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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

Managing Editor

Andrea Zhou

Deputy Managing Editor

Griffin Bonnin Jones

Layout Editor

Abby Beckler

Deputy Layout Editor

Katherine Reynolds

Photo Editor

Zayna Cheema

Copy Editors

Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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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.

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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

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

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
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, 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

    Recent Study Shows Ominous Whistling in Hallway Growing Steadily Closer

    Jake Felsen / April 11, 2025

    A group of expert scientists using audio equipment, strict observance, and double blind studies have confirmed that the whistling we first reported on only a few minutes ago is indeed getting steadily closer. 

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  • Campus Life

    Point: Your Argument Isn’t Supported in the Data/ Counterpoint: I Know So Many More Latin Phrases than You

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / April 10, 2025

    It seems to me you still have a highly a posteriori frame of mind. But fiat justitia ruat caelum, nevertheless.

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  • Campus Life,  Scientific Excellence

    Quantum Mechanics Final to Be Held in One of Seven Locations

    Alasdair Greenland / April 9, 2025

    "Due to the quantum uncertainty principle, because we know exactly when the exam will be, we are unable to determine exactly where the exam will be until it happens and is observed."

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  • Politics,  Scientific Excellence

    Supreme Court Overturns Measles Vaccine v. Measles

    Alasdair Greenland / April 8, 2025

    "Writing for the Court’s conservative majority in Super Measles v. Measles Vaccine, Chief Justice John Roberts said 'it is the opinion of this court that despite persuasive arguments by the Measles Vaccine, we…

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  • Politics

    Elon Musk Singing Sad Songs, Playing Guitar Outside of Former Federal Employees’ Windows

    Jacob Halabe / April 7, 2025

    Musk was seen standing outside the homes of former federal employees for hours, singing love songs such as “The End of the World” by Skeeter Davis and “Please Help Me Run the Consumer…

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  • Off-Campus Life

    Oregano Prices Skyrocket as Americans Simultaneously Hit with Overwhelming Craving for Oregano

    Lena Birkholz / April 6, 2025

    On the oregano craze, Napervillian and mother-of-four Rosemary Bayleaf told the Dealer, “There’s no reason for it–I just realized that oregano was what I was missing my whole life.” 

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    How to Deal With Writer’s Block: A Shady Guide

    Justin Bilenker / April 5, 2025

    As they say, what is a block if not something to stand on?

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  • Politics

    After Seeing Trump’s Shitshow, Democrats Attempt to Resurrect Jimmy Carter for 2028

    Vivian Psylos / April 4, 2025

    "The results of this past election clearly indicate that Americans want a really old white dude to be their president. We won in 2020 with Joe Biden, who’s like the third oldest boy of…

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  • Politics

    Dog Couple Discuss Getting Neutered in Light of Political Climate

    Katherine Reynolds / April 2, 2025

    “Bitches like me are at a high risk for pyometra,” says five-year-old Lola-Bear, a yellow lab, “and following recent decisions made by the federal government, I don’t trust that doctors will prioritize my…

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  • Campus Life

    Student From California Confused by Cold Weather, Assumes Snow Is Ash from Nearby Wildfire

    Audrey Smith / April 1, 2025

    The only season she had previously been familiar with was Fire Season, though she contested that it was less of a season and more of a lifestyle.

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