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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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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

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
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, 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
  • Arts & Culture

    How Tall Was Jesus Christ? We Asked Every Academic Department

    R.E. Stern and 2 more / October 7, 2022

    We built a really big neural network to predict people’s heights based on their faces, trained it on images of humans, and it told us that Jesus was either 3’2” or a golden…

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  • Campus Life

    Mansueto Declared World’s Largest Gender-Neutral Restroom

    Chicago Shady Dealer / October 6, 2022

    Campus activists have long protested the University’s reluctance to provide gender-neutral facilities; however, they noted that allowing students to relieve themselves in the middle of the humongous dome is “probably not the way…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    First Year Likes Resident Head’s Dog a Little Too Much

    Joelle Stephenson / October 5, 2022

    Amanda and Bubbles — a middle-aged golden retriever — have spent time together, going on walks and chasing squirrels, rabbits, and mailmen. By second week, if Amanda was coming to the end of…

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  • Campus Life

    Top 5 Ways to Brag About Your ACT Score

    Andrea Zhou / October 3, 2022

    As clumsy human beings, all of us have tripped over our own feet before. Therefore, it should be no shock when you hit a lamppost or fall over unexpectedly. Ensure that your head…

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  • Campus Life

    Move-in-Day Drama: First Year Embarrassed to Have Parents

    Chicago Shady Dealer / September 27, 2022

    “I don’t need them, I’m perfectly sufficient on my own,” Tyler said, while drinking a can of Monster Energy Assault™ and eating dry instant ramen.

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  • Arts & Culture

    House Movie Night Just Sex Scene from Mulholland Drive

    Jacob Halabe and 1 more / September 5, 2022

    “I like to think that Behar house has always appreciated the highest class of film, and as such, we wanted to pick something that would engage our residents."

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  • Campus Life

    New “germinAte” Startup Empowers Students to Buy & Sell Grades

    Luke Laurence / September 3, 2022

    “This is a good thing for inequality. It’s actually redistributing wealth... We’re like the modern-day Marx and Engels.”

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  • Campus Life

    Rating the Old, White Men I’ve Read in SOSC Based on Their Abilities to Make a Woman Orgasm

    Jacqueline Proshans / September 2, 2022

    "My vagina is not the Leviathan; stop trying to take up the sword against my clitoris. Trust me, that’s not how you do it. "

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  • Campus Life

    Local Business Spotlight: Looking for a Cheap Coat? This Entrepreneur Has a Large Selection That Is Definitely Not Stolen from Alpha Delt

    Lena Birkholz and 2 more / August 31, 2022

    “I swear, this is my coat. I remember it got bleach all over it at the last party, but for some reason the tag is removed? Who knows though? I liked the coat…

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  • Campus Life

    Review: Locking Your Belt Closed With a Padlock (Then Forgetting Its Combination)

    Kenneth Moss / August 29, 2022

    Before you ask, and I know you’re thinking it already, no this isn’t a sex thing. I mean, it’s about keeping your pants on, so it’s more like the opposite of a sex…

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