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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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Pierre Menard, Author of the 15-122 Final

Long before a student has even enrolled in 15-122, it is guaranteed they have already contemplated and come to dread the class. It’s encountered in rumors and Reddit threads long before a student even sets foot on campus. By the time one is ready to take it, the class has …

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Carnival makes Pitt rethink CMU: 'Even lamer than we thought'

Students visiting Carnival from the University of Pittsburgh report their impressions of Carnegie Mellon have fallen, and not risen. Instead of finding CMU cool for the first time ever, students say they are disappointed by the “degree of nerdiness” and hard work that goes into Carnival.

Students at the …

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An intensely detailed hand-sketched map of CMU, interspersed with doodles and thoughts.

One must imagine Sisyphus' Heart is in the work

The gods have commanded Carnegie Mellon students to ceaselessly start and submit assignments, only for more notifications to appear on Canvas at the end of the day. They found no crueller punishment for the students’ hubris than this dreadful, repetitive task. There are many varying accounts for why the students …

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New ID Loopholes allow for underage drinking!

Readme is proud to announce that it will be hosting a party this Friday night to welcome all incoming freshmen present for o-week, and yes, there will be alcohol. To be invited, simply bring a copy of this week’s Readme issue with you and show it to our bouncer. “What …

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ReadMe Announces Launch of New Dog-Watching Ring

Are you a proud Tartan? Do you like copious amounts of violence? Have you tried to participate in dogfighting but were too concerned about the legality? Fortunately for you, earlier this week ReadMe executives failed to thoroughly read my amendments to the yearly budget and have now approved plans for …

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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%]
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The 'car' in Carnegie

Margaret Morrison Street is a beloved dainty throughway within the confines of Carnegie Mellon University bordered by many residence halls, such as Boss, McGill, Scobell, Welch, Henderson, as well as the biological hazard known as “Donner House”.

A safety analysis run by CMU’s highly esteemed professor Dr. Et …

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A comic. The first two panels show a woman sighing and looking out a window toward a silhouetted couple holding hands under an umbrella. "Will I ever find love?" the third panel questions. Panel four shows two people holding hands in chair desks, and they're texting hearts back and forth in panel five. In panels six and seven the woman reads a copy of "readme falls in love," then concluedes, "no, probably not." [I really like this comic :-) - rtosh]

CMU Students obsessed with new beverage craze

It's everywhere: overnight, CMU seems to have been struck by a trend taking campus by storm. Once a utilitarian beverage, water has become the hottest cold drink on campus, leaving every floor slick and a line behind every water fountain.

We attempted to interview one student partaking in the …

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Anti-sex beds "not needed" for CMU Olympics

With the recent decision to move the Olympics to Carnegie Mellon’s campus in Pittsburgh, many are asking questions about how CMU plans to prevent the infamous athlete orgies that occur during the games.

In the past, the International Olympic Committee has seen fit to implement cardboard beds that break …

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Carnegie Mellon to offer new exchange programs

If the news here in the US of A is starting to get to you, don’t fear. CMU has announced two new exchange programs so you can get the hell out of here, at least for a year.

By popular demand, the CMU-CMU program will be opening next year, …

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A skech of an old-school camera being filmed with a smartphone, labeled "film camera".

2026 Winter Olympics set to debut Calvinball

Upon donations by mysterious benefactors, Calvinball is now part of the Winter Olympics. The following is an account of the first match, an embroiled battle between Botswana and Burkina Faso, as retold by an unnamed Calvinball aficionado watching from a safe distance.

GESLING STADIUM Students flocked to the arena …

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CMU Administration shocked why students are still sad, "We gave you guys a Carnival?" • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Dick King Mellon? Wasn't that was Carnegie was doing? • How to send more risqué texts to your 9th grade biology teacher • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • I'm not homophobic, I'm just homo-weary • Students shocked to learn ChatGPT is a harsher grader than 98% of CMU professors • Woke professor spends half of lecture on land acknowledgement only to immediately deadname student • Feeding students Tartan Express tenders considered 'cruel and unusual' • Santa is proud of you, even if no one else is • King Charles III to consider castling • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights • CMU Hollywood theme goes straight to streaming • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars • Gelt still more real than crypto • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • District Attorney unable to rule out murder as Buggy Alumni Association hit • CMU students shocked to discover relationships exist outside of movies • CMU Administration shocked why students are still sad, "We gave you guys a Carnival?" • USNews names CMU number 1 school named after Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon for the 125th year in a row • Dick King Mellon? Wasn't that was Carnegie was doing? • How to send more risqué texts to your 9th grade biology teacher • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • I'm not homophobic, I'm just homo-weary. • Students shocked to learn ChatGPT is a harsher grader than 98% of CMU professors • Woke professor spends half of lecture on land acknowledgement only to immediately deadname student • Feeding students Tartan Express tenders considered 'cruel and unusual'. • Santa is proud of you, even if no one else is. • King Charles III to consider castling • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights. • CMU Hollywood theme goes straight to streaming • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars. • Gelt still more real than crypto. • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • District Attorney unable to rule out murder as Buggy Alumni Association hit. • CMU students shocked to discover relationships exist outside of movies.