Hazed: A Greek TragedyAfter enduring countless "takeouts," the freshman pledges of Lambda Phi Epsilon called it quits
The seven pledges stood, shoulder to shoulder and in silence, on the newspaper-covered floor of an apartment on Foster Street. Across a row of seven empty trash cans, 14 actives held gallon jugs of liquid, which looked from their colors as if they had been selected at random from the coolers of a 7-Eleven.…
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The Weekly Memo
In 2003, Glenbrook North High School got some bad press when students were accused of hazing their classmates in an annual Powder Puff Football Game. It made national news, and American parents everywhere added hazing to their list of worries. Who could blame them? These were high school students, after all, and hazing had previously been thought of as a remnant of collegiate Greek systems and athletic teams.…
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What if: Changing of the guardNew ASG president, same overflowing inboxes
Imagine if your average daily routine included meetings with multiple administrators, logging countless hours in Norris and responding to 50 to 75 e-mails, and no, that doesn't include reciprocating Facebook wall posts.
Up until last week, that was Jonathan Webber's reality.…
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Confirmed & Denied
GET REAL
Are you an insomniac? Agoraphobic? If so, then MTV wants you! This isn't exactly reality TV in the vein of The Real World or Tila Tequila; you won't have to live in a house with a dozen other crazy people. But if you already do, or you will this summer, great!
The network's 10-year-old documentary series True Life has been e-mailing around campus inquiring for possible subjects for shows with themes like "I have a summer share," "I'm a Couch Surfer" and the topics mentioned above.…
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Social Diary: 7 nights with a sexually gratified SESP junior |
Zeitgeist: Uptown downtownFinally, a reason to hop off the El at Dempster- and not just for pizza
If you haven't ventured south of Davis Street since you got off the El too early freshman year, you may have missed some changes to that part of Chicago Avenue. The neighborhood known mostly for Jewel and Blockbuster now not only has its own Whole Foods (the chain completed its takeover of Wild Oats two weeks ago after a $565 million merger) but is also home to several chic eateries.…
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Life/Style: Cashmere skeletonsWhen it's time for spring cleaning, start with your closet
It's that time of year again, when you've accumulated three seasons of clothes and you can no longer close your drawers or remember the color of your carpet. If that sounds familiar, don't even think about June, when you'll have to pack it all up and pray that you can zip your suitcases.…
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Taste Test: The raw truth: spicy tuna |
Culture Feature: A history of violenceGovernment-funded research argues that violent video games don't turn kids into mindless killing machines
April 21, 2008: Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman pulls all advertising for Grand Theft Auto 4 from city buses and buildings after Fox News Chicago blames the ads for a weekend of violent crime on the city's South Side.
April 23, 2008: Florida lawyer Jack Thompson sends a letter berating the mother of Grand Theft Auto publisher Strauss Zelnick, writing, "Your son, this very moment, is doing everything he possibly can to sell as many copies of GTA IV to teen boys in the United States, a country in which your son claims you raised him to be 'a Boy Scout.…
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Answers: Revolution in the makingA break-dancing academic settles down to edit a new Chicago publication
I went to the University of Chicago Divinity School and I got a Ph.D. in religion and literature. I think I had the unfortunate knack of being a decent proofreader and editor, and after graduating, I edited a little thing called Sightings, an electronic biweekly publication that came out of the divinity school.…
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Head first: Watch your wordsOne writer holds her tongue on this year's Day of Silence
If you think being gay isn't difficult anymore, you're wrong. Lawrence King, a 15-year-old boy, was murdered this year by his classmate because he was gay. And this was in California, one of the most liberal states in the country. This year, the Day of Silence was held in King's honor.…
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Man on the Beat: 'Nothing like methane'
What's your drink of choice here at the Unicorn Café?
The medium, medium roast. I take it black. I think it's the only thing I've actually ever gotten at the Unicorn.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you love working at Pick-Staiger?
I think when I started at Pick, it was around an eight, but it's been a fairly steady decline to a three, I would say.…
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Music Reviews
Low brow:
Lil Mama
VYP: Voice of the Young People (Jive)
The girl responsible for "Lip Gloss" has made an album that runs nearly 60 minutes in length! Repeat: Sixty minutes of music by the girl that hit the charts with a song about lip gloss now exists. Where there was previously only four minutes of music by the Brooklyn teen, there is now 15 times that, and it all sounds exactly like you expect it to.…
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