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CWRU student launches CampusMonkey

Kevin Wang, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

CampusMonkey, a new app launching soon for iOS and Android, is aiming to help you with your homework. The free app, founded by fifth-year mechanical engineering student Leo Li, allows students to ask for...

7 cups of tea

App provides anonymous online therapy

John Brogan, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

Need to vent? 7 Cups of Tea, an online-based talk therapy app, is working to provide support for students as they work through their college careers. The app gives users the option to chat anonymously...

Cleveland Catch-Up

Julia Bianco, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

We boil down what happened in Cleveland this week. Ohio Governor John Kasich dances around the question Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich gave his most clear answer yet to the question of...

Dr. Sanford Markowitz

Colon cancer: Two different tumor worlds

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

In his youth, Dr. Sanford Markowitz loved science. In college, his majors were chemistry and physics, and it was the latter he thought he would continue to study. As an upperclassman, however, Markowitz...

University Counseling Services expands interpersonal group

Suneil Kamath, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

University Counseling Services (UCS) is expanding its popular interpersonal process group (IPG) due to increased demand. According to UCS, IPG is “for students who wish to better understand themselves...

Martin Luther King essay contest calls for submissions

Jessica Yang, Social Media Editor January 23, 2015

In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Baker Nord Center for Humanities and the Kelvin Smith Library have come together to sponsor the...

Pres. to press

Mike McKenna, Director of Print January 23, 2015

In the spirit of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, we kick off bringing you our monthly sit-down with Case Western Reserve University President Barbara R. Snyder. This month, the conversation...

Cars, cars, cars

Starting in early November, the University Circle area experienced a rash of vehicle break-ins and catalytic converter thefts. These types of crimes hit the University Circle and Little Italy areas periodically,...

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Charlie Hebdo attacks trigger grief around world, open discussions at CWRU

Nardine Taleb, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

When the now-notorious gunmen, Cherif and Saïd Kouachi, burst into the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7, they not only triggered three days of terror for France that left 17 victims...

Psychology professor Amy Przeworski and graduate student Jennifer Birnkrant created a survey that is looking to learn more about the experiences of transgender children and their parents.

New study focuses on the oft-ignored “T” in LGBT

Aquene Kimmel, Opinions Editor January 23, 2015

The recent death of 17-year-old transgender girl Leelah Alcorn brought attention to the need for greater acceptance and support of transgender people. How to accomplish that support, though, remains unclear....

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