Letter to the Editor
April 19, 2013
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With the recent uproar due to disturbing responses by some to the Steubenville rape case, the knowledge of the general population about sexual assault has been called into question. As a founding member and former president of Case Western Reserve University’s Sexual Assault and Violence Educators... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
April 12, 2013
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I am writing in response to an editorial in last week’s edition of The Observer, which contained what I contest was an inaccurate assessment of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Presidential candidates by the editorial staff. This assessment came in the article “The Observer endorses... Read more »
Letters to the Editor
February 22, 2013
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Regarding your story about KSL and its funding, I have one simple question: Where would the money come from to fund the library? I sincerely hope that the increased funding does not come from tuition. Without increasing costs on the student body, can the university find a way to fund the library? Most... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Zak Khan
February 8, 2013
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When The Pretenders sang "My City Was Gone" in 1982, they proclaimed "My city had been pulled down / Reduced to parking spaces." The world has changed in the thirty years since this song was written; Akron, and Cleveland, have since torn down historic structures for Hoffman's favorite development, the... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Duwain Pinder
November 2, 2012
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When I graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 2010, I had a pretty clear five-year plan. I would work at McKinsey & Company for two or three years, go back to graduate school, and then decide where to go from there. I was excited to build on the leadership skills developed during my undergraduate... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
Ellen Kubit, Undergraduate Student
September 7, 2012
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I have a class with Andrew Breland, writer of "Sticks and stones may break our bones..." Every day, he brings intelligent answers and comments to the class. Since this piece is in the 'Opinion' section, I know Mr. Breland will respect me offering my own. Towards the middle of the third paragraph,... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
April 27, 2012
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To the editor: This letter is in reference to the editorial called “Programming with student interests in mind”. As the Director of Information of UPB, I’m writing this letter to clarify some of the things mentioned in the editorial. First, although Springfest wasn’t mentioned, it sounded... Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Child support policy does not work for any of us
April 20, 2012
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Submitted by: Jennifer Hartmann, Graduate Student Last week, the Case Observer featured an article on CWRU’s Schubert Center for Child Studies, discussing policies affecting children. We as a university community need to care about these policies because they affect all of us either directly or... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
March 23, 2012
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Dear Editor: I would like to point out a few errors in Andrew Shriver’s article, “Why Birth Control Matters: The GOP’s War on Women.” The Virginia General Assembly did not pass a law requiring a transvaginal ultrasound. They instead required that a woman receive a non-invasive ultrasound, allowing... Read more »
Letter to the Editor
March 2, 2012
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To the Editor & the Observer staff, I'm writing to you to bring to light potentially offensive material in the Friday, February 17, 2012 issue of the Observer. The title and opening paragraphs of the piece titled "PechaKucha, Not Pikachu" are worded in an unhelpful, possibly hurtful... Read more »