“Think of the universe as a loaf of raisin bread,” says U. of C. cosmologist David Schramm in Chronicle (June 9). “And we’re one of the raisins. No matter where that raisin is in the universe of bread, all of the other raisins are moving away from it as the loaf is rising. That’s the expansion of the universe.” And don’t ask how much yeast God put in, OK?
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Saint Theodore? That Alderman Ted Mazola could move Maxwell Street to gain open space for UIC may be miraculous according to letter writer Lionel Bottari in the Near West Gazette (June 2). “That the addition to the university of several playing fields and a parking lot will provide an opportunity for ‘thousands of Chicago residents to achieve a higher education’ is truly a marvel. That thousands more, including 750 vendors, goods, and vehicles should fit into three blocks of Canal St. is right up there with the parting of the waters….When the scientific studies and church investigations of these miracles are completed, I am sure the Alderman will be canonized.”
Another reason to raise the cigarette tax. UIC economist Frank Chaloupka says that “the inhibiting effect of high cigarette prices seems especially pronounced among teenagers,” supposedly because they’re less addicted.
