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11-0-2!!
Vaunted volleyball, scoring soccer, tireless track, unflagging football! The marvelous Maroons this season are…could it be?…undefeated! Autumn unofficially begins this week, and it brings with it quite the surprise: fall athletes have not yet experienced the winter-bleak misery of defeat,...
Service detour
Nathan Richardson, JD'09, was on track to work at a major law firm, but the recession changed his plans: now he works for a nonprofit environmental group in Washington. In the world of law, it sometimes feels as if there...
Glass and steel, revisited
Seattle's glittering Central Library prompts comparisons to UChicago's own crystal book-palace-in-the-making. On vacation in the Pacific Northwest last month, it was exhilarating to get out of Chicago and take a couple weeks of much-needed R&R. After all, a reporter can...
Seal of approval
Vincent Yu, '14, designs a new look for the University of Chicago’s old logo, just for kicks. Vincent Yu, ‘14, hasn’t even started classes yet, but why would that prevent the incoming first-year from getting a head start on the...
Audio/Visual: The makings of a hung jury
Foreman of Rod Blagojevich's hung jury James Matsumoto, AB'77, AM'78, sits down with WTTW's Chicago Tonight. Blagojevich jury foreman James Matsumoto, AB'77, AM'78, has been credited with keeping the jury together during the months-long case. He discussed the trial on...