UofC Students
Swept Under the Rug
In a meeting with housekeepers on April 7, University of Chicago administrators announced their plans for major changes to the current housekeeping staff. The proposal calls for a consolidation of Housing personnel, the full-time housekeepers who serve the residence halls, and Facilities staff, who work in on-campus buildings. »
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatyballs
On certain days, an average-looking pickup with a brushed stainless-steel food cart attachment parks along 57th Street. The name of the cart is emblazoned on the side of the cab: “Meatyballs Mobile” has arrived. »
TRIX are for kids
Last Wednesday, the picturesque theater on the third floor of Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago hosted a four-act line-up of melodic post-hardcore-and-pop-punkers. »
Joyful Noise
Sponsored by the University of Chicago’s campus radio station, WHPK 88.5, this event brings together two musicians with little in common besides their axes of choice. »
Threadbare jeans
At DOVA Temporary, a University of Chicago art gallery, thirteen individuals sat around a pedestal, each one’s head bent down, their fingers picking steadily at denim. »
Sound it out
With talent drawn from the deliciously obscure Midwestern avant-noise/free music scene, “Pictures and Sounds” revisited the live soundtrack tradition of early silent film. »
Tapping the Neighborhood
This community with so many assets—population density; diversity of color, age, and class; short, walkable blocks; neighborhood institutions— is for the most part dead after 10pm. »
Words to the WYSE
For students all over the city, Friday, January 28 marked the start of a rare and coveted thing: a three-day weekend. But at 11:30am, a stream of preteen girls gathered happily at the entrance to Madero Middle School in Little Village. »
