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Editors in Chief

Griffin Bonnin Jones, Andrea Zhou

Managing Editor

Katherine Reynolds

Deputy Managing Editor

Vivian Psylos

Layout Editor

Justin Bilenker

Photo Editor

Zayna Cheema

Copy Editors

Nik Ochoa, Chase Teichholz

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Did we hurt your feelings, or say something that “rings untrue” in your soft ears? Well you’re paying too much attention to what we said, and not enough attention to what we meant. God is God, the river is swift, and we don’t give a fuck.

Any complaints can be emailed to [email protected].

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
Chicago Shady Dealer, Favorites

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
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

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

    Religious Studies Class Taught by Pope Leo XIV Cancelled Due to Federal Cuts

    Chase Teichholz / December 29, 2025

    The Dealer contacted Pope Leo, who began answering in Latin, before saying “Oh shit! I’m American.” In response to his class not being offered due to funding constraints, Leo told the Dealer that…

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  • Campus Life,  Politics

    Trump accidentally destroys East Wing of Woodlawn

    Vivian Psylos / December 28, 2025

    In what appears to be a logistical error, President Trump sent several bulldozers to the East Wing of Woodlawn instead of the East Wing of the White House owing to confusion over Google…

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  • Campus Life

    All Microeconomics 101 Students Swapped into Beginner Akkadian in Add-Drop Fiasco

    Katherine Timm / December 27, 2025

    When asked whether the students could be swapped back into Microeconomics, Coil announced that she had a prior commitment she had forgotten about and needed to end the interview immediately.

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  • Campus Life,  Issues

    First Year Formally Reprimanded for Failing to Intellectualize Homesickness

    Clara Pressey / December 26, 2025

    Since receiving the reprimand, Hawkins has found himself agonizing over how sad he even was in the first place. “I mean, it makes sense that I would miss my family, but only on…

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  • Campus Life

    University to introduce affirmative action for guys named Sean (Shaun and Shawn excluded)

    Pauline Singer / December 24, 2025

    In order to accommodate the influx of Seans, house leaders have begun using strangely specific nicknames. Sean “Receding Hairline” Q commented, “The nicknames are not accurate or helpful. I’m clearly the best Sean…

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  • Politics,  World Affairs

    In his second memoir, “Ignore My First One,” Vance reveals that the root of his anger toward Zelensky was his thick lashes.

    Rekha Eswara / December 23, 2025

    J.D. Vance admits that seeing Volodymyr Zelensky’s lashes triggered months of resentment, forcing him to repeatedly abandon his vice presidential duties to take lengthy vacations. But now, Vance is back—not to his position…

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  • Campus Life

    12 Days of UChicago Finals

    Niles Crane / December 22, 2025

    On the twelfth day of finals, my college gave to me: 

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  • Sports

    LA Dodgers Fan finds out the Dodgers are a Baseball team and not a Hat Company

    Alexa Walsh / December 16, 2025

    “I was absolutely shocked,” said Carl, after realizing his favorite model, a 6’2” man named Teoscar Hernández from the Dominican Republic, is actually an outfielder.

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  • Issues

    5 Movies to Reject the Christmas Spirit while still saying you’re watching a Christmas Movie

    Shayaan Gandhi / December 15, 2025

    Look, if Christianity doesn’t exist in space, neither does Christmas.

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  • Issues

    Catholic Family Realizes They’re Nation’s Last Practitioners of the Advent Wreath; Experts Confirm the Three Kings Are “Not Coming, Don’t Wait Up”

    Niles Crane / December 12, 2025

    “We thought everyone still did it,” said matriarch Maria Del Toro, carefully arranging three purple candles and one pink candle in preparation for the weekly arguments about who gets to light them, “You…

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  • In sharp response to ICE aggression, Democrats write extremely angry letter

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