Recent Stories

• COLUMN: Fliers make campus unpleasant

  Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

  There is one thing about the campus I don’t like. It’s not the traffic, crosswalk or the construction. It’s the fliers.
• COLUMN: Unlike some past logos, new Olympic emblems disappoint

  Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

  The recent decision to hold the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro (which is, in fact, not Chicago) prompted me to Google search the ...
• COLUMN: Education system would not benefit from remedial-paced teaching for longer periods

  Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009

  Summer is an especially joyful time for those of us who are still in school. It gives students (at least those who don’t particularly love ...
• COLUMN: Vinyl sound superior for recording, listening

  Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

  An iconic symbol of nostalgia, a staple at pawnshops and thrift stores and the very first medium to store audio: the gramophone record. Today, vinyl ...
• COLUMN: Vinyl sound superior for recording, listening

  Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

  An iconic symbol of nostalgia, a staple at pawnshops and thrift stores and the very first medium to store audio: the gramophone record. Today, vinyl ...
• COLUMN: Collider does not signal Earth’s demise, hopefully

  Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009

  Why wait for Dec. 21, 2012, when the end of the planet as we know it might be right around the corner, courtesy of the ...
• COLUMN: Twitter condenses life to a mere 140 characters or fewer

  Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009

  The social networking Web site Twitter is growing as fast as ever, and it doesn’t look like the growth will stop anytime soon.