The Observer, March 28, 2008
Volume XL, Issue 22
Lead Stories
New website treads line of academic integrity
Schoology.com, a new website created in 2007, is a place for college students to share class notes and tutor each other. Students who are tutoring can charge any amount they want to per minute and specialize in certain subjects. Schoology.com will also pay for the notes uploaded depending on their popularity, quality, and helpfulness. All one needs to register for the website and sign up as a tutor is a verifiable email address ending in .edu.[read more]
RTA U-Pass system gets second look
With $25, a Case student can get a few good meals that aren't from Fribley, go see a show at Playhouse Square, or catch an Indians game at "The P." However, undergraduates – and possibly soon graduate students – are required to spend $25 every semester on something they may never use – an RTA pass.In 2000, USG passed of the U-Pass Initiative, designed to give students unlimited rides on Cleveland's public transportation system and get them out into the community.[read more]
News
- Academic Integrity Board creating university-wide online test bank
- Case finds commencement speaker on Craigslist
- First Person: My spring break "home"work
- New website treads line of academic integrity
- News You Can't Use
- Outside the Circle
- RTA U-Pass system gets second look
Opinion
- Anti-Semitism strong at Case
- Assumptions about Church spark hatred
- Catholic commentary was offensive, ignorant
- Church's "new" sins aren't anything new
- Global Scorning: City should reduce hazardous waste
- Class of 2009 will have special late elections
- Columnist should get facts right about "new sins"
- Consider consequences of actions before pulling immature pranks
- Quarked: How childhood experience applies to scientific enquiry
- Israel debate should be reasonable
- Plastic sandboxes protect sensitive physics equipment from Cleveland weather on the roof of A.W. Smith.
- Reporting sexual harassment – what do you want?
- Vote carefully for USG representatives
Focus
- Beloved TV shows finally make late-season reappearances
- Sex & Dating: Danger: relationship problems ahead
- Footlighters showcase "All That Jazz" with 10th anniversary production of Chicago
- Lighten Up: Sandwich simplicity
- Take advantage of Cleveland's culture with free museum-hopping tour
- The Buzz
- Worst Case Scenario: The cure for senioritis
- The Fiery Furnaces prepare to burn up The Spot on April 23
- The Prank Code
- Top 10 Ways to enjoy spring
Sports
- Pro Sports Roundup
- Baseball's Hurley makes early impact
- Long distance trip, long distance wins
- No recess for recruiting
- Spartan Notebook
- Spartan Spotlight: Kenneth Nguyen
- UAA Roundup
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