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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

A Tea-riffic Trio: Meeting the student entrepreneurs behind Tippit Tea

A Tea-riffic Trio: Meeting the student entrepreneurs behind Tippit Tea

Ritika Devarakonda, Contributing Writer April 28, 2023

Three students at Case Western Reserve University have recently launched a new bubble tea business on campus. Tippit Tea, founded by third-year students Elwin He and Andrew Wu along with second-year Patrick...

Student Advocacy Group, spearheaded by USG’s Diversity and Inclusion (DNI) committee, seeks to improve access to confidential support on campus. Members of the DNI committee pictured from left to right are first-year Shruti Kelkar, second-year Kamar Taweel, first-year Abirami Rajasekaran, first-year Chize Ogbogu and second-year Amr Salem.

Student Advocacy Group aims to create crisis support hotline

Shreyas Banerjee, Executive Editor April 21, 2023

Case Western Reserve University, like any other university, is unfortunately a place where sexual violence, discrimination and harassment are prevalent, with students needing plenty of support to address...

The lack of communication from the administration regarding the new location for the Department of Mathematics has left many professors worried about their ability to hold SI sessions and group meetings.

Open letter circulates in Math Department detailing Yost demolition discontent

Shreyas Banerjee, Executive Editor April 21, 2023

Since 1951, Yost Hall has been a mainstay on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, when it was constructed as a dormitory for the Case Institute of Technology. Later, it transitioned into the...

Labre Homeless Outreach serves Cleveland with food and faith

Cameron Ward, Staff Writer April 21, 2023

On Monday nights a white Center for Civic Engagement and Leadership (CCEL) van loaded with hot meals and donations hits the streets of downtown Cleveland. The people in the van are on their way to give...

USG President-elect Basil Yaseen, the former VP of finance, promises to foster greater communication between USG and the student body and implement indexed tuition, a system where scholarships increase at the same rate as tuition.

Basil Yaseen elected USG President for 2023-2024 academic year

Shreyas Banerjee, Executive Editor April 21, 2023

The students of Case Western Reserve University voted this past week, between April 14-15, for their representatives within the Undergraduate Student Government (USG). This led to the election of third-year...

USG spring 2023 candidate previews

USG spring 2023 candidate previews

Zachary Treseler, Staff Writer April 14, 2023

With elections for officers of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) occurring April 14-15, The Observer is profiling all the candidates running for executive positions. Students can vote at vote.case.edu. President The...

What we know about sextortion on campus

What we know about sextortion on campus

Grace Johnson, News Editor March 31, 2023

At Case Western Reserve University, there have been a number of instances of sextortion, primarily in the first-year class. For those unfamiliar, sextortion is a form of extortion, wherein instead of demanding...

CWRU is eliminating the SAGES program and replacing it with Unified General Educational Requirements (UGER) in the hopes that students will have greater flexibility to explore classes in departments across the university.

SAGES is ending next semester. But what’s actually changing?

Shreyas Banerjee, Executive Editor March 24, 2023

Since 2003, students at Case Western Reserve University have been required to take courses within the Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES) sequence. Forming the basis of CWRU’s...

Using Hololens 2 technology, CWRUs Interactive Commons has been working to forge a promising educational future for students since the creation of the space in 2015.

A look at CWRU’s Hololens program: What is the future of mixed reality?

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer March 24, 2023

When computers were first created, only academics, warmongers and managers of the most complicated industries had any use for them. But today, everyone in the developed world either owns or uses computers...

President Kaler joined USGs General Assembly on March 21 to address student questions and concerns about diversity, increases in tuition and the continuing growth of the student population.

President Kaler responds to USG concerns on diversity, tuition and growth

Shreyas Banerjee, Executive Editor March 24, 2023

Following a period of tension between the administration of Case Western Reserve University and its Undergraduate Student Government (USG), President Eric Kaler addressed the entire USG on Tuesday March...

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