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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Playlist of the Week

Teddy Eisenberg, Staff Reporter October 31, 2014

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”—The Flaming Lips Feat. My Morning Jacket, Fever The Ghost & J. Mascis In a move of either sheer brilliance or pure blasphemy, The Flaming Lips have released...

Local teen publishes novel about bullying

Aneeka Ayyar, Staff Reporter October 31, 2014

When he was 10 years old, Brett Brown decided that he wanted to write a book. Now, at only seventeen, he has already published his first novel, “Haley’s Comet,” a story about bullying, growing up,...

The Flaming Lips new album brings a psychedelic album to an even weirder place.

Too weird to beat The Beatles

Anne Nickoloff, Arts & Entertainment Editor October 31, 2014

It’s a wonder why The Flaming Lips felt the need to cover the entirety of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” award-winning, culture-changing shockwave of an album… but they...

Dennis Lehane’s blood sport

Nardine Taleb, Contributing Reporter October 31, 2014

Dennis Lehane’s talk on Thursday, Oct. 23, had the audience guffawing in their seats. Not only is the thriller-novelist responsible for writing several adored books like “Shutter Island” and “The...

Footlighters’ belated Halloween celebration

Ellie Rambo, Staff Reporter October 31, 2014

The Footlighters don’t want you to forget Halloween again this year. “Everyone’s always busy with school and ends up missing it,” said student director Sam Haese. “Around Nov. 2 you look up...

Laverne Cox is a transgender actress starred on Orange is the New Black, a popular Netflix-original series.

“Orange is the New Black” star to speak on Nov. 6

Jessica Yang, Social Media Editor October 30, 2014

Laverne Cox, of “Orange is the New Black,” who plays an incarcerated, black, transgender woman, is coming to campus on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center. Although tickets are...

Rocky horror

Films for your fearfest

Winston Eng, Staff Reporter October 30, 2014

While I’m sure you’ll be on the lookout to catch ABC’s “Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin” special, “The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror” or your annual dose of Disney’s “Halloweentown” and...

Dennis Lehane’s tips for writing success

Anne Nickoloff, Arts & Entertainment Editor October 24, 2014

“I have a theory that you have 1,000 pages of crap in you,” said author Dennis Lehane, sitting at a table surrounded by students, “and you basically just write the crap out of you.” Before speaking...

Party in the blue spirit

Tiffany Cheung, Contributing Reporter October 21, 2014

On Oct. 16, Cleveland community gathered in Toby’s Plaza, under a huge tent which (thankfully) blocked out the rain. In the busy and bustling tent filled with blue, what stood out were two white think[box]...

All-star cast can’t save confusing plot

Winston Eng, Staff Reporter October 18, 2014

What could have been a tightly-worded, effective tool to demonstrate the social crisis overtly embedded in modern society, is no more than a confusing and honestly frustrating 119 minutes of stories which...

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