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Applications for this years CCELs Alternative Spring Break trip to Nicaragua close on Dec. 1.

There’s something about Margarita

Julia Bianco, News Editor November 21, 2014

In the rural town of Aposentillo, Nicaragua, 16 Case Western Reserve University students sit lounged on hammocks by the beach, some talking, some petting the dogs that roam around the open property. The...

Joseph Galanek

Researcher spends nine months working in maximum security prison

Mark Patteson, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

A co-worker once told Joseph Galanek, “No one ever plans to come work in a penitentiary. It just happens.” Coming out of college with a degree in psychology and a keen interest in abnormal psychology,...

Directions to the nearest alien Earth-like planet

Adithi Iyengar, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

Do aliens exist? When it comes to answering the question of whether or not there is other life in the universe, astronomers are on their way. The first step is to find other planets that are similar to...

Riding safely

The Safe Ride program is one of the best known programs run by the Case Western Reserve University Police and Security Services Department. If you haven't used the service yourself yet, you have probably...

USG designs syllabus database to help students with course registration

Sruthi Meka, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

The Undergraduate Student Government wants to make course registration easier. With the new syllabus database, created by the Academic Affairs subcommittee, students can look through a resource bank of...

Halloween at Home will not return next year

Gabrielle Buffington, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

Halloween at Home is discontinued indefinitely. “For the foreseeable future, yes.” Colin Worden, executive president of the Class Officer Collective, uttered this statement gently and with...

COC plans holiday event for freshmen and sophomores

Gabrielle Buffington, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

The freshmen and sophomore classes are going home for the holidays—almost. The Class Officer Collective’s new event, “Almost Home for the Holidays,” will give freshmen and sophomores a place to...

Village gym to be transformed into practice space for dance groups

Julia Bianco, News Editor November 21, 2014

The gym in the Village at 115th will soon be no more. The gym, located behind the Starbucks, will be stripped of its equipment and transformed into a practice space for campus dance groups. Dance groups,...

Dark matter may be bigger than we thought

Kevin Wang, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

Case Western Reserve University researchers are hoping to unravel the mystery of dark matter. Physics Professor Glenn Starkman and recently graduated doctoral student David Jacobs theorize that dark matter,...

CWRU Police Blotter, Nov. 11 to Nov. 18

November 21, 2014

Nov. 14—Felony theft. Wallet taken from purse, Kelvin Smith Library. Nov. 14—Theft from auto. Glass smashed and items taken from parked auto, 1920 Martin Luther King Drive. Nov. 15—Criminal...

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