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CMU Professor "Math Rizzler" Confuses Everyone with Gen Z Language

The first couple weeks of classes have finished, and rumors have begun to spread. Some complain about classes due to the volume of homework, the high weight of the exams, or the fast speed of the class. One professor, however, takes the cake for the worst rumors spread, and none …

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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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CivE department apologizes for increase in campus construction

Earlier this week the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering issued a statement addressing the sudden increase in construction around CMU’s campus, making many spaces unusable, and causing significant traffic delays as 5th Ave and Forbes Ave have had sections of the roads closed. In the statement, the head of …

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Some finals traditions!

Pittsburgh itself is an incredibly unique city – near Ohio, but not Midwest, near Maryland but not Southern, near West Virginia, but most residents do not consider it Appalachian. We also have our own “accent insulate” here, as a consequence of Pittsburgh being settled during the time of the 13 …

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5-Hour Transgender

From the brand that brought you the iconic energy shot, our labs have produced something entirely new: the pocket-size bottle that changes your gender, 5-Hour Transgender. Say goodbye to those long, tiring study sessions where daydreaming about having boobs distracts you from your calculus. Kiss goodbye to those groggy …

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CMU To Construct New, Shittier Donner

shittier donner With the completion of the new Highmark Center for Wellness, CMU has successfully wrapped up yet another construction project. Needing a new project to collect alumni donations, CMU turns to their freshman housing. Hopeful Donner residents prayed that CMU would finally announce the destruction of Donner, however, this Monday CMU …

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Best countries to study abroad in to study in Russia

Want to study abroad in Russia, but can't because of geopolitics? Check out this list of 10 countries to try instead, which will have you studying abroad in Russia in no time!

10. Ukraine

Give Trump and Putin a few weeks to negotiate, and you'll undoubtedly find yourself …

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README Found to be Plagiarizing the Tartan

Have you noticed an increase in the quality of README’s articles recently? That’s no accident. You might think it’s because our staff is getting more experienced at writing satire legitimate news, right? NO!

We in the editing staff felt a strange sense of familiarity while reading over our previous …

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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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A Very Readme Christmas

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Auntie readme's Advice

After having been summarily shot for giving advice purely off of the terminally online references in my head, and having been resurrected by a joint effort of ReadMe staff and the biochemical engineering majors due to staff shortages, I am now fully embracing the magic of science and consulting with …

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Update to "Ain't gunna work on Saturday"

All week I worked at carnival building my booth
Stayed up till 5am, shaving years off my youth.
Come Friday morning it was time to connect the final piece
But then it was almost shabbos, so I had to cease.
When people started walking in the whole booth collapsed,
The …

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FAST and RAW Romance Advice

Readers of ReadMe, you know that we’ve always promised you an educational, engaging, and deadly serious article of the highest standards. On this special occasion, we promise no differently. This is all the advice you deserve to handle romance and love in your life.

YOU are failing to communicate.

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An advertisement containing formal-looking serif text and an image of a Tartan reporter in a suit whose head has been digitally altered to appear smushed. It reads: "Are you a reader of the Tartan? No? We're not surprised! Read The Tartan if you hate: asking questions; independently verified claims; proofread work; anything other than interviews; proper kerning; ...AND MORE!" followed by a quote "After all, just because someone said it, doesn't mean it's true" (attributed to "that guy over there")
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The Lottery

The morning of October 27th was cloudy and overcast, with the cold of a mid-autumn day; the leaves of the trees showed hints of orange, and the dutifully maintained grass was richly green. The students of Carnegie Mellon began to gather on the Cut around ten o’clock; the whole lottery …

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Readme: 2.5 years of slur discourse with nothing to show for it • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • Congress deems every white male citizen over the age of 80 honorary senator • Most breakthroughs in modern geology found to just be someone finding a cool rock on their street • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • New StuCo 99­042 announced: "What they DON'T Teach You in CMU StuCos" • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • Dog doesn't solve relationship, couple moves on to children • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims • Woman with 17,000 tinder matches gets her accounted deleted, makes a grinder account instead • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • Feeding students Tartan Express tenders considered 'cruel and unusual' • What you need to know about the upcoming resting bitch face competition • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • English department to get $10 million to convince more people to drop out of English • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Pope endorses climbing Hamerschlag as only "holy" contraception: "your gametes will be smote by the power of God • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • Grand Reopening of Architect's leap in the leadup to finals week • White boy SHOCKS locals by speaking in fluent Chinese accent • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • REPORT: Tuition increase announced, will to be used for "absolutely nothing", admin says • QUIZ: What your opinions on the scrotal asmmetry of statues says about you! • This Article Replaces Your Bioraft Training • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • New Civil Engineering exam includes going inside condemned buildings and trying to make them collapse • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Readme: 2.5 years of slur discourse with nothing to show for it • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Incoming SCS welcome packet now includes map of showers on campus • Buggy steroid use on raceday: an investigation • Congress deems every white male citizen over the age of 80 honorary senator • Most breakthroughs in modern geology found to just be someone finding a cool rock on their street • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • Nets placed under Pausch Bridge to remind CMU students that suicide is always an option • New StuCo 99­042 announced: "What they DON'T Teach You in CMU StuCos". • The existential horror of nap time: A retrospective • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • Dog doesn't solve relationship, couple moves on to children. • "I had no clue he was gay," Leonardo DaVinci's third apprentice twink claims. • Woman with 17,000 tinder matches gets her accounted deleted, makes a grinder account instead • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • Feeding students Tartan Express tenders considered 'cruel and unusual'. • What you need to know about the upcoming resting bitch face competition • Carnegie Mellon administration to consider using Booths as freshman housing for 2025 • “I have no way of knowing”, says person who could very easily look it up • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • SLICE defends university­-sanctioned orgies • English department to get $10 million to convince more people to drop out of English • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics. • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Pope endorses climbing Hamerschlag as only "holy" contraception: "your gametes will be smote by the power of God. • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist. • First-year on r/cmu congratulated for having a "pretty fire schedule." • Grand Reopening of Architect's leap in the leadup to finals week • White boy SHOCKS locals by speaking in fluent Chinese accent. • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • REPORT: Tuition increase announced, will to be used for "absolutely nothing", admin says • QUIZ: What your opinions on the scrotal asmmetry of statues says about you! • This Article Replaces Your Bioraft Training • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • New Civil Engineering exam includes going inside condemned buildings and trying to make them collapse • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U. • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats