The Observer, March 21, 2008
Volume XL, Issue 21
Lead Stories
Northside and Southside offer different flavors
On Case's one-mile long campus, where you live can affect how you live.Case's campus housing is officially split into three major sections – the North Residential Village, the Village at 115, and the South Residential Village. Unofficially, the SRV is further split into "bottom of the hill" and "top of the hill" dorm living. Most of the campus-area entertainment and dining attractions are located nearer to north side, including the Triangle eateries and the University Circle museums.[read more]
Seniors' contributions result in new class gift
Many seniors and alumni remember Ignacio Ocasio, known to students as Doc Oc, as an exuberant professor of freshman chemistry courses. Underclassmen and future Case students will remember him as a much quieter, bronze bench partner.The Senior Class Gift Campaign for the College of Arts and Sciences is asking seniors, as well as faculty and staff, to donate money for the completion of this statue as a continuation of the Class of 2007's campaign.[read more]
Students ask for pets to be allowed back on campus
Students and faculty may soon see furry, four-legged friends trotting through campus if a new USG Resolution is adopted by Case administration and officials.Earlier this semester, members of Case CARES, headed by junior Michelle Cehn, drafted a resolution that seeks to change the university's pet policy, last updated in 2003. At that time, Case's Faculty Senate passed a "pet ban" for the campus amid furious protests.[read more]
News
- A cancer survivor's story: Emily Friedlander
- News You Can't Use
- Northside and Southside offer different flavors
- Outside the Circle
- Seniors' contributions result in new class gift
- Students ask for pets to be allowed back on campus
Opinion
- Equal rights should be afforded to all
- Government should stay out of marriage
- A Fresh Perspective: Nerdy spring break proved satisfying
- Reporting sexual harassment can be complicated, fruitless
- Roman Catholic Church should follow own advice before damning others
- The modern day bioethics "committee:" not a committee at all
Focus
- Buzzworthy bands prepare to make a large splash in later stages of 2008
- Worst Case Scenario: Free stuff rocks ... somtimes
- Keeping a healthy relationship
- Spring Fashion: Color, Denim and Florals
- Student Profile: Ricky Human
- The Perils of Printing
- Tips for finding a summer job or internship
- Tyler Perry hopes to please again with Meet the Browns
Sports
- Pro Sports Roundup
- Basketball's Herring named UAA's Rookie of the Year
- Manoogian is wrestling's first All-American since 2004
- Spartan Spotlight: Brandon Jeffries
- Spring Break Roundup
- University Athletic Association one of two conferences without a basketball tournament





