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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

Arundhati Menon: Outward appearance never tells all

Arundhati Menon September 25, 2015

During my first week at Case Western Reserve University, we played a game where each of us were made to pick a card, keep it turned away from us and walk around the room interacting with people. Additionally...

Danny Miles: To old skeptics, phones do increase sociability

Danny Miles September 25, 2015

I don't know if there's something in the air or if it's just that time of year again, but I've started seeing an increase in posts on my Facebook feed making fun of millennials and their smartphones. I'm...

A large number of introductory biology and chemistry laboratory classes take place in the Millis Science Center.

Monica Chavan: Are lab courses irksome imperatives or indispensable in education?

Monica Chavan September 25, 2015

For those accustomed to smaller scale, single-teacher high school classes, the division of labor among the collegiate faculty teaching laboratory courses is strangely disconnecting. Freshmen and other...

Larry Wang: Friendship, definition please?

Larry Wang September 18, 2015

For freshman at Case Western Reserve University, orientation began about a month ago. The weeklong event covered everything from diversity to education to making friends. There was a focus on stepping...

The Alumni House is located on Juniper road. It is expected to expand and form a complex with the planned Linsalata Alumni Center

Editorial: CWRU’s new alumni center not best use of space

September 18, 2015

Undergraduate students come to Case Western Reserve University to receive an exceptional and thorough education. Outside the classroom, these students hope for well-funded extracurricular activities, unique...

Brian Eckert: Revamp education nationally

Brian Eