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Why does financial aid prosper while the endowment starves?

A specter is haunting CMU. You can see it in the hazy air, smell it on the crusty Entropy sign, feel it on the shadeless Mall. It’s a modern­-day tragedy. The poor are killing our endowment.

Andrew Carnegie laid down the endowment’s first million dollars himself. From the very …

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Nursing homes begin to accept new senior patients

With CMU in the top 15 of the US News National Universities Rankings, students are looking for ways to leverage their school’s newfound reputation to prepare for the post-college lives. “Before, I was worried I’d have to live out my final days in the eighth best nursing home in my …

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A DIY green card, with blanks to fill in.

My mommy says I can't go to war

My mommy said I can’t go to war.
My mommy said I can’t go to bootcamp.
My mommy said I can’t go to basic training.

My mommy said war is scary.
My mommy said I’m her precious little boy.
My mommy said I am going to get hurt in …

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In defense of CMU: Why Carnegie Mellon is simply built better than others

Thinking about transferring or talking badly about Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)? It’s often second nature for CMU students to contemplate this. However, consider reconsidering. CMU is a pioneer of American universities, famous for being the best and staying the best. Here are the top five reasons why CMU is still …

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Sweepstakes forbids new live-birth method

Just weeks ahead of Carnival, Sweepstakes has dropped a bombshell on all buggy teams: due to existing rules prohibiting mass loss during a race, the “live birth method” is officially banned. In previous years, buggy drivers would impregnate themselves prior to Carnival, nourishing the fetus with Stack’d and melatonin gummies. …

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"CIT is proud to announce...the new 'Intro to Civil Engineering' Lab Kit!" [toolbox full of wet concrete, with a shovel on top]

I'm going to punch you (John Lennon)

Out walking
I’ve got a shovel
And a crow bar
And a copy of Catcher in the Rye
And my fists
I am going
Going to punch you

Like a priest
I move with holy purpose
Towards an asshole
Unlike the priest
Not in a sexual way
Though I …

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Rules are for fools

I saw Nasreddin walking from Doherty to Hammerschlag by way of Flagstaff Hill. “Nasreddin,” I said, “That route’s way too long. You should just go through Wean.” “Exactly, everyone will be taking the shortcut.”


One day, Nasreddin saw a sign on the Cut: KEEP OFF GRASS. He picked …

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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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Upperclassmen Found Dead from Common Cold, Unaware of UHS Move

If you’ve read any of the emails CMU has sent this semester, you would know that University Health Services has moved from the first floor of Morewood E-Tower to the third floor of the brand new Highmark Center for Health, Wellness, and Athletics, home of Community Health & Well-Being and …

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Horseshoe Theory Finally Useful

Diagram plotting profitability on the y-axis vs. health on the x-axis. It starts high, goes low in the middle, and ends high. Labels from left to right go Glue, Horse Diving, Horse Ballet, Dressage, Horseback Riding, Cavalry, Horse Racing.

Shockingly, the first and only legitimate use of horseshoe theory is actually related to horses. While a horse of medium health may provide companionship and funny videos for Instagram Reels, it's been determined that the optimal horse health for very profitable horse activities is either very low or very …

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Students assign professors work in novel education plan

It is clear that CMU students are overwhelmed by unnecessary, unrealistic, unfathomable, unfashionable amounts of schoolwork assigned to them every day. A new policy has just entered into testing by the lab of Dr. Et Al, and has shown remarkable results in regards to student-professor relations.

This policy grants …

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A "where's waldo?"-style drawing with hundreds of people on a beach. The shadow of an aircraft dropping a bomb is superimposed over them.

Local school defends diaper-wearing mascot from furry allegations

For schools all over the country, sports mascots represent a sense of school spirit and athletic pride. For Doherty Regional High School, however, their mascot represents something else: the ongoing debate about what constitutes a furry.

In order to investigate the situation, I did some field reporting and attended …

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A word search for the word "word" filled entirely with the letter W (aside from "word" in the center).

Santa Claus sues NORAD Santa Tracker over privacy concerns

Late Wednesday, Claus threatened legal action against Norad – North American Aerospace Defense Command – and “organizations who supported harm to my family.” Claus said a stalker followed and blocked a sleigh carrying his favorite elf “Lil Pimmpin,” in the North Pole, thinking the occupant was him. The assailant climbed …

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Wait, people actually read this?

Just to like confirm, people read this shit? Like, this? Like ReadMe? This ReadMe? There’s not a different ReadMe CMU satire magazine right? Just this one? Which to reiterate, people read?

I thought this magazine only existed to use up our print quota. I thought we only put this …

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Facing your fears: The self-assured squirrel that's four feet in front of you

It happened again. You were leaving the car, walking back home, when you encountered it: a squirrel (let’s call him Squeaky) standing only 4 feet away from you.

You take a step closer. Squeaky does not scurry away. You cower. Squeaky stares you down. You run away.

Does …

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A drawing of a catperson with glasses. It says "cat for sale / 1 dollar / comes with Anxiety / smells like homosexuality"

WALK FASTER

If you have long legs like me, you’ll know there’s an epidemic of slow walkers on this campus. Consider the statue Walking to the Sky. The people in this statue are quite frankly doing it wrong in every way. Where could they possibly be going? Why haven’t any of them …

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The secret dark reality of ChatGPT

Much to the dismay of educators around the globe, the popularity of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has exploded over the past year. Millions of prompts are sent every day to OpenAI’s groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT. Carnegie Mellon’s students in particular have quickly latched on to this new way to avoid their …

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We need to talk.

There's something I have to get off my chest. I've been wanting to say this for a while, but haven't had the strength to do it. I don't love you anymore, and I don't think you truly care about me either.

It started with our first date. I got …

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A sketch of a worm saying "boy, I sure do love getting up early!", with a bird flying toward it in the background.
Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • The Revolution is coming, just let me get off my SSRIs first • Students shocked to learn ChatGPT is a harsher grader than 98% of CMU professors • All of Science wrong. Oops • CMU student confused by other college: "I didn't know Penn was in Pittsburgh!" • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Green Man not spotted on Cut • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • "Surely the middle eastern conflict will not get worse" says increasingly nervous man for 100th time today • Banana shortage has monkeys going bananas • Celsius starts sponsoring student all-­nighters • Reviewing Cathleen, Adam, their real estate business, their “bless this mess” wooden sign, and their three sons Craig, Creg, and Craigë • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • I'm not homophobic, I'm just homo-weary • Rabbi hot?! • CMU student signs up for Qatar course by mistake, forced to commute 14,000 miles/day • Court rules haunted houses are not acceptable grounds to utilize stand your ground laws • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • The Revolution is coming, just let me get off my SSRIs first • Students shocked to learn ChatGPT is a harsher grader than 98% of CMU professors • All of Science wrong. Oops. • CMU student confused by other college: "I didn't know Penn was in Pittsburgh!" • How to make sure the divorce is YOUR fault, a guide for teens • Green Man not spotted on Cut. • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • "Surely the middle eastern conflict will not get worse" says increasingly nervous man for 100th time today • Banana shortage has monkeys going bananas • Celsius starts sponsoring student all-­nighters • Reviewing Cathleen, Adam, their real estate business, their “bless this mess” wooden sign, and their three sons Craig, Creg, and Craigë. • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • I'm not homophobic, I'm just homo-weary. • Rabbi hot?! • CMU student signs up for Qatar course by mistake, forced to commute 14,000 miles/day • Court rules haunted houses are not acceptable grounds to utilize stand your ground laws.