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Finals Week Sestina

As I enter the cold concrete cervix of Wean,
the gold plaque of Raymond smells my fear.
I order a coffee that’ll make me shit
out all my self loathing and lack of sleep.
I don’t think I’ve retained a thing from this class.
It might be worth risking the …

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What is Luigi Mangione up to these days?

He's in prison.

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Two soda cans: Carnegie Cola (with a plaid can and a picture of Andrew Carnegie), and mellonade (with a lime green can, watermelon slices, and a picture of Andrew Mellon).
A 122 ed post called "Rizz algorithms" in which the student has pasted their dating profile (and League of Legends/Genshin username, For3verG00ner). Iliano replies "Good luck in your romantic endeavors! Dont get any AIVs!"

README buys Farnam's Hair? Cost of CMU Leader's Locks

CMU President Farnam Jahanian with hair reminiscent of Elvis Presley's

In the days following README's bankruptcy, many questions have arisen, such as "how,” "why,” and "what's the difference between a marmot and a gopher.” The answer to at least two of these questions has recently come to light: Farnam's hair. It is still unclear why the hair of CMU's …

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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 corrupted image of a silhouette of a woman dancing on a beach, with the sky blood red and fiery. Distorted text reads: "hot singles have abandoned us. Beautiful young babes in a distant land, ever longing for true connection. Ready to fuck, join now!"
A screenshot of a Gmail conversation in which a student asks for an extension on C0VM due to being on the front lines of a battle, described in intense and gory detail. A reply from Iliano Cervesato states, "if you can type, you can code."

A Psychosocial Approach to Game-Theoretic Analysis of Rock Paper Scissors

1. Introduction

Rock paper scissors, also known as scissors paper rock, and rarely ever referred to as paper rock scissors, is a game typically played between two people, where one match of rock paper scissors (RPS) consists of both players throwing out a hand gesture at the same time after …

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TSA-TSA Mixup Causes Dangerous Situation

Recently, a mixup occurred on CMU's campus at a recruiting event for the Transportation Security Administration, the agency responsible for securing air travel to, from, and within the United States. The event was booked for the Danforth Lounge, for 6 PM on Sunday. But in the neighboring Danforth Conference Room, …

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Christmas tips for children of divorce

Are you a child of divorce who struggles on holidays? Having two separate Christmas parties can be disappointing and painful, especially for those of you whose parents tolerate each other’s presence enough to come together on your birthday. Well, I have the solution for you! Just follow these simple steps …

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Fact Checking The Gettysburg Address

With the election season reaching its apex, I have found it necessary to untangle some of the webs of misinformation that have been weaved through underhanded political campaigns. At the forefront of this country's greatest deception is none other than the highly esteemed so-called “honest” Abe.

That’s right! If …

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Taste-testing Messiahs

Pretty often now, we'll have these bearded fucks wander into the temple telling us they're the savior we were promised. They like to wash people's feet (a little too much honestly), and go on and on about the true spirit of the holidays, until someone rich bothers to have them …

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Three students injured in West Point cake cutting ritual, reports claim

Last Friday, the nightly dessert distribution at United States Military Academy West Point turned deadly. Jeff, the plebe assigned to cut the fruitcake, doffed his hat and removed the laminated cake-slicing template from beneath it. He brushed fresh buzzcut hairs off the template and placed it on the cake. There …

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The Man, The Myth, The Farnam

Hey you, did you know that Carnegie Mellon University has its very own version of Superman? A larger-than life guy so essential to campus life whether social, financial, sexual, or academic? A man so powerful he can bend steel beams with his own two hands? A man who can safely …

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Coming soon...[readme logo with "uncensored" stamp] Sex! Drugs! Unedited fanfics! Be on the lookout for "readme, UNCENSORED"!

We're broke

Today, Readme spent the last of our meager budget purchasing kibble from PetSmart to stave off the death throes of one of our small, orphaned staffwriters. On our way out of the PetSmart, we were attacked by a man with a knife who took all of our print quota, forcing …

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Carnegie Crime Report

README prides itself on informing the students of Carnegie Mellon on local news and major events. Due to a large influx in crime on and near campus, README is publishing the details of several crimes so students know what to look out for. Safety is README’s top priority as an …

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Senior Starts Quantitative Finance Firm Specializing in Block Market

At Carnegie Mellon University, the start of the 2025 school year has witnessed the rise of a new financial titan: a junior Computational Finance major, Manya N. Power, has launched QuantBlock Solutions, a quantitative finance firm specializing in trading the block market. “The emotional, speculative trading of the freshman selling …

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Scobell House Risks Facing Demolition for Multiple Violations of Pennsylvanian Law

Scobell House is currently the only all­-women dormitory at CMU, but this will soon cease to be the case. In the fall of 2023, this student residential building officially opened after being renovated and was converted from an all-­male dormitory to an all­-women dormitory. However, only two years after its …

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Why the liberal left wants to make the face in the electrical outlets smiley instead of frowny • Farnam Jahanian declared President for Life by Board of Trustees, immediately begins purges • Rabbi hot?! • Math Department discovers non-­Euclidean space in Doherty Hall C­level • Tragedy kills $400,000 worth of tuition • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • Students shocked as test difficulty scales inversely with study • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • I met Santa Claus, she's black • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • REPORT: Tuition increase announced, will to be used for "absolutely nothing", admin says • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Chemistry majors disappointed to learn their degree does not come with a "license to kill" • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • OPINION: I want everyone to be happy, except my favorite musicians • SCS opens research problem into computational complexity of hitting N birds with 1 stone • All of Science wrong. Oops • Why the liberal left wants to make the face in the electrical outlets smiley instead of frowny • Farnam Jahanian declared President for Life by Board of Trustees, immediately begins purges • Rabbi hot?! • Math Department discovers non-­Euclidean space in Doherty Hall C­level • Tragedy kills $400,000 worth of tuition. • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • Students shocked as test difficulty scales inversely with study • President's Advisory Board on Student Well-Being, Mental Health, and the Academic Experience releases first report: "It's bad." • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • I met Santa Claus, she's black. • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • REPORT: Tuition increase announced, will to be used for "absolutely nothing", admin says • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Chemistry majors disappointed to learn their degree does not come with a "license to kill" • Garden tour: the fridge you haven't cleaned out since winter break • OPINION: I want everyone to be happy, except my favorite musicians • SCS opens research problem into computational complexity of hitting N birds with 1 stone • All of Science wrong. Oops.