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Hungry?

Are you feeling hungry? Because I sure know I am. With fall break coming up in only a few negative weeks, CMU students, faculty, and other people who eat things should be aware of the best dining options available around campus.

Doherty Hall:

Doherty is a year-round …

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Reasons Why a Nice Jewish Boy Like You Isn't Married

1) You won’t let me set you up with Rachel Cohen

Rachel is such a nice girl. I’m sure you two would have a lot in common. I saw her mother at Barbara’s shiva last week. Do you remember Barbara? Such a shame! And you know what her mother …

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The Grass is Greyer on the Other Side

Carnegie Mellon University is a globally regarded institution. With one of the best computer science programs in the world, a booming arts scene, and plenty of ways to engage its students, it’s no wonder CMU has such a strong reputation. Not only is this school academically challenging, providing students with …

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A recreation of the OJ Simpson car chase image, but with a buggy and pusher instead of the white Bronco.

REPORTS: CMU Nothing Like Jewish Sleepaway Camp

Freshman Ari Steinberg has spent every summer at Camp Ramah in New England since he was 9 years old, so he thought living in a traditional triple on the third floor of Mudge would be easy as alef, bet, gimel. And he was ready to survive a few weeks of …

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CMU Computer Science has gone WOKE!

Imagine that you’re a new student at Carnegie Mellon University, and it’s your first day on campus. It has long been your dream to graduate from CMU’s prestigious School of Computer Science, and today marks the first step of realizing that ambition. You walk into Gates and look around with …

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15-112 Declared War Crime by Hague, CS Academy Under Investigation

Joining catastrophes in Sudan, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the first 15-112 midterm has been declared a war crime by The Hague International Criminal Court.

A README reporter ventured into the wasteland that was DH 2210 last week, to document the disaster that experts are now calling …

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Breaking news: Andrew Carnegie actually an English major! "What the fuck are all these engineers doing here? I founded CMU to teach students how to read Macbeth, not how to build stupid robots. Also why are women enrolled?" - Andrew Carnegie's Ghost
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Do you want to hear a joke?

Hey hey, I got a joke for you, right? You’re like, reading this magazine or whatever. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, the Reader, whatever. This one’s like traveling, right? Like abroad? So, you know how you’re, like, traveling? Like, tr-traveling? Haha! You know, hehe, like, there’s, you know, wo- wo- [chuckling] there’s …

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Buggy: An Introduction

So you’ve found yourself in, near, or aiding and abetting a carbon fiber tube going 35 miles per hour down a hill. Do not fear, this happens all the time. There are many reasons why you may find yourself in this situation:


1) You are short
2) You went …

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CaPS announces new mental health app

The CaPS Division of Student Affairs has published an announcement for a new mental health app this week. The brand new application, available sometime within the next two months, comes after a conclusive study done by Dr. Et Al on the happiness of students on campus. The study, titled “Carnegie …

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Back to School at CMU

It’s once again that time of the year for students to prepare to return to Pittsburgh for another semester at dear ol’ Carnegie Tech. And what better way is there to kick off the new year than with a trip to the bookstore for some back to school supplies? …

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Throwing a BOO-tiful Networking Mixer

With Halloween just around the corner, underachieving slackers everywhere are throwing parties. Now, horror movies are pretty scary, but I can’t think of anything more frightening than wasting valuable time on “fun” and “leisure”. Worry not, though: there is a way to celebrate Halloween while still maximizing productivity and increasing …

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So you've heard of 122?

