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My Whirlwind Romance with the Lawnmower Bot

Dear Reader,

I’m back at Carnegie Mellon for grad school, and I have quickly noticed a new hot body roaming the Cut.

I’m sure you’ve noticed them. Sleek, shiny, not afraid of getting their hands dirty, always dressing in a provocative red. From the moment I saw them, …

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Am I the bazonkle?

Yesterday, I was taking the Zoop line back to my shelter pod after returning from a short half system-cycle trip to the flubble swamp. Now if you don't know anything about the flubble swamp, it's the peak of relaxation. There is no greater feeling in the multiverse than letting its …

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CMU Apologizes For Typo, Tuition to Increase by 37.2% Instead of 3.72

The president of Carnegie Mellon University, Farnam Jahanian, recently issued an email apologizing for a typo in a recent tuition update sent to students. The email incorrectly notified students of a 3.72% price increase in tuition. In reality, the increase was 37.2%. Jahanian’s email writer, who also ghostwrites for …

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Hamburg Hall to be renamed Cheeseburg Hall

After much debate, David P. Bennett, the Vice President for University Advancement at CMU has officially made the decision to rename Hamburg Hall to Cheeseburg Hall. Designed in 1915, Cheeseburg Hall originally served as the headquarters for the U.S. Bureau of Mines; however, in 1984, the building was purchased by …

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A fun spin on a popular childhood game

Tag is a certified childhood classic, and everyone knows the rules. However, I have personally found that if you play it enough times, tag quickly becomes boring. Nevertheless, as a center of innovation, mastermind engineers in the halls of the Princeton of the Alleghenies have devised an updated version of …

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CMU discovers secret life of Wean Hall namesake

Wean Hall needs no introduction. As the sole brutalist structure on campus, its stark concrete facade gives an intimidating visage to the campus's hub for science and engineering. Many are vaguely aware of Raymond J Wean, founder of Wean Incorporated, and the namesake of Wean Hall, immortalized in a plaque …

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CMU Takes Position on Gates Divorce

In August of 2021, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates got a divorce after 27 years of profitable marriage. While the couples' finances have since been settled, CMU has quietly ignored a brewing custody battle over the Gates' favorite child: the Gates-Hillman Center.

While the 9-story building was conceived …

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A Letter from the Editor

Following a disappointing showing from readme in the first issue, we were going to fire the entire editorial staff and replace them all with variants of ChatGPT. We are told this will cut costs and raise profits, but unfortunately, due to labor laws, immigration laws, marriage laws, and regular old …

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Researchers discover brief existence of Marnegie Cellon

Scientists have been studying unusual patterns of molecules in space for decades now, which tend to be artifacts of well-known universal phenomena, like supernovas.

However, one of the latest studies of these molecular “fingerprints” has yielded a result far more surprising than anyone could have ever imagined: A specific …

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People who played Esther in a second grade Hebrew school play more likely to be happy, confident, and employed

Groundbreaking new research has revealed the single strongest childhood predictor of adult success in Jewish youth. Second grade students who in their Hebrew school Purim plays played Esther were found to be happier, more confident, and more employed than their less fortunate peers who played Vashti. Vashti was the Persian …

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SAE Lions Stolen, A Grieving Nation Mourns

A darkness has fallen over the Carnegie Mellon campus. Since we have departed for break, two of our good friends have vanished. Staples of our community have been lost. At first, I had hope that we were all being lied to, that the photos were doctored. Alas, upon returning to …

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Thieving Mice

For most wanted criminals, performing a robbery in a university center might seem a lucrative opportunity to steal grossly overpriced school merchandise, a package belonging to another student, or even, if one is particularly daring, a beverage not included in a meal block taken in lieu of a water bottle …

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Founder's Body Found in Doherty

Following clues left behind by various escapees of the Doherty C­-level, a Carnegie Mellon expedition discovered the corpse of school founder, Andrew Carnegie, in the recesses of the building. The Doherty Basement is one of the few remaining unexplored regions in the United States, and the Civil Engineering Department decided …

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Vote Wean Hall!

With the 2024 US presidential election just weeks away, README is proud to announce that we're officially endorsing a candidate for the first time. It was a tough decision; on one side we have a candidate who did not fall out of a coconut tree, and on the other side, …

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CMU students begin enlisting to improve internship odds

The recent influx of pasty-faced, weak-kneed 18-21 year olds to military recruitment booths has puzzled many. But it seems the phenomenon has a simple explanation: resume building.

