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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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Readme's Homework Eating Service

Finals are a stressful time. Each class just loves piling on projects, homework, and exams all at once. That's why Readme is proud to introduce the new Readme Homework Eating Service! Inspired by the dogs of old, the Readme Homework Eating Service is incredibly straightforward. Bring a printed out copy …

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A sketch of a horse drawing a (CMU-style) buggy.

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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A hamburger bun in inverse grayscale with a superimposed question mark.
A picture looking up at Walking to the Sky captioned "you're almost there!"

I Fucking Hate the 54

Pittsburgh, a city that prides itself on having some of the strongest trans­rights protections, seems to have been lying right to our faces. You can declare the Steel City to be a "Trans haven" as much as you want, but that does not answer for the glaring dialectic right in …

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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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Readme Investigates CMU's Newest StuCo

Silly Goose Reporting Line

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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A poll of students labeled "why were you at a CMU football game?" [pie chart with the following data: "thought it was a 112 recitation" is 35.5%, "I heard chicks dig sports guys" is 4.8%, "lost" is 16.1%, "if a ball hits me I get an excused absence" is 16.1%, and "my friend is in Kiltie and begged me for two hours" is 27.4%]
A handwriting worksheet for the letter C, labeled "C is for Carnegie Mellon", bearing the official CMU stamp.
A library card which has "WHORE" written on it in scratchy lettering.
Cobalt-60 rods labeled "drop and run", with radiation artifacts on the image.
A comic. The first two panels show a woman sighing and looking out a window toward a silhouetted couple holding hands under an umbrella. "Will I ever find love?" the third panel questions. Panel four shows two people holding hands in chair desks, and they're texting hearts back and forth in panel five. In panels six and seven the woman reads a copy of "readme falls in love," then concluedes, "no, probably not." [I really like this comic :-) - rtosh]

Carnegie Mellon to offer new exchange programs

If the news here in the US of A is starting to get to you, don’t fear. CMU has announced two new exchange programs so you can get the hell out of here, at least for a year.

By popular demand, the CMU-CMU program will be opening next year, …

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"CIT is proud to announce...the new 'Intro to Civil Engineering' Lab Kit!" [toolbox full of wet concrete, with a shovel on top]

All my Jewish Friends say the most antisemitic things

As someone who isn’t Jewish, I have not been involved in the production of the ReadMe Passover Issue. But even if it’s not my place, I would just like to say something. And I swear, it isn’t because it’s written by Jewish people. I have nothing against the Jewish people. …

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CIA Buggy Mounts Another Coup in Guatemala

A CIA buggy with a turret on top fighting in a war in Guatemala Last Monday CIA forces entered Guatemala City to launch a week-long attack on the Guatemalan government, culminating in the ousting of President Bernardo Arévalo and the instatement of an authoritarian military dictatorship. According to leaked documents found in Stever basement, the campaign was a joint operation between CIA Buggy and …

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A poem called "why the long face?" next to an incredibly stretched out picture of a man's face.
CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Zeno’s Paradox Reason Why Our Sports Teams Suck • Scotch 'n Soda coffin appropriated for student school spirit • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • Wind storm politely opens door, walks inside CMU building, and breaks every computer • I'm not going to do it, but it would be SO easy to kill my roommate, several report • ReadMe bigger than Beatles, says Jesus • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • In Farnam's absence, students erect golden Scotty Dog statue • Meteoric rise in Carnegie Mellon's name recognition: Record-breaking 3% of the population knows what CMU is, up from 1.8% in 2020 • Dog doesn't solve relationship, couple moves on to children • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • In catastrophic scheduling snafu, every club at CMU has scheduled a meeting for the exact same time and date; "we really couldn't have predicted this", says student who scheduled a GBM for 5 pm on a Monday • "Exciting new internship abroad!" says ROTC • Florida legalizes abortion “if the fetus shows early signs of ‘a homosexual disposition’” • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • Armed Martial Arts Clubs' Membership Skyrockets as new policy allows students to challenge AIVs by dueling • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Zeno’s Paradox Reason Why Our Sports Teams Suck • Scotch 'n Soda coffin appropriated for student school spirit • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • Wind storm politely opens door, walks inside CMU building, and breaks every computer. • I'm not going to do it, but it would be SO easy to kill my roommate, several report. • ReadMe bigger than Beatles, says Jesus. • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • In Farnam's absence, students erect golden Scotty Dog statue • Meteoric rise in Carnegie Mellon's name recognition: Record-breaking 3% of the population knows what CMU is, up from 1.8% in 2020. • Dog doesn't solve relationship, couple moves on to children. • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • In catastrophic scheduling snafu, every club at CMU has scheduled a meeting for the exact same time and date; "we really couldn't have predicted this", says student who scheduled a GBM for 5 pm on a Monday. • "Exciting new internship abroad!" says ROTC. • Florida legalizes abortion “if the fetus shows early signs of ‘a homosexual disposition’” • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • Armed Martial Arts Clubs' Membership Skyrockets as new policy allows students to challenge AIVs by dueling