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Readme Summer School


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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History's first booth

HUNT SPECIAL - Carnegie Mellon University’s springtime Carnival brings with it many beloved traditions, perhaps most recognizable of all, Booth, a weeklong mad sprint through constructing marvelously untrustworthy houses. But did you know that the roots of booth trace back to far before CMU’s founding? Back before the scientists of …

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Vote Wean Hall!

With the 2024 US presidential election just weeks away, README is proud to announce that we're officially endorsing a candidate for the first time. It was a tough decision; on one side we have a candidate who did not fall out of a coconut tree, and on the other side, …

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An ad for a "march against leap year," beginning on March 1st ("no, the REAL March 1st").

What is Sex? An Investigative Account

In the modern day, it is difficult to partake in the “popular culture” or the “massive media” without encountering allusions to the “sex”. The “sexual object” is evidently a device of notable significance to the constitution of that which may be referred to. However, being a mysterious and obfuscated entity, …

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A great-depression-era bread line, but for mental health.
A hamburger bun in inverse grayscale with a superimposed question mark.

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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Sanitation Concerns Raised over Birth in Bethlehem Stable

BETHLEHEM, Judea – Locals are shocked that a young Galilean woman named Mary has given birth in a manger. Although many have no qualms about sharing their living spaces with domesticated animals, some are saying that a stable might be a bit too far. Experts confirm that a manger is …

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A set of six Tarot cards, with designs including "122 AIV", "Stack'd Underground food poisoning", and "abstinence."

School of Music to relocate practice rooms to the backrooms

PITTSBURGH, PA

As construction continues all over the lower floors of the CFA building, students have begun to wonder what exactly it is that the School of Music is building and why it's taking so long. Thankfully, their questions will soon be answered, as leaked internal messages between SoM …

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Overheard at CMU

Person 1: "Look at these Jehovah's Witnesses proselytuting"

Person 2: "I think the correct term is 'sect work.' "


"I have a special ability, one I don't tell anyone about. I'm sort of a superhero. My power is that my card works at Chipotle on the …

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Readme Gets Absurd

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A photograph of a student next to Kim Jong Un with block letters saying "study abroad at North Korea today."

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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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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Readme Crime Report

The Readme crime report isn’t just focused just on the happenings on campus, we are also well connected to the city around us! In this issue of the crime report, we at readme present to you the most serious news from Pittsburgh. This is definitely not because we ran out …

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Making Money on Campus

The unfortunate financial situation you’re in is not uncommon among new students. You may have managed to get into CMU — yippee! — but you had to give up your life savings and right arm in order to pay tuition. While Valentine’s Day will never be the same with the …

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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!"
"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."

Founder's Body Found in Doherty

Following clues left behind by various escapees of the Doherty C­-level, a Carnegie Mellon expedition discovered the corpse of school founder, Andrew Carnegie, in the recesses of the building. The Doherty Basement is one of the few remaining unexplored regions in the United States, and the Civil Engineering Department decided …

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USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Booth chair discovers that "scissor lift violation" isn't a sex thing • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Professor suspended after CMU student argues "Proof by God" valid Concepts tool • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • Woman with 17,000 tinder matches gets her accounted deleted, makes a grinder account instead • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • "My Cute Next­-Door Neighbor Believes in WHAT?": Quirky new meet­-cute sitcom coming this summer • ECEs flee to suburbs of computer science, citing too many civil engineers • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Reviewing Cathleen, Adam, their real estate business, their “bless this mess” wooden sign, and their three sons Craig, Creg, and Craigë • Summer returns to Pittsburgh after covert groundhog assassination succeeds • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • NO EXCEPTIONS. CMU to enforce dismount zones for students in wheelchairs • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • My strong opinions on the Middle East - an essay • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Booth chair discovers that "scissor lift violation" isn't a sex thing • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Professor suspended after CMU student argues "Proof by God" valid Concepts tool. • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • Woman with 17,000 tinder matches gets her accounted deleted, makes a grinder account instead • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • "My Cute Next­-Door Neighbor Believes in WHAT?": Quirky new meet­-cute sitcom coming this summer. • ECEs flee to suburbs of computer science, citing too many civil engineers • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Reviewing Cathleen, Adam, their real estate business, their “bless this mess” wooden sign, and their three sons Craig, Creg, and Craigë. • Summer returns to Pittsburgh after covert groundhog assassination succeeds. • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • NO EXCEPTIONS. CMU to enforce dismount zones for students in wheelchairs. • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM". • My strong opinions on the Middle East - an essay.