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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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Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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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
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
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

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

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
  • Historical Issue

    UChicago’s Football Dominance Will Never End!

    John Buterbaugh / February 6, 2019

    Following one of the most dominant seasons in history, in which our Maroons went undefeated and claimed the National Championship, the campus community has asserted in one voice that UChicago will forever reign…

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  • Historical Issue

    Romans So White They Only Salted Carthage

    Christian Villanueva / February 6, 2019

    CARTHAGE, CARTHAGINIAN EMPIRE, 146 BC – Romans have finally conquered the city of Carthage in North Africa following a siege lasting over two years. Although a peace treaty was signed between the two…

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  • Historical Issue

    “Transportation Will Never Be More Convenient!” Says Man Who Made it to Oregon After Switching Family Four Times, Burying Alive Three Sons, and Contracting a Severe Case of Scurvy

    Harrison Weinstein / February 6, 2019

    WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON – Shoveling the last piece of dirt over his son Robert’s grave, John Wilkinson said with certainty that he could think of “no better, more efficient” way to travel across…

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  • Historical Issue

    I Used a Martian as a Butt Plug and Now They All Want Revenge

    / February 6, 2019

    I won’t lie. When I see something small and conical, I get to thinking I should stick it somewhere. I can’t be the first person to see a Martian and wonder what it…

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  • Historical Issue

    Dear Zorbak: What Do I Do With His Slime While We’re Phylopotastisizing?

    / February 6, 2019

    Kaphid asks: Dear Zorbak, whenever me and my boyfriend are about to phylopotasticize, I get anxious that I’m not doing enough with his slime. He sometimes asks me to put it in his…

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  • Historical Issue

    How to Keep Bae from Smelling Your Chamber Pot

    Nico Aldape / February 6, 2019

    So, you have your lover over, you’ve managed to not step in horse shit all day, and you’re lying in bed together. Nothing could go wrong – or could it? Suddenly, the foul…

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  • Historical Issue

    God Needs a Damn Cigarette After Week Four

    Kevin O'Sullivan / February 6, 2019

    After a fortnight of constructing reality, a local deity reported that He “just wants a fucking moment of peace.” “It’s not as easy as it looks,“ he started while lighting up a Marlboro…

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Word of the Week: Schadenfreude

    / February 3, 2019

    Ever heard of banging a ‘uey? Do you like jimmies on your ice cream? Super Bowl LIII is upon us, so now’s the time to learn some useful new terms about our buds…

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    Campus Life

    Forget Kuvia: Here are 8 Easy Ways to Get a Free T-Shirt on Campus

    / January 28, 2019

    6:00 am. Tuesday, January 15, 2019. A couple hundred students rise before the sun and shuffle into Henry Crown Field House to do suspiciously cult-like “sun salutations.” And all for what? A Capri…

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  • Campus Life

    “First Year Drops HUMA, Claims It Does Not ‘Spark Joy’”

    Emily Feigenbaum / January 28, 2019

    Inspired by the KonMari organizational methods popularized by the Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” a first-year in the College announced that she will drop her HUMA class because it “does not…

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