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Why reading hard books is important, despite how difficult it can be

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

In middle school and high school, your teachers probably encouraged you to seek out primary sources, which are original accounts of a topic, as opposed to secondary sources, which are retellings or summaries...

Beyond the bin: A new approach to dining hall food can help reduce food waste

Beyond the bin: A new approach to dining hall food can help reduce food waste

Katharina Staehr, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

Brace yourself for an unpopular opinion—but when I enter Leutner or Fribley Commons, I’m excited for the fiesta of flavors that awaits. It might be a mediterranean-style bowl heaped with roasted chickpeas...

84% of CWRU undergraduate students are involved in research: What’s the big deal?

Gloria Liu, Contributing Writer February 23, 2024

You’ve been slumped in the same chair for two hours now, eagerly waiting for your experiment to finish running. You could continue working on that paper, but truly, you have no focus—or will for that...

Entertainment tech is too good for our own good

Entertainment tech is too good for our own good

Jessica Kwasny, Staff Writer February 23, 2024

While walking around campus, I often feel like I’m in a peculiar kind of silent disco. The majority of students—myself included—pop earbuds in as soon as lecture ends and immediately hustle to the...

Humanities write essays, but STEM fills in bubbles—this is a problem

Humanities write essays, but STEM fills in bubbles—this is a problem

Salsabeel Salem, Staff Writer February 16, 2024

50 questions, 1 hour and 15 minutes. As the clock struck 1 p.m., over 100 students flipped open their test, commencing the third BIOL 215: Cells and Proteins exam. I meandered my way about the exam questions,...

The price of love

The price of love

Aambar Agarwal, Social Media Editor February 9, 2024

It is quite impossible to overlook Feb. 14 on any calendar. The date is almost always marked as Valentine’s Day, either in words or with a naked baby shooting an arrow. No worries if you skipped glancing...

The romanticization of school is a double-edged sword

Hannah Johnson, Staff Writer February 9, 2024

“Who cares if I’m pretty if I fail my finals?” It’s likely you may have seen this quote attached to vision boards, scribbled in daily affirmations, or referenced like the Bible by online study...

A different perspective on body positivity

Catherine Choi, Staff Writer February 2, 2024

The body positive trend is seeking to combat discrimination and stereotypes based on weight and aims to help people feel comfortable about their unique body shape. Such a trend has contributed to identifying...

The most valuable lesson you can learn from a major in engineering

The most valuable lesson you can learn from a major in engineering

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer February 2, 2024

Engineering education has a problem—an apathy problem. This apathy varies, of course, but especially in the classes more focused on math and theory, students treat engineering education as a pill they...

BookTok or BookToxic?

BookTok or BookToxic?

Katharina Staehr, Staff Writer January 26, 2024

With little to do over winter break, I turned to avid reading to fight off my boredom. And indeed, I was entertained by the bubbling BookTok community, only to find Sally Rooney’s “Normal People”...

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