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  • Politics

    Mayoral Candidates Spend $4 Million on Crucial Max P Ad Blitz

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 9, 2023

    Max Palevsky residents reportedly have not noticed the garish and colorful portraits which, according to one Graham House resident, “actually blend in really well with our haunted circus color scheme.”

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Introduces 4:30 AM Final Exams, Citing Cost-Saving

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 8, 2023

    A follow-up announcement clarified that students would be expected to move out within one hour of their last final to avoid a $5000 fine and a one-point deduction to their GPA. 

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  • Campus Life

    Announcing the Shady Dealer’s Datamatch 2023

    Chicago Shady Dealer / February 6, 2023

    “After four straight years of Datamatch, we thought we’d hit rock bottom in terms of question material, but it turns out we could sink lower down!”

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  • Lifestyle

    Top Six Ways to Totally Own Your Stupid Idiot Grandma This Thanksgiving

    Chicago Shady Dealer / November 24, 2022

    Last Thanksgiving, your grandma messed up the acronym and called your goth cousin “part of the GLBT community,” which was obviously a hate crime.

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  • Politics

    Point: Joe Biden Is Ruining America/Counterpoint: Grandpa, Can We Please Just Have a Normal Thanksgiving Dinner for Once?

    Chicago Shady Dealer / November 23, 2022

    This is why we never come here for the holidays. You thought it would be such a great idea for the kids to watch Fox News instead of Dora the Explorer because it…

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  • Campus Life

    How to Hold Your 58th Birthday in a Frat House Without Making It Sound Bad

    Chicago Shady Dealer / November 1, 2022

    It is fine if Barbra doesn’t get it. She never gets anything. The only thing she’s done recently is your neighbor George. She got a divorce lawyer, but she doesn’t get your yearning…

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  • Campus Life

    Mansueto Declared World’s Largest Gender-Neutral Restroom

    Chicago Shady Dealer / October 6, 2022

    Campus activists have long protested the University’s reluctance to provide gender-neutral facilities; however, they noted that allowing students to relieve themselves in the middle of the humongous dome is “probably not the way…

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  • Campus Life

    Move-in-Day Drama: First Year Embarrassed to Have Parents

    Chicago Shady Dealer / September 27, 2022

    “I don’t need them, I’m perfectly sufficient on my own,” Tyler said, while drinking a can of Monster Energy Assault™ and eating dry instant ramen.

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    How to Ride a Llama

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 4, 2022

    Find a llama.   Choose a llama that is appropriate for you based on height and weight. Make sure the llama has a reputation for being friendly and cooperative. Mount your llama.  If…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    A Dealer Investigation: The “Bar” in Bar Night is Referencing the Bar Exam, Right?

    Chicago Shady Dealer / January 21, 2022

    Like generational wealth or seasonal depression, Alpha Delt’s Bar Night is a long-held tradition at the University of Chicago. Most students are familiar with classic bar night practices like getting drunk and attempting…

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