“Well, I got rejected from probably three hundred companies,” said one ChemE major we found doing pushups. “Lockheed Martin, Boeing, RTX, Northrop …

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Snowstorm Hits Donner, Proclaimed "Still Livable"

Larry: Good evening. We're coming to you live from the arctic tundra that was once the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, where the great Blizzard of '48 has crippled the nation and, more importantly, threequarters of a freshman dorm. I'm here with first-year student Kevin, who is currently enjoying his …

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readme introduces the BoothBuggy

It’s Carnival, and as a new organization on campus, readme has decided that we want to try engaging in all of the Carnival traditions! Of course, we are a small organization, so we weren’t sure if we were going to be able to do everything. However, as a group of …

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Readme Investigates CMU's Newest StuCo

Though many universities offer student-taught courses, CMU’s StuCo program is unique. It’s better. The newest offering from the StuCo program is 15-122: Principles of Imperative Computation. Over the past few months, several readme journalists have gone undercover as students and enrolled in this course. Here is our unbiased, fact …

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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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Fact Checking The Gettysburg Address

With the election season reaching its apex, I have found it necessary to untangle some of the webs of misinformation that have been weaved through underhanded political campaigns. At the forefront of this country's greatest deception is none other than the highly esteemed so-called “honest” Abe.

That’s right! If …

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One must imagine Sisyphus' Heart is in the work

The gods have commanded Carnegie Mellon students to ceaselessly start and submit assignments, only for more notifications to appear on Canvas at the end of the day. They found no crueller punishment for the students’ hubris than this dreadful, repetitive task. There are many varying accounts for why the students …

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Feng Shui to make you forget them

Everyone’s been there at some point or another: She left and took the house and the kids, he suddenly ghosted you after texting you “Love you, sweet dreams” the evening before, or you find from their friend that they were not into you it’s just that you were there …

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CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide • To ease staffing troubles, Philosophy Department begins tying professors to trolley tracks • Worst kid in your Hebrew class insists on making Purim play a musical • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Booth Chairs and School of Drama compete to see who can violate the most labor laws • Meteoric rise in Carnegie Mellon's name recognition: Record-breaking 3% of the population knows what CMU is, up from 1.8% in 2020 • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • Courses to begin offering bonus points for students willing to let TAs heckle them while they take the exam • Breaking news: student from California realizes ash falling from sky is actually snow • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • README's Scottish Terrier Passes Away • Santa takes unannounced detour, US goes to DEFCON 2 • This Article Replaces Your Bioraft Training • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • "See, I told you. I told you so," crows CS professor who refused to use Canvas • Reviewing Craig, Creg, and Craigë’s lacrosse coach Jon, his second cousin Gary, and Gary’s dog Bubbles, fish Buddy, and cat Cat • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • Parents devastated after conversion therapy causes teen to lose interest in computer science • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Architectures, Civil Engineers meet to discuss making Carnegie Mellon infrastructure even more unfriendly • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog • Tenth dentist speaks out • Two women argue about twins, King Solomon demands both be cut in half • I met Santa Claus, she's black • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Professor Iliano Cervesato applies for an RA position in E-Tower following Carnegie Cup Cheating Allegations • EMS attempts to tackle STDs, declares immediate victory • Entropy sold out on caffeneited drinks, caffeine tablets, coffee­flavored chocolate, and methamphetamine • CMU students shocked to discover relationships exist outside of movies • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide. • To ease staffing troubles, Philosophy Department begins tying professors to trolley tracks. • Worst kid in your Hebrew class insists on making Purim play a musical • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Booth Chairs and School of Drama compete to see who can violate the most labor laws • Meteoric rise in Carnegie Mellon's name recognition: Record-breaking 3% of the population knows what CMU is, up from 1.8% in 2020. • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • Courses to begin offering bonus points for students willing to let TAs heckle them while they take the exam. • Breaking news: student from California realizes ash falling from sky is actually snow • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • README's Scottish Terrier Passes Away • Santa takes unannounced detour, US goes to DEFCON 2. • This Article Replaces Your Bioraft Training • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • "See, I told you. I told you so," crows CS professor who refused to use Canvas. • Reviewing Craig, Creg, and Craigë’s lacrosse coach Jon, his second cousin Gary, and Gary’s dog Bubbles, fish Buddy, and cat Cat • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • Parents devastated after conversion therapy causes teen to lose interest in computer science. • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected. • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Architectures, Civil Engineers meet to discuss making Carnegie Mellon infrastructure even more unfriendly • If you don't read this magazine, we'll shoot this Scotty Dog. • Tenth dentist speaks out • Two women argue about twins, King Solomon demands both be cut in half. • I met Santa Claus, she's black. • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Professor Iliano Cervesato applies for an RA position in E-Tower following Carnegie Cup Cheating Allegations. • EMS attempts to tackle STDs, declares immediate victory • Entropy sold out on caffeneited drinks, caffeine tablets, coffee­flavored chocolate, and methamphetamine • CMU students shocked to discover relationships exist outside of movies. • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers.