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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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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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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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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

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
  • Campus Life

    My Student Government Platform? More Hammocks

    Sam Nitkin / May 16, 2019

    Spring quarter can be a stressful time for everyone. Some people are saying their goodbyes to this campus as they prepare to enter the real world, others cling to Hyde Park as they…

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  • Campus Life,  Chicago Shady Dealer

    Dean Nondorf Returns to Cryo-Freezer as Prospie Season Ends

    Jack Toole / May 16, 2019

    With the campus no longer awash in eager and precocious high schoolers, Dean Nondorf is returning to cryogenic slumber until the next admissions cycle resumes. Shane Zimmer, Robert Zimmer’s secret bastard child and…

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  • Off-Campus Life

    At Long Last: University Announces 36,000 Square Foot Wingers to Replace Treasure Island

    Chicago Shady Dealer / May 16, 2019

    Per a report released earlier today, the University’s Office for Community Engagement announced that the former Treasure Island location will become the new Wingers location. Wingers, the much-beloved diner specializing in American cuisine,…

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  • Historical Issue

    Analyst Who Predicted Eight of the Last Ten Plagues Predicts Another

    / February 6, 2019

    Ahmenhatek VIII, a diviner and analyst from north of Memphis, is renowned across the kingdom for accurately predicting eight of the last ten plagues. His 2500 B.C. papyrus entitled “Buy Gold Before the…

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  • Historical Issue

    Get Ripped Like A Hill Tribesman: Follow This New Workout and Diet Plan to Lose That Valley Dweller Flab

    / February 6, 2019

    Tired of looking like a less-than-great ape? Sick of falling behind on hunts? Feel like a loser while watching those hill tribesmen get laid at the solstice celebration? Diet: It’s easy to let…

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  • Historical Issue

    Point/Counterpoint: The Invention of Calculus

    Rahul Gupta / February 6, 2019

    Gottfried Leibniz Did Not Read Doing Honest Work in College By Isaac Newton Gottfried Leibniz is a lying plagiarist. I spent twenty freaking years toiling over my books and deriving mathematical equations, and…

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  • Historical Issue

    My Love Life Was A Lot Better Before Glasses Were Invented

    John Buterbaugh / February 6, 2019

    MILAN, ITALY – Fuck you, Niccolo Alfonso. You came walking down the streets of Milan just a few years ago flexing your new invention. “Look, you all can finally see clearly, even far…

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  • Historical Issue

    Virgin Amoeba Threatened by Larger, More Handsome Chad Amoeba

    Mateo Garcia / February 6, 2019

    PROTEROZOIC ERA – Grumbling that he’s never getting any action, a local single-cell microorganism amoeba was feeling threatened by the floating nearby larger, more handsome “Chad” amoeba. “What’s a guy gotta do to reproduce…

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  • Historical Issue

    Advertisement: We Are Starting a Newspaper and It is Going to Be Great!

    Jack Toole / February 6, 2019

    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO – It is high time that our beloved University of Chicago had a school newspaper. With this sentiment in mind, we are excited to announce the launch of the Chicago…

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  • Historical Issue

    If Your Relationship Can Survive Smallpox, It Can Survive Anything

    Zakir Jamal / February 6, 2019

    We live in turbulent times. Monarchies fall, colonies talk of rebelling, and friends get transported to Australia for jaywalking. In these troubling days, couldn’t we all use a relationship we know we can…

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