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Griffin Bonnin Jones, Andrea Zhou

Managing Editor

Katherine Reynolds

Deputy Managing Editor

Vivian Psylos

Layout Editor

Justin Bilenker

Photo Editor

Zayna Cheema

Copy Editors

Nik Ochoa, Chase Teichholz

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Did we hurt your feelings, or say something that “rings untrue” in your soft ears? Well you’re paying too much attention to what we said, and not enough attention to what we meant. God is God, the river is swift, and we don’t give a fuck.

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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
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

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

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
Chicago Shady Dealer, Favorites

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

    12 Days of UChicago Finals

    Niles Crane / December 22, 2025

    On the twelfth day of finals, my college gave to me: 

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  • Sports

    LA Dodgers Fan finds out the Dodgers are a Baseball team and not a Hat Company

    Alexa Walsh / December 16, 2025

    “I was absolutely shocked,” said Carl, after realizing his favorite model, a 6’2” man named Teoscar Hernández from the Dominican Republic, is actually an outfielder.

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  • Issues

    5 Movies to Reject the Christmas Spirit while still saying you’re watching a Christmas Movie

    Shayaan Gandhi / December 15, 2025

    Look, if Christianity doesn’t exist in space, neither does Christmas.

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  • Issues

    Catholic Family Realizes They’re Nation’s Last Practitioners of the Advent Wreath; Experts Confirm the Three Kings Are “Not Coming, Don’t Wait Up”

    Niles Crane / December 12, 2025

    “We thought everyone still did it,” said matriarch Maria Del Toro, carefully arranging three purple candles and one pink candle in preparation for the weekly arguments about who gets to light them, “You…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    UChicago Tour Guide Fired after Confirming “Where Fun Goes to Die” Culture on Tour

    Carrie Krummen / December 10, 2025

    The ex-tour guide, second-year Hugh Mungo, refused to comment unless the Dealer agreed to write an article slamming all ten different business RSOs that rejected him. Prevented by its incomparably scrupulous ethical code…

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  • Politics,  Scientific Excellence

    Air Force Forms Task Force of Skydiving Spiders

    Katherine Reynolds / December 9, 2025

    The Spiders Parachuting into Dangerous Regions Task Force, or SPIDR, aims to utilize the natural skydiving abilities of arachnids to conduct High-Altitude Low-Opening (HALO) jumps in military operations deemed too risky for human…

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  • Campus Life

    10 Things To Do on Campus This Fall That Feel Almost As Good As Being Loved

    Clara Pressey / November 20, 2025

    It’s officially cuffing season! But as we know at the University of Chicago, some things are better in theory than in practice, and it’s hard to maintain a loving relationship when you have…

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  • 8=Democracy,  Politics

    Trump claims to have discovered “Constitution 2” allowing him to do whatever he wants

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / November 19, 2025

    He described having stumbled upon the document during a recent stroll on the roof of the White House. “It was just sitting there—can you believe that? Sitting right there on that—on that really…

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  • Campus Life,  Scientific Excellence

    Pumpkin Spice Adderall® now available from your local dealer for your fall-themed 9 hour cram session in the Reg

    Jack Segil / November 15, 2025

    “Say goodbye to Hot Girl Summer, and hello to Adder-fall! Autumn up your undiagnosed anxiety disorder with new Pumpkin Spice Adderall®, available from your local dealer today! (While supplies last. Do not consume…

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  • Politics

    Karoline Leavitt to respond to CNN journalists with yo mama jokes

    Vivian Psylos / November 13, 2025

    Leavitt debuted the strategy in her response to a HuffPost reporter’s question about a proposed summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but further instances have already appeared. Asked by the…

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  • Confused Animal Rights Group seen protesting outside NFL HQ after Bad Bunny announcement
  • Religious Studies Class Taught by Pope Leo XIV Cancelled Due to Federal Cuts
  • Trump accidentally destroys East Wing of Woodlawn
  • All Microeconomics 101 Students Swapped into Beginner Akkadian in Add-Drop Fiasco
  • First Year Formally Reprimanded for Failing to Intellectualize Homesickness
  • University to introduce affirmative action for guys named Sean (Shaun and Shawn excluded)
  • In his second memoir, “Ignore My First One,” Vance reveals that the root of his anger toward Zelensky was his thick lashes.

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