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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Google recently unveiled a new set of maps as a part of its popular
online Google Maps application, which included photographs of North
Korea.

Outside the Circle

Sarah Groft, National News Reporter February 8, 2013

Google Maps releases map of North Korea On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Google Maps unveiled its map of North Korea.  According to Google, the map of the secretive police state was completed with assistance from...

Overnight fire closes Cleveland’s West Side Market

Overnight fire closes Cleveland’s West Side Market

Alexis Parisi February 8, 2013

While Case Western Reserve University students have been battling the snowy sidewalks of Cornell Rd. and the Neurovirus this past week, Cleveland had been facing battles of a different variety. On Jan....

Police Blotter: Jan. 22 to Feb. 5, 2013

CWRU Police February 8, 2013

Jan.25 — Harassing communications; Dental School Jan. 28 — Breaking and entering, glass broken, and items taken; Verizon store, 11435 Euclid Ave. Jan. 31 — Petty theft, cable router stolen...

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...

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