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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

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Katherine Reynolds

Photo Editor

Zayna Cheema

Copy Editors

Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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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
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
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
Chicago Shady Dealer, Favorites

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
  • 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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  • Campus Life,  Scientific Excellence

    In Bid for Diversity, Board Chooses Muppet as Next UChicago President

    🅱️alter / March 1, 2021

    After many community listening sessions, international searches, and donor solicitations, the Board of Trustees has chosen Paul Alivisatos as the next President of the University of Chicago. His preceding tenure as Vice Chancellor…

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  • Campus Life

    Conservative Students Silenced by Regenstein Library’s 4th floor

    Adam Zabner / February 27, 2021

    Rather than deal with the Soros-backed liberal elites of the media, I decided to turn my cubicle into a soapbox and recite my argument on the fourth floor of the Reg. Having chosen…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    You Got Us: Here are Other Maroon Articles We Released Without People Knowing

    Chicago Shady Dealer / February 26, 2021

    Yes, we used a psychic to predict The Maroon’s COVID-19 retrospective so that we could publish its headlines first. But did you know we've done that a lot over the years? Here are…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    How Covid and the Summer’s Racial Reckoning Impacted the Way I, Your Friendly Neighborhood Econ Frat Bro, Live My Life and View the World

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Econ Frat Bro / February 25, 2021

    Staffers at Bon Appétit, a food and lifestyle magazine for people who spend more than $50 dollars on a single jar of cinnamon, suddenly left the magazine because of race stuff, and they…

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  • Lifestyle

    Rock Salt Flavor Retrospective: Hyde Park, Winter 2020-2021

    Ian Olson / February 24, 2021

    A note on methodology: in our blind testing, sampling teams tasted salts found on streets and sidewalks alike.

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  • Campus Life

    Exclusive: Top Brass Dispels Rumors of SSA/Crown Remilitarization

    Chicago Shady Dealer / February 22, 2021

    Lieutenant Commander Zimmer denies that the school has become complicit in hyper-militarism, stating that the Main Quadrangle’s helipad has been there all along, and that anyone who disagrees will be dishonorably discharged.

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