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Last Rites: The Final Words of a Student Trapped in Gates

ReadMe’s most dedicated journalists have recently discovered a letter at the bottom of a Rohr Cafe – La Prima coffee cup, believed to be written by a student who never made it out of the Gates and Hillman centers. Out of respect for this fallen student, we have decided to …

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A sketch of a bed with a crumpled-up issue of readme and a crumpled-up issue of the Tartan. The readme issue is labeled "readme does aftercare," and it's smoking a cigarette.
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CMU Students obsessed with new beverage craze

It's everywhere: overnight, CMU seems to have been struck by a trend taking campus by storm. Once a utilitarian beverage, water has become the hottest cold drink on campus, leaving every floor slick and a line behind every water fountain.

We attempted to interview one student partaking in the …

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Booth Stuns CMU With Structural Anomaly

When Spring Carnival Committee began a routine structural check on what seemed to be an ordinary one-story booth, it certainly never expected to discover a scientific mystery that would stump even the greatest minds CMU has to offer. Yet that’s exactly what happened when SCC checked the booth built by …

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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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Interview Transcript, 76-101, Section DD

Q: Let’s start with some basic information. What is your college and major, and what classes are you taking this semester?

A: Thank you so much for asking this thought provoking question. It is really about the essence of the material if you think about it. Now for me, …

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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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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 "BIORAFT Certificate of Universal Completion," which recognizes completion of "Safety" and grants access to: midway without PPE, open-carrying in permit states, level four security clearance in the Pentagon, five free steam tunnel visits, access to diamond vault in Techspark casting room, and admittance to federal group chat (Signal Premium)
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"HELP WANTED! I'm trapped inside this newspaper listing and can't get out. It's been weeks. I miss my family. Will pay any amount necesary for rescue. Call (412) 268-2323" [image of a man with his hands pressed against the fourth wall"

A Solution to the “last steel factory” amount of schoolwork CMU students must do daily.

It is clear that CMU students are overwhelmed by unnecessary, unrealistic, unfathomable, unfashionable amounts of schoolwork assigned to them every day. A new policy has just entered into testing by the lab of Dr. Et Al, and has shown remarkable results in regards to student-professor relations.

This policy grants …

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Freshman Found Languishing from Consumption in Mudge Mansion

A freshman who shall henceforth be known as Patient X has recently contracted consumption from an unknown source. Experts suspect that Patient X lied on their consumption screening prior to move-in, but they have not yet found any evidence of such duplicity. Kept awake with chest pain at night, Patient …

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An advertisement containing formal-looking serif text and an image of a Tartan reporter in a suit whose head has been digitally altered to appear smushed. It reads: "Are you a reader of the Tartan? No? We're not surprised! Read The Tartan if you hate: asking questions; independently verified claims; proofread work; anything other than interviews; proper kerning; ...AND MORE!" followed by a quote "After all, just because someone said it, doesn't mean it's true" (attributed to "that guy over there")

Student gives 75 classmates AIVs

On Tuesday, November 26th, during a midterm for 18-122 (Principles of Slightly Different Computing), a record of 75 students were given academic integrity violations within a 32 minute span. While their alleged offenses varied widely in scale and execution, they all constituted some form of unauthorized aid, traced back to …

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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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With child labor laws repealed, CMU Daycare begins buggy training

In the landmark Supreme Court case Buggy v. United States, child labor laws have successfully been repealed to allow the use of children for buggy drivers. CMU has already begun transforming its daycare center in Margaret Morrison into a state-of-the-art buggy training facility. Children as young as two will begin …

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A map of CMU's campus with many spots labeled. They include such notable Adderall distribution points as "clenched in daddy thicc's cheeks", "wean 9 in the blue glowing rooms", "the daycare", and "CMU Freaky house."

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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Scotty Dog to Race at 2025 Carnival

The Carnegie Association of Networking and Involvement in Necessary Expenditures is proud to announce that their 2025 buggy driver will be none other than our beloved mascot, Scotty the Scotty dog. Readme spoke with a member of the Carnegie Association of Networking and Involvement in Necessary Expenditures, who chose to …

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Readme Retraces Its Steps

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Kirby's Adventure NES Review

If you’re a masochist looking for a reason to bash your head against a wall for five hours straight, then Kirby’s Adventure for the Nintendo Entertainment System is the game for you. This eldritch abomination of a video game is the sole reason my NES is currently shoved in a …

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"If Mozart and Chopin can drop new shit in 2024 so can My Chemical Romance", claim increasingly irate emo fans • King Charles III to consider castling • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Why the liberal left wants to make the face in the electrical outlets smiley instead of frowny • New Civil Engineering exam includes going inside condemned buildings and trying to make them collapse • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims • California fires evicted after failure to meet high rent prices • I have an opinion on Israel Palestine and you can too! • SDC buggy design leaked on War Thunder forum • How to not have your self-esteem brought down by all the clearly smarter students in your tour group • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • Carnegie Mellon color no longer the concept of plaid • Megachurch forms PokéStop • Reviewing Gary’s oh shit! Cat get away from Buddy! Buddy isn’t food! What did you do to Buddy?! • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • My strong opinions on the Middle East - an essay • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • SDC Booth delayed due to noncompliance with city zoning regulations • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • President Jahanian pledges to invade Pitt in State of the University address: "They will greet us as liberators" • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • Reviewing Gary’s neighbor Ted’s fish-grave-sized shovel • Investors in shambles as numbers aren't going up • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Meteoric rise in Carnegie Mellon's name recognition: Record-breaking 3% of the population knows what CMU is, up from 1.8% in 2020 • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • REPORT: Carnegie Mellon students so afraid of the sun they only go outside during eclipse • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • To ease staffing troubles, Philosophy Department begins tying professors to trolley tracks • President Jahanian renames Office of Community Responsibility to Department of War • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist • "If Mozart and Chopin can drop new shit in 2024 so can My Chemical Romance", claim increasingly irate emo fans • King Charles III to consider castling • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Why the liberal left wants to make the face in the electrical outlets smiley instead of frowny • New Civil Engineering exam includes going inside condemned buildings and trying to make them collapse • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims. • California fires evicted after failure to meet high rent prices • I have an opinion on Israel Palestine and you can too! • SDC buggy design leaked on War Thunder forum. • How to not have your self-esteem brought down by all the clearly smarter students in your tour group • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • Carnegie Mellon color no longer the concept of plaid • Megachurch forms PokéStop • Reviewing Gary’s oh shit! Cat get away from Buddy! Buddy isn’t food! What did you do to Buddy?! • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • My strong opinions on the Middle East - an essay. • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • SDC Booth delayed due to noncompliance with city zoning regulations • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • President Jahanian pledges to invade Pitt in State of the University address: "They will greet us as liberators" • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • Reviewing Gary’s neighbor Ted’s fish-grave-sized shovel • Investors in shambles as numbers aren't going up. • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM". • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Meteoric rise in Carnegie Mellon's name recognition: Record-breaking 3% of the population knows what CMU is, up from 1.8% in 2020. • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • REPORT: Carnegie Mellon students so afraid of the sun they only go outside during eclipse • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • To ease staffing troubles, Philosophy Department begins tying professors to trolley tracks. • President Jahanian renames Office of Community Responsibility to Department of War. • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics. • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist.