Archive for the ‘LOCAL’ Category

The ‘Reg Culture’

The ‘Reg Culture’
During my first quarter in college, I had a conversation, with a senior, about the awkward social interactions that UChicago’s environment can foster. His response baffled me at that time: “No, it’s not that bad. I just make it a point to go to the library every day. The Reg’s...
May 19th, 2010 | HEADLINES, LOCAL, UCHICAGO | Read More

Indiana Prairies In Bloom

Indiana Prairies In Bloom
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May 7th, 2010 | HEADLINES, LOCAL, TRAVEL DIARIES | Read More

Asian Invasion

Asian Invasion
Doomsayers may add something new to their list— an Asian Carp Invasion of the Great Lakes. Successive waves of invasive species are always accompanied by panic and heavy investment trying to stop them. There is infighting among officials, who sometimes cannot agree on how to fix the problem. This...
April 19th, 2010 | DOMESTIC, HEADLINES, LOCAL | Read More

The “Diskord Bump”

The “Diskord Bump”
Pictured here: MySpace pageviews for The Webelos, courtesy of Next Big Sound In case you have ever hesitated to take the call of a Diskord reporter … check out the awesome peak in site stats for The Webelos on March 22, the day the Diskord article “Making It As A College Band” went up. Now,...
April 9th, 2010 | HEADLINES, LOCAL | Read More

Entrepreneurship Panels Winter 2010

Entrepreneurship Panels Winter 2010
The U. of C.’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship hosted multiple entrepreneurship panels in Winter 2010, with excellent turnout. Here’s a quick mash-up of the highlights: Exploring Entrepreneurship: Innovations in the Midwest Education Industry Best Talk: Provider of online learning K12...
March 13th, 2010 | HEADLINES, LOCAL | Read More

The U. of C.’s Ties With Citibank

The U. of C.’s Ties With Citibank
There are only two institutions on campus that offer banking services – Citibank and the University of Chicago’s Maroon Financial Credit Union, and in case you’re still searching around campus for an ATM by any other name, you’re out of luck. Chances are, you’ll open an account with one...
September 21st, 2009 | LOCAL | Read More

All the Pretty Corpses: A review

From the dawn of abstract expression an aesthetic sensibility has vacillated between that of the natural and that of the made, synthetic, or purposeful objects.  Harbored in a semi-fractured American setting, the delineation between the Marcel Duchamp of New York and the opposing American bracket led...
January 27th, 2006 | ART & CULTURE, EVENTS, LIFE & STYLE, LOCAL, LOCAL EXHIBITS, SUBCULTURES | Read More
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