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Editorial: Fall 2019 Report Card

Editorial Board December 6, 2019

Campus climate - B- Overall, Case Western Reserve University does its best to welcome students of all backgrounds, religions, ethnicities and identities. The administration did well in releasing a statement...

Editorial: DREAMers, we stand by you

Editorial Board November 22, 2019

Last Saturday, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) sent an email to the entire student body regarding students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status. The message, amid rising...

Editorial: The questions we must ask about club sports initiatives

Editorial Board November 15, 2019

The Club Sports referendum has recently resurfaced after failing last spring. In April, undergraduate students voted to decide whether club sports should join the Student Presidents’ Roundtable. Had...

Editorial: Save the vote

Editorial Board November 8, 2019

This week celebrated one of the pillars of our democracy. Ohio joined nearly every other state on Tuesday for general elections. According to political philosopher Hannah Arendt, neither a state nor a...

Editorial: The opioid crisis settlement isn’t over yet

Editorial Board November 1, 2019

More people in Cuyahoga County died of opioid overdoses than homicides, suicides and car crashes combined in 2016. While deaths increased again the following year, 2018 saw a decrease to 560 deaths. However,...

Editorial: Andrew Wheeler does not stand for CWRU values

Editorial: Andrew Wheeler does not stand for CWRU values

Editorial Board October 25, 2019

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), acting administrator and Case Western Reserve University alumnus Andrew Wheeler visited campus for a day-long symposium. The...

Editorial: USG meal plan initiatives are an admirable first step

Editorial Board October 11, 2019

As a part of the everyday life of a student, the meal plan and overall dining hall experience often come up in conversation. Usually, the conversation is about the quality of the food, the price per swipe...

Recent fires and confusion over Safe Ride policy raises questions about campus safety  Courtesy of The Daily

Editorial: What Public Safety does for CWRU

Editorial Board October 4, 2019

Following the release of the 48-page comprehensive 2019 Security and Fire Safety Report, the Public Safety department at CWRU should be commended for its actions to document safety procedures on campus....

Attention on climate raises important ethical questions about environmental responsibility

Editorial Board September 27, 2019

In the week following the global climate strike, it must be said that the velocity the environmental movement has gathered cannot fall again while the issue remains so urgent. On campus, the Cleveland...

Editorial: Case Western Reserve University’s campus identity question

Editorial Board September 20, 2019

Stepping onto campus, it’s evident that Case Western Reserve University has an issue with identity. The campus itself is split into the Mather and the engineering Quads, bracketed on either side by the...

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