CWRU medical school starts work on new building
Victoria Robinson, Student Affairs Reporter
October 19, 2012
Founded in 1843, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been training medical students for more than 165 years. It is currently ranked 24th in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report and has received praise as a top medical school by many organizations over the year...
The Real Life
Marques Winick, Contributing Reporter
October 19, 2012
All eyes in the room rested on Judy Chen, who squatted down to retrieve a giant orange inflatable six-sided die. Her foot rested on a blue sheet of paper with the number 58 scrawled upon it, signifying that she was two steps away from winning the game that she and 15 other Case Western Reserve University...
Faculty researches computer neuroscience
Preethi Siva, Campus Reporter
October 12, 2012
Strange things can be seen on Case Western Reserve University’s campus – a professor carrying a guitar case or several beach balls, for example. But what may be strange to most is just the norm for several freshmen in their ENGR 131 class, Matlab, taught by Dr. Chris Fietkiewicz. However, there is...
Shouheng Sun gives frontiers in chemistry lecture
Lucy Tan, Campus Lectures Reporter
October 12, 2012
Last Thursday, after conversing over free coffee and tea, students and faculty began to trickle into the Goodyear Lecture Hall for a lecture given by Shouheng Sun, Ph.D., a Chemistry professor invited from Brown University to speak as a guest lecturer for Case Western Reserve University’s Frontiers...
YAL hosts event on mounting college costs
Greg Bokar, News Editor
October 12, 2012
College costs have been on the rise for years and are showing no sign of stopping the continuation on their upward trajectory. Moreover, a growing number of students are graduating from both public and private institutions with insurmountable debt. Case Western Reserve University student organization...
Architecture tour unearths character, history at Lake View Cemetery
Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2012
On a brisk Saturday morning, the crunching of acorns under treading feet and the rustling of freshly fallen leaves is broken by the unexpected shrill of an ambulance siren. “I hope they’re not coming here,” Dale Serne, principal of Dale Serne Architects, yells over the noise. “If they are, then...
RHA Brief
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
October 12, 2012
The Residence Hall Association (RHA) is a student organization that focuses on programming, advocacy, and leadership development in the residence halls. RHA General Body meets every Monday evening to discuss business, such as co-sponsorships for campus events, committee information, leadership opportunities,...
Walking to remember
Jamie Van Doren, Contributing Reporter
October 12, 2012
A group of children clad in purple t-shirts crowd together, striking the silliest poses they can imagine. Four members of the group hold another aloft and wait impatiently for their grandmother, Donna Adams, to snap a picture. On the backs of their shirts, in bright green puffy paint, is written “Grandma...
On-campus dietitian to help students with special diet needs
Victoria Robinson, Student Affairs Reporter
October 12, 2012
For many students, the “freshman 15” is a big concern; the dining halls give them access to food at all times of the day and it is solely their responsibility to eat healthy food. However, for other students, not having any food to eat on campus is a concern. According to CBS News, one in three...
Innovative chemistry class subject of documentary
Victoria Robinson, Student Affairs Reporter
October 12, 2012
Imagine being surrounded by 325 classmates, sitting in a lecture hall, waiting to take an hour of notes on the properties of gases, liquids, and solids. Instead, though, the professor walks around the classroom, popping balloons filled with different gases and sending them up in flames. For the students...
