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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

Patel: Change the name

Patel: Change the name

Riddhi Patel, Columnist November 4, 2016

Despite the progress we have made as a country in terms of race relations, we still have sports teams named after racial groups, such as Cleveland’s baseball team, the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland...

The Curious Case of Our Campus’s Beauty

Kevin Smith, Opinion Editor October 28, 2016

New architecture without 90 degree angles, atriums connecting class halls, old buildings under renovations, trees on the quad transforming into their fall form and some massive construction project on...

Letter to the Editor: Hoffman’s “Islamophobia”

Glenn Starkman October 28, 2016

On Oct. 14, the Observer filled its front page with an article about a public conversation held almost two years ago on the CWRU campus between Dan Moulthrop, CEO of Cleveland City Club, and Stephen...

Respecting each other this Halloween

Respecting each other this Halloween

October 28, 2016

College campuses have found themselves in a state of hypervisibility lately, mostly due to what some consider to be “political correctness.” Everything that happens on campus is watched, carefully,...

Taleb: We’re teaching kids to grow up too quickly

Nardine Taleb, Columnist October 28, 2016

Most of our world revolves around our adult lives. When we’re born, most of our parents look at us and wonder what we’ll study, what schools we’ll go to and who we’ll marry. People often feel that...

Assmus: Putting School Aside for Relationships

Abby Assmus, Columnist October 28, 2016

Being busy is commonplace among the students at Case Western Reserve University. Relaxing and not taking on too much while being a student is something that is important and acknowledged by many of the...

Letter to the Editor: Radical Student Union Addresses Controversy

Evan Adams October 28, 2016

On Sept. 21, the Case Western Reserve University’s Radical Student Union (RSU) hosted a public screening of the documentary “The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in...

Response to Trump on “locker room banter”

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Professor of Philosophy October 14, 2016

When I was about seven years old, my mother wanted her maiden name back. My father respected her and fully supported her choice. She was a coal-miner's daughter from Southern Ohio—Pleasant City—and...

Nguyen: Everything has value

Phuong Nguyen, Columnist October 14, 2016

A while ago, my parents used to compare me to other people, unintentionally: “Look at them,” they would say. “Those kids are the same age as you, getting into Harvard, making money and entering the...

Taekman: Spartan School Spirit

Sarah Taekman, Columnist October 14, 2016

Imagine your archetypical college football game. The screaming student section and the echoes of the marching band bouncing around the stadium as a player gears his arm back and throws, full-force....

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