction reads (short-list):
UChicago Disorientation Guide,
Family Properties, Death and Life of
Great American Cities (Hyde Park
sections).
—Marina Fang
COURTESY OF SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC
NAVIGATING THE LAW
The ins and outs of law in the Windy City
Of course, state and local laws aren’t the
only regulations you’ll need to have on
your radar while you’re here—a complete
list of University policies and regulations
can be found at commonsense.uchicago.
edu or studentmanual.uchicago.edu —but
they are good to know. Here is a sampling
of Chicago and Illinois laws of interest that
you (and any out-of-state or unfamiliarwith-state visitors you might bring along)
ought to bear in mind.
1. For drivers or future Zipcar patrons:
As of January 1st of this year, it is illegal
to use cellphones while driving in the state
of Illinois—unless that use is hands-free
(speakerphone or Bluetooth). Otherwise,
you could be penalized starting from 75$.
Also noteworthy for car drivers is the recent
proliferation of red-light cameras in the
city, which have a reputation of being merciless—they were the subject of a recent
Chicago Tribune watchdog investigation.
Don’t give them anything to go on.
2. Pedestrians should note that while it
is technically mandatory for all bikes and
cars to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks
at unmarked intersections, most motorists
seem to be struggling with the transition.
Even if a crosswalk is labeled as a conditional
stop, it’s still likely that drivers will keep
going—be vigilant and expect the worst;
pessimism remains the best way to protect
yourself from vehicles.
3. Smoking is illegal inside of all public
buildings in Chicago (as well as in lobbies
and hallways of apartment buildings), and
smokers outside those buildings must be at
least fifteen feet away from entrances. As of
September 10th of this year, smoking is also
illegal in all Chicago beaches, playgrounds,
parks, harbors, and Park District buildings.
It is also campus policy—as well as my own
heartfelt plea—that students, faculty, and
staff avoid smoking near to building vents,
as the smoke can easily get sucked inside and
into the ventilation systems.
4. Bikers in Chicago are fortunate to have
an extensive network of bike lanes and the
newly introduced and still-expanding Divvy
bike-sharing program, but there are some
responsibilities that go along with the conveniences: Bikers are expected to use hand
signals and bike lanes whenever possible,
and to obey all traffic laws. Generally, riding
on sidewalks is forbidden, although local
ordinance varies. Night riding is permissible
if your bike is outfitted with a white light
visible from 500 feet on the front and a red
reflector visible from 100 feet on the rear.
5. This is a new one, and likely isn’t on
your list of things to know, but it’s still a
good thing to have on your radar: since
2013 Illinois has been in the process of
implementing concealed carry legislation.
The process for applying for a license is still
a lengthy bureaucratic maze, but Governor
Quinn’s veto was overridden on July 9th of
2013 and concealed carry appears to be here
to stay, at least for the short term—although
you’ll notice that all University buildings
are outfitted with signage advertising that
firearms are forbidden on campus.
—Emma Thurber Stone
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AUMER SHUGHOURY
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LIFE OF THE BODY
ATHLETICS, PHYSICAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL PHUN
ATHLETICS HISTORY
We may no longer be in the Big Ten. And
perhaps we aren’t on that list of teams that’s
perennially challenging for the DI national
championship in some sport or another. But
that doesn’t mean the Maroons lack a storied
history. In fact, it’s a rich one, in both the distant and the more recent past.
Let’s take it from the beginning. The beginning of what, you may ask? How about the
Big Ten Conference. Our Maroons were cofounders back in 1896, along with a list of
schools whose athletics remain on the national stage to this day.
Chicago was a force in the Midwest during the 40 years that Amos Alonzo Stagg
coached the football squad (1892–1932). Yes,
that’s the same Stagg whose name adorns the
trophy awarded to the winner of the Big Ten
each year in football, and our very own football field on campus. Stagg led the Maroons
to six Big Ten championships (seven if you
count the 1922 shared title with Iowa and
Michigan).
And Stagg’s victories extended beyond his
time—the Statue of Liberty play that Boise
State used to win the 2007 Fiesta Bowl was
partially Stagg’s creation, while coaching here
in 1908.
The coaching, of course, wasn’t the only
exciting element to early 1900s Maroon
sports. The players possessed certifiable,
DI-level talent, too—which helped Stagg and
other coaches look good. One crucial chess
piece of his was Jay Berwanger.
