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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
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
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
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
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
  • Politics

    Lightfoot Promises 4-Hour CTA Delays “Only Some of the Time”

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / March 1, 2023

    CTA riders who spoke with the Dealer said the move would be life-changing. “I can’t tell you how much it means to me that only half my waking hours will be spent waiting…

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  • Lifestyle

    The Perils of Being Paid $8000 a Month (By Your Parents)

    Thud Junkley V / February 28, 2023

    “But, Thuddeus,” you say, “$8500 a month is a lot of money. That’s enough to buy, like, 850 bananas.”

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  • Arts & Culture

    Inspirational! The Hunters and Taxidermists That Jim Henson Forced to Make the Muppets Are Finally Demanding Fair Recognition for Their Work

    Anonymous / February 28, 2023

    Henson is also suspected of cross-border trafficking: the court has questioned how Chinese and South American hunters could have acquired the rotting corpse of Big Bird.

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  • Campus Life

    New Humanities Core Sequence for STEM Majors Will Teach Punctuation

    Aman Majumdar / February 25, 2023

    “I have good words! Humanities bad!” protested Pat Greeneberg, a Bio major.

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  • Politics

    Orthodox and Catholic Churches Reunite, Citing “Reconcilable Differences”

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / February 24, 2023

    “We’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, and we’ve come to the realization that papal infallibility and unwavering submission to Rome are actually really cool.”

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  • Campus Life

    International House Students Steal Thousands of Maroon Dollars from University Dining

    Evan Avery / February 23, 2023

    Our sources have already received rumors of an underground Maroon Dollar trading poker ring operating under the Regenstein Library…

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Course Catalog Includes New Devil’s Advocate Class

    Justin Bachner / February 22, 2023

    Typical texts include some combination of Shapiro, Davis, Reich, and Owens."

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  • Arts & Culture

    Op-Ed: I Just Completed This Century’s Mona Lisa in the 1st Floor Harper Women’s Bathrooms

    Anonymous / February 21, 2023

    Years from now, art history students will take treks to the 1st Floor Harper Women’s Bathrooms to study my seminal painting.

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  • Politics

    Kevin McCarthy Secures College Council Speakership After 14 Ballots

    Chicago Shady Dealer Newsdesk / February 20, 2023

    I really just wanted to put ‘Speaker of College Council’ on my LinkedIn.

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  • Campus Life

    Why Unions Are Bad Actually (Not Sponsored by University of Chicago)

    Paul A. Realperson / February 17, 2023

    Unions are the only group which can negotiate for you: if you’re represented by a union, you’ll only have negotiating power as a collective rather than a super cool, maverick, lone wolf individual…

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