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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

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...

Tech brief: CWRU team transforms cells

Owen Bell, Games & Tech Reporter April 19, 2013

In a work of breakthrough research, a team at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine was able to transform skin cells into brain cells. Using transformed mouse skin cells implanted into mouse brains,...

An outsider’s perspective: Indian Flame

An outsider’s perspective: Indian Flame

Jack Behrend, Copy Editor April 12, 2013
Indian Flame is located on Euclid, just a short walk from the freshman dorms.

Coming to Eldred Theater: “The Crucible”

Joseph Verbovszky, Theatre Reporter April 12, 2013

Conformity is powerful. Even here, at Case Western Reserve University, you can feel it. You raise your hand to ask a question. You might be asked to stand. You get up and your voice, clear at the beginning,...

“Present Shock:” Media Theory for the 21st Century

Owen Bell, Games & Tech Reporter April 12, 2013

It’s hard to keep life organized these days. Everything seems to be rushing by at 1000 miles per hour and nothing slows down. Between keeping up with work, Facebook, e-mail, Twitter, and countless other...

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