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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Observer App of the Week 4/5: Field Trip

Sheehan Hannah, A&E Editor April 5, 2013

In elementary school, there were two things that I enjoyed more than anything else: recess and field trips. Even to this day, the things I enjoy most come from wandering off the beaten path and finding...

Observer Playlist of the Week: 4/5

Jason Walsh, Music Critic April 5, 2013

Active Child - “Evening Ceremony” In 2010, Active Child put an EP called “Curtis Lane” that was the best thing I’d heard in awhile. His full-length 2011 follow-up “You Are All I See” was...

Observer’s Playlist of the Week: 2/29

Jason Walsh, Music Critic March 29, 2013

The Bullitts – “They Die by Dawn (ft. Yasiin Bey, Jay Electronica, and Lucy Liu)” I’ve never heard of the Bullitts, but apparently one of their members recently directed a spaghetti western short...

Observer App of the Week 2/29: Capitolio

Sheehan Hannan, A&E Editor March 29, 2013

Platform: iOS Price: $6.99 This week’s app of the week is just hardly an app. Even so, it’s beautiful and available through the app store. Christopher Anderson is a photographer’s photographer....

CWRU students create award winning game

Owen Bell, Games and Tech Reporter March 22, 2013

You may have noticed the indie game The Bridge showing up on Steam. A strange fusion of gravity shifting puzzles and dimension-shifting levels, the game looks like something straight out of an MC Esher...

Observer App of the Week 3/22: Ridiculous Fishing

Sheehan Hannan, A&E Editor March 22, 2013

Platform: iOS (iOS 5.0 or later) Price: $2.99 It’s easy for mobile games to go awry. Over-complication, ineffective controls, and ignorance of a phone’s capabilities can make a game into an utter...

Observer Playlist of the Week: 3/22

March 22, 2013

Beyonce - “Bow Down / I Been On” OH DAMN A NEW BEYONCE SONG. It’s basically a victory lap. Beyonce repeats “Bow down, bitches” a couple times and transitions to chopped and screwed vocal samples...

Spring Slam brings poetry to CWRU

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter March 1, 2013

Enthusiasm for English is not exactly prominent at Case Western, but tonight it will undergo a revival of sorts thanks to Spring Slam Nite 2013. This event is not an average poetry slam… though there...

Observer’s app of the week: Sunrise

Sheehan Hannan, A&E Editor March 1, 2013

​In the nonstop stress-fest that is CWRU student life, few things are as important as a quality calendar app. Google Calendar is, of course, the service of choice. The service itself has many advantages...

Observer Playlist of the Week: March 1

Jason Walsh, Music Critic March 1, 2013

Young Galaxy - “Fall For You” Young Galaxy put out a pretty solid album called Shapeshifting in 2011, and they’ve got a new one called Ultramarine coming out April 23. “Fall For You” is the...

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