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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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Katherine Reynolds

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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
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
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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, 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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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
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    Phil (the Phoenix) Starts Fire

    Kate Kaplin / April 4, 2020

    Another $300 million down the drain, and the big question that remains is this: whose idea it was to care for a dying phoenix in a bustling hospital? (It’s almost as if nobody…

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    Godot? I’m Still Waiting

    A Very Lonely Man / April 4, 2020

    It has been twenty days, ten hours, and seventeen minutes since I was promised Godot. I have not left Logan’s Theater West since the show began, ended, began again, ended once more, and…

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    Hyde Park Community Crowdsources Counseling

    / April 4, 2020

    Following the tragic cancellation of  Pet Love for the second quarter in a row, the Hyde Park community pulled through to make their own crowdsourced Pet Love. Tens of Hyde Park residents brought…

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    Tired of Seeing His Ads, Mark Zuckerberg Blocks Bloomberg from Facebook Feed

    Chicago Shady Dealer / April 4, 2020

    Mark Zuckerberg is just like us! After years of speculation, we finally have substantive proof that he is not a robot sent from Mars to kill us all. He is, in fact, human:…

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    What Happens Between Pre-Reg and Schedule Release

    Rahul Gupta / April 4, 2020

    To the chagrin of unsuspecting students who were already grappling with running complicated game theory calculations in their heads to determine how to rank their classes, pre-registration resolution is now a week longer…

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    Point/Counterpoint: 11 Things UChicago Students Think They’re Doing Right Now versus 11 Things UChicago Students Are Actually Doing Right Now

    Kate Kaplin / April 3, 2020

    Point:  Solving the mystery of what happened to the missing sock in the laundry  Counterpoint: Watching Sherlock for the 4thtime   Point: Supporting local businesses and restaurants  Counterpoint: Being too lazy to cook…

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    Area Man Cooks with Street Salt

    Jack Mahoney / April 3, 2020

    Its been a long and fruitful winter for one local man who now as all he needs for these upcoming months. Each day Rolley drives around and when he spots his special blue/purple…

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    “Where Is Everyone?” Asks Student Who Just Finished Load of Laundry

    / April 3, 2020

    After two months, Owen Davis had finally figured it out. On the morning of January 20, 2020, the RGG resident looked in his dresser only to realize that he had run out of…

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    How the Lockdown Helped Me Bond With the Ghost That Lives In My Apartment

    / April 3, 2020

    When I first moved into my apartment on Dorchester, seeing the apparition of a Victorian girl in the middle of the night was an unwelcome and gut-wrenching experience. However, in the wake of…

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    With University Moving Online, Dealer To Publish Issues Via Fax

    Chicago Shady Dealer and 1 more / March 31, 2020

    CHICAGO, IL – Representatives for the Shady Dealer announced today that, despite the University of Chicago’s move towards online classes, the paper would keep publishing, albeit in a different format. Effective immediately, new…

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