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<p>I agree with your friend (if your friend graduated in 2005). Chicago’s undergraduate personality has been changing pretty rapidly year by year, to the point where I think the typical undergraduate here looks like the typical undergraduate at any other midwestern college. (Overall, I think the midwest is a lot less image-conscious than schools on either coast, so students here probably look somewhat different overall than students there). This, to me, is a good thing: it means the school has more diversity, more vitality, more students who call it home. </p>
<p>This whole “identity crisis” has been chronicled by our campus newspaper. It might be informative to read some recent opinion pieces about Chicago’s “personality”:</p>
<p>[Uncommonplace</a> - The Chicago Maroon](<a href=“Delays keep Proof from silver screen – Chicago Maroon”>Delays keep Proof from silver screen – Chicago Maroon)
[Is</a> Ted O?Neill yourhomeboy? - The Chicago Maroon](<a href=“Delays keep Proof from silver screen – Chicago Maroon”>Delays keep Proof from silver screen – Chicago Maroon)</p>
<p>(I don’t necessarily endorse these pieces, but I think they might provide some food for thought).</p>