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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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Andrea Zhou

Deputy Managing Editor

Griffin Bonnin Jones

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Abby Beckler

Deputy Layout Editor

Katherine Reynolds

Photo Editor

Zayna Cheema

Copy Editors

Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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Any complaints can be emailed to [email protected].

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
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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, 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

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
  • Campus Life

    I’m an Alpha Delt Pledge and You’re a Loser

    Victor Tyne / April 13, 2021

    I’ve spent my life until this point looking for people as cool as me. I was the coolest kid in high school, even if no one else thought so. I had my lunch…

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  • Campus Life

    Michele Rasmussen Declares That Frat Parties Are “Not Poggers” in Attempt to Connect with Youth

    Andre Dang / April 12, 2021

    Michele Rasmussen, in a strange yet brave attempt to quell the spread of COVID-19, released a statement today declaring that frat parties were indeed “not poggers.”

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  • Campus Life

    Frats Release Statement: “Hey Look, A Cool Bird!”

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 8, 2021

    In the wake of the University’s announcement that campus would be entering a second lockdown of the quarter, a group of UChicago fraternities released a statement.

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  • Campus Life

    Spring Break to be Renamed ‘Kenneth C. Griffin Week of March 21st’

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 12, 2021

    “I hope this new name will remind students that fun is just an obstacle towards achieving their goals,” Griffin told the Dealer. “I also have high hopes that the name will go a…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    What I Wish I Had Known on March 11th, 2020: A One-Year Retrospective on my Gilded Age History and Economy Final Exam

    Ian Olson / March 11, 2021

    The Dealer sat down with UChicago students to talk about the things they wished they had known last March. Well, just one student, really. And most of his complaints were about one history…

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  • Campus Life

    Admin Introduces Reading Hour Every Week That Accumulates Into One Reading Day

    Chicago Shady Dealer / March 10, 2021

    "The committee felt that students should be motivated to study for finals before they actually learn the material that will be on their finals, and if you don't like it fuck you your…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    I Failed My First HUM Paper and I Don’t Know Why… ?

    Co-penned in joint fashion by Ethan Ross and Victor Tyne / March 8, 2021

    My professor just graded my first essay for Readings in World Literature and gave me an F. I’m really confused because I copied most of it from an essay I wrote in AP…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Canada Goose Wearer Cries for UCPD as Feathers Are Ripped Off His Back 

    Clayton Lovell / March 7, 2021

    “Help! Help! No, not the Goose please please that was a birthday pres… huhhhh… where is UCP-” were the last words of David Vanderbilt, a fourth-year Big Problems Major at the University of…

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  • Campus Life

    Only Permitted Spring Break Activity is Clicking This Button, Admin Says

    Deblina Mukherjee and 1 more / March 7, 2021

    A recent email from the College urged students to stay at home and within the Chicago area during the upcoming spring break, and revealed that the only activity the College suggests students do…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer,  Off-Campus Life

    Frat Cites Disparities in Alcohol Access as Reason to Become Hazing-Optional

    Gill Kiunnak / March 5, 2021

    In an effort to boost the diversity of their first-year applicant pool, newly established fraternity Delta Iota Kappa has become hazing-optional. The choice comes amid a wave of other fraternities forego hazing requirements…

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