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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

Researcher lectures about Netherland’s euthanasia policy, potential US implications

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter November 4, 2013

Currently, doctors try to keep you alive no matter, but that may soon change. Dr. Gerrit Kimsma, a well-known medical practitioner from the Free University of Amsterdam lectured Monday on campus about...

SpartonTHON helps give kids an Extra Life with gaming marathon

Brian Sherman, Staff Reporter November 4, 2013

Extra Life, a 24 hour marathon of gaming supported by donations from friends and family, will be kicking off its events this week to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals. The event,...

Social Justice Institute to host think tank event for dialogue on current social justice issues

Anastazia Vanikso, Staff Reporter November 4, 2013

Starting Friday, Nov. 15 and continuing through Saturday, Nov. 16, Case Western Reserve University’s Social Justice Institute is sponsoring an intergenerational think tank in the Thwing Center called...

Watch out boo-low: Pumpkins to be dropped off Clarke Tower today

Tanvi Parmar, Staff Reporter November 4, 2013

Today from 4 to 7 p.m. (or when the pumpkins run out), students will be able to drop a pumpkin off the 11th floor of Clarke Tower for free at the Residence Hall Association Magnolia Community Council’s...

Outside the Circle

Arielle Soffer and Anastazia Vanisko November 4, 2013

Federal judge strikes down controversial Texas abortion limits Anastazia Vanisko US District Judge Lee Yeakel struck down part of a Texan law prohibiting abortions last Monday. Yeakel said that the...

Only you can prevent fire alarms

So by this point in the year, it has probably happened to you at least once, somewhere on campus: Your daily routine is suddenly jolted by a blaring horn that at first makes you think you are aboard a...

Police Blotter: 10/14 to 10/28

November 4, 2013

Oct. 14 — Petty theft- Cell phone taken from office, Allen Memorial Library Oct. 16 —Bicycle theft- Bike taken from rack, Strosacker Auditorium Oct. 22 —Burglary- Locker opened by force & items...

Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith hand out Biblical literature near the corner of Aldebert and Euclid.

Jehovah’s Witnesses come to Case

Jasmine Gallup, Staff Reporter October 24, 2013

On the corner of Euclid and Adelbert, on an otherwise unimportant Thursday afternoon in September, two strangers stand on a little patch of sidewalk in front of Severance Hall, bringing with them a display...

Voices for Violence event empowers sexual assault victims to share their stories

Julia Bianco, Staff Reporter October 24, 2013

In the Kelvin Smith Library Oval, students sit clustered in small groups, holding votive candles. Black wooden silhouettes of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are scattered through the...

Second-year’s project hopes to set international quality standards for photovoltaic connectors

Kushagra Gupta, Contributing Reporter October 24, 2013

While much of the research done on campus will make differences in the real world, one student is working on a project that could have international repercussions. Olga Eliseeva, a second year student,...

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