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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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Pittsburgh's Failing Water Infrastructure

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link; any system should be not judged by its ability to excel in ideal conditions, but rather in its performance under predictable yet adverse circumstances. This week’s blizzard has revealed severe issues within Pittsburgh’s public works sector. It is reasonable to …

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October 29, 1929: "Block Tuesday" Leaves Freshmen Destitute

At Carnegie Mellon University, the end of the 1920s saw unprecedented financial ruin for many first-year students. The meal-block economy had crescendoed throughout the decade, with blocks selling for a whopping 50% of their original worth. Unfortunately, this lucrative exchange could not last forever. The block market imploded, wiping out …

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SASC or SEX? New Coaching Workshop Draws Controversy

The Student Academic Success Center's new seminal seminar is under fire after students label it as "gross." The new seminar, designed specifically for finals week, outlines how students can best dress themselves to improve grade performance. "Dress for success!" said Dr. Lacey Skivvies, head of this new initiative. Dr. Skivvies …

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Readme Communists Exposed!

It is with a heavy heart that I, Joseph McCathy, admit we have been slighted. We are all the victims of a great and mighty deception perpetuated by 7 members of the ReadMe staff. ReadMe, like many great organizations before it, is infected by the fever known as Communism. This …

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A public service announcement from CMU Police stating: "Do not leave items on tables to reserve spots. Effective immediately, doing so is illegal and subject to disciplinary action. To enforce, please steal all items left unattended."

Love Letters To README

Dear Beloved Reader, Periodically I find myself thinking of you. My horoscopes tell me our stars align. ~ Yours truly, Readme

Dearest Readme, Today I was particularly drawn to your comics section. I have to say, you’re my type(face). ~ Eternally yours, Reader

My Darling Reader, No pressure …

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A DIY green card, with blanks to fill in.

Campus Dining Spots to now serve alcohol

In a slurred and overly conversational speech delivered by CMU's director of Dining Services, it was announced Wednesday morning that all on-campus dining locations will now serve alcoholic beverages. Students are thrilled, but which location is best to get plastered at after your 122 midterm? Our staff worked overtime to …

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I Just Shat Myself in a Macys

Please bring a change of pants
Its 1 am on a Saturday night and I am in a Macys
I didn’t know they had Macys anymore
Why am I in a Macyies

I ate 4 whole blocks of cheese before coming to Macys
I asked the Macys empoolye where …

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Am I the bazonkle?

Yesterday, I was taking the Zoop line back to my shelter pod after returning from a short half system-cycle trip to the flubble swamp. Now if you don't know anything about the flubble swamp, it's the peak of relaxation. There is no greater feeling in the multiverse than letting its …

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A bar graph showing the following data: 3 responses for the Tartan, 8 responses for readme, and 16 responses for "stop talking to me."

Updates from Physics

An announcement sent out earlier this week to Carnegie Mellon University students has created widespread controversy and discourse. The email, as seen below, disclosed an important warning for all students to avoid the Gates Hillman Centre on 11/25/24.

Many on campus are worried about the potential implications of …

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A pie chart of survey results showing that 57% of Carnegie Mellon students believe the country CMU Africa is located in to be "Africa." The other 30%, 11%, and 2% are "Mellon Institute", "Didn't know any countries in Africa", and "other", respectively.
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So-called “Platform for Free Speech” Against Freedom of Painting with Balls

It is with a heavy heart and a profound sense of betrayal that I must address a grave injustice unfolding on our campus. Not long ago, I was confronted for the innocuous act of painting The Fence with my gonads. This is nothing less than a blatant violation of the …

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A Missouri driver's license with all fields blank, labeled "DIY Fake ID".
A set of six Tarot cards, with designs including "122 AIV", "Stack'd Underground food poisoning", and "abstinence."

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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Readme Sex Survey Results

The Tartan, a scourge on all good, dishonest reporting, recently published a survey on the sexual behaviors of the student population. We could not let this stand. Since every single readme staffer is a veritable sex magnet (unlike those treehugging, literaturereading geeks at the Tartan), we decided to do our …

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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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Candidates for a 51st State

In this review, we’re going to be analyzing potential candidates to annex our great country to add as our 51st American state. It’s a buyer’s market right now, with BlackRock buying the Panama Canal and Microsoft acquiring yet another acre of old-growth redwood forest to build another data center. As …

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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 :-)

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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i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Top scientists suggest ReadMe will generate an original joke by 2030 • A numbered list of my favorite types of bullet points and a bulleted list of my favorite types of numbers • Linguists invent new slur for couples • Heart in Work now considered dangerous conditions, scientists aghast • I'm not going to do it, but it would be SO easy to kill my roommate, several report • Wave of Freshmen crashes LinkedIn in incident compared to Republican National Convention Grindr incident • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • OpenAI introduces AI-­powered rubber duck trained on millions of rubber duck responses • Sweepstakes Chair bans buggy-­driving amputees, claiming they have competitive advantage • Florida legalizes abortion “if the fetus shows early signs of ‘a homosexual disposition’” • Canadians finally get a Stanley Cup, NHL officials aghast • Student who refuses to pronounce Chinese peoples' names insists it's pronounced 'Barthhhelona' • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • Farnam Jahanian declared President for Life by Board of Trustees, immediately begins purges • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Naughty List leaked • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • Actual fire in Morewood; No one leaves this time • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • Excessive lead found in the food and water of JFC • Carnival will be a nice time to decompress, says student planning on staying up for 72 straight hours to build a two story house • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • POLLS: President May Be Elected • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Top scientists suggest ReadMe will generate an original joke by 2030. • A numbered list of my favorite types of bullet points and a bulleted list of my favorite types of numbers. • Linguists invent new slur for couples. • Heart in Work now considered dangerous conditions, scientists aghast • I'm not going to do it, but it would be SO easy to kill my roommate, several report. • Wave of Freshmen crashes LinkedIn in incident compared to Republican National Convention Grindr incident. • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • OpenAI introduces AI-­powered rubber duck trained on millions of rubber duck responses • Sweepstakes Chair bans buggy-­driving amputees, claiming they have competitive advantage • Florida legalizes abortion “if the fetus shows early signs of ‘a homosexual disposition’” • Canadians finally get a Stanley Cup, NHL officials aghast • Student who refuses to pronounce Chinese peoples' names insists it's pronounced 'Barthhhelona'. • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • Farnam Jahanian declared President for Life by Board of Trustees, immediately begins purges • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide. • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Naughty List leaked. • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • Actual fire in Morewood; No one leaves this time. • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • Excessive lead found in the food and water of JFC • Carnival will be a nice time to decompress, says student planning on staying up for 72 straight hours to build a two story house • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • Monkey business fails to succeed in ever competitive economy • POLLS: President May Be Elected