The Observer, September 15, 2006
Volume XXXIX, Issue 3
Lead Stories
Colleen Martin renews her passion for volleyball
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Two-sport athletes at Case are rare. Two sport leaders who also star in the role of team jokester are even rarer. That is why the volleyball and women's basketball teams are so lucky to have Colleen Martin star on both Spartan teams. Martin is a special individual who can manage two sports, a social life, academics at Case, and strong family ties.[read more]
Former Poet Laureate lectures on race and race awareness
Former Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove came to campus last Friday to give the second annual Anisfield-Wolf Lecture at Severance Hall. The lecture, co-sponsored by the Baker-Nord center for the Humanities and the SAGES program in conjunction with the Cleveland Foundation and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, was held during University Community Hour.Dove won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, the National Humanities Medal, and the Heinz Award, among other literary honors.[read more]
Forum lets students look
To provide input into the presidential search process, undergraduate students gathered in Amassa Stone Chapell on Tuesday.Although the expected turnout for the ninth of 21 scheduled forums was around 200 students, the actual number attending was far less, with most of Amasa's pews left empty.Frank N. Linsalata, co-chair of the Presidential Search Committee, opened the forum by providing some information on the search process up to that point, as well as Case's presidential history.[read more]
Spartans' strong second half preserves victory at Denison
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Whatever Case head football coach Greg Debeljak is telling his players in the locker room during halftime, it is working. Whether it's giving them words of encouragement or motivational speeches, the Spartans have looked very impressive in the last half of the game.Last Saturday's game against Denison followed this trend. After allowing 14 points to the Big Red in the opening quarter, the Case defense posted a shutout en route to a 27-14 victory.[read more]
News
- Brief Case
- Candleligh vigil on Sunday to be held for victims of Sudan
- Case offers easier way to spend
- Forum lets students look
- Just in CASE...
- Just in CASE...
- Leadership Conference provides opportunities for growth
- New printing program increases convience and reduces wait time
- Students and staff give back
- USG Briefs
Opinion
- A Fresh Perspective: Case embodies nerd school: don't mock
- Editorial: Case leaders needed to set example for students
- Definition and usage of triflin' explained
- One Foot Out the Door: Fitting in; a great social experiment
- Free Speech Zone: Focus on the Family Action limits true freedom and justice
- Professor takes issue with Palestine, Israel conflict
- Editorial Cartoon: The presidential search
Focus
- The Buzz
- Beyoncé's B'Day is no Dangerously in Love
- Worst Case Scenario: Didactic Narcolepsy
- Former Poet Laureate lectures on race and race awareness
- LocoRoco may be the cutest, happiest game on Earth
- Sex & Dating: Positions for all dorm conditions
- Retail therapy alive and well around Cleveland
- Student leadership cultivated at Case
- Tone's contraceptives talk excites audience
Sports
- All-American Hallway pays tribute to current and former athletic greats
- NFL Guru: Browns spoil Frye's effort in loss to Saints
- Colleen Martin renews her passion for volleyball
- Spartans' strong second half preserves victory at Denison
- Spartan Spotlight: Stephanie Nothelle
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