The quad is consistently ranked as the least desired housing among first-years. The reason for this discrepancy is that the anti-Quad propaganda machine works hard every year to convince innocent first-years that the Quad is a terrible place. Don’t fall for it.
Moving from Singapore to the U.S. meant that Freshman Year left a lot to be desired — many a times, I felt lonely and out of place. But Adams’ Housing Day felt like getting accepted to Harvard all over again.
The task before the new UC leadership is no small one, but they are uniquely positioned to address the issues posed by distance and diversity and may end their term with more student support than what they started with.
Every day, I think of something else I wish I had told someone in person. Because it doesn’t feel the same to share feelings from “I can’t describe how much I miss you” to “you mean the world to me” through a screen. The weight of the words we lock inside ourselves crashes down on us hardest when we feel like we no longer have the means to express them.
In the face of this global pandemic and the grim future of rapid job loss and burgeoning economic inequality that unavoidably lies ahead, a universal basic income is needed more urgently than ever before.
Recently, there has been considerable discourse surrounding the issue of free speech on college campuses. The most vocal participants in the conversation have crystallized...
This past fall, the University of Chicago welcomed incoming freshman to campus with an unambiguous message on safe spaces. “Our commitment to academic freedom...
