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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Donald Qiao, founder and president of independent student group Case TV, interviews unsuspecting students.

Case TV: independently bringing smiles to campus

Elaina Lin, Theatre and Dance Reporter April 26, 2013

It’s a typical day at Case Western Reserve University, until you start walking along Leutner Pavilion, where there seems to be some sort of spectacle. Video cameras surround the scene, and an unsuspecting...

Observer’s playlist of the week: April 26, 2013

Jason Walsh, Music Critic April 26, 2013

Azealia Banks - “Yung Rapunxel” If you somehow haven’t heard Azealia Banks’s “212” by now, you should get on board. It was one of the best songs of last year, and “Yung Rapunxel” is her...

Cast and call: Captain America visits Cleveland

April 26, 2013

This past weekend, the crew of the new Marvel movie “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” auditioned hundreds of people to be extras. Many from the area came to get their 15 seconds of fame. Here are...

Spot Night changes, but in a good way

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter April 26, 2013

After another successful year, Spot Night may face some future changes to promote its weekly presence on Case Western Reserve University’s campus. “We’re looking to book artists that will be getting...

Watershed Down meets the Internet

Drew Scheeler, Film and Television Critic April 26, 2013

T. S. Eliot was predicting the modern era of television when he opined that April is the cruelest month. Most shows are slowing down as they prepare to wrap up for the season. Meanwhile, networks introduce...

Drawn with flying colors: British masterworks-on-paper at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawn with flying colors: British masterworks-on-paper at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Christopher Dwyer, Art Critic April 19, 2013

To this author (and who am I to disagree with the author?), England’s poetic and historical memory seems to course ineluctably through the oeuvre of one, pantheonized, stand-alone colossus: Jackson Mallord...

Bitcoins: The internet’s mystery currency

Owen Bell, Games & Tech Reporter April 19, 2013

Bitcoins have been appearing a lot in the news lately. As the security of the Euro seems caught in the balance, many people and organizations are starting to look for alternative currencies to save their...

Holi brings color to CWRU

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter April 19, 2013

What could possibly be better than getting a handful of chalk thrown at you? On any other day, it might not be so appreciated, but for Holi, it is just what people expect. Tomorrow, Case Western...

Autre Ne Veut by Anxiety

Jason Walsh, Music Critic April 19, 2013

Autre Ne Veut, a.k.a. Arthur Ashin, is part of a current wave of musicians clearly influenced by pop and R&B and who want to make music that sounds like pop and R&B without quite being pop and...

ABC bets on babies

Drew Scheeler, Film and Television Critic April 19, 2013

Watershed Down Gambling is illegal in most states if you’re under the age of twenty one. But this doesn’t mean you can’t wager on toddlers! The American Broadcasting Company’s most recent game...

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