t hosts outside musicians, and is home to Doc Films, a student film society founded in 1932 that screens films nightly at the university. Since 1946, the university has organized the Latke-Hamantash Debate, which involves humorous discussions about the relative merits and meanings of Latke and Hamantash. See alsoUniversity of Te

ternative weekly student newspaper the Chicago Weekly, the nation's second oldest continuously running student improvisational theater troupe Off-Off Campus, and the university-owned radio station WHPK-FM.
Fraternities and sororities[edit]
There are fourteen fraternities and seven sororities at the University of Chicago,[120] as well as one co-ed community service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.[121] Four of the sororities are members of the National Panhellenic Conference,[122] and ten of the fraternities form the University of Chicago Interfraternity Council.[123] In 2002, the Associate Director of Student Activities estimated that 8–10 percent of undergraduates were members of fraternities or sororities.[122] The student activities office has used similar figures, stating that one in ten undergraduates participate in Greek life.[120]
Student housing[edit]
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Max Palevsky Residential Commons, a dormitory constructed in 2001 designed by postmodernist Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta
Main article: Housing at the University of Chicago
On-campus undergraduate students at the University of Chicago participate in a house system in which each student is assigned to one of the university's 10 residence hall buildings and to a smaller community within their residence hall called a "house". There are 35 houses, with an average of 70 students in each house[124] Freshmen are required to participate in the house system, and housing is guaranteed every year thereafter.[125] About 60% of undergraduate students live on campus.[125]
For graduate students, the university owns and operates 28 apartment buildings near campus.[126]
Traditions[edit]


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Main articles: Doc Films, Summer Breeze (concert), and University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt
Every May since 1987, the University of Chicago has held the University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt, in which large teams of students compete to obtain notoriously esoteric items from a list.[127] Since 1963, the Festival of the Arts (FOTA) takes over campus for 7–10 days of exhibitions and interactive artistic endeavors.[128] The university also annually holds a summer carnival and concert called Summer Breeze that hosts outside musicians, and is home to Doc Films, a student film society founded in 1932 that screens films nightly at the university. Since 1946, the university has organized the Latke-Hamantash Debate, which involves humorous discussions about the relative merits and meanings of Latke and Hamantash.
See alsoUniversity of Texas at Austin
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The University of Texas at Austin
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Motto    Disciplina praesidium civitatis (Latin)
Motto in English    Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy[1]
Established    September 15, 1883
Type    Flagship state university
Space-grant university
Endowment    US$6.0 billion[2]
President    William C. Powers, Jr.
Academic staff    3,018 [3]
Admin. staff    21,000
Undergraduates    38,463[4]
Postgraduates    12,682[4]
Location    Austin, Texas, USA
Campus    Urban, 423.5 acres (1.714 km2)