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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
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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

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
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

    Reg to Introduce Death Penalty for Overdue Books

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 15, 2023

    Effective immediately, students found to have one or more books overdue from the library will be shot on sight by a “state of the art automated weaponry system” installed at the building’s front…

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  • Sex and Love

    Area Parents Contemplating Eighth Divorce

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 14, 2023

    The pending divorce proceedings are reportedly being handled by Looke, Hughes, Bach, and Egen, a Chicago-based law firm specializing in ‘high-numbered’ divorces.

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  • Campus Life

    Nuclear Reactor Found in Rafters of Harper Memorial Library

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 13, 2023

    Students studying for their midterms did not look up when warned “there’s a nuclear reactor,” only speaking up to respond that Harper Memorial Library is a no-talking zone, and would you please kindly…

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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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  • Scientific Excellence

    UChicago Researchers Invent Quantum Blockchain NFT A.I. Natural Language Processing

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 11, 2023

    Dealer reporters found the project leads furiously consulting a thesaurus for more words to describe their ‘indescribably advanced’ breakthrough. At press time, the researchers had added “machine learning”, “crypto”, and “gigahertz” to their…

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  • Arts & Culture

    Grammy Award Given to My Beautiful Grandma

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 10, 2023

    “I thought they gave these awards to musicians or Presidents that record audiobooks,” said my clearly stunned grandmommy.

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  • Politics

    Mayoral Candidates Spend $4 Million on Crucial Max P Ad Blitz

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 9, 2023

    Max Palevsky residents reportedly have not noticed the garish and colorful portraits which, according to one Graham House resident, “actually blend in really well with our haunted circus color scheme.”

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Introduces 4:30 AM Final Exams, Citing Cost-Saving

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 8, 2023

    A follow-up announcement clarified that students would be expected to move out within one hour of their last final to avoid a $5000 fine and a one-point deduction to their GPA. 

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  • Politics

    Heroic Woodlawn Arsonist Blows Up Debt Ceiling

    William Foster / March 7, 2023

    The debt ceiling, recently breached by the US national debt, was finally brought down by an explosion which the Pentagon believes to be a deliberate attack.

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  • Campus Life

    Meet Frank, UChicago’s First International Student from Vatican City

    R.E. Stern and 1 more / March 6, 2023

    Frank, dressed in all white and sporting a delightfully eccentric hat, reports being “born” in 2003 but “doesn’t feel a day over 60.”

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