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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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Katherine Reynolds

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Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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  • Politics,  World Affairs

    Pete Hegseth Accidentally Challenges Houthis to Game of iMessage Cup Pong

    Jacob Halabe / May 13, 2025

    In what a spokesman for the Department of Defense is calling, “a completely understandable and tactically secure wrong-number mix-up,” Hegseth reportedly attempted to challenge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to a friendly game…

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  • Politics,  World Affairs

    Donald Trump Comes Out as Serbian Nationalist, Returns Kosovo to Serbia within 15 Days

    Vivian Psylos / May 9, 2025

    "It’s a beautiful city, the food is great, the women are great. My wife Melania once made me a pljeskavica, it was the greatest food I ever experienced. Since I was ten, my…

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  • World Affairs

    World Leaders Pledge to Kill Last Black Rhino by 2030

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / December 5, 2023

    The announcement has prompted some pushback from conservation groups. "We can all agree that black rhinos kind of suck," said Adil Najam, President of the World Wide Fund for Nature. "Like, what's with…

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  • World Affairs

    Helium Balloons Rise Due to Inflation

    Justin Bilenker / December 5, 2023

    To investigate this phenomenon, the Dealer attempted to reach members of the University of Chicago’s Chemistry Department. Unfortunately, our correspondent fell into an eternal slumber under the fluorescent lights in Kent’s basement, so…

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  • World Affairs

    Zoo Animal Productivity at Record Low

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / May 11, 2023

    “One of the reasons our country's infrastructure is in such bad shape is because of sluggish productivity among beavers over the last few decades.”

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  • World Affairs

    Divinity School Discovers New, ‘12% Holier’ God

    R.E. Stern / May 9, 2023

    Pope Francis declared the paper a work of heresy, and a Vatican spokesperson estimated the true figure at a mere 4% additional holiness.

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  • World Affairs

    Report: Jesus to Take It Easy This Easter

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / April 9, 2023

    It was not immediately clear what the announcement meant for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, who will be relying on Jesus to be literally present in the Eucharist on Easter Sunday.

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  • World Affairs

    Landmark Study Finds You Responsible for 80% of Global Carbon Emissions

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 26, 2023

    The study also identified your stupid ass as the cause of mass sea turtle death, every single wildfire in California, and the 2008 Recession.

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  • World Affairs

    UChicago Startup Awarded Polsky Prize for ‘Best Middle-East Weapons Deal’

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 12, 2023

    “They buy anything over there — ship shells, tank shells, gun shells, crab shells. We sell it all. Mostly we sell bullet shells, though.”

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  • World Affairs

    Northwestern Spy Balloon Spotted over UChicago Campus

    Chicago Shady Dealer Newsdesk / February 9, 2023

    College Dean John Boyer is reportedly hard at work deciphering the bright pink spray paint on the side, which reads: “LULZ WHERES UR ENGINEERING SKL U JUST GOT PRANKT BRO".

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  • Pete Hegseth Accidentally Challenges Houthis to Game of iMessage Cup Pong
  • Huzzah! Progressive Parent Pledges to Merely Threaten Queer Kid Instead of Denouncing Them This Year
  • Donald Trump Comes Out as Serbian Nationalist, Returns Kosovo to Serbia within 15 Days
  • Everyone’s Talking About the Price of Eggs, but What About the U.S. Trout Population?
  • Student Disgusted by “Horripilating” Decline of UChicago’s Intellectual Culture
  • UChicago Sends Melina Hale to Scope Out Northwestern for Potential Takeover
  • Phoenix AI to Stop Saying Key Words Like Bankruptcy or Debt
  • Five Caricature Artists to Befriend if You Want to Make it in This Town
  • Joe Rogan to Star as Catherine Earnshaw in New Wuthering Heights Adaptation

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