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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Kim: Lessons from performance poetry

Won Hee Kim, Columnist February 16, 2018

It’s Thursday night. A group of forty or so sits in the crooked rows by the stage at Euclid Tavern, with more people milling about and eavesdropping. Among the crowd is the creative writing club of Case...

Instead of blaming others for your problems, sometimes its more useful to look inwards.

Saulsman: Self-reflection may help resolve internal dissonance

Courtney Saulsman, Columnist February 16, 2018

In light of recent personal experiences, I have uncovered the importance of looking inwards. Today’s society makes it easy for us to not pay attention to how we feel, why we act the way we do and what...

Mukhi: In defense of the Oxford comma

Zubair Mukhi, Columnist February 16, 2018

The Oxford comma isn’t something that I hear discussed a lot without provocation. When it is discussed, however, proponents and opponents defend their position ferociously. People I’ve asked about...

Friends, family and loved ones mourned Thomas Yatskos death. As a nation, we need to re-examine the toxic roots of police culture that lead to fatal shootings.

Thomas Yatsko did not deserve to die

Christopher Alan Cannon, Columnist February 16, 2018

Thomas Yatsko, the 21-year-old man who was shot down outside of the Corner Alley just weeks ago, did not deserve to die. Yatsko, known by his family and friends for helping out his neighbors and feeding...

Typically, U.S. engineering students graduate and start working after four years. But there might be more value to a more comprehensive five-year education.

Adams: Make U.S. engineering education great again

Maurice Adams, Guest Columnist February 16, 2018

Graduating engineering students obtaining Bachelor of Science degrees now do not enjoy advantages the writer enjoyed when he graduated from a top-rated East Coast engineering school in the early 1960s....

Martz: Taking the stress out of Valentine’s Day

Paulina Martz, Columnist February 9, 2018

Valentine’s Day. A holiday that strikes fear in the hearts of some, loathing in the hearts of many and loveーit seemsーin the hearts of few. Valentine’s Day has seemingly divided us into groups of...

Richards: Student services cri(SIS)

Jason Richards, Columnist February 9, 2018

Towards the end of last month, the Case Western Reserve University Division of Student Affairs released an announcement in The Daily that they are “in the later stages of choosing an engagement platform...

Taylor: Why I am boycotting my law school graduation ceremony this spring

Taru Taylor, Guest Columnist February 9, 2018

                            Editor’s Note: In 2017, the author contacted administrators...

Cai: Has colonialism become a culture?

Yingying Cai, Columnist February 9, 2018

When I came back from the study abroad program in India, a heated debate took place during my group’s post-trip meeting. Some of us brought up that when we were visiting an orphanage, a little girl...

Nunnery: Diversity is the step forward, not the end goal​

Anthony Nunnery, Columnist February 9, 2018

To better understand what diversity should be like, it might help to think of it as a five-star restaurant: You have to take in what it has to offer to have a significant experience from diversity. Diversity...

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