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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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Andrea Zhou

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Griffin Bonnin Jones

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Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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    Letter from the Editors

    Chicago Shady Dealer / October 6, 2019

    To our dozens of readers, both old and new, Welcome, we’re glad to have you. Ernest Hemingway once said “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter…

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    A Look at the Class of 2023

    Chicago Shady Dealer / October 6, 2019

    First years, welcome to UChicago! We can’t wait to have you and hope that the next four to six years of your life will be as enlightening and exciting as ours have been.…

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    UChicago’s Quest for The Perfect Ranking

    Rahul Gupta / October 6, 2019

    It’s 2019 and Ash has finally became the champion of the Pokémon League, but the University of Chicago has once again been denied the coveted title of the #1 ranking among U.S. universities.…

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    PSA: PEE AFTER SEX

    Chicago Shady Dealer / October 6, 2019

    The start of college is a wonderful time of exploration and growth. For many, it’s their first time to let loose. If you go here, you certainly didn’t get invited to parties in…

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    New Study Says Making Your Bed is For Jackasses

    Calpurnia Higgenbotham / October 6, 2019

    Scientists this week announced the results of their groundbreaking study on bed-making at the Chicago Decision Research Lab. The study, which lasted for over a decade and measured factors such as overall orderliness,…

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    Is UChicago Able to Defend Itself from Roaming Barbarian Hordes? A Review of the Campus’s Defensive Capacities as a Medieval Castle

    / October 6, 2019

    We hear it all the time from fiendishly nerdy propsies and overly eager first years: “OMG, Kayla, look, this place is a castle. OMG, can you believe it, we go to Hogwarts? XD.”…

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    First year’s Dad going out his way to introduce himself to parents of future exes

    Dingo Mingo / October 6, 2019

    Chicago, IL-  Amid the chaos and anxiety of move in day, local dad Steve Cooper remembered to make time for what was really important– that is, making sure to introduce himself to all…

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    What To Do If You Call Your RH “Mom”

    Dumbo Mumbo / October 6, 2019

    We’ve all been there: it’s O-Week and you’re having dinner at your house table. The food is feeling especially Bartlett-y today. You ask your RH to pass you the salt for some much…

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    Incoming Horace Mann Student: “Aww Shucks, the Big City at Last!”

    Diego Matamoros / October 6, 2019

    When Billy Bob Worthington got off the greyhound bus straight from his sleepy little town in Midtown Manhattan, he could hardly believe his eyes. “Awww shucks, the Big City at last!” He proclaimed…

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    O-Aide Mad with Power

    A Concerned Citizen / October 6, 2019

    Disturbing reports out of Wendt house reveal that House O-Aide Kevin has succumbed to the allure of his office and gone mad with power. Kevin, who was chosen as an O-Aide for his…

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