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Readme Summer School


Finals Week Sestina

As I enter the cold concrete cervix of Wean,
the gold plaque of Raymond smells my fear.
I order a coffee that’ll make me shit
out all my self loathing and lack of sleep.
I don’t think I’ve retained a thing from this class.
It might be worth risking the …

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The New And Improved Readme Guide to Being a Landlord

Congrats! You just picked up the keys to your second home. Time to turn this place into the shittiest slightly below average college house of some wannabe frat bro’s dreams. Here are readmE’s patented tips to get your place ready for some fresh faced college douchebags.

Tip 1: Your …

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O-Week Crime Report

Hello freshmen, welcome to the best years of your life! And to everyone else, we are so glad you didn’t drop out or quit. While you all were busy, we at readme were also busy, sniffing out crime on campus. Really getting into the dirt for this one. Interested? Read …

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Readme Rejected

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Top 10 Milkable things on campus

Thirsty? Good. You read the headline. You know what you’re here for.

Number 10: The Doherty-100 automatic water bottle filler. Mechanically speaking, positioning your receptacle under a dedicated drink-dispensing orifice qualifies as milking. Viscerally, it does not quite scratch the milking itch – but it is a worthy introduction …

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An advertisement with a picture of a shark in a formal suit. The top reads "want your student loans to sleep with the fishes? Call 1-800-LOAN-SHARK now!". The bottom has long fine print with ridiculous terms.

CMU To Construct New, Shittier Donner

shittier donner With the completion of the new Highmark Center for Wellness, CMU has successfully wrapped up yet another construction project. Needing a new project to collect alumni donations, CMU turns to their freshman housing. Hopeful Donner residents prayed that CMU would finally announce the destruction of Donner, however, this Monday CMU …

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New Squatter's Lawn Competition begins

The U.S. Department of Housing and Development is proud to announce a new initiative to help deal with the growing problem of squatters. Starting at the beginning of February will be the All-American Best-Kept Squatter’s Lawn Competition. The idea is fairly simple, after close coordination with local police departments all …

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README Insurance Scam Comes to Light

Last night readMe’s very own chief editor Eshaan Joshi was extradited by the Trudeau administration under several counts of insurance fraud. It was found that for the past three years he has been claiming several life insurance policies from readMe staff along with abusing Canada's generous healthcare policy.

The …

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CivE department apologizes for increase in campus construction

Earlier this week the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering issued a statement addressing the sudden increase in construction around CMU’s campus, making many spaces unusable, and causing significant traffic delays as 5th Ave and Forbes Ave have had sections of the roads closed. In the statement, the head of …

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Leaked CMRC Plans for Missile Silo Under the Cut

In a shocking discovery this Tuesday, one of our reporters found that Carnegie Mellon Rocket Command has mocked up CAD schematics for a missile silo to be housed underneath The Cut. According to our source, the silo is to be about 30 feet wide and 120 feet deep; it …

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A diagram of a cruise ship cabin with 16 silhoettes of people packed in in various uncomfortable configurations.
"CIT is proud to announce...the new 'Intro to Civil Engineering' Lab Kit!" [toolbox full of wet concrete, with a shovel on top]
"Please date me. I am desperate. It has been so long since I've felt the touch of a woman. None of the Hinge lesbians want me :( I am: funny, good(ish) writer, ethical, and knowledgeable on Wikipedia. I am so lonely."
An extremely detailed comic depicting a freshman (labeled "greedy freshmen") buying food while stating "yes, more food!" while a worker lebeled "overpaid worker" replies "of course! you're our FAVORITE class!". An emaciated individual in tattered clothes lies on the floor labeled "impoverished upperclassmen" is asking "won't somebody think of us?". A bald man labeled "Farnam" is taking a selfie while saying "this way, EVERYONE can take econ!"

History's first booth

HUNT SPECIAL - Carnegie Mellon University’s springtime Carnival brings with it many beloved traditions, perhaps most recognizable of all, Booth, a weeklong mad sprint through constructing marvelously untrustworthy houses. But did you know that the roots of booth trace back to far before CMU’s founding? Back before the scientists of …

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Student Dies of Autoerotic Asphyxiation on Donner Swings

PITTSBURGH, PA In a first-of-its-kind incident for CMU, a student has passed away from asphyxiation by autofellatio, otherwise known as a “self suck incident.” Eyewitnesses report that late Thursday night, the victim approached the playground swings in the Donner Ditch, pulled their pants down, and proceeded to assume a position …

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A Freshman's Guide to Carnival

You and I have one thing in common: We’ve both never been to Spring Carnival. Fear not, because my expert sleuthing over the past few days has allowed me to gain insight into this mysterious campuswide event. What does a midway taste like? Who’s in the doghouse? I’ll answer all …

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Donner combusts, will be used as housing regardless

Early Friday morning, the sound of explosions rang throughout campus as Carnegie Mellon’s most reviled dorm, Donner House, appeared to spontaneously combust. Luckily no one was harmed, as residents attempt to spend as much time outside of Donner as possible, however the building suffered catastrophic damage. On Monday a CMU …

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Boeing's Accident Rate Drops 15% After Buying a Slightly More Expensive 3D Printer

EVERETT, WA

After a streak of disastrous quarters for the aerospace industry giant Boeing, a new audit reveals that their commercial airliner accident rate has fallen by approximately 15%. Internal memorandums note a new development at R&D is to thank for this success: an upgrade to the 3D printers …

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"John Biren for President (definitely not Biden we swear)" / "VOTE" / "Remember, age is just a number" [image of Joe Biden in a fake moustache and dark glasses]
Illustrations of stick figures getting injured in various ways, with bold text reading "STOP STICKMAN ABUSE."
Transphobes: It's still Constantinople • CMU Qatar Campus sees record low numbers of students celebrating July 4th • Spinning benches found to be migratory ­ where do they go? • CMU History Dept. buys new textbooks with oddly attractive pictures of Andrew Carnegie • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog • "Hello foot fetish artist? Yes...I'd like to commission a meter." • Scandal as Kermit found in saucy Peppa pics, Ms Piggy exclusive interview! • SCC proposes new Booth teardown technique including ramming buggies into them • CMU students surprised to find out nobody cares how little they slept • Topologist reveals Ferris wheel to be dodecahedron all along • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • How to tell if your reform rabbi is a lesbian (she is) • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym • Student who once contemplated an evening of self­care and early sleep now facing the consequences of shitty time management • CUC gym administrators remove all first-floor machines to make space for a merchandise sweatshop • Transphobes: It's still Constantinople • CMU Qatar Campus sees record low numbers of students celebrating July 4th. • Spinning benches found to be migratory ­ where do they go? • CMU History Dept. buys new textbooks with oddly attractive pictures of Andrew Carnegie • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U. • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog. • "Hello foot fetish artist? Yes...I'd like to commission a meter." • Scandal as Kermit found in saucy Peppa pics, Ms Piggy exclusive interview! • SCC proposes new Booth teardown technique including ramming buggies into them • CMU students surprised to find out nobody cares how little they slept • Topologist reveals Ferris wheel to be dodecahedron all along. • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • How to tell if your reform rabbi is a lesbian (she is). • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims. • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives. • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym. • Student who once contemplated an evening of self­care and early sleep now facing the consequences of shitty time management • CUC gym administrators remove all first-floor machines to make space for a merchandise sweatshop.