The Observer, February 29, 2008
Volume XL, Issue 19
Lead Stories
Bar codes not just for groceries anymore
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Trying to decide between Leutner and Fribley for your lunchtime hangout? Want to know if it's worth waiting at the Greenie stop or if you should just start walking? If you've got a camera phone with Internet access, these decisions have just become a whole lot easier.A group of Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) students is working in partnership with Mobile Discovery to implement a 2D bar code system on campus this semester.[read more]
Cleveland State U. hosts final Democratic debate before primaries
Obama. Clinton. Either way, it's history – as was Tuesday night's Democratic debate at CSU's Wolstein Center. As 9 p.m. approached and the raging blizzard intensified, so did the raucous chanting of Obama and Clinton supporters who gathered on the north side of Prospect Avenue. Clustered around the Cleveland All-City Marching Band, Obama and Clinton supporters bellowed chants and unleashed a torrent of cheers in favor of their candidates.[read more]
SOLAR replaced by newer, sleeker program
Upperclassmen will recall wanting to throw their computer out a window rather than get booted from SOLAR one more time. The new Student Information System (SIS) involves implementing numerous new technological advances that will ease the registration process and make it more secure. SOLAR, developed in 1999, worked alongside the old Student Information System (ISIS) that was installed in 1989.[read more]
News
- Bar codes not just for groceries anymore
- Cleveland State U. hosts final Democratic debate before primaries
- News you can't use
- Science Olympiad makes science fun and useful
- SOLAR replaced by newer, sleeker program
- USG Briefs
- USG to determine student satisfaction with campus offices
Opinion
- Case students should trash messy ways
- Case Western alum prepares for Iraq tour with U.S. Army
- Choose Clinton now, Obama later
- Do your homework before voting in Tuesday's presidential primaries
- Obama may jeopardize national security
- On the Left: Taxes necessary for collective welfare
- Proposed reforms will improve taxation
- Rational Response: Americans should not invest interest, money in pseudoscience
- SAGES decision should be up to CSE
- Science, engineering need to eliminate bias against women
- Something about trash? This is stupid
Focus
- Climbing out of the relationship rut
- Midterm meltdown
- Oscar ceremony proves film has not lost importance to society
- Ramen: so much more than a noodle soup
- The Buzz
- Top 10 Ways to cope with midterms
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Governing Groans
- Women's basketball beats CMU, falls to Rochester
- WRUW radio offers award-winning collegiate take on music, public affairs
Sports
- Pro Sports Roundup
- Manoogian advances to national tournament
- Spartan losing streak extended to 15 games
- Spartan Spotlight: Sarah Gill
- Spring Sports Preview: Underclassmen will be critical
- Swimming finishes sixth at UAA championship meet
- Track and field tunes up for conference meet
- Underdog Spartans advance to championship, fall to Hilbert
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