Berwanger was the first recipient of the
Heisman Trophy, still awarded each year to
the best player in college football. The halfback was given the honor in 1935, when it was
called the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy.
The next year, they renamed it the Heisman,
and that name stuck. For those who doubt
that the Maroons could ever reign supreme on
the gridiron, Berwanger’s Heisman trophy sits
in the middle of the Ratner Athletic Center
rotunda.
Long before Title IX, female Maroons were
putting on a show as well. Between 1898 and
1935, Gertrude Dudley served as director of
“physical culture” for women. She organized
multiple female teams and crusaded for more
women’s sports at the University.
Then, sports seemingly faded into the background. The South Siders left the Big Ten
in 1946, after University President Robert
Maynard Hutchins decided to eliminate the
University’s varsity football team in 1939.
We rejoin the South Siders’ highlight reel
in 1987, when the Maroons again helped
to charter a sports conference. This time,
it was the NCAA DIII University Athletic
Association, also known as the UAA.
Chicago has won 50 UAA championships
and participated in NCAA tournament play
66 times.
In 2012, the excitement over the women’s
basketball team was palpable on campus, as
it went undefeated en route to an impressive
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showing in the NCAA tournament, where
the women fell to Calvin College in the Sweet
16.
That same year, the women’s tennis team
made it all the way to the national title match,
before losing to Williams College. The
appearance in the finals was the Maroons’ first
in women’s tennis, and the national runner-up
trophy was quite a feat.
Last year, two Maroons added the distinction of national champion to their—and the
school’s—résumés: Michael Bennett in the
pole vault and Abby Erdmann in the 200-yard
butterfly.
Other bright spots in recent history include
women’s cross country, men’s swimming and
diving, and women’s swimming and diving,
each of which finished in the top 10 nationally last season.
In addition, women’s track and field, women’s cross country, and volleyball each won the
UAA in their respective sports last year.
The athletics department is always
changing, too. New athletic director Erin
McDermott took office last July. The new
athletics website that launched last year is the
easiest to navigate of any team in the UAA.
Stagg might never have dreamed that his
coaching record would one day be mentioned
on the same page as a female athletic director, and that it’d be a pretty commonplace
occurrence at that. That’s the thing about the
Maroons: Their history is lively and unique,
just sometimes on a smaller scale.
—Sarah Langs
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VARSITY ATHLETES
The University of Chicago is a better
school for sports than any Division I program in the country.
Yes, you read that right.
Now understand, Chicago does not
have the best teams or athletes in the
nation. The football team would not last
one down against Florida State, and the
basketball team would not stay within 30
points of Connecticut.
But here’s the kicker for the Maroons:
Every student who attends the University
of Chicago has the ability to truly know
who he’s rooting for.
This O-Week, first-years will undoubtedly enter Ratner Athletics Center to get
in a quick run, lift some weights, or even
check out the first Heisman Trophy won
by Jay Berwanger in 1935. Swiping those
students through the turnstile will likely
be third-year Michael Bennett. Bennett
won the NCAA Division III Indoor
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National Title in the pole vault last year.
The only thing he does better than pole
vaulting is talking, and he will be ecstatic
to meet new people. As you take your first
Sosc class, you might even find secondyear Abby Erdmann sitting next to you,
discussing Aquinas’s definition of law.
Erdmann won the NCAA DIII title in
the 200-yard butterfly as a first-year. As a
Maroon, you may very well meet both of
them by the end of your first quarter.
Chicago has a tight-knit community,
and when you know the people you are
rooting for in any sport, the sport doesn’t
matter; the relationship does. Chicago
provides Maroons with an opportunity to
really get to know Maroon athletes. That’s
what separates the 1,000-seat stadiums of
Chicago from the 100,000-seat stadiums
at large state schools.
Now don’t get me wrong—the
University’s sports feature more than just
friendly faces. They display dominance
in their own right. Maroons strive for
excellence in everything they do: on the
field, in the classroom, and in the community. Last year Chicago took 16th in
the DIII Directors Cup, which ranks athletic departments by the success of their
teams. The Maroons featured a handful
of conference champions, a slew of AllAmericans, and a boatload of winning
programs.
Both cross country teams made the
NCAA postseason at the same time for
the first time in history. The women
took fourth nationally. Women’s volleyball broke into the second round of the
Final Four tournament. Both men’s and
women’s swimming finished the season
ranked 10th in the nation. Track and
field featured numerous athletes at both
the indoor and outdoor national meets.