So you met a friend during O-week. They're lively, clever, and excited for their first semester at a top-tier university. But a few weeks into the school year, you'll notice them shying away. They won't seem as alive at parties. They'll sit quietly during board game night while everyone else …

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Maggie Mo Daycare Lemonade Stands Busted

Carnegie Mellon University, humble home to a rambunctious fourteen thousand students from across the world, manages a tight ship on its campus. CMU has risen to international acclaim thanks to its remarkable near-abstinence from off-campus travel, partying, and many other plagues of state schools. This abstinence is in no small …

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Readme Sex Survey Results

The Tartan, a scourge on all good, dishonest reporting, recently published a survey on the sexual behaviors of the student population. We could not let this stand. Since every single readme staffer is a veritable sex magnet (unlike those treehugging, literaturereading geeks at the Tartan), we decided to do our …

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Tepper Unveils New Hell Campus

“We fought hard to ensure our students a prime location. It’s like a stu-cation! Which is what we’re calling it when one of our students goes to Hell.”

  • Dr. S. A. Tan, Office of Tepper Study Abroad Programs

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Auntie Readme’s: Answering REAL Questions Asked By REAL Freshmen

Welcome, freshmen, to the most prestigious institution this side of the Monongahela River! (And this side of the Allegheny as well, and the other side of Forbes, and the other other side of Schenley, and, well, you get the point.) Some of you are probably (understandably!) nervous about going to …

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Freshman's Guide to Getting Laid

Welcome to CMU, class of 2029+. When you first step onto campus, you may find yourself overwhelmed by the staggering number of clubs to join and people to meet, but if you're anything like us at readme, your first priority will always be one thing: sleeping with freshmen.

We've …

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They may take our lives, but they'll NEVER take our US NEWS rankings! • Math Department discovers non-­Euclidean space in Doherty Hall C­level • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • Actual fire in Morewood; No one leaves this time • Young men increasingly feeling that having a Borat impression counts as a personality ­ Report • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • Sliced bread invented. Honestly, not that cool • Rest in Peace Buddy • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • CMU students need better fashion sense than red CMU hoodies ­ Report • GOOD NEWS! 3rd Amendment Repealed: Veteran housing crisis resolved • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half • Architectures, Civil Engineers meet to discuss making Carnegie Mellon infrastructure even more unfriendly • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims • "What do you mean they don't know the difference between wet layup and prepreg?" CMU students shocked by lackluster carbon fiber fabrication knowledge of average person • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • Broadway to begin recruiting directly from Greek Sing auditions • Student’s handwriting so bad they accidentally created a cypher • Professor suspended after CMU student argues "Proof by God" valid Concepts tool • Zeno’s Paradox Reason Why Our Sports Teams Suck • README Purchases Scottish Terrier Mascot • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • Stupid fucking egg sits on wall, rolls off like a little dumbass bitch • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • Biology department recommends students engineer another pandemic for finals reprieve, extra credit offered • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Forbes Avenue crosswalk announcer elated to finally have purpose again • They may take our lives, but they'll NEVER take our US NEWS rankings! • Math Department discovers non-­Euclidean space in Doherty Hall C­level • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M. • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • Actual fire in Morewood; No one leaves this time. • Young men increasingly feeling that having a Borat impression counts as a personality ­ Report • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • Sliced bread invented. Honestly, not that cool. • Rest in Peace Buddy • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist. • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • CMU students need better fashion sense than red CMU hoodies ­ Report • GOOD NEWS! 3rd Amendment Repealed: Veteran housing crisis resolved. • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half. • Architectures, Civil Engineers meet to discuss making Carnegie Mellon infrastructure even more unfriendly • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims. • "What do you mean they don't know the difference between wet layup and prepreg?" CMU students shocked by lackluster carbon fiber fabrication knowledge of average person. • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • Broadway to begin recruiting directly from Greek Sing auditions • Student’s handwriting so bad they accidentally created a cypher • Professor suspended after CMU student argues "Proof by God" valid Concepts tool. • Zeno’s Paradox Reason Why Our Sports Teams Suck • README Purchases Scottish Terrier Mascot. • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected. • Stupid fucking egg sits on wall, rolls off like a little dumbass bitch • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • Biology department recommends students engineer another pandemic for finals reprieve, extra credit offered • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Forbes Avenue crosswalk announcer elated to finally have purpose again.