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USG Brief: February 5, 2013

USG Brief: February 5, 2013

Noora Somersalo, Student Affairs Reporter February 8, 2013

On Tuesday, Feb. 5, the General Assembly (GA) of Case Western Reserve University’s Undergraduate Student Government convened in the Toepfer Room in Adelbert Hall. With Valentine’s Day approaching,...

SLJC Spotlight on… Case Lunabotics Club

Jenna Millemaci, Senior News Reporter February 8, 2013

When Amogha Srirangarajan landed on the Case Western Reserve University campus in the fall of 2011, he didn’t waste any time with his head in the clouds. The triple major in mechanical, aerospace, and...

Relay For Life celebrates research theme at annual event

Relay For Life celebrates research theme at annual event

Staff reports February 8, 2013

This year, Relay For Life is celebrating a new theme, which emphasizes the annual events’ focus on programs that help support cancer research. The new theme of research is designed to bring together...

Researchers make science fiction reality with brain controlled prosthetics

Researchers make science fiction reality with brain controlled prosthetics

Bryden Spevek, Senior News Reporter February 1, 2013

Last May, news broke that the world was speeding into the realm of science fiction. Cathy Hutchinson, a woman left paralyzed in all four limbs due to a stroke, was able to drink a bottle of coffee using...

New yoga program aims to de-stress campus, starts today

Bryden Spevak, Contributing Reporter February 1, 2013

It’s time to dust off your yoga mat: today begins Case Western Reserve University’s newest attempt to de-stress its overworked student population. “Free Yoga Fridays,” to be held most weeks this...

Cleveland author to present “The Baltimore Plot”

Mike McKenna, Assistant News Editor February 1, 2013

Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln. He was the president who got the nation through a civil war, the president who ended slavery. However, what if he had never made it to his inauguration...

On the Beat

February 1, 2013

Recently, the international news featured a story about a terrible fire in a Brazilian nightclub that killed over 100 people. For the campus police, the event was a reminder that fire safety is one of...

Weatherhead School of Management to assist local community members prepare taxes

Suneil Kamath, Civic Engagement Reporter February 1, 2013

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a growing number of people do not have the financial knowledge to understand how to properly prepare taxes. This upcoming tax season, Case Western...

New proposal demands background checks for faculty hires

Noora Somersalo, Student Affairs Reporter February 1, 2013

Do you think potential professors should be exempt from the same background checks required of other new employees at Case Western Reserve University? As The Observer first reported last week, the Undergraduate...

CWRU and CMA enter joint venture on CIA Gund property

Greg Bokar, News Editor February 1, 2013

After much speculation over the past few years, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art officially announced in January the purchase of the Gund Building property located on East...

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