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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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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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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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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
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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
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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
  • Campus Life

    University Hires New Neubauer Family Assistant Associate Vice Admiral Director of Rigorous Professional Academic Engagement, Inquiry, and Hijinks

    Edward A. Meyer / February 8, 2023

    “We felt like the administration just wasn’t doing our job with 5,438 employees, but we remain optimistic that the 5,439th will do the trick.”

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  • Campus Life

    Announcing the Shady Dealer’s Datamatch 2023

    Chicago Shady Dealer / February 6, 2023

    “After four straight years of Datamatch, we thought we’d hit rock bottom in terms of question material, but it turns out we could sink lower down!”

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  • Arts & Culture

    New Report Casts Doubt on George Santos’ Claim to Danish Throne

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / February 3, 2023

    The Danish National Archives said in an email that it was “pretty sure we would know if Queen Alexandrine had a whole ass son in 1898.”

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  • Campus Life

    North Resident With “Eyesore” View of Max P Self-Proclaimed “Most Oppressed on Campus”

    Lacey Calburn / February 2, 2023

    The UChicago community was sent into an uproar this week after #justiceforNorth began trending on Twitter.

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  • Campus Life

    I’m 40, I Teach Here, and I Just Messaged You on Tinder

    Prof. Keith Lormp / February 1, 2023

    So how about it? Wanna give me a shot? If the age gap ever feels weird, just pretend I’m 25 like I said I was when we first matched.

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Op-Ed: This New Provost Will Fix Everything!

    Katherine Phillips / January 30, 2023

    I don’t really know what a provost does, but I do know that our new one will live up to the hype.

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  • Campus Life

    Provost Argues against Atoms Unionizing to Form Bonds

    Justin Ben-Zene / January 30, 2023

    The credibility of the statement was called into question by representatives from the NLrB (the Nitrogen-Lawrencium-Boron Union), as the University is known to benefit from ions and other dissociated species.

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  • World Affairs

    North Korea Wins Unprecedented 18th World Cup

    William Foster / January 27, 2023

    Dear Leader Kim and Goalie-in-Chief Jong-Un scored the go-ahead goal, along with North Korea’s second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth goals.

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  • Sex and Love

    Struggling in a Toxic Relationship? Try Being More Toxic

    Chicago Shady Dealer Newsdesk / January 26, 2023

    We interviewed one of the RSO’s most active members, Jake Neebus, and asked him why he joined. “I like making my girlfriend cry,” said Neebus. “I like it a lot.”

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  • Campus Life

    Point: I Wanna Step on the Reynolds Club Seal/ Counterpoint: I Want the Reynolds Club Seal to Step on Me

    Chicago Shady Dealer Newsdesk / January 25, 2023

    It’s not like I haven’t tried to make it happen, either. I’ve dropped subtle hints — every time I walk through Reynolds, I make sure I’m looking my best.

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