Chicago wrestling featured a fourth-place
finisher, second-year Charlie Banaszak, at
the NCAA championship. Softball hosted and competed in the first round of the
NCAA postseason. Finally, women’s tennis ranked ninth in the nation. And that’s
the condensed version.
As you meet your new housemates and
go to your first classes, take a second to
appreciate the company. Chicago gathers
young people who are unique and different but share a passion to achieve excellence, whether in the classroom, on the
athletic field, or both.
– By Isaac Stern
Editor’s Note: Isaac Stern is a member of
the varsity football team.
CLUB AND INTRAMURAL SPORTS
Whether you’re an experienced player or
just looking to make friends, UChicago’s
diverse slate of intramural and club sports
has all your bases covered.
Last year, according to Assistant Athletic
Director Brian Bock, about 5,500 students,
graduate and undergrad, participated in 32
different intramurals ranging from broomball to football to euchre. Another 1,000
students participated in 41 different club
sports.
Broomball in particular is an important
part of the UChicago brand. During winter
quarter, so long as the weather is cold and
the ice is firm, students head to the ice rink
on the Midway to play a modified version of
hockey, with sneakers subbed in for skates,
brooms for sticks, and a tiny soccer ball for
the puck.
And, in the last couple of years, enthusiastic students from the Harry Potter generation have popularized Quidditch, in which
players run around with brooms between
their legs. Scoring the Quaffle works roughly as it does in the magical variant, whereas
Seekers chase a Snitch that’s actually a rubber ball in a sock tucked into a volunteer’s
waistband.
Soccer, flag football, and basketball,
though, are predictably the most popular
intramurals, and soccer actually surpassed
flag football last year as the most popular
intramural. It’s not unusual to see intramural
teams where the majority of players have
high school experience.
The athletics department offers coed,
men’s, and occasionally women’s leagues for
both graduate and undergraduate students.
The leagues come with the works: playoffs,
referees, and trophies for league champions.
For students who like to keep their competition and their physical fitness separate,
the University offers leagues in chess, backgammon, and other individual games.
“We use the term sports sometimes loosely,” Bock said. “So some people might not
say backgammon, euchre, and spades are
sports. But at the University of Chicago,
they are.”
Another UChicago tradition is midnight
soccer, which students organize outside the
aegis of the athletics department. Starting
first week, teams from different houses
come out to play on the Midway at around
9 or 10 p.m., with as many players a side as
they can handle. The results are a formality more than anything—and the season
stretches until the ground freezes over.
Whereas intramural sports offer a way
for houses to bond and for friends to stay
in touch, club sports are social circles unto
themselves. The University distinguishes
between clubs focused on competition and
clubs focused on instruction and recreation.
Clubs, like varsity sports, travel to compete
against other Midwest schools.
Badminton is the most popular club
sport, with 56 participants in the 2013–
2014 school year. But crew, archery, water
polo, climbing, women’s rugby, and men’s
ultimate aren’t far behind, all with about 50
participants.
Different club sports attract different
sorts. The badminton club is full of international students, many of whom played
badminton in their home countries. The
men’s volleyball club, on the other hand,
leans West Coast, and the triathlon club is
full of science majors. Every club, though,
has a mix of experienced players and curious
newcomers, and most clubs actively seek out
new members at the beginning of each year.
The slate of 41 club sports is a veritable
smorgasbord: There’s squash, gymnastics,
several varieties of martial arts, fencing,
cheerleading, lacrosse, handball, and quite
a bit more.
Club sports are categorically more
demanding than intramurals, which, for
some students, is a draw. The crew team, for
example, meets before sunrise to practice
on the Chicago River during fall and spring
quarters. When the river’s frozen, they meet
several times a week for indoor workouts
instead.
Travel is also a major plus—the sailing
team, for example, has spent a week in
France each of the last two years in what its
skipper called the “best week of [her] life.”
Clubs also have a strong social dimension,
both within the University and without.
Team members tend to become friends outside of just their sport, and several sports,
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like archery, encourage opposing teams to
mingle at meets.
Sign-ups for intramurals usually happen through houses’ designated intramural rep, via the online registration website
IMLeagues.com. Club sports usually have
Facebook pages or websites, and tend to
advertise at RSO fairs.
