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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

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UChicago Student Running From College Council

While the beginning of Spring Quarter has marked numerous announcements of ambitious students running for College Council, one student has decided to rival this long-standing tradition by running from College Council. Simon Jorgensen, a second year…

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April 19, 2021
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University Introduces New Way to Get Downtown: “Walk, Motherfuckers”

This option has been poorly received by undergraduates, as several would-be ‘motherfuckers’ told the Dealer.

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December 6, 2022
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Kid Makes Anaphylactic Shock All About Himself

Joseph Silverstein, a member of Johnson’s house, said, “Yeah, so while John went to the bathroom, I swapped his muffin with one that had peanuts, and, gosh, after hearing that…

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January 5, 2023
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OI Renamed “Indiana H. Jones Institute of Academic Grave-Robbing”

In an effort to promote diversity, the Institute will showcase numerous artifacts looted and pillaged from cultures around the world.

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November 30, 2022
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Visiting Parents Worried about the Cost of Three Weddings after Seeing Son Talk to Three Different Girls in His House

While parents Michael and Jessica Trout carefully budgeted for their son Timothy’s college expenses along with a single wedding, they were abruptly reminded that some costs simply cannot be anticipated…

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October 24, 2021
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    Six Animals the Div School Wouldn’t Allow Me to Give DMT

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Nik Varley Oct. 17, 2017 Do animals have souls? Does God speak to them? What happens if you give them a ton of DMT? These are the questions I hoped to answer…

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    Letters from the Editors

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Dan Lastres & Milena Pross Oct. 17, 2017 Dear Dan, How are you? My first few weeks of class have been good but stressful. At first I took four classes, but now…

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    Eat Pray Labyrinth: How I Found Myself, Stuck In A Labyrinth

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Antonia Salisbury Oct. 17, 2017 Eat, Pray, Labyrinth: How I found myself, stuck in a labyrinth. This is the story of how I, an American woman in my mid-thirties, recently divorced, and…

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    4 O-Mances That Should Have Ended By Now

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Deb Mukherjee Oct. 17, 2017 Justin and Amanda: Justin and Amanda. Justin and Amanda. She’s four foot eight, he’s five foot ten, could we make it any more obvious that they’re incompatible?…

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    5 Fall Activities That Will Give You a UTI

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Ella Hester Oct. 17, 2017   The air is crisp, the leaves are falling, and you are definitely going to get a UTI. Urinary tract infections are incredibly common for people of…

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    Please Remember To Get Your Feels Vaccine

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Student Health Services Oct. 17, 2017 Don’t catch feels this quarter! Autumn has officially arrived, which means it’s time for everyone to get their annual feels vaccine. The CDC estimates that on…

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    The Chicago Shady Dealer is Pivoting to Video

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Deb Mukherjee Oct. 17, 2017 Following the lead of our peer, and also lesser news outlets (Buttfeed), the Shady Dealer has decided to pivot entirely to video. It is our feeling that…

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    FIJI Social Chair Sadly Deletes Pinterest Page of Three Months

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Tex Drubo May 15, 2017 “It is just such a waste,” lamented Phi Gamma Delta’s Social Chair Josh Henderson. “Months of work went into this theme – all those months, down the…

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    Reincarnation of Vincent Van Gogh Rips other ear off during SOSC seminar

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Tsijiari Ararey Oct. 17, 2017 After months of Frankenstein reruns, two liters of ammonium nitrate, and something to do withstem cells, the department of philosophy was able to reincarnate the remains of…

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    An Examination Of The University’s Newest Alternate Reality Game: B.S.

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Milena Pross Oct. 17, 2017 Upon arriving on campus this O-Week, first-year students were thrust into a magical fantasyland without their knowledge. Following years of planning, buckets of money, and countless tests…

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