by Allen Lu Charlie’s toothbrush was just for show. Their mother always used to say: “I don’t care if you’re running late, half asleep, or on your death bed! The first thing you do when you wake up and the last thing before bed should be to brush your teeth!” Charlie kept the toothbrush around
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The Café
by Kirstin Yu The Café hasn’t opened yet, but I can already feel the buzz in the air, the anticipation of intoxication. The patrons have congregated a few blocks down the street, as they always do, and through a crack in the window I watch as they lean into the shadows and cast furtive glances
Reflection
by Andrew Wang Last year, my sister went through hell. I don’t know if I could have told you what that meant until very recently; I don’t think if many Americans could, here in the dying throes of American Christendom. My experience with church and tragedy had always been second hand, shielded by my family,
Faith and Work (Op-Ed, Second Edition)
Dear Reader, Contrary to general expectations, the center of faith at this University lies not in Rockefeller Chapel, the Divinity School, or Bond Chapel, but rather the Saieh Hall for Economics. Formerly the location of Chicago Theological Seminary, the so-called “Money Church” represents not only the University’s most significant accomplishments, but also the lives of
An Interview With Robert P. George
Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. He is also frequently a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. In addition to his academic service, Professor George has served as Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He
An Interview with Dr. John Yoon
Dr. John Yoon is a Senior Faculty Advisor for the Hyde Park Institute. As well, he is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, and Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center. He is an academic hospitalist, clinical ethicist, and medical educator with research
An Interview with Perri Irmer
Perri is the President and CEO of the DuSable Museum of African American History. She has lived in Hyde Park her entire life and considers Chicago to be the biggest small town in America. She strongly believes that the more we educate people about what we have in common as opposed to our differences, the
An Interview with Edward Crawford
Edward Crawford: Mr. Crawford is a Co-founder and President of Coltala Holdings. He has over 15 years of experience in investing, asset management and building operating teams.Mr. Crawford was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where he spent seven years as an advisor to numerous CEOs, institutions and private company owners. As a U.S. Naval
Spider-Man 2 and the Necessity of Sacrifice
by Terry Culpepper When it comes to dating, I have two sticking points. First, the lady must be Catholic, or trying to become Catholic. I’m Catholic, and neither want to go through, nor put someone else through, the inevitable conflicts of where we worship and how we raise our children; those are non-negotiable. The second
Experiments in American Mythmaking
By Jack Schwab Pete Buttigieg is an old person’s image of what a successful young person looks like. The ex-Mckinsey Rhode Scholar veteran, who speaks eight languages and became the first openly gay elected official in Indiana, seems perfect to a certain demographic of older Democrat waxing nostalgic for Barack Obama or Jack Kennedy. But