Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

On its way up

Sruthi Meka, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

Big changes are coming to Case Western Reserve University this upcoming academic year. Unfortunately, though, big changes come with big price tags. Provost and Executive Vice President William “Bud”...

SEC begins deliberations on student activities fee allocations

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

The Student Executive Council (SEC) came together for the first time this semester to review their budgets for the upcoming spring semester. The budgets are determined by the Student Activities Fee (SAF),...

CWRU students bring health club back to life

Gabrielle Buffington, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

Case Western Advocates for Cleveland Health (CWACH) became obsolete in 2014, when all of the active officers graduated from Case Western Reserve University, and it would have remained that way if it weren’t...

CWRU Police Blotter, Feb. 3 to Feb. 10

February 13, 2015

Feb. 3: Petty theft—cash taken from desk drawer, Mandel School Applied Social Sciences Building. Feb. 4: Misuse of credit card—misuse of credit card reported by student at off campus locations,...

New residence hall to be completed in June, prices to be similar to the Village

Adithi Iyengar, Copy Editor February 13, 2015

Upperclassmen will have another housing option in the fall. Construction for the new residence hall in the North Residential Village is set to be finished in June. The building hopes to help house...

Creative entrepreneurship

Katie Wieser, Executive Editor February 13, 2015

One by one, they stood up and spoke. The ladies of the Changemaker conference were all asked what big change they’d like to see in their community. As a group, they discussed intolerance, mental...

Director of Greek Life discusses plans to improve, expand

Miriam Ridge, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

This week, we sat down with Mark Starr, the director of the Greek Life Office. Community The Greek Life Office is aiming to be more proactive when it comes to the campus community. First off, Greek...

CWRU to participate in survey about sexual assault climate

Suneil Kamath, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

The ineffectiveness of sexual assault policies and procedures in postsecondary institutions across the nation has increased pressure on universities to find a proper way to deal with campus assault. Case...

Protect your burrow

Last week was Groundhog Day, everyone’s favorite rodent-based celebration. After Phil was unceremoniously yanked out of his hole to decree that there are six more weeks of winter coming, he was stuffed...

CWRU gets SMARRTer about mental health

Aneeka Ayyar, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

Case Western Reserve University’s Students Meeting about Risk and Responsibility Training (SMARRT) leaders hope to change the way people look at mental illnesses with an awareness campaign beginning...

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