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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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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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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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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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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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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
  • Historical Issue

    Op-Ed: This New Duke Will Fix Everything

    Edward A. Meyer / May 4, 2023

    Do you just refuse to believe that Duke Ernest August I, who interviewed and selected Duke Ernest August II, would choose someone who wanted to fix the underlying issues they’ve overlooked (and caused) for…

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  • Historical Issue

    Nothing Happens in Tiananmen Square

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 3, 2023

    This year was a big year for nothing happening. Notably, nothing happened in Germany either, where the Berlin Wall is still standing strong.

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  • Historical Issue

    As Y1K Looms, Mathematicians Raise Concern About Abacus Malfunctions

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 3, 2023

    As many as two goods or services are being exchanged at any given moment, taking up a majority of the abacus beads not being used to count the date. 

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  • Historical Issue

    Sorry! We’ll Get ‘Em This Time

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 2, 2023

    It’s been an arduous two hundred years but I’m pretty confident we’ll be able to reclaim it this time.

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  • Historical Issue

    Third Crusade’s The Charm

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 2, 2023

    It’s been an arduous hundred and fifty years but I’m pretty confident we’ll be able to reclaim it this time.

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  • Historical Issue

    We’re Totally Gonna Win This Crusade

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 2, 2023

    It’s been an arduous hundred years but I’m pretty confident we’ll be able to reclaim it this time.

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  • Historical Issue

    John D. Rockefeller founds UChicago in Hopes of Creating Greatest Quizbowl Team on God’s Green Earth

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 1, 2023

    “Most of today’s youth listen to music like “Hot Cross Buns,” or “Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie”. They couldn’t power a tossup about the 18th century composer Joseph Martin Kraus if their life depended…

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  • Historical Issue

    Op-Ed: Telegraphs are Ruining Our Children’s Productivity

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 1, 2023

    Back when I was a kid, we went outside and played. We ate Grandma’s lead paint. We sprayed radium pesticides at each other. We lived in the moment.

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  • Historical Issue

    Op-Ed: I Am the Emperor, and I Want Dumplings

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 30, 2023

    Some people are born to eat dumplings fed to them by quaking peasants from a silver platter, and other people are all of you.

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  • Historical Issue

    Area Man Solves Grain Shortage by Inventing Grain

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 29, 2023

    According to a recent source, Cyde was last seen hoarding the grain and proclaiming it all belonged to him, citing his divine revelation of “social hierarchy.”

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