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Anti-sex beds "not needed" for CMU Olympics

With the recent decision to move the Olympics to Carnegie Mellon’s campus in Pittsburgh, many are asking questions about how CMU plans to prevent the infamous athlete orgies that occur during the games.

In the past, the International Olympic Committee has seen fit to implement cardboard beds that break …

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CMU Professor "Math Rizzler" Confuses Everyone with Gen Z Language

The first couple weeks of classes have finished, and rumors have begun to spread. Some complain about classes due to the volume of homework, the high weight of the exams, or the fast speed of the class. One professor, however, takes the cake for the worst rumors spread, and none …

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A marriage certificate for README. The name is filled in using pasted bits of cut-up newspaper.
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The yearly CMU black market finals guide

Welcome, dear one, to the last academic guide you will ever need.

In this trying season of finals and term projects – when time is short, energy wanes, and we remain besieged by our thanksgiving-fueled, Celsius-charged gut microbiomes – conventional academics are no longer viable. This compendium, brought to …

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School of Music to relocate practice rooms to the backrooms

PITTSBURGH, PA

As construction continues all over the lower floors of the CFA building, students have begun to wonder what exactly it is that the School of Music is building and why it's taking so long. Thankfully, their questions will soon be answered, as leaked internal messages between SoM …

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CMU's New COUNTermeasure Against Protest

In order to properly enforce the new expressive action rule, CMU has hired the educational celebrity, The Count from Sesame Street, to count crowds on campus and make sure none exceed tvventy four. The students seem to be taking the new member of the Carnegie Mellon family vvell. “It’s a …

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A public service announcement which reads the following: "Carnegie Mellon Facilities Management Drought Advisory; NOTICE: Water rations will be available at approved locations in reduced 335 ml sizes. 500 ml bottles will be available only as a premium side at dining locations. Water is to be conserved for the following approved uses: AI datacenter cooling, watering concrete, grass (to be killed), and watering the Fence. Water is NOT to be used for the following: vegetables, emergency eyewash, and emergency and non-emergency showering. If you experience signs of dehydration, please bear with them or purchase Celsius or other beverages from vending machines at increased prices."

I swear to god I'm stalking you platonically

Look, there's no easy way to say this, and I've thought a lot about how I want to introduce myself. I just wanted to send this to clear things up.

As I'm sure you've noticed, I've been stalking you for some time now. I know you might think I'm …

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Innovative research on inducing of maximal misery

With final exams fast approaching, overall misery levels on campus are rising steadily. While CMU is one of the top schools in the nation in overall misery production per student, several changes can be implemented to greatly increase this ratio.

Misery is defined as the aggregate sum of various …

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Hey Alums! Here's what's new on campus

Welcome back to campus, alumni! We hope that you have fun during carnival, and that the school brings back warm memories of your time here. CMU’s changed a lot since you’ve graduated, but don’t fear: readMe is here to get you up to speed.

Schatz has acquired its first …

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Optimize Your Garden With These Simple Tricks

Dearest reader, consider this inquiry: You are the sole proprietor of a home garden (a real one, not in Animal Crossing or wherever AOC makes her press releases nowadays). You own the land free and clear. You go out for mocktails every week with the two other gardeners in your …

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The realization that the year 2014 is in 4 hours 5 minutes 17 seconds, and its aging-related implications

In this paradigm-shifting study, we unveil the startling truth that our perception of time is seriously flawed. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the year that occurred four years ago was not 2016, but actually 2020. This conclusion was arrived at by the fact that 2024 - 4 = 2020, and not …

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ReadMe Bets Entire Budget on Landslide Mondale Election Victory

It’s not the 70s anymore. Hippies are out. Snorting cocaine in a yuppie penthouse is in. ReadMe is playing it fast and loose, strutting down Wall Street with slick backed hair, a new suit, and a son named ReadMe Jr. with a distant look in his eyes and a baseball …

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Carnival makes Pitt rethink CMU: 'Even lamer than we thought'

Students visiting Carnival from the University of Pittsburgh report their impressions of Carnegie Mellon have fallen, and not risen. Instead of finding CMU cool for the first time ever, students say they are disappointed by the “degree of nerdiness” and hard work that goes into Carnival.

Students at the …

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CMU to host the Olympic Games

JANUARY, GESLING STADIUM – After decades of Carnegie Mellon nobly hosting sporting events and their most exciting approximations thereof – Buggy races, Booth build week, and occasional football games (I was able to attend one, when I happened to walk by Gesling Stadium after the halftime show caught my ear) …

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Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Biology department recommends students engineer another pandemic for finals reprieve, extra credit offered • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half • Gregor Samsa wakes, horrified, to find himself transformed into Tepper student • “I'm such a freak. If anyone saw my search history I’d be on a watchlist,” says man who just looks up vanilla porn • All of Science wrong. Oops • CMU linguistics department finishes 70 year project to translate ancient Egyptian porno • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • "1929 will be my year" ­ says man who invested all his money into Wall Street • CMU rules military service ineligible for Experiential Learning • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U • Spinning benches found to be migratory ­ where do they go? • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Carnegie Mellon color no longer the concept of plaid • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Lube offered for Wean holes • CMU football wins ten consecutive Heismans, CMU students still not going to games • Coca Cola rebrands to Methamphina Cola, claims no ingredient changes • Lawmakers determine abortion to be legal only when Mercury is in retrograde • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Demolition Company breaks up married couple • To ease staffing troubles, Philosophy Department begins tying professors to trolley tracks • Hilbert Hotel relocated to Doherty • Tartan slanders innocent billionaire, more at 11 • Man I sure hope no one rejects this headline • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • Chartwells pilots innovative Sustenance-as-a-Service model • 98­304 "How to get through red tape" StuCo finally confirmed after years long bureaucratic battle with CMU • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM". • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Biology department recommends students engineer another pandemic for finals reprieve, extra credit offered • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half. • Gregor Samsa wakes, horrified, to find himself transformed into Tepper student • “I'm such a freak. If anyone saw my search history I’d be on a watchlist,” says man who just looks up vanilla porn. • All of Science wrong. Oops. • CMU linguistics department finishes 70 year project to translate ancient Egyptian porno • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • "1929 will be my year" ­ says man who invested all his money into Wall Street. • CMU rules military service ineligible for Experiential Learning. • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars. • What linear algebra can teach you about your parent’s sex lives. • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U. • Spinning benches found to be migratory ­ where do they go? • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Carnegie Mellon color no longer the concept of plaid • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Lube offered for Wean holes. • CMU football wins ten consecutive Heismans, CMU students still not going to games. • Coca Cola rebrands to Methamphina Cola, claims no ingredient changes. • Lawmakers determine abortion to be legal only when Mercury is in retrograde • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Demolition Company breaks up married couple. • To ease staffing troubles, Philosophy Department begins tying professors to trolley tracks. • Hilbert Hotel relocated to Doherty • Tartan slanders innocent billionaire, more at 11. • Man I sure hope no one rejects this headline. • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide. • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • Chartwells pilots innovative Sustenance-as-a-Service model. • 98­304 "How to get through red tape" StuCo finally confirmed after years long bureaucratic battle with CMU