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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

Managing Editor

Andrea Zhou

Deputy Managing Editor

Griffin Bonnin Jones

Layout Editor

Abby Beckler

Deputy Layout Editor

Katherine Reynolds

Photo Editor

Zayna Cheema

Copy Editors

Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

Disclaimer

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Requires Library+ to Access Books

    Niles Crane / October 5, 2025

    In a move to close its growing $288 million budget deficit, the University of Chicago has announced a new tiered library access system, Library+.

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  • Campus Life

    Point: We Should Increase Fire Drills/Counterpoint: Let’s Add A Gym Requirement Instead

    Andrea Zhou / October 4, 2025

    We’re all college students. We’re perfectly aware that the BEEP BEEP BEEP of the fire alarm means “GET OUTSIDE YOU UTTER IMBECILE” or “FRED FORGOT TO ADD WATER TO THE MAC AND CHEESE…

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  • Campus Life

    Bridge Between Quad and Reg Somehow Collapses Despite Being Solid Road

    Justin Bilenker / October 2, 2025

    To cut costs, Molecular Engineering professors were rushed to the scene in lieu of real civil engineers.

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  • Campus Life

    “Back to Basics” Aims of Education Address Stresses, Shapes, Counting

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / October 1, 2025

    “It’s been neat playing around with this whole ‘expanding your capacity to engage critically with challenging ideas’ and ‘deepening your understanding of your role in an ever-changing world’ routine, but it’s time to…

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  • Campus Life

    Peer Mentor “Thrilled” for Group Meeting, Spends 45 Minutes on a Lonely Zoom Call

    Niles Crane / September 27, 2025

    "I think I'll give them a few more minutes," Francisco murmured to the empty screen. He took a sip of lukewarm coffee and practiced once more his opening line, "Hey everyone, so glad…

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  • Campus Life

    Some Motherfucker Broke the Woodlawn Study Room Window over the Summer, Haha!

    Vivian Psylos / September 26, 2025

    Like, seriously, how do you break that window? It’s huge, and difficult to even crack. And someone broke it entirely! Did they, like, throw a table at it or something? At least it…

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  • Campus Life

    Waitlisted Students Rejoice! Five First-Years Have Gone Missing in the MSI Mirror Maze

    Niles Crane / September 25, 2025

    The University has assured the public that they are doing everything they can, including calling out the students' GPAs and SAT scores in the hopes that they might be lured out by the…

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Admin in Panic Mode After Mysterious Disappearance of the Vitality Crystals

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / June 12, 2025

    When asked to comment on the reported theft, President Paul Alivisatos told The Dealer, “No! No! No! No! No! No! Leave me alone! Leave me alone! I can’t hear you, leave me alone!”

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  • Campus Life,  Politics

    Interview: Debate Over Politics Blossoms Into Lifelong Friendship

    Justin Bilenker / June 9, 2025

    "Our argument was full of gotchas and strawmen and random factoids that could plausibly be traced to some website or social media post we looked at. There were no contentions, structure, rebuttals, or…

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  • Campus Life

    Citizen App Provides Notice About Hyde Park Crimes: Dog Poop on Sidewalk, Premarital Handholding

    Natalie Floreancig / June 8, 2025

    Throughout the day, Hyde Park residents were notified of further incidents such as “group of preteens in park,” “car playing rap music,” and “student 3 minutes late to return charger to Regenstein Tech…

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Read It and Weep

  • Hear! Hear! Selling 10 Packs of Light Bulbs for the Low Price of $1500
  • UChicago Requires Library+ to Access Books
  • Point: We Should Increase Fire Drills/Counterpoint: Let’s Add A Gym Requirement Instead
  • Apply for the Royal Internship
  • Bridge Between Quad and Reg Somehow Collapses Despite Being Solid Road
  • “Back to Basics” Aims of Education Address Stresses, Shapes, Counting
  • In Addition to Fluoridated Water
  • Peer Mentor “Thrilled” for Group Meeting, Spends 45 Minutes on a Lonely Zoom Call
  • Some Motherfucker Broke the Woodlawn Study Room Window over the Summer, Haha!
  • Waitlisted Students Rejoice! Five First-Years Have Gone Missing in the MSI Mirror Maze

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