– By Derek Tsang
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CHICAGO PRO SPORTS PRIMER
I came to Chicago for the sports…didn’t
you?
As a huge professional sports devotee, the
city’s plethora of teams and venues seemed
like a dream come true. You could say I’ve
spent my last three years here learning
sports—through sports, about sports, and
channeling what I’ve learned into sports,
too.
Even if you didn’t come for the same reason, make it a bucket list item for the next
four years: Catch a game at each of the city’s
professional sports venues.
Whether you’re a fan or not, whether you
root for the Chicago team’s rival, or you
don’t even know how baseball is scored, put
it on your schedule. You’ll be glad you did.
We are lucky to have two baseball teams,
one football team, one hockey team, and
one basketball team just a little ways away
on public transportation from our campus.
Sporting events give us a chance to forget
about homework and classes for a few hours,
a great bonding experience with our companions, and a time to connect with this
city we reside in for nine months of the year.
Head down to U.S. Cellular Field at the
end of this week and get one last chance
to see Paul Konerko (albeit on the bench)
in a White Sox uniform. Or, head out to
Sox/35th on the Red Line next spring to see
the 2005 World Series champions celebrate
the 10-year anniversary of their breaking an
88-year World Series curse.
If North Side baseball is more your thing,
take the Red Line to Addison. Whether you
go in the next few days or wait until next
spring, you’ll be treated to Jorge Soler, Javier
Baez, Kyle Hendricks, and the future of
Major League Baseball.
Baseball games are accessible from campus: Just take the #55 bus to the Red Line,
or the #6 to the Red Line downtown if
you’re going to Wrigley. Cheap tickets for
either squad’s games can be found pretty
easily online; plus the dorms often organize
group outings with subsidized tickets.
As the weather cools off, it’ll start to
feel more and more like football season.
That means Bears games at Soldier Field.
Football is a lot pricier than baseball, but
any of the eight home games would be
worth the experience. Situated south of the
Loop, you can easily walk to Soldier Field
from the first downtown stop on the #6 bus
or the Roosevelt Red Line stop. Football is
an incredible experience in person, and the
indoors of Soldier Field is a sight to behold,
especially covered in snow. Dress warmly.
For your hockey fix, I’m sure the 2013
Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks will do
the trick. Chicago absolutely comes alive in
support of the team when it enters a playoff
run. Last spring, the dinosaur skeleton outside the Field Museum had on a dinosaursized Blackhawks jersey for the duration of
their postseason run. Grab a friend, grab
a sweater, and head to the Madhouse on
Madison.
The United Center, as it’s also called,
houses the NBA’s Bulls as well. There’s the
Green Line to get there, or the #4 bus to
the #20. Head out there to see a basketball
game. Try to see Derrick Rose. I’ve been
trying for three years running, so I wish you
the best of luck.
Learn the lingo, too. The big names these
days are the Blackhawks’ Toews and Kane,
the Bulls’ Rose and Noah, the Bears’ Forte
and Cutler, the Sox’s Sale, and the Cubs’
aforementioned Soler and Baez.
The great thing about sports in Chicago
is that, despite the Billy Goat curse, these
teams seem to always make it interesting.
The Blackhawks weren’t able to defend their
Stanley Cup last year, but they staved off
elimination until overtime in Game Seven
at home. It was electric. I was there…which
brings me to my next point: Take advantage
of any game you’re given. One of the things
that makes sports captivating is that even the
most harmless or small-storylined of games
can become epic.
Outdoors game at Soldier Field with subzero temperatures projected? Go anyway.
Game Seven between two teams you don’t
care strongly about? Go anyway. Free tickets
to Cubs/Phillies when it’s clear they’ll both
be bottom feeders this season and rain is
predicted? Go anyway; a pitcher might go
three-for-four.
Chicago’s sporting field is wide, so do
yourself a favor and be a sports fanatic.
You don’t have to be a White Sox, Cubs,
Blackhawks, Bulls, or Bears fan. In fact, you
can be the opposite. All you have to do is
be willing to sit through three hours—an
afternoon unlike any you’ll find on campus.
