• Why UCUP Cut Ties With the maroon

    by UCUP Organizer, November 10, 2024, 2:31 /// “the maroon needs us more than we need them.”  The chicago maroon has long asserted itself as the go-to newspaper on campus for good journalism. From the second we get here, it’s where we’re told to look to find rigorous, comprehensive coverage of a whole host of […]


  • RECAP: Actions at Uchicago this Year So Far

    by editors, November 10, 2024, 2:25 /// Timeline: Sept 25: Palestine Legal and UCUP filed a federal civil rights complaint against uchicago with the Office of Civil Rights + uchicago announces new protest policies The complaint demands an investigation of uchicago’s discrimination against Palestinian, Muslim and Arab students, as well as students associated with Palestine. […]


  • kill fascists, take hormones (in the midwest)

    by Trans Midwest Survival Collective, November 7, 2024, 11:59 /// Trans autonomy is trans survival.  In our near neighbor states of Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Iowa, trans kids and adults are facing political repression and infringement on their bodies.  As a collective of trans folks, we know that the ability to transition, including the […]


  • building an antiracist stem space at UChicago

    by ourSTEM, November 7, 2024, 11:50 /// ourSTEM is a new anti-racist, anti-misogynist, anti-transphobic, decolonial spaces for STEM students at UChicago. Our goals are: -to provide a space for students that explores the potential of our STEM educations when they’re not just used for weapons, war, surveillance, or private capital, -to provide academic and community […]


  • Quantum Campus: The $9 billion DoD testing ground coming to the South Side in 2025

    by UChicago Dissenters, November 7, 2024, 11:40 /// The U.S. Department of Defense and the State of Illinois announced in July 2024 plans to build a $9,000,000,000 ‘quantum campus’ at the former South Works steel mill site on the Southeast Side.
This quantum campus is a collaboration between the DOD, Pritzker, Brandon Johnson, and the Chicago […]


  • UChicago Monthly Mutual Aid Network

    by Strawberry Shortcake, April 2, 2024, 20:59 /// Mutual aid has existed for all of time – very simply, it’s people helping each other survive. Most people engage in mutual aid without even putting a name to it, because when we see our friends, family, or community struggle, we help.  A major goal of the […]