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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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Campus Life, Favorites

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
Chicago Shady Dealer, Favorites

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
Campus Life, Favorites

Math Department Discovers New Highest Number

A team of mathematicians at the University of Chicago have discovered a new highest number, a new paper reveals. That number, 87382, is nearly 2 higher than the previous highest…

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November 16, 2020
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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
Campus Life, Favorites

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
  • Campus Life

    University Bans Pornography from UChicago Secure

    Breck Radulovic / March 16, 2013

    By Breck Radulovic Sept. 24, 2018 In a letter distributed to incoming first-years, the University of Chicago announced new penalties for students caught streaming pornography on university internet connections. The letter signed by…

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    Seven Places You MUST Barf This O-Week

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Deblina Mukherjee Sept. 24, 2018   Navigating the University’s historic campus can be hard, especially during the hustle and bustle of O-Week! To learn your way around, here are the seven places…

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    First Impressions: Writing a Bomb AF SOSC Essay

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Ella Hester Sept. 24, 2018   Look at you, in your little first year boots, squealing in terror about the impression you’ll make with your first SOSC essay. Have no fear, baby…

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    How to Maximize Your O-Week Merch Haul

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Claire Holland Sept. 24, 2018   Hello, first years! We’re going to start the year with an important lesson: Contrary to what others may tell you, the goal of O-Week is not…

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    America’s Most European Supermarket, Indeed: Treasure Island Files for Bankruptcy

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Chicago Shady Dealer News Desk Sept. 29, 2018   Treasure Island, a Hyde Park grocery store that touts itself as “America’s Most European Supermarket” took its emulation of Europe a step further…

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    Richard Thaler Depressed After No Longer Being the Center of Attention

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By JJ Zheng Oct. 8, 2018 Credit: Getty Images Dr. Richard Thaler, recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics, is reportedly feeling depressed after news of the 2018 recipients broke this morning.…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Ariana Grande Add/Drops Pete Davidson

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Diego Matamoros Oct. 15, 2018   After weeks of sleepless nights, emotional highs and lows, and one pet pig, the predictions of her academic advisor finally came to fruition: pop star Ariana…

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    Second Year Attempts to Leave Class for Bathroom, Several Hundred Grad Students Join

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Olivia Reeves Oct. 18, 2018   At 11:03 this morning, second year Callie Plimmer found more support than she anticipated behind her choice to leave Gender Civ to use the bathroom, when…

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    “Wait, That’s Where UChicago Is?” Exclaims Gleacher Center Student

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Thomas Noriega Oct. 22, 2018 Economics M.A. Mathis Birman collapsed this week upon hearing that UChicago is actually on the South Side of Chicago, not nestled in the gleaming utopia of the…

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    Bill Clinton Spotted Fighting with FIJI Bouncer

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 16, 2013

    By Diego Pedulla-Smith and Wesley Adams Oct. 22, 2018   Students enjoying a lively Saturday night may have gotten a little more excitement than they had anticipated after President Bill Clinton got into…

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