The Summer Breeze war is upon us—though, as usual, it isn’t much of a battle at all. Sometimes, we can all get along. For more than twenty years, the University of Chicago’s Major Activities Board (MAB) and WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago have staged springtime music shows on the same day. This year is no different, but the eclectic line-ups of both shows ensure that your ears can experience a sonic extravaganza. Read the rest of this entry »

College was supposed to be a land of both social and academic opportunity. To a large extent it is, even at a work-intensive school like the University of Chicago. But how exactly these opportunities present themselves, and how ardently we protect them and involve ourselves, is a more complicated tale. Read the rest of this entry »

As many of you have already heard, the Major Activities Board (MAB) announced on the first of the month that their fall quarter show featuring The Decemberists is a bust. Because of “serious illness in the band,” The Decemberists were forced to cancel the rest of their upcoming tour and also took their special guest Laura Veirs & Saltbreakers down with them. Regardless of whether or not students were fans of either group, the whole University of Chicago student body reached one of its lowest points on that fateful day, for it realized that a quarter without a University-funded MAB show really would make this the place where fun comes to die—or at least a place where fun comes to get sick just before finals week. Fortunately, MAB had its act together. Read the rest of this entry »