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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Letter to the Editor: Support for UDC

UMB exec November 11, 2016

The purpose of the University Media Board (UMB) on this campus is to not only support student media, but to also advance and protect student expression. The University Diversity Collaborative (UDC) is...

Parr: The curious case of our campus’s beauty, part II

Sarah Parr, Social Media Editor November 11, 2016

Bio:Sarah Parr is a first-year student who is very undecided about her major, but enjoys free food, which is the whole point of college. A couple of issues ago, I read a short opinion piece by Kevin...

Assmus: Cup controversy

Assmus: Cup controversy

Abby Assmus, Columnist November 11, 2016

Once again, it is November and it is time for Starbucks to reveal their infamous holiday cup. This year, only a day after Halloween, the coffee company revealed an all green cup with a white circle on...

Barrett: Self-care in the midst of political tension

Barrett: Self-care in the midst of political tension

Eva Barrett, Columnist November 11, 2016

Bio: Eva is a third year student, black queer poet and teacher who wants to make the load a little lighter for the next generation of students of color. Election Night is over. All of our strange election...

Nguyen: The Power of Nothing

Phuong Nguyen, Columnist November 4, 2016

Zero is a powerful number. Zero represents passion. In the axis of integer numbers, zero comes before one; you cannot get to one without passing through zero. The same thing happens in real life. Whenever...

Taleb: The concept of the body being a home

Nardine Taleb, Columnist November 4, 2016

Rupi Kaur’s TED Talk last month, “I’m Taking My Body Back,” brought up an interesting discussion about what the body means. Within the TED Talk, Kaur performed a spoken word poem using “home”...

Taekman: Combatting midterm blues

Sarah Taekman, Columnist November 4, 2016

The scene plays out the same way in most classes. It starts with a chorus of moans across the room as the professor sends their assistants out in a flurry of papers. The first wave of students bolts...

Editorial: Get out and vote

November 4, 2016

After three presidential debates and seemingly never ending coverage, November has finally arrived. The political cycle has spun us out and exhausted most of us. Out of the typhoon, we’ve been given...

Letter to the Editor: An End to the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative

November 4, 2016

We are writing today to call for an end to the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC). Since their inception, UDC has been a constructive effort to marginalize and undermine the advancement of minority...

Barrett: The case for a Cleveland Studies program at CWRU

Eva Barrett, Columnist November 4, 2016

It’s high time that Case Western Reserve University thinks seriously about instituting a comprehensive, academically rigorous Cleveland Studies program. Much like University of Chicago’s Chicago Studies...

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