If Homer (Simpson) taught philosophy

“If one finds a box of doughnuts in a hallway, is she forced to eat them, doughnuts being unmistakenly delicious? ... Doughnuts are not an absolute good. You choose whether or not to eat another’s doughnuts; the act, therefore, cannot be justified.”—Philosophy professor Anton Ford in a lecture on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.

Quote from the April 17 Reader article “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime Doughnut,” by Hannah Gold, AB’13.

 

Ibidem: Pierce Hall, 1959

“Think of your life and all your past experiences as an enormous 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle scattered about your house. You haven’t lost the pieces. They are all still there, but they need to be located and reconnected, so you can see the whole picture.”—Marilu Henner, X’74

• Medium

  • Books:
    Running narrative
    A lament, a dare, a novel about mermaids.

    Office hours
    with Richard Kron
    Why astronomy matters.

    Club news:
    A race in the sun
    UChicago’s Solar Car team.

    That’s nice:
    Escapist reading
    Chicago Books to Women in Prison’s cofounder Arline Welty, AB’04.

    Style:
    Suit yourself
    Fashion entrepreneur Gurjot Sidhu, AB’90, MBA’93.

• Short
  • From the editor
    

    I just see it.

    Short answer:
    The good, the bad, and the anodyne
    Mundane confessions from alumni.

    What the kids are up to these days:
    Shrug-worthy admissions
    Mundane confessions from students.

    Top five
    Newest civ programs

    Administrivia
    Metcalf by the numbers.

    UChicago creatures
    Bird brain.

• Et cetera

  • Seen and heard
    UChicago Japanese Animation Society.

    Recipe
    Sachertorte, Dean John Boyer’s favorite dessert.

    Puzzle
    What are nine memorable questions?

    Poetry
    A 50-cent poem, for free.