We've had presidents who golfed, Lincoln liked wrestling, Clinton jogged, Bush Jr attempted to bike but Obama is proving to be a new kind of president: a "baller."
Obama showed off his basketball skills Sunday at the UofC Lab School where he was seen playing some pick up. And it wasn't your little sister's game of
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For over two years the Inner House Council has been debating the issue and appealing to higher administration to have gender neutral housing approved and this past Friday the housing department finally caved. Open Housing has passed and students can now officially live with the opposite sex officially
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Tonight after 24 years HYPE is bring The Lasciovious Costume Ball back to the UofC. What is it, you ask. Well in the 70s and 80s the ball was put on by Queer and Associates (the equivaelnt organization at the time) as a celebration of sexuality of every form and typle. But eventually the e
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Last week proved that “what’s in a name” is money. Last Wednesday the GSB received the largest gift a single graduate school has ever seen and was immediately renamed that same day to The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The BSB, if you will.
David Booth gave a $300 million donation to the Graduate School of
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It could be argued that at the UofC there are probably more individuals who, back in high school, were the victims of bullying than the bullies themselves.That said, it comes as little surprise that a recent study of high school bullies was conducted right here. And oh what results were found!
The Study: Two groups of teens
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At his first conference this afternoon president elect Barack Obama was asked many critical questions about his nearing presidency. And no less pressing was one inquiry regarding the future "first dog" the Obama family plans on adopting. An important subject indeed.
Barack replied, "With respect to the dog, this i
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Obama: 334 McCain: 155 (as of 12:15 est)
In his own words.
"I am not in this race to fulfill some long-held ambitions or because I believe it's somehow owed to me," he declared. "I never expected to be here. I always knew this journey was improbable. I've never been on a journey that wasn't."
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Brobama is having an Election Night mega-rally at Grant Park tonight. All of Chicago is going insane. Companies are letting their employees off at 3 pm to avoid the million people that are expected. The CTA is using long trains to accommodate. A million people!!!
An
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Well today is the big day that we've been counting down to since... well Nov 2004 for some of us.
Hyde Park is going to be buzzing and be sure to keep an eye out for Mr. O himself who is rumored to make an appearance, although you'll have better luck seeing him at Grant Park tonight I'm sure.
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It's Halloween which for the youngsters (and the young at heart) means costumes, candy and tricks. But some of our Chicago youth will be denied one, and probably the best, of these three key Halloween ingredients: trick. Sadly access to eggs is severely limited. Why you ask? Some egg-headed enforcement.
Afte
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Science proves that cheating is more rampant than ever. Better start trying to guess your significant other's Gmail password!
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Want to know how to spend Halloween at Northwestern? DJ PM has the hookup as always.
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Our Illinois contributor teaches you how to land a fine sorority lady. It takes a little more effort than you might imagine.
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A huge blue banner stands as a flash of color in Harper Courtyard. HUMANITIES DAY '08 it reads.
"Today?" one student asks.
No. Tomorrow. The Humanities Department is celebrating its 30th Annual with provocative questions and key speakers. all day Saturday. Engaging the University and the intellectual world.
David Bevin
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It was more than just a theoretical victory for Professor Nicholas Ephley who won the 2008 Theoretical Innovation Award. A professor of behavioral science at the GSB, Ephley received the award for his research on "On Seeing Human: A Three-Factor Theory of Anthropomorphism." Meaning?
Basically Ephley analyzed human be
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