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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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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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An Indiana Jones movie poster for a film entitled "Indiana Jones and the Collapsing Market," with the subtitle "dead men make no sales."

Auntie ReadMe’s: A Conversation With Dr. Et. Al

After being suspended from the Guild of Advice Columnists for “giving bad advice” because “you can’t just lie” or something and “several people have died as a result of going along with something this column said and that means you can legally be charged with manslaughter” and other silly allegations …

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Readme Reads the Paper

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US Gov't to seize coal from stockings

Last week the US Department of Energy announced a new plan to obtain more fossil fuels. It is estimated that nearly 75% of America’s youth is on Santa’s naughty list(rising juvenile crime rates, internet challenges, and brain rot have been attributed as the main reasons for this). Thus if one …

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Spring Carnival Committee found dead in office

The CMU community is in shock after the discovery on Wednesday morning that all of Spring Carnival Committee (SCC) has died. An FMS maintenance worker discovered their remains in the SCC office on the third floor of the UC, and autopsy reports state that they had likely been dead for …

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Hunt Library is queerbaiting us - OPINION

Hunt Library is queerbaiting us, and I won't stand for it any longer. Hunt was constructed in 1961, but it didn't have exterior lights until 2010, when people stopped gaybashing and everything went to shit. Hunt Library thinks it serves. It needs to stop trying to make Cunt Library happen. …

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An image styled as a public service announcement stating "are you texting an UNDERCOVER COP? know the signs." It includes screenshots of three text messages: "Do you know where a fella can buy some perquisite? [sic]", "should i blow on the cartridges before i smoke them", and "Meet me by the big blue phone on Skibo"
"How many times did you vote this election? (Sample Size: 500 students)" [a pie chart with the following data: 0–2 is 29.5%, 3–5 is 47.7%, 6–10 is 15.9%, and 11+ is 6.8%]

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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Tales from Beyond Frick Park I: The Haunting of Gates-Hillman

No living creature can exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even lanternflies and cockroaches are supposed, by some, to dream. Gates Hillman, not sane, stood against the canyon, holding insanity within its glass-and-zinc ribcage; it had stood so for twenty years and might stand for twenty more, assuming FMS …

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A "DIY 2-player word search" on a 3x3 grid with words including XXX and OOO.

Commonly Asked Dinner Q's

Whenever you bring home a new loved one for dinner, it’s inevitable that your parents will ask you questions about them. Bringing home your new copy of ReadMe is no different. Today we will discuss some of the questions you can anticipate will be asked of you and your new …

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Scotty Dog Cheating, Martha Is Speechless!

Once again, the cheating allegations cannot escape Scotty Dog who was seen leaving Schenley Park with Clifford the Big Red Dog in photos posted to X and Reddit by Paparazzi. However it seems these allegations are not just allegations as videos were taken of Clifford kissing Scotty Dog. Scotty Dog’s …

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CMU-specific Travel Advisory

With spring break rapidly approaching, CMU has put out a travel advisory against countries that are deemed “unsafe for Tartans”. If you have booked a trip to any of these countries, please reconsider your plans.

Ukraine

Why did you even book a flight to Kyiv?

Spain

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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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Getting Ready for a Date with ReadMe

Welcome back readers to another installment of ReadMe’s daily blog. Today I have an extra-special edition- join me today as we get ready for a first date! Follow along to certainly wow a beau to be!

We’re starting off with a good foundation for our morning routine: ensuring our …

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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%]

Overheard at CMU

Feb 19

motion to create the chaired the chaired uh motion to create the chair uh ah shit whats the word for it whats the word for group, club, chair organization committee, sorry whole lotta stress looking at your eyes aw man ever since yeah, I’m sorry. Motion …

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"CMU Crying Club: Wanting to learn what CMU's all about? Tired of crying alone? Has the Carnegie workload finally beaten the life out of your eyes? Join CMU Crying Club! Now partnering with Concepts for even more tears" [stick figures crying]

Waking up at 4 AM is very healthy, actually

If you’ve spent any time on the cut you’ve been hounded by upperclassmen who do buggy asking you how tall you are (not a catcall, for the record). You’re in CIT and not one of the lucky few under 5’ 2’’, you’ve been asked to be a mechanic. Now I’m …

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One's a magazine. One's a human. Now they're married.

Just a few short articles ago, they were strangers. One, a newspaper, born in a VersaLink printer, and the other, a student of Carnegie Mellon University. They're an unlikely couple, but they show that love truly has no bounds. Their wedding is set to take place on the scenic slopes …

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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" • The Tartan purchased by Fox News, Sean Hannity to take over as Editor­-in­-Chief • Remember to tip your TAs! • readme too single to have Valentine's Day Edition • Top scientists suggest ReadMe will generate an original joke by 2030 • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • Everyone still remembers that time you pulled several times on a push door. Everyone • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • Heroic free-speech advocates oppressed by socially ostracized and clearly neurodivergent nerds • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Readme's own Fulke Fuchs supports Admin's declaration that "Trump" is a curse word • End of semester reflection: That O-week situationship was a really good idea • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • Academic Office allows you to superscore GPA and BAC during Carnival only • UN rejects Readme bit for diplomatic immunity • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • I met Santa Claus, she's black • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • CMU students sign up for isolation experiments to find quiet study spots • Local first­-year unable to use restroom without the lulling of reels from adjacent stalls • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights • Booth Gloryhole Competition Winner Announced • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • Sweepstakes Chair bans buggy-­driving amputees, claiming they have competitive advantage • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Homeless Ph.D. student holds fence for record 5 years, fails quals • Buzzfeed.com: Top 10 Times you looked in the mirror and saw your mother’s face and asked yourself if you’re doomed to repeat your parents mistakes • ReadMe so funny that they invented CMU to house it • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Gregor Samsa wakes, horrified, to find himself transformed into Tepper student • Booth chair discovers that "scissor lift violation" isn't a sex thing • Rabbi hot?! • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • 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" • The Tartan purchased by Fox News, Sean Hannity to take over as Editor­-in­-Chief • Remember to tip your TAs! • readme too single to have Valentine's Day Edition • Top scientists suggest ReadMe will generate an original joke by 2030. • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected. • Everyone still remembers that time you pulled several times on a push door. Everyone. • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • Heroic free-speech advocates oppressed by socially ostracized and clearly neurodivergent nerds. • Classic 90s songs we've all forgotten: 1. I Just Got An Abortion (And It Felt So Good) • Readme's own Fulke Fuchs supports Admin's declaration that "Trump" is a curse word • End of semester reflection: That O-week situationship was a really good idea. • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • Academic Office allows you to superscore GPA and BAC during Carnival only • UN rejects Readme bit for diplomatic immunity. • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • I met Santa Claus, she's black. • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • CMU students sign up for isolation experiments to find quiet study spots • Local first­-year unable to use restroom without the lulling of reels from adjacent stalls. • Internship interviews now include mandatory duel to the death • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights. • Booth Gloryhole Competition Winner Announced • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • Sweepstakes Chair bans buggy-­driving amputees, claiming they have competitive advantage • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • Homeless Ph.D. student holds fence for record 5 years, fails quals • Buzzfeed.com: Top 10 Times you looked in the mirror and saw your mother’s face and asked yourself if you’re doomed to repeat your parents mistakes. • ReadMe so funny that they invented CMU to house it. • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Gregor Samsa wakes, horrified, to find himself transformed into Tepper student • Booth chair discovers that "scissor lift violation" isn't a sex thing • Rabbi hot?! • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective