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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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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

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
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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

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
  • Politics

    Trump in Talks to Buy Atlantis from Aquaman

    Chase Teichholz / March 26, 2025

    “Arthur Curry, we call him ‘puny fish-man.’ What a loser! Your tremendous President is here to make a promise: once we have bought it, Atlantis shall be named ‘America in Water.’ America in…

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  • Scientific Excellence

    Scientists Admit Smoking Not Actually Bad for You: “We Just Wanted Attention”

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / March 25, 2025

    "We made it up whole cloth, because we wanted to feel important, and to have people tell us how important we were, and how smart we were at science."

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  • Campus Life

    Another Woke Liberal Lie, Dining Hall French Fry Not Actually French

    Michael Wagner / March 24, 2025

    Some students demand the return of real fries, while others argue sweet potato fries are a gateway to dark cults like veganism.

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  • Off-Campus Life,  Sex and Love

    People Names Luigi Mangione Sexiest Assassin of the Year

    Chase Teichholz / March 23, 2025

    University of Alabama Professor of Sexiness Studies Jenna Hottz concurred with the committee’s decision: “Luigi is on the Mount Rushmore of hotness for murderers, if I may say so myself. Luigi, if you’re…

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  • Politics

    Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Economy to Be “Good” Instead of “Bad”

    Jake Felsen / March 22, 2025

    The other executive orders signed today include a variety of measures that Donald Trump has been hoping to enact for a long time, including Executive Order 14185: “Bring us more jobs”, and Executive…

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Accidentally Sugars Campus Sidewalks Instead of Salting Them

    Sheep A. Doodle / March 21, 2025

    When confronted with our discovery, Bob Frost, a spokesperson for the task force, apologized for the mix-up. “Don’t be salty about it,” he pleaded. “If I gave you two buckets of white granular…

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  • Politics

    RFK Jr. Launches Promotional Tour for Polio: “It’s Really Not That Bad!”

    Lydia Osborn / March 20, 2025

    "Polio shouldn’t be demonized just for the paralysis and the killing. Who even remembers that? The last time someone died of polio was like ten months ago.”

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  • Scientific Excellence

    Nation Distraught as Scientists Say Blue Apples Won’t Be Available Until 2029

    Elliot Florack / March 19, 2025

    During a press conference early Tuesday morning, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Sara Brenner admitted that the lifelong dream of all Americans, to have blue apples, will be delayed until…

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  • Politics

    Trump Tells Obama He’s “Not Looking for Anything Serious” as Relationship Rumors Swirl

    Jacob Halabe and 1 more / March 18, 2025

    At 2:02 am on January 11th, Instagram records show that an account linked to Obama liked a post made by Trump in 2011, before quickly un-liking the post seconds later.

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  • Scientific Excellence

    Climate Scientists Urge Public to Stop Eating Ice Caps

    Griffin Bonnin Jones / March 17, 2025

    While acknowledging that it was understandable that so many people were drawn to the crisp, pure, immaculate quality of the ice—“basically like the ice cubes in your freezer times a million”—the scientists warned…

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