– By Sarah Langs
COURTESY OF KEITH ALLISON
(R)O-MANCE: DATING, HOOKING UP,
UCHICAGO CRUSHES
Ah, the O-mance. You’ve spent the entire
month of September stuck at home, launching a strategic Facebook liking campaign to
win the attention of that special someone in
the Class of 2018 group and anxiously reading think pieces about college hookup culture. At last, you arrive on campus and meet
each other in person—your time is now!
But on the off chance that your O-Week
hookup isn’t “The One” and you find the
spark fizzling by third week, fear not. Your
college years represent a smorgasbord of
social, romantic, and sexual opportunity,
should you choose to partake. After all, you
will most likely never again find yourself
surrounded by so many smart, interesting
people who are mostly single and, objectively speaking, probably the hottest they’ll
ever be.
Sure, you could always join an RSO or
play the long game of befriending/seducing
your Core Bio lab partner, but this is the
21st century. So, assembled here for your
convenience: three of the most millennial
“dating” methods on campus.
Looking to anonymously appreciate the
cute person who you always see studying on
the same floor of the Reg and/or objectify
strangers? The Facebook page UChicago
Crushes is the perfect venue. Moderated
by a mysterious editor who must spend half
of his/her life keeping up with the steady
flow of submissions, it’s unclear how many
posts are genuine and how many are written
by those masquerading as secret admirers
in order to give their friends a self-esteem
boost. Either way, now that summer is over
and the annoying influx of poems addressed
to significant others fighting the long distance blues has eased up, the page is sure to
be good for entertainment, at the very least.
If words aren’t your specialty, Tinder
replicates the basic experience of meeting
people in bars, but in app form. Set your
desired age range and location radius to
be shown a steady stream of photos from
eligible single/bored people in your area. If
you and another user both “swipe right” to
indicate approval when presented with each
other’s profiles, you’ll be matched up and
given the opportunity to chat. Perfect for
exchanging flirtatious messages with cute
grad students on the North Side and screencapping the profile of your Sosc class’s very
own That Kid.
Finally, for the bold amongst us, there’s
always 2studentbodies.com. Founded by
UChicago students and ostensibly a dating site catered toward the populations of
various college campuses, the website is
more often used by students seeking nostrings-attached hookups and usually caters
to those with kinkier tastes. Though there’s
no way of knowing how many users are
successful in finding partners with their
desired fetishes, the website seems rarely
used. Interested parties might be better off
joining the RACK, the RSO dedicated to
kink culture and BDSM.
But if the Internet betrays you and you
find yourself alone, staring into a void of
manufactured digital flirting and desperate
for a shred of human contact as you struggle
to find meaning in the hellscape that is your
20s—and the hellscape that is Chicago in
the winter—just relax. Romantic entanglements are meant to come at their own pace.
And if all else fails, there’s always Bar Night.
—Claire Fuller
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FUNCTIONAL FITNESS
In Parks and Recreation, Tom
Haverford and Donna Meagle set
aside one day of the year called
Treat Yo Self. It’s what it sounds
like: Treat yourself to everything—
clothes, treat yo self; fragrances,
treat yo self; massages, treat yo self;
mimosas, treat yo self; fine leather
goods, treat yo self.
Here at UChicago, you can treat
yo self any day of the year. Campus
abounds with wellness and alternative health initiatives to help you
manage stress and feel good while
getting a workout. Of course, there
are intramural sports and club
teams, but for those who prefer to
get their exercise in more creative
ways, UChicago is the place to be.
For those who are into yoga,
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you have options on and around
campus. Ratner Athletics Center
holds drop-in and registered
classes every quarter. Or if you’re
looking for a nicer view, consider
showing up for restorative yoga in
Rockefeller Chapel, which is held
twice a week in the early evening.
The class is aimed at relaxing you,
and Meredith Haggerty, who leads
the program, will often give you
a few dabs of essential oil at the
end of the class to soothe your
stressed-out soul. Yoga addicts
who want their daily fix can consider CorePower Yoga on East
53rd Street and South Lake Park
Avenue, where a membership will
give you access to hot yoga classes.
Your sweat will probably freeze on
the long trek back to campus, but
hey, isn’t that something you’ve
always wanted to experience?
Closer to campus, you’ll find
that Ratner runs two fitness programs. FitChicago offers commitment-free, drop-in classes
that are open to everyone in the
community. Classes range from
cardio kickboxing to zumba and
15-minute ab workouts. Phoenix
Fitness requires registration at the
beginning of each quarter and provides a more structured routine
for those who need the motivation. These classes generally provide instruction for activities that
require more specialized skills, like
ballroom dancing and golf.
