Ibidem: Silent movie star Mary Pickford visits campus, 1916

“The very arbitrariness of the cinematic marketplace, the element of chance in the ‘discovery’ of a star, became part of that promotional discourse, essential to the myth that the star was a creation of his or her loving public.”—UChicago film scholar Miriam Hansen (1949–2011), Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film (1991)
 

• Medium

  • Activism: wikipedia brown finds the clues
    Eve Ewing, AB’08—sociologist, writer, poet, and Twitter star—studies racism and inequality in public schools.

    Forgotten history: Postwar prefabs
    After World War II, veterans and their families lived in tiny, uninsulated houses—and felt grateful to have them.

    Politics: “Fervently moderate” Senator Charles H. Percy, AB’41
    Percy made it onto Nixon’s notorious “enemies list.” Percy himself had no enemies list—and neither does his daughter.

    Sociology: How to talk to gang members
    Sociologist Forrest Stuart spent a year hanging out with a Chicago gang. Here’s how he did it.

    Traditions: 70 years of mishegoss
    Highlights of last year's Latke-Hamantash Debate.

• Short

  • Administrivia: A score of service
    For 20 years, the University Community Service Center has helped students build a more just Chicago.

    Adulting: The five biggest money mistakes you’re making
    Ted Gonder, AB’12, has taught high school students about personal finance, and he can teach you too.

    Free money for smart people: How to win that prestigious scholarship
    Top tips from the College Center for Scholarly Advancement.

    Punkt-Kontrapunkt: Words of wisdom from the Habsburgs
    Summarized by John W. Boyer, AM’69, PhD’75, dean of the College.

    Top 10: Coolest Dean’s Fund destinations
    The top 10 trips we wish we’d been invited on.

    UChicago creatures: A meerkat’s day
    Time tracking for meerkats.

• Et cetera

  • Poetry: “to the notebook kid”
    Poet Eve Ewing, AB'08, is also a sociologist, writer, and Twitter star known as wikipedia brown.

    Recipe: Pasta with jam sauce
    With West Collins, son of actor Misha Collins, AB’97, cooking requires a deep interrogation of the word “edible.”

    Seen and heard: Army of one
    Sarah Starr, Class of 2017 (mathematics and political science), is UChicago’s only undergrad in the Army Reserve.