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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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First ever PI-Parent conferences

Carnegie Mellon University held the world’s first ever PI – Parent conference this week, allowing principal investigators to meet one-on-one with parents of graduate students to discuss research progress, work habits, lab space conduct, social development, as well as home environment.

University officials said the initiative was introduced in …

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4 Hacks to get an extension

It’s that time of year again. You got nothing done over Thanksgiving Break, and if you’re one of those California “people” that go home for the holiday, then you’ve also managed to get enough exposure to above40degree weather to reverse whatever progress you have made building up a cold tolerance. …

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Duo Push Goes Rogue

An unknown Computer Science major has been arrested after reportedly releasing a computer virus across Carnegie Mellon’s campus. The virus targets the Duo Push mobile app, causing it to be triggered whenever a CMU ID card is swiped. If authentication is not performed within sixty seconds, the virus will …

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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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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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(New) Intern's Report

We have intern, Ian “Meat” Turner, here by his own free will to write an article for us. Right, Meat? intern’s note- understood

strike Has rEadme in a chokehoLd. writers comPlain about lack of financial coMpEnsation.

iT appears tHat rEadme, the reallY cool newspaper, wHo hAVE becoMe loved …

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CS Students to be Decimated, Roman Legion-style

Early this week, SCS students would have been informed via email that a tenth of the SCS student are to be culled, and the email would have included details on how which students are selected to be put to death. Any SCS students who have not seen such an email …

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I Woke Up and My Butt Print was on the Fence

When I opened my eyes that fateful morning, I saw evidence of last night’s rager all over the room. It looked like your average CMU party. Beakers of titrated Hennessy littered the kitchen table. Kilts were strewn about on the ground, some with accompanying pairs of tartan underwear. Someone cuddled …

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A Pokemon-style "Who's that buggy?" poster with an outline of a buggy.
A candy heart bearing the message "R U work? Because UR in my <3"

Another Night in Pittsburgh

The whispering rain splats ungracefully onto the cracked pavement. A lightning strike goes unnoticed amongst the flickering neon signs. Those outside cling tightly to their overcoats and rain hats, unable to fully face the despairing night. A Pittsburgh university. A piano. A tragedy. I sit in my malaise, staring at …

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An infographic on the "top 10 ways to prevent firearm cruelty," advising how to treat firearms with kindness and respect. "Every firearm deserves a home."

Amid Pitt Threat, Defensive Campus Turtles to Increase in Number

As the laser cannon atop the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning nears completion, projected for the fall 2024 semester, Pitt students rejoice their opportunity to reenter the locked top floors of Cathy to zap unsuspecting CMU students. A Pitt alumn elaborated in an interview, “I always loved studying up …

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I Hate Baker-Porter

Baker-Porter Hall is the most evil building on all of CMU’s campus. Its construction is proof of hell's existence. In order to graduate from the architecture program you have to successfully map Baker-Porter, no one’s done it yet.

Baker-Porter cannot decide if it wants to be Baker or Porter. …

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New Study Finds Vaccines Cause CMU Students

Many parents have expressed concerns about the possible long-term complications of vaccinating their children. However, leading scientists recently discovered a positive relationship between childhood immunization and readiness for Carnegie Mellon University.

SCS freshman Lily Anderson received the measles-mumps rubella vaccine at age three. By age four, her parents had …

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Poetry Corner

Chuck Schumer’s Glasses
Chuck Schumer’s Glasses
Precariously perched
Tilted and tepid
How does he look up?
Or straight forward?
Or in any direction that isn’t at a 60 degree angle?
Left with many questions
I seek
No answers
Just Chuck

Fiddler on the Roof
Without traditions
Our …

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README experts analyze a game of Chess 2.0

We have some absolutely riveting chess gameplay between RandomBot and Saffron here today. In the first game of RandomBot's career, they put up a courageous fight against a rotating chess veteran, managing to promote a pawn, defend from queen-rook mate, thwart rook freedom, and prevent checkmate throughout the seventeen and …

