Save Classics Cafe Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-classics-cafe.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:49 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr. Aaron Wineberg [Signature #815] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/23423479?utm_medium=rss While this petition is ten years old, I have recognized of the importance of the Classics Cafe from family and university scholars. I hope UC Dining will reconsider the closure and use the (currently empty) space to bring back a beautiful part of the UChicago intellectual ethos.

]]> Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:39:04 UTC 23423479 Ms Naomi Itzkoff [Signature #814] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8334684?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:32:49 UTC 8334684 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #813] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7372465?utm_medium=rss It was much better used for quiet study, and cafe chatter. There couldn't be such a shortage in seminar rooms that they have to take away such a commonly used space.

]]> Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:04:26 UTC 7372465 Joshua Connor [Signature #812] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6385358?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:06:04 UTC 6385358 Joseph Drogos [Signature #811] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6336764?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:15:53 UTC 6336764 Ms Anonymous [Signature #810] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6331768?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:10:27 UTC 6331768 Ms. Mercedes Chavez [Signature #809] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6269434?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:06:54 UTC 6269434 Jennifer Barnhill [Signature #808] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6228046?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:52:28 UTC 6228046 Adrian Florido [Signature #807] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6225451?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:12:30 UTC 6225451 Ms Suzanne Taylor [Signature #806] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6216468?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:39:51 UTC 6216468 Mr Dmitry Minkovsky [Signature #805] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6199606?utm_medium=rss Class of 2007; would hate to see this happen.

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:02:39 UTC 6199606 Amanda Butler [Signature #804] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6139439?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Sep 2009 04:05:36 UTC 6139439 Melissa Gill [Signature #803] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6134719?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:10:01 UTC 6134719 Dr. Ramon Gutierrez [Signature #802] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6125523?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:47:43 UTC 6125523 Lorraine Daston [Signature #801] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6124162?utm_medium=rss The best conversation with colleagues and students have almost all taken place at the Classics Cafe. There really is nothing on campus that can take its place (certainly not the loud, cavernous business school). Classics Cafe shouldn't be replaced by a seminar room; it IS a seminar room.

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:06:47 UTC 6124162 Robert J. Richards [Signature #800] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6123784?utm_medium=rss Classics Cafe already serves as a seminar room, where faculty and students discuss in a friendly atmosphere matters of intellectual concern. Moreover, it's in constant use, unlike any proposed formal seminar room would be.

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:12:31 UTC 6123784 Anonymous [Signature #799] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6113066?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:05:49 UTC 6113066 Jed Dobson [Signature #798] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6111144?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:38:27 UTC 6111144 Heidi Thompson Saunders [Signature #797] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6110471?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:39:50 UTC 6110471 Mr. Benjamin Recchie [Signature #796] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6109997?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:08:07 UTC 6109997 Julia Clemons [Signature #795] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6106263?utm_medium=rss Please don't convert the café!!! It's one of the few places on campus that gets any sun in the winter, and this is necessary for ...being cheerful.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:20:17 UTC 6106263 Dave Grossman [Signature #794] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6106231?utm_medium=rss Classics Cafe helped save my BA Thesis on many occasions. What would we do without it? Try to work in Cobb or Hallowed Grounds? Ridiculous!

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:13:50 UTC 6106231 Anonymous [Signature #793] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6106157?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:58:57 UTC 6106157 Ms. Michelle Zimet [Signature #792] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6104562?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:02:12 UTC 6104562 Marie McDonough [Signature #791] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6102843?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:01:53 UTC 6102843 Marcelle Medford-Lee [Signature #790] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6081398?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:29:49 UTC 6081398 Mark Yeary [Signature #789] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6073388?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:17:40 UTC 6073388 Mildred Rey [Signature #788] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6070291?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:43:38 UTC 6070291 Patti Kameya [Signature #787] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6069913?utm_medium=rss Classics Cafe is conducive to conversation in a way that Cobb, the Business School, and even the C-Shop cannot match. Losing Classics is like losing an important classroom where countless students have prepared for orals, shared papers, and otherwise enriched their educational experiences.

