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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

LGBT Center works with graduate students to create a more inclusive CWRU

Halle Rose, Staff Reporter December 6, 2019

AmariYah Israel, assistant director of the LGBT Center at Case Western Reserve University, started her talk by handing out three things: a matching game, a packet of vocabulary words and a cartoon labeled...

Rocket Team PR Chair Maximus Ross Frostbite, was the last rocket launched on Nov. 16

CWRU Rocket team launches into the sky

Matt Hooke, Executive Editor November 22, 2019

On Thursday, Nov. 19, a blue timer counted down in the Case Rocket Team (CRT) headquarters in think[box]. It marked the one day, 15 hours and six minutes left until the next rocket launch for the team....

Case Salsa club holds a successful dance class

Cecelia Zielke, Staff Reporter November 1, 2019

Were you at Starbucks at around 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3? Glancing outside, did you suddenly feel as if you were in a scene from “Step Up Revolution”? It was likely that you were witnessing...

“ZOMBIE! Run!”

Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter October 25, 2019

Someone yells to a group of students marked with green bandanas around their arms. In the distance a horde of students, this time with the bandanas tied around their heads, runs towards the first group....

CWRU Medwish volunteers repaired over $170,000 worth of medical equipment for underprivileged hospitals.

Student organization repairs medical equipment for underprivileged countries

Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter September 27, 2019

Case Western Reserve University prides itself on the myriad of hands-on learning opportunities it offers its students. One such opportunity is CWRU’s student organization MedWish, an offshoot of MedWish...

Students enjoy the events offered at the Asian Mid-Autumn Fest

Asian Mid-Autumn Festival features various cultural clubs

Nihal Manjila, Staff Reporter September 20, 2019

Various cultural clubs from Case Western Reserve University came together to host the annual Asian Mid-Autumn Festival this past Friday in Thwing Center. The Festival served as a gathering of students,...

Students learn about safe sex practices at SEXPOpalooza 2019.

SEXPOpalooza excited students to discuss safe and consensual sex

Jordan Reif, Staff Reporter September 13, 2019

Last week, over three hundred students rose to the occasion to have open conversations about sex and sexuality at the annual SEXPOpalooza event. Co-hosted by Sexual Assault and Violence Educators (SAVE)...

The OL Experience

Nihal Manjila, Staff Reporter August 30, 2019

Entering college can be a daunting task. Incoming students have to leave their families and homes and join a new community in a new place. Discover Week plays a vital role in integrating new students into...

Constitution Discussion Roundtable: Q&A with Madeline Myers

Katharine Toledo, Staff Reporter August 30, 2019

Each year to celebrate Constitution Day, students from Case Western Reserve University put together a student-led discussion forum with two guest speakers to debate various constitutional issues pertinent...

Students enjoyed a celebratory Seder meal at the Albert and Norma Geller Hillel Student Center.

Chabad and Hillel get Jewish students in the Passover spirit

Lev Pearlman, Staff Reporter April 26, 2019

On Friday, April 19, the Cleveland Hillel Foundation and Chabad at CWRU began their respective Passover celebrations. The Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jews’ mass exodus from Egypt to escape slavery...

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