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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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Andrea Zhou

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Griffin Bonnin Jones

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Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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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
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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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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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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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    Visiting Parents Worried about the Cost of Three Weddings after Seeing Son Talk to Three Different Girls in His House

    Donny Berger / October 24, 2021

    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 when they watched…

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    Grimes Rebounds with Sosc Professor

    Isabelle Balaban / October 21, 2021

    Grimes and Elon Musk recently split after 3 years, and the Canadian songstress is handling it with nothing but grace and class… consciousness? Grimes, 33, was recently spotted on the streets of LA,…

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    Op-Ed: Here’s Why I Applied to an Assistant Professorship at Booth as an Undergrad

    Luke Laurence / October 14, 2021

    Though I’m still an undergrad, I recently applied to an assistant professorship at Booth, for one reason: to fight for what I know is right. It is grossly inequitable that graduate students are…

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    Three Ways to Definitely Get Into the Blue Chips

    Brad / October 13, 2021

    Let’s face it. The Blue Chips is one of the only organizations on campus actually worth being a part of. Doing any other RSO is a waste of time, which is why your…

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    Local Dad “Doing His Own Research” on COVID Vaccination Nabs NIH Grant

    Drew Landrowski / October 12, 2021

    When local father Mike Jones said that he would be doing his own research on vaccination, his small suburban town thought they had heard it all before. “I thought he was just going…

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    Give Us Your Credit Card Number and We’ll Tell You About Our New Jetski

    Doug / October 11, 2021

    Now, we understand, you might be thinking: what do you need my credit card number for? What could my credit card number possibly have to do with some definitely pre-existing jetski? What a…

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    Guy in Practice Room Humored by Neighbor’s Feeble Attempt At Music

    Jillian Amsler / October 7, 2021

    “How cute,” thought Jeff Herbert, a second year living in Campus North Residential Commons, as he overheard the music coming from the room over. “They really let anybody play in these practice rooms…

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    Red October: Wellness Czar Overthrown by Bolsheviks in House Council Election

    Nadezhda “Kay” Krupskaya / October 5, 2021

    This just in: Nicholas Romanov, the longtime Wellness Czar of Salisbury House in Burton-Judson, has been unseated by an anonymous group gaining traction on campus: “The Wellness Bolsheviks”. According to our sources, the…

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    Op-Ed: Stext and the City: Stacks Are Not-So-Secret Haven for Desperate Undergrads 

    Karrie “Kay” Bradshaw / October 4, 2021

    Books are teachers, and very patient ones, for that matter. The lesson that all the books in the Regenstein bookstacks collectively taught me is that sometimes I should trust the posts on UChicago…

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    Sloth of Bears Reported inside PIKE Fraternity Building

    Rahul Gupta / September 26, 2021

    At 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 25, a sloth of American black bears (Ursus americanus) was reported inside the PIKE fraternity house. After getting over our befuddlement at the fact that a group…

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