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Griffin Bonnin Jones, Andrea Zhou

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Katherine Reynolds

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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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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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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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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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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

    Meet the One Student Who Actually Got Suspended by UChicago

    Aman Majumdar / October 28, 2022

    "Yeah, I guess I'm lucky I’m not being executed," he conceded.

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  • Arts & Culture

    Dealer Investigates: How Many 4pm Cigarettes Outside the Reg Does It Take to Write The Great American Novel?

    Audrey Leonard / October 27, 2022

    He’s agreed to put a brief pause in his literary machinations to speak to the Dealer, since, in his words, “this interview will be important in five years. I’ll be published then.”

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  • Campus Life

    Point: Pee in Your Roommate’s Bed. Counterpoint: Pee in Their Shoes Instead.

    Kasper Kropotkin and 1 more / October 26, 2022

    As multiple scientists have observed in dogs, peeing on one another and in each other’s close quarters is a sign of love and friendship.

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  • Campus Life

    “Don’t Go Outside:” UCPD Releases Official Transportation Policy for First Years

    Lena Birkholz / October 25, 2022

    We have the second largest private police force in the world, but until we have the largest it’s really not safe to go outside. 

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  • Campus Life

    “New Dean” Added to Scav List

    Pascal Knowles / October 24, 2022

    "Suggestions from the chair of the committee included the reanimated corpse of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Paul Alivisatos’s evil twin Saul, and the statue of Linne on the Midway."

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  • Politics

    Opening for Prime Minister Position Posted on Handshake

    Jacob Halabe / October 21, 2022

    “For the next Prime Minister, the party wanted someone who was an outsider, who could talk at length on a subject without actually saying anything, and who could work for hours on a…

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  • Politics

    Value of Pound Drops Drastically in Comparison to Maroon Dollar

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / October 21, 2022

    "The pound’s strong exchange rate with the Burgundy Dollar and the Crimson Dollar are encouraging, but that its persistent weakness against the Scarlet Dollar, the Carmine Dollar, and the Vermillion Dollar are cause…

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  • Campus Life

    Op-Ed: Please Wear Deodorant

    Joelle Stephenson / October 20, 2022

    Next week, if I put my nose directly into your armpit and it doesn’t smell like Province you're gonna wish you had put on deodorant. Get it?! Capisce? Verstehen Sie?

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  • Campus Life

    Meet The Six People You’ll Throw Up On in College

    Andre Dang and 2 more / October 19, 2022

    She was funny, smart, gorgeous, everything you could ask for in a future wife. You’d even talked about moving to Massachusetts together, having three kids, getting a mortgage. You’d thought you’d shower her…

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  • Campus Life

    Class of 2026 First-Ever to Feature Diplomats’ Kids from All 193 Nations

    R.E. Stern / October 18, 2022

    “Even before stepping foot on campus, this unprecedented group of students has already made their mark.” Dean of Admissions James Nondorf said. “And I mean that literally. We have renamed a lot of…

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