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Don’t be a drag this V-Day… Wear it!

Allison Duchin, Staff Reporter February 14, 2014

To the happily single, looking for love or coupled up, Valentine’s Day is changing things up this year. The day devoted to love will be celebrated at Case Western Reserve University with the 11th annual...

Fashion Forward

Fashion Forward

Ellie Rambo, Staff Reporter February 9, 2014

The high-ceilinged gallery is dark except for a screen showing a looped video of neon lights and the glowing artworks themselves. The informational plaques that accompany the pieces are difficult to read...

Do you want to have a Snowball?

Allison Duchin, Staff Reporter February 7, 2014

Just when you thought that Case Western Reserve University had gotten all the snow it possibly could hold, think again—Snowball is rolling up within the next few weeks. The 13th annual dance set for...

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland

January 31, 2014

The university that usually prides itself on remaining open despite the elements succumbed to winter’s frozen force this past Tuesday. Usually, the Case Western Reserve University Emergency Management...

What to do before leaving CWRU

“So,” every mother, father, sibling, extended family member, professor, friend, mentor, advisor, acquaintance and small talker begins, “What are you going to do after you graduate?” This time...

Pass the suds…

Mike Suglio, Staff Reporter January 31, 2014

Have you been to Lakewood? If you haven’t, then you have not experienced the very diverse selection of dining establishments. Signature Cleveland franchises like the Winking Lizard Tavern and Melt Bar...

The men in the skeleton onesies

Anne Nickoloff, Staff Reporter January 31, 2014

Honus Honus (aka, Ryan Kattner), the lead singer of Man Man, wasn’t much for conversing with the audience. There were no remarks of “Yeah, Cleveland!” or “How we all doing tonight?” or even a...

CLE Orchestra creates young adult networking “Circle”

Maria Fazal, Staff Reporter January 31, 2014

The Cleveland Orchestra has recently created a group targeted toward “young professionals.” This innovative new group is known as “The Circle” and welcomes youthful business-inclined individuals...

Cleveland Museum of Art completes 8-year renovation project

Cleveland Museum of Art completes 8-year renovation project

Maria Fazal, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

The Cleveland Museum of Art started 2014 by opening a curtain that has kept a large portion of the museum out of view. The museum has also, in the past, revealed 33 percent of gallery space, a 76-seat...

English professor talks of addiction in novel

Maureen O'Reilly, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

As a doctoral student in English and American Literature at Johns Hopkins, Michael Clune lived a double life. To those who knew him professionally, Clune was an academic. To a few others in his life, Clune...

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