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The War on South Craig Street

“I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.” Oliver Wendell Holmes.

By the summer of 2026, Avirat Kohli had had enough. Two great armies were converging on his Indian grocery, and what would …

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KGB "Scav Hunt" data trains AI to assist in ground invasion

A campus event named ‘Scav Hunt’ by the KGB, a student organization, has come under fire after data from the venue was allegedly used to train an AI model, rumoured to potentially assist in a ground invasion of Doherty Hall.

While event-goers reported being "mildly amused” and unsuspicious, likely …

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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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Smoking cigarettes is the coward's way out of an oral fixation

It's a late night. I'm a private eye, packing a revolver and a second revolver, 'cause that's what you need in the rough-and-tumble streets of North Oakland. I wear a wire and a long coat, but there's one thing you'll never catch me with, and that's a cigarette drooping from …

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Everything not on your ABP Everything Bagel

I asked for a bagel with everything on it, a coffee and apple to go,

They looked at me funny, like hey, little buddy, there’s something that you didn’t know:

It comes with the sesame, salmon and chili, and maybe a dollop of cheese,

But missing some …

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It's Gone

2:33 PM

It’s the day before printing. Time to finally write that article the editor-in-chief keeps asking me for. Let me just check the pitch tracker to see what I’m supposed to write about… huh, it’s just a blank spot next to my name. That’s weird. Our secretary’s usually …

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"Please date me. I am desperate. It has been so long since I've felt the touch of a woman. None of the Hinge lesbians want me :( I am: funny, good(ish) writer, ethical, and knowledgeable on Wikipedia. I am so lonely."

CMU Missed Connection

On November 7th, 2024 I was headed up to floor 4 on scaife hall via the elevator. I entered on floor 1, and so did some girl. I do not remember any details about what she looked like, I regret to inform you all. She pressed the button to go …

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A screenshot of a Gmail inbox with 8 form submission receipts with the subject "cmu missed connections <3", with times between 3 and 4 AM.

Researchers discover brief existence of Marnegie Cellon

Scientists have been studying unusual patterns of molecules in space for decades now, which tend to be artifacts of well-known universal phenomena, like supernovas.

However, one of the latest studies of these molecular “fingerprints” has yielded a result far more surprising than anyone could have ever imagined: A specific …

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A picture of Hamerschlag Hall surrounded by dense fog and tormented ghostly figures. A news headline overlay reads "Hamerschlag ghosts discover death does not grant an extension on 122 homework."

Satire Publication Behind Attempted Robbery Last Week?

It has come to our attention that on September 19th, a ReadMe contractor was caught attempting to commit aggravated robbery for a sum of $5.00 but was thwarted due to their target's lack of cash, Zelle, or Cash App. We deeply apologize for the negative impact of this particular employee …

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On the Four Questions

First of all, if you’ve ever heard of the Four Questions, chag sameach. If you haven’t, be grateful you won’t have to do them when you’re forced into joining your hypothetical Jewish friends (who are all older than you, obviously) at their several-hour-long celebration of a liberation they claim they …

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CMU Student Senate clarifies fetal personhood policy

The Fence is a proud tradition in CMU's history, with a short and simple set of rules. One such rule is that so long as two people are "holding" the fence by staying within its encircling gravel pit, no others may lay claim to it.

This simplicity falls apart, …

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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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Human Mating Calls: The Bird Perspective

Humans are among nature’s most social animals. They are renowned for their group migrations, cooperative foraging, communal roosting, synchronous breeding aggregations, precise parent–offspring interactions, coordinated group defenses, and intricate territorial and courtship rituals. In these and other contexts, and indeed in most moments of their lives, humans’ capability to navigate …

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POST-GAME REPORT: Man Murdered on Walking to the Sky

Hello everyone! Mike Rophon, ReadMe’s resident sports announcer here to bring you the rundown on the spectacular events of the past few days. Since the sports scene on campus is going through a rough patch, I’ll be bringing you the play-by-play of yesterday’s homicide.

Auntie Readme was found dead, …

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Auntie Readme: Torn between my situationship and 47 feral hogs

Feeling Hogtied: February is the time for renegotiating leases. And, coincidentally, retreading and regretting my love life. I'm currently living in a two-bedroom with a guy who looks kind of like Timothee Chalamet if he were born and raised in the Texas panhandle. Long story short, we flirted a tiny …

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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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Hey Shorty or Heyyy Shawty CMU Buggy vs Pickup Lines

In a few short weeks, buggy recruitment is going to get in full swing. As a warning, here are some choice phrases heard around the buggy tents that our buggy correspondent swears aren't just lame pickup lines.

“How tall are you?”

“Can you get inside?”

“Are you …

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New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • In devastating blow to CMU culture, freshmen are allowed to talk to upperclassmen • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Student who refuses to pronounce Chinese peoples' names insists it's pronounced 'Barthhhelona' • Why can't Israel and Pakistan just get along? • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • Heroic free-speech advocates oppressed by socially ostracized and clearly neurodivergent nerds • [REDACTED] • Chartwells pilots innovative Sustenance-as-a-Service model • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Booth Teardown migrates off Midway, Maggie Mo destroyed • There's still time to hook up with your professor! • CMU linguistics department finishes 70 year project to translate ancient Egyptian porno • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • What to do after your mirror rejects your advances • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • Carnegie Mellon attempts to renovate mousehole in less than two years • Physics professor explains the heat death of the universe in terms of cold, soggy Rev Noodle • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • In devastating blow to CMU culture, freshmen are allowed to talk to upperclassmen • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • Student amazed by foreign culture after study abroad in Philadelphia • Student who refuses to pronounce Chinese peoples' names insists it's pronounced 'Barthhhelona'. • Why can't Israel and Pakistan just get along? • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • Heroic free-speech advocates oppressed by socially ostracized and clearly neurodivergent nerds. • [REDACTED] • Chartwells pilots innovative Sustenance-as-a-Service model. • My Military Industrial Complex could totally blow up your Military Industrial Complex • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Booth Teardown migrates off Midway, Maggie Mo destroyed • There's still time to hook up with your professor! • CMU linguistics department finishes 70 year project to translate ancient Egyptian porno • Loving Couple LARP as bitter, nearly-­separated divorcees • What to do after your mirror rejects your advances. • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • Carnegie Mellon attempts to renovate mousehole in less than two years • Physics professor explains the heat death of the universe in terms of cold, soggy Rev Noodle