Vol 1, Issue 5: the issue in which we start investigating the strange happenings

Vol 1, Issue 5: the issue in which we start investigating the strange happenings

Tags: Real News

SAE Lions Stolen, A Grieving Nation Mourns

June 23, 2024, 10:52 a.m.
By: Ariel Kinel | Vol 1, Issue 5

A darkness has fallen over the Carnegie Mellon campus. Since we have departed for break, two of our good friends have vanished. Staples of our community have been lost. At first, I had hope that we were all being lied to, that the photos were doctored. Alas, upon returning to campus, I saw it with my own eyes. The SAE Lions were gone. I knew this day would come, but I was not prepared. In our ...

Tags: Real News Science and Technology

CMU Humanities Department Revealed to be Sentient AI Testing Grounds

June 23, 2024, 10:50 a.m.
By: Benner Rogers | Vol 1, Issue 5

A question stumping experts around the globe has finally been solved: why does Carnegie Mellon have an English department? For decades people have wondered who would possibly attend CMU just to get a degree in Creative Writing when everyone knows literary analysis is for losers. README has recently conducted a groundbreaking investigation into why anyone would possibly spend tens of thousands o...

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Readme Responds to The Allegations

June 23, 2024, 10:48 a.m.
By: Maximillian Bartholemow VIII | Vol 1, Issue 5

Let it become beknownst to whomstever accused our collective of various “allegations”, that they are all factually incoherent and blatantly untrue. This response will be organized in the following format — an untrue statement made by an adversary, and our rebuttal.

“Readme will be responsible for various cases of food poisoning on campus on April 1st, 2024”

We are...

Tags: Letter from the Editor

README Found to be Plagiarizing the Tartan

June 23, 2024, 10:47 a.m.
By: Tali Kirschenbaum | Vol 1, Issue 5

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 issue to prepare it for publication, and upon investigation (which consisted of multiple sleeples...

Tags: Science and Technology

The Scramble for Element 119: The Race Continues

June 23, 2024, 10:46 a.m.
By: Eshaan Joshi | Vol 1, Issue 5

The quest to discover new superheavy elements has in the past been analogized to a race. Since the discovery of berkelium, in 1946, scientists from various laboratories around the world have competed, and at times collaborated, to discover new elements, leading to a string of discoveries of element 97 up to element 118. This race, however, has slowed to a halt after the most recent discovery, e...

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

June 23, 2024, 10:46 a.m.
By: Mike Rophon | Vol 1, Issue 5

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, skewered to the Walking to the Sky monument and the autopsy found that this was the result of...

Tags: Auntie Readme

Auntie ReadMe’s: A Conversation With Dr. Et. Al

June 23, 2024, 10:45 a.m.
By: Cindy Gao | Dr. Et Al. | Vol 1, Issue 5

After being suspended from the Guild of Advice Columnists for “giving bad advice” because “you can’t just lie” or something and “several people have died as a result of going along with something this column said and that means you can legally be charged with manslaughter” and other silly allegations like that, I’ve decided to not do a Notes app apology or make a video apology or something–don’...