The Observer, April 18, 2008
Volume XL, Issue 25
Lead Stories
Case's track dedicated to former Case coach Bill Sudeck
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The scene is Howard Johnson's restaurant, a diner where students would stop to get breakfast near the Case Institute of Technology's campus. It's the fall of 1961 and James Wyant, a freshman, is standing at the register, ready to pay for his meal, when a man approached him."Are you a freshman?" he asks. "Have you run some?"Wyant told him yes, that he was a freshman at Case and that he was a runner in high school.[read more]
Law school rankings take a tumble
In the U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings published April 7, Case received a few unpleasant surprises. Its programs in law, engineering, and medicine all suffered drops from last year's numbers in the nationally recognized rankings.The medical school dropped from No. 21 to 23, although the overall overall score remained the same at 58. Northwestern University and Emory University passed Case in the rankings to claim the No. 20 spot.[read more]
USG providing $15,000 for project to improve student life
One thing that Case organizations typically don't find is $15,000 in spare funds they can use to get a project off the ground. For a group with the right plan, though, the USG Student Life Improvement Grant, designed to foster student life improvements, could change that.The bill establishing the grant, presented in USG last week, calls for a committee overseeing the process to be selected by the USG president.[read more]
News
- Case's track dedicated to former Case coach Bill Sudeck
- Greek service events offer panoply of philanthropy
- Law school rankings take a tumble
- Recent Village vandalism concerns some
- USG providing $15,000 for project to improve student life
Opinion
- April is month of political monotony, gridlock
- Capital punishment is not unreasonable
- Death penalty should be abolished
- Quarked: Lack of Star Trek knowledge considered weird at Case
- Satirical letter had factual errors
- Student task force should be commended
- Support Habitat for Humanity on Monday
Focus
- Sex & Dating: A little help from your friends
- Case undergraduate shows off musical skills at Barking Spider
- Fast cuisine from the microwave: eggs, fudge and stroganoff
- Judd Apatow escapes from rut with Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Taxes…
- The Buzz
- The Observer's guide to summer living at Case
- Top 10: Awkward moments at Case
Sports
- Crew club, alums row down the Cuyahoga River
- Keefe, Crilley jumpstart baseball's recent success
- Seeds' slam, Sagartz' pitching keys to win
- Senior Profiles: Class of 2008
- Spartan Spotlight: Jenn Clever
- Spartans at Progressive Field next week
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