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:18:16 UTC 6069913 Ms. Amanda Jacobson [Signature #786] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6069048?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:12:47 UTC 6069048 Disha Malik [Signature #785] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6068815?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:53:56 UTC 6068815 Katherine Greenleaf [Signature #784] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6068181?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:05:04 UTC 6068181 Laura Gluckman [Signature #783] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6067131?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:40:16 UTC 6067131 Gregory Gabrellas [Signature #782] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6066920?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:59:22 UTC 6066920 Samuel Bloom [Signature #781] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6066480?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:45:23 UTC 6066480 Anonymous [Signature #780] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6066379?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:27:54 UTC 6066379 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #779] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6066286?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:04:54 UTC 6066286 Mr Christopher Henderson [Signature #778] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6066221?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:50:05 UTC 6066221 Sir Jared Snyder [Signature #777] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6066133?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:30:00 UTC 6066133 Anastasia Barron [Signature #776] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065987?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:58:38 UTC 6065987 Danya Lagos [Signature #775] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065976?utm_medium=rss Please keep Classics Cafe open. Kthxbye.

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:55:56 UTC 6065976 Luther Copeland [Signature #774] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065851?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:32:10 UTC 6065851 Hana Yoo [Signature #773] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065844?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:28:48 UTC 6065844 Anna Akers-Pecht [Signature #772] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065802?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:18:31 UTC 6065802 Aashirwad Anand [Signature #771] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065789?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:16:06 UTC 6065789 Mr Ali Feenstra [Signature #770] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065652?utm_medium=rss As a prospie at UChicago, I sat in the Classics Cafe room for several hours and jealously watched a kid next to me translating from Latin. That experience, and this room, was one of the things that made me come to UChicago. Sometimes I wonder whether it was a mistake. Closing that room off from public access, and student access, would be a huge mistake.

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:49:04 UTC 6065652 Ms Kara Elliott-Ortega [Signature #769] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6065524?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:28:36 UTC 6065524 Mr. Kiku Hibino [Signature #768] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6064636?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:40:01 UTC 6064636 Ms Laura Goodrich [Signature #767] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6063958?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:19:13 UTC 6063958 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #766] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6061875?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:47:53 UTC 6061875 Mr. David Ferguson [Signature #765] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6061083?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:31:36 UTC 6061083 Gordon Douglas [Signature #764] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6060972?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:55:04 UTC 6060972 Hamza Yilmaz [Signature #763] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6059149?utm_medium=rss I see the Classics Cafe space, in its entirety, as an integral part of the academic life at and intellectual culture of the University of Chicago. Changes to it should be in the manner of improvement. All other plans are unacceptable.

]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:56:49 UTC 6059149 Aiko Kojima Hibino [Signature #762] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6058230?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:11:45 UTC 6058230 elizabeth campbell [Signature #761] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057905?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:54:40 UTC 6057905 Mr. Thomas Swerts [Signature #760] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057729?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:51:57 UTC 6057729 Mary Akchurin [Signature #759] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057388?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:59:04 UTC 6057388 Constance Grady [Signature #758] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057307?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:30:14 UTC 6057307 Sylvie Honig [Signature #757] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057276?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:16:00 UTC 6057276 Michael Castelle [Signature #756] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057221?utm_medium=rss Where were you people when the (far more social) nearby smoking nook was covered in chicken wire?

Incidentally, for any fans of Classics Cafe's former, less surly baristas, they are working at the (very sunny) secret cafe on the 3rd floor of the CIS building http://maps.uchicago.edu/westquad/irb.html

]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:55:56 UTC 6057221 Jan Doring [Signature #755] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6057053?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:06:47 UTC 6057053 Ben Merriman [Signature #754] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6056929?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:30:45 UTC 6056929 Wonjae Lee [Signature #753] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6056874?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:17:06 UTC 6056874 Rick Moore [Signature #752] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6056861?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:13:00 UTC 6056861 Mrs Abigail Ocobock [Signature #751] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6056847?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:09:13 UTC 6056847 Ms Anonymous [Signature #750] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6056816?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:01:21 UTC 6056816 James Greenleaf [Signature #749] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6054892?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:45:11 UTC 6054892 Ms. Raisa Priebe [Signature #748] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6053632?utm_medium=rss It's important that the Classics Cafe back room remain accessible to all, for meetings, solo work, or just sitting alone with a coffee.

]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:01:24 UTC 6053632 julie saville [Signature #747] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6052508?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:57:31 UTC 6052508 Ms Carley Demchuk [Signature #746] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6050906?utm_medium=rss It's one of the only sunny cafes in the entire university! It's quiet, quaint, and PERFECT for studying. They CANNOT take it away!

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:09:14 UTC 6050906 Ariane Williams [Signature #745] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6050609?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:13:12 UTC 6050609 Joyce Cheng [Signature #744] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6050384?utm_medium=rss The Classics cafe is representative of the intellectual life of the University of Chicago, where I have fond memories of important conversations with friends and colleagues. Please preserve it in its present state.

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:59:48 UTC 6050384 Danielle Flam [Signature #743] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6047216?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:03:52 UTC 6047216 Jacob Barney [Signature #742] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6044507?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:30:55 UTC 6044507 Shannon Kirwin [Signature #741] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6043565?utm_medium=rss When I visited the University of Chicago as a prospective undergrad, the Classics Cafe was one of the reasons I decided to come here. Turns out it's not only beautiful, but also the only cafe on campus you can really study in. It's also a great place for meetings with professors and TAs.

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:59:40 UTC 6043565 Dr. Alice Colombi [Signature #740] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6042605?utm_medium=rss I can proudly say the better part of my PhD in Antrhopology was spent at Classics Cafe...the only spot on campus that embodies exactly what one dreams for in a university like The University of Chicago.

]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:30:33 UTC 6042605 Byron Hamann [Signature #739] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6042096?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:31:54 UTC 6042096 Madeleine McLeester [Signature #738] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6041382?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:50:46 UTC 6041382 Jennifer Rozo [Signature #737] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6041015?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:22:50 UTC 6041015 ms eileen Simeone olszta [Signature #736] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6040452?utm_medium=rss you must leave what is is...so little is

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:28:32 UTC 6040452 Lisa Simeone [Signature #735] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6040442?utm_medium=rss Classics has been my favorite university gathering spot since my undergraduate days in the mid-80s. As a graduate student, I've met students, professors, and peers there, and have spent hours working in the back room. It's a timeless place that for many of us represents the continuity of experience at the UC. As economics force the university to consider budget cuts and programmatic changes, it would do well to preserve such simple repositories of its unique intellectual life.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:25:58 UTC 6040442 Nicholas Smith [Signature #734] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6040432?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:23:22 UTC 6040432 Erik Levin [Signature #733] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6039998?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:42:55 UTC 6039998 Sophia Rehm [Signature #732] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6039948?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:30:42 UTC 6039948 Mr Tom Perrin [Signature #731] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6039263?utm_medium=rss In addition to its other uses, Classics Cafe is an invaluable space in which TAs, who don't have offices themselves, can hold office hours.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:27:16 UTC 6039263 Jessica Robinson [Signature #730] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6038934?utm_medium=rss This is one of the most important collaborative learning spaces on Campus.

If any change is to be made, then remove Plum Cafe, and change it to the model of the divinity school cafe.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:34:33 UTC 6038934 Marston Morgan [Signature #729] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6038919?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:32:07 UTC 6038919 Cate Rhodes [Signature #728] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6038800?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:10:38 UTC 6038800 Rocio Magaña [Signature #727] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6038559?utm_medium=rss It's impossible to estimate how many dissertation topics have been conceived and brought to fruition in this place. This is one of the best places on campus to drink coffee and read. One could get coffee in many places, but the service Classic's Cafe provides can't be measured in coffee cups.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:32:28 UTC 6038559 Lauren Coyle [Signature #726] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6038193?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:38:31 UTC 6038193 Anonymous [Signature #725] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6038170?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:34:18 UTC 6038170 Jacob Hickman [Signature #724] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6036482?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:11:52 UTC 6036482 Prof William Veeder [Signature #723] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6032657?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:15:52 UTC 6032657 Mark Miller [Signature #722] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6029590?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:12:50 UTC 6029590 Joshua Kotin [Signature #721] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6028624?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:48:35 UTC 6028624 Prof. Paul Hunter [Signature #720] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6024259?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Aug 2009 02:18:38 UTC 6024259 Lisa Ruddick [Signature #719] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6024016?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Aug 2009 01:17:19 UTC 6024016 J. Scappettone [Signature #718] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6023573?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Aug 2009 11:23:15 UTC 6023573 Hannah Mosher [Signature #717] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6023033?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:46:39 UTC 6023033 Liat Bird [Signature #716] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6022938?utm_medium=rss Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:21:20 UTC 6022938