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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
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
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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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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
  • Scientific Excellence

    Yay for the Youth! CDC Finds New COVID Vaccine Side Effect To Be “Just Like Getting High on LSD”

    Kate Kaplin / May 24, 2021

    The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a statement last night stating that in addition to the flu-like symptoms, COVID vaccines can also lead to feelings of complete ecstasy and otherworldliness.

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  • Campus Life

    Pluto Becomes Planet Again after Quarantine Weight Gain

    Jackson McNamee / May 12, 2021

    After a long stint of exclusion from planetary classification, Pluto has finally put on enough weight to qualify as a planet. Its weight gain results largely from a breakdown of daily habits and…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Mad-Libs: Write a Thinker Article!

    Drew Landrowski / May 10, 2021

    On campus, I was “cancelled” by my so-called “tolerant” peers for [VERB ENDING IN -ING] a(n) [SINGULAR NOUN] at Cathey Dining Commons. Under the Reagan administration, such a display would have been welcomed,…

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  • Campus Life

    New Admissions Essay Prompts To Produce the Worst Roommates You’ll Ever Have

    Victor Tyne / May 4, 2021

    “We were a little disappointed with last year’s haul,” admitted Jim Nondorf, Dean of Admissions. “This time, I know we’ve got it right. These prompts are specially designed to find the people who…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    In Protest of Care Not Cops Strike, UCPD to Go on Strike

    Henry Mackall / May 3, 2021

    By refusing to do their jobs, UCPD hopes to get CNC to stop demanding that they not do their jobs. “It’s foolproof,” Car Searle State, the current Chief of the UCPD, said in…

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  • Campus Life

    The Shady Dealer Interviews the Thrive Slate

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 3, 2021

    Two weeks after the Student Government election, we sat down with Parul Kumar and Natalie Wang of the Thrive slate to determine if they were worthy of our endorsement.

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  • Arts & Culture

    Oscars Nominate Viewers Like You for Best Actor

    Henry Mackall / April 26, 2021

    Many have lauded your ability to persevere through our host’s lousy jokes and fake interest in the boring shit as you patiently await the actually relevant parts of the ceremony (you know, the…

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  • Campus Life

    To Combat Talks of a Meatless Future, Undergrads Create Culinary Magazine The Chicago Carnivore, Promise to Uphold Chicago Principles of Slaughtering Cattle by the Millions

    Gill Kiunnak / April 23, 2021

    Everyone on campus has been talking about the future of meat in our food - Burger King’s Impossible Whopper is now a mainstay item on their menu, Taco Bell serves a Beyond Sausage…

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  • Off-Campus Life

    “Narcolepsy Cookies” Opens on 55th Street to Generally Terrible Reviews

    Charlie Weiler / April 21, 2021

    Krispy Kreme’s wildly popular Insomnia Cookies, a staple of college campuses nationwide, received word Saturday that a new sheriff was in town. Or maybe not. Sometimes, at least. He tends to sleep in.

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Administration Partners with Laundry Machines to Steal Socks from Students

    Victor Tyne / April 20, 2021

    Attention: if you or a loved one lives in University Housing and couldn’t find two matching socks this morning, then this message might concern you. Housing Staff were recently busted for installing laundry…

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  • In sharp response to ICE aggression, Democrats write extremely angry letter
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  • Trump creates “Random Gender Generator” to replace X markers on passports
  • Point: I would love you if you turned into a worm/Counterpoint: I would not love you if you turned into a worm

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