Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Freshmen, wear clear safety goggles when entering your nightmare

Zak Khan August 21, 2015

To incoming freshmen, by now your orientation leaders and other folks you’ve met at Case Western Reserve University have probably told you how great it is here. They may have waxed eloquent on how “accepting”...

Semester grades

April 24, 2015
We grade CWRU's housing, student leadership, businesses and more on how well they did in the spring of 2015.

Lessons from behind the desk

Mike McKenna April 17, 2015

The end of the year quickly approaches; it might not be the time to be particularly reflective, considering a deluge of projects and finals. However, in taking over the executive editor role (thank you...

Quick fix needed to prevent another “replyallpocalypse”

April 10, 2015

A single email advertising Phi Delta Theta’s campaign to raise funds for the Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Association promptly became this week’s most talked-about campus event. A brother of...

The Observer endorses Kennedy, Oester and Ward for USG elections

April 8, 2015

Here are The Observer's endorsements for the Undergraduate Student Government's (USG) 2015 elections. We chose to endorse these positions because these are the people that interact with the student body...

Speak your mind

Katie Wieser, Editor in Chief April 3, 2015

It can be difficult to speak up. When surrounded by those who are different or even when around friends, it’s tempting to just smile, nod and move on. We stage internal monologues where the person...

Fixing our student group funding system

March 27, 2015
Here's the deal with the Student Executive Council, which funds all of the umbrella organizations on campus.

A third alternative

Andrew Breland March 27, 2015

The title of this column, for the last three years, has been “The elephant in the room.” As it pertains to campus, this title has always signaled that I write about topics seen and unseen that affect...

With residence hall delay response, housing fails us yet again

March 20, 2015

Delayed. The news that the new residence hall wouldn’t be ready for the start of next school year hit selected emails on March 12, an unwelcome way to end spring breaks for a number of students. The...

Housing strategies lack student focus

February 27, 2015

Housing for the 2015-2016 school year is something that most students have been thinking about in recent weeks. Greek students have been getting emails about chapter housing, and those upperclassmen whose...

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