University of Chicago
Persistence of Vision
As you enter the apartment at 55th and Hyde Park, the projector is on your left. Straight ahead, a canvas covered with what looks like multi-colored sponges hangs on a wall. When I ask about it, Julian Antos urges me to take it off their hands: “I just hate feeling like my home is... »
An American Success
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas came out twice. The first time was at Mountain View High School when he announced to his class that he was gay after watching a documentary on Harvey Milk. The second time he came out was to a more sizeable audience last summer, when he revealed he... »
Michael Ondaatje’s wise words
Tucked in the Performance Penthouse of the UofC’s Logan Center, Michael Ondaatje induced just as much laughter as he did thought at his talk last Monday, unafraid to admit that he’s neither working on any writing nor aware of the fact that students might dissect his work word by word. He settled the debate... »
Recycled Fashion
Adaeze Okorafor graduated from Northwestern with a degree in Bio-Engineering and a specialization in Prosthetics in 2010. She is now the founder of Dash Me—a Chicago-based company that hosts regular clothing swaps in the city. She explains that “after a few years of soul-searching, my interests shifted.” Her interest stems from her own excursions... »
Be Prepared
Mickle Maher's adaptation of “An Actor Prepares,” premiered last weekend at the Logan Center for the Arts. In the play eight, actors, four of whom are UofC students, dare to portray the author of the classic guide to acting. »
Pillaging Hallowed Grounds
Something was wrong at the Reynolds Club. The late Saturday sun hadn’t quite set, and passersby on 57th street turned their faces up towards the second floor coffee shop with varying degrees of concern, curiosity, and confusion. The perpetrator? The noisily melodic wails and screams of Divinity School student Daniel Wyche, a man who... »
In the Business of Art
The best art collection on campus is also the least publicized, as it’s housed in an unlikely place. The Booth School of Business—known less for its artistic ventures than for its history of turning out successful CEOs—is home to over 300 works of art by approximately 75 artists. “When we moved into the building,... »
Buying with Purpose
“Our Black Year,” a new book by writer and UofC Law School graduate Maggie Anderson, opens with the author and her Harvard-educated financier husband savoring a celebratory lobster in a chic Gold Coast restaurant. The ensuing tome, in a harshly ironic twist, expends most of its bulk following the same couple as they dodge... »