If making friends is your pre-
rogative, several RSOs also provide alternatives to the traditional
workout. To get out of Hyde Park
or even the Midwest, join the
Outdoor Adventure Club, which
holds outings to go kayaking, rock
climbing, backpacking, slacklining, camping, and beyond. In the
past, the OAC has gone kayaking
on the Chicago River and taken
weeklong backpacking trips during
spring break. If its activities do not
fit your schedule, you can also rent
camping gear from the group for a
small fee and go on your own time.
Le Vorris & Vox Circus is an
RSO that will teach you everything from unicycling and stilts
walking to aerials and acrobatics. It
meets three times a week and puts
on shows and workshops open to
the public.
Or perhaps you’re looking to
impart wellness on the masses.
Stressbusters is a program that
trains students in proper massaging technique and deploys them
to relax the muscles of the masses
on Wednesdays in the Reynolds
Club. The athletics department
also offers a CPR/AED/first aid
class through its Phoenix Fitness
program to certify students.
The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that when the intellectual
life inevitably gets tough, there
are many ways to get out of it. So
I’ve got three words for you: Treat.
Yo. Self.
– By Kristin Lin
| CHICAGO MAROON
WHAT TO DO (AND DON’T) WHEN
YOU GET SICK
Getting sick on campus is like pulling
an all-nighter: It’ll happen eventually, and
could go over better or worse than expected.
Also like an all-nighter, it’s best to be somewhat prepared.
First things first, DO come to school
stocked with essentials: your preference
of Advil or Aleve, Midol for one student
demographic, and whatever your go-to cold
medicine is. Whether you’re accustomed to
fending off disease with Mucinex or Zyrtec,
Tylenol or Claritin, have some stocked—it’s
much easier to take what you’re used to
from your own dorm cabinet, rather than
borrowing a friend’s generic or making the
trip to CVS.
DO yourself a favor, and be proactive.
When you feel the onset of cold, waste no
time by taking a vitamin and/or taking care
of yourself. Try to arrange time to get extra
sleep. I swear by Airborne—I got through
the entire polar vortex without a sneeze or
two turning into pneumonia or even a head
cold. DON’T suffer through the watersoluble ones, they’re gross—they now make
chewables, thank god.
DO use UChicago’s extensive medical
complex as a resource. The Student Health
Service provides appointments on East 59th
Street for when you’re starting to feel really
sick. Your Student Life Fee paid at the
beginning of the year will cover doctor’s
appointment fees, flu shots, basic lab tests,
STI and pregnancy testing, contraception
consultations, and wellness promotion (aka
free condoms). DON’T wait until the last
minute to make an appointment—you don’t
want to drag yourself there and wait for
hours in the office on top of feeling like
death itself. That being said, walk-in hours
are available for certain cases, if symptoms
are approved; call the appointment line to
see if you qualify for one. If you do walk
in, expect an hour wait, so DO bring some
reading material.
Alternatively, for mental health consultations or even someone to talk to when
you’re facing tough decisions or situations,
use the Student Counseling Service as your
resource and support system. SCS provides
group therapy, couples counseling, academic
counseling, short-term mental health consultations, and a helping hand when you’re
in need of a confidante to keep your mental
health in balance. DO remember everyone
has access to this reliable resource; utilize it
if you are facing symptoms of mental illness,
unnatural stress, or situations in which you
need support.
DON’T pass by the opportunity to get a
free flu shot. Held on specific days late fall
quarter, free flu shot events take place at
various stations across campus. They make
it quite easy—stations are usually placed
outside Bartlett, Regenstein Library, and
other hubs of student life, where you can
walk in and get your flu shot at that moment
with little wait. It’s worth it when winter
comes around. DO bring a buddy for moral
support, or at least to give you a reason to
cover up your fear of shots, and help pick
out colorful Band-Aids.
DO go to the Wellapalooza fair held on
the quads during fall and spring quarters.
There are puppies to play with, farmer’s
market plants to take home, as well as free
back massages, postcards, condoms, and
candy—what more can you ask for on your
walk back from class?
By utilizing these resources and services
right in front of you, the majority of which
are free, and stocking your own medicine
cabinet for what you know you’ll eventually
need, you can counter that cold, and whatever else comes your way this year.
—Sammie Spector
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