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A set of four fake CMU missed connections: "To the asianest asian who ever asianed, I'm so into you (because you're asian)", "To the guy who was walking through Doherty two weeks ago, who I will provide no further descriptors of, you're so fine",  "To the girl I've been unflinchingly staring down for the whole semester, I can't tell if you're into me or deeply terrified of me, but I think we both want the same thing [smirk emoji]", and "I wanna fuck my TA so bad"

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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An illustration of a Scotty dog pawing at the legs of someone who's just entered through a door.
A bar graph showing the following data: 3 responses for the Tartan, 8 responses for readme, and 16 responses for "stop talking to me."
A colorblind test printed in grayscale, advising the viewer they may be colorblind. Side note: if you're reading this alt text because you're regular-blind, please let me know if I can improve the site's accessibility in any way. Just contact readme and ask for rtosh :-)

Stop asking where I'm from

So I've just met you. Maybe we're standing in line for La Prima. Or we’re next to each other in recitation. Anyways, we're chatting casually. Name, year, major, and then you drop the question: "Where are you from?"

I'm sure you thought it was oh-so harmless. Just small talk. …

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An Open Letter to William Shakespeare

How now, sirrah, churlish Bard, bacon-fed knave!

Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat who taketh the name “William Shakespeare,” take heed! Thou seducest the innocent masses into sin with thy profane plays and pompous poetry. We address our grievances in the style thou’rt most fond of: the sonnet.

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Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • Worst performing suicide bomber of 2025 enters second year on job • Academic Office allows you to superscore GPA and BAC during Carnival only • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • White boy SHOCKS locals by speaking in fluent Chinese accent • Drama students celebrate thirty second increase in free time • A two sentence horror story: "I walk into my Intro ML final. There is a single GPU placed at everyone's desk." • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • Is giving your students A's in recitation the same as liking their story and hoping they respond? • REPORT: Tuition increase announced, will to be used for "absolutely nothing", admin says • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • Sliced bread invented. Honestly, not that cool • "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 • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Canadians finally get a Stanley Cup, NHL officials aghast • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym • Megachurch forms PokéStop • TechSpark welding class closes due to numerous math students attempting to make Klein bottles • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • SCC proposes new Booth teardown technique including ramming buggies into them • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • Sisyphus tired of being imagined happy, quoted: "Can one of you help me with this damn rock instead?" • In shocking news, 112 grading party turns into a free­for­all as TAs fight for last slices of cold pizza • I have an opinion on Israel Palestine and you can too! • Rabbi hot?! • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • My dad got both anthrax and smallpox shots, and they didn't even protect him from the IED • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • Prosecutor agrees to downgrade Capital Grains to 1st Degree Grains • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • Drama students inspired by ex­addict Robert Downey Jr. winning Oscar • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights • CMU students take pictures of Hunt library light pollution after mistaking it for Aurora Borealis • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • Worst performing suicide bomber of 2025 enters second year on job. • Academic Office allows you to superscore GPA and BAC during Carnival only • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • White boy SHOCKS locals by speaking in fluent Chinese accent. • Drama students celebrate thirty second increase in free time • A two sentence horror story: "I walk into my Intro ML final. There is a single GPU placed at everyone's desk." • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • Is giving your students A's in recitation the same as liking their story and hoping they respond? • REPORT: Tuition increase announced, will to be used for "absolutely nothing", admin says • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • Sliced bread invented. Honestly, not that cool. • "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. • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected. • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Canadians finally get a Stanley Cup, NHL officials aghast • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym. • Megachurch forms PokéStop • TechSpark welding class closes due to numerous math students attempting to make Klein bottles • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • SCC proposes new Booth teardown technique including ramming buggies into them • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • Sisyphus tired of being imagined happy, quoted: "Can one of you help me with this damn rock instead?" • In shocking news, 112 grading party turns into a free­for­all as TAs fight for last slices of cold pizza • I have an opinion on Israel Palestine and you can too! • Rabbi hot?! • Can President Joe Biden please presidentially pardon my AIV? • My dad got both anthrax and smallpox shots, and they didn't even protect him from the IED • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • Prosecutor agrees to downgrade Capital Grains to 1st Degree Grains • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • Drama students inspired by ex­addict Robert Downey Jr. winning Oscar • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights. • CMU students take pictures of Hunt library light pollution after mistaking it for Aurora Borealis