The Chicago Maroon

Overview

The Chicago Maroon is the independent, financially and editorially self-sufficient student-run newspaper of the University of Chicago, the university's oldest student publication. It publishes online daily and in print every other Wednesday during the academic year, covering news, opinion ('Viewpoints'), arts and culture, sports, the long-form section Grey City, podcasts and games.

History

Several earlier student papers, all also called The Maroon or The Daily Maroon, attempted publication in the university's first decade after its 1890 founding but failed to survive; a competing publication called The Weekly, established by graduate students Emory Forster and Jack Durno, proved the only financially successful title. The Weekly's managing editor Herbert Fleming and owner/publisher Byron Moon proposed merging The Weekly with The Daily Maroon to university President William Rainey Harper, who accepted on the condition the paper be financially autonomous from the university; the current Chicago Maroon traces its founding to this 1892 merger. The paper switched to a weekly format called The Maroon in 1942 amid World War II staffing and funding shortages. Notable alumni include The New York Review of Books co-founder Robert B. Silvers, USA Today executive editor Kinsey Wilson, and Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

Location and contact info

Address
Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Email
editor@chicagomaroon.com
Website
https://chicagomaroon.com