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“She wanted to be there for the kids”: Children at pro-Palestine Encampment Express Solidarity
Sitting under the “Hind House Daycare” tent, nine-year-old Dinya is drawing with a blue pencil on a coloring book sheet. In the middle of the picture, a firepit burns with a police shield inside of it while children play trumpets and watch on from the side. At the top of the picture, a message is written in bold lettering:
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Seventh Day on Quad
UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad outside of Swift Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, following in the steps of pro-Palestinian groups at numerous other universities that have set up encampments in recent weeks. This article is being updated as the situation develops. Coverage from...
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Sixth Day on Quad
UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad outside of Swift Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, following in the steps of pro-Palestinian groups at numerous other universities that have set up encampments in recent weeks. This article is being updated as the situation develops. Coverage from...
Special Report: Interviews from May 3 Encampment Protests
Podcasts conducted a series of interviews on the quad as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters faced off on day five of the encampment. They spoke with faculty, members of student government on both sides of the protest, and one counterprotester who led an effort to put the American flag back up on the quad’s flagpole.
President Alivisatos: “Encampment Cannot Continue”
The University has determined that the pro-Palestine encampment on the main quad is substantially disrupting the functioning and safety of the University, according to an email sent to the University community by President Paul Alivisatos. The email suggested that the University is prepared to take further action related to the...
An Open Letter to President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker Concerning the Pro-Palestine Encampment
Allowing the continued encampment of protesters on our main quad imposes the following significant costs on the University:. Time, Place, and Manner (TPM) restrictions are put in place to ensure that expression furthers the goal of intellectual exchange in the pursuit of truth. Flagrant violations of TPM restrictions undermine the purpose of the University.
A Message to the Protesters From Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
To the shock of many, demonstrations against the horror in Gaza are spreading across the country, and the young leaders of this movement are found on college campuses across this nation. At a time when the young are portrayed as self-absorbed, materialistic, and addicted to their devices, they are boldly lining up to protest the unconscionable violence in the Middle East. Not only do they demand peace, but also that universities divest from any companies that do business with Israel. These demands—in the tradition of the divestment campaign that helped end apartheid in South Africa—will prayerfully spread as the death toll in Gaza continues to rise.
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Fifth Day on Quad
UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad outside of Swift Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, following in the steps of pro-Palestinian groups at numerous other universities that have set up encampments in recent weeks. This article is being updated as the situation develops. Coverage from...
A Statement from a Group of Concerned Jewish and Israeli Students and Faculty
We are a group of Jewish and Israeli students and faculty at the University of Chicago. We are watching with apprehension as our campus is transformed into another encampment, and we write to express our concern over the nature of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations that are currently taking place there. We underscore that our concern is with the nature of the demonstrations and not the expressions of sympathy for the Palestinians of Gaza, which we share.
University Offers One-Hour Meeting in Exchange for Ending Encampment
The University has offered organizers of the quad encampment a one-hour meeting with University President Alivisatos and Provost Katherine Baicker in exchange for an immediate end to the encampment and a cessation of further violations of University policy, according to an email obtained by the Maroon. In a 12:45 p.m....
University Meets with Encampment Leaders, Organizers Say
Organizers of the pro-Palestine encampment on the quad said they met with University administrators on Wednesday morning. In a statement to the Maroon, UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP), the organizers of the encampment, said that the meeting did not include negotiations on the state of the encampment. The University declined...
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Its Third Day on Quad
UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad outside of Swift Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, following in the steps of pro-Palestinian groups at numerous other universities that have set up encampments in recent weeks. This article is being updated as the situation develops. Coverage from...
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Fourth Day on Quad
UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad outside of Swift Hall at 10 a.m. on Monday, following in the steps of pro-Palestinian groups at numerous other universities that have set up encampments in recent weeks. This article is being updated as the situation develops. Coverage from...
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Encampment Enters Its Second Day on Quad
UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) launched an encampment on the quad at 10 a.m. on Monday. After a first day marked by protest, University responses, and tensions between supporters of Palestine and Israel, the encampment enters its second day. This article is being updated as the situation develops. April 30,...
On Expression and Disruption
The Palestine solidarity encampment on the quad represents a significant trial for the University of Chicago’s frequently emphasized commitments to academic freedom and free expression. This challenge arises from internal tensions within the policies of the University, connected to the questions of what constitutes disruption, and what constitutes institutional ideological neutrality. It is of great importance for our academic community going forward that we as an institution face this challenge with integrity despite the difficulties that may be involved.
University Administrators Respond to Pro-Palestine Encampment
University President Paul Alivisatos addressed the UChicago United for Palestine (UCUP) encampment that assembled on the Main Quad this morning in an email sent to members of the University community. His message, sent on Monday afternoon about five hours after the encampment’s implementation, was followed by another email from Dean of Students Michele Rasmussen. She further expressed the administration’s concern over the protestors’ methods, which violate University policy.
“Proof” Review: A Triumph of Humanity, Genius or Not
At UChicago, math is hard, but the biggest problems are in the lives we lead, not the pages of Baby Rudin. Proof, a highly acclaimed and canonical 21st-century drama written by UChicago alum David Auburn, tells this story. The play is an exhilarating tale of human struggle and achievement, and Bluebird Arts’ production, intelligent and beating with energy, is no exception.
UCPD Officers Union Alleges Wage Discrepancies and Bad Faith Bargaining, University Maintains Good Faith Bargaining for a New Collective Bargaining Agreement
Recently retired University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) officer Gordon Dameron suspected something was wrong with his wages around 2015; he was making the same amount as officers who had served for far fewer years than he had. He couldn’t fully determine what the issue was until Officer Victor Vazquez, president of Police Benevolent and Protective Association of Illinois, Local 185 — UCPD officers union — informed him that he had been missing his longevity raises since 2017.
University to pay $13.5 Million in Antitrust Settlement Over Financial Aid
On February 28, Judge Matthew Kennelly of the Northern District Court of Illinois preliminarily approved an antitrust class action settlement involving the University of Chicago, in which the University will pay $13.5 million. The settlement was reached in the lawsuit Henry, et al. v. Brown University, et al., which alleges that UChicago, among sixteen other universities, was part of a price-fixing cartel that determined financial aid amounts in violation of antitrust laws.
ARACHNIDAE: A Celebration of Eight Graduating Visual Arts Students
Through April 21, the visual arts B.A. thesis exhibition ARACHNIDAE showcased the work of eight undergraduate artists who will be graduating this June. A curiously woven patchwork of materials, moods, and moments, each piece stood simultaneously on its own, within its artist’s collection of works, and in the midst of the exhibition as a whole.
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