About The Maroon
Any student at the University of Chicago can contribute to the newspaper, and many go through training and complete a series of requirements to join the Maroon as a staff member. Although the requirements have changed over time, the process of joining staff has traditionally been called "hustling." The editorial board explained in 1903 that when the newspaper changed from a weekly to a daily, many more students were needed to produce the paper, so they "hustled" (meaning both "to sell or promote energetically and aggressively" and "to convey forcibly or hurriedly") new writers and editors from the student body.
The executive board of the Maroon is effectively its Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor, which are elected in the spring by the newspaper's entire staff. There are roughly twenty editors that control the content and production of the different sections. Unsigned opinion articles are written by The Maroon Editorial Board, which consists of the Viewpoints editors, the Editor-in-Chief, and additional Editorial Board Members. The Maroon Advisory Board consists of a handful of University of Chicago faculty members and administrators that meet quarterly to review the newspaper's financial strength. The Chicago Maroon is financially and editorially independent from the university.
Over its history the Maroon served as publisher of other independent papers at the University of Chicago, including the Grey City Journal, a weekly journal of arts and culture which featured some of the first cultural criticism by Thomas Frank, the Chicago Literary Review, a quarterly showcase for poetry and short fiction, and The Fourth Estate, the "Conservative Brother Publication of the Chicago Maroon." Currently, the Maroon publishes every Tuesday and Friday, and prints Grey City, now its quarterly magazine, before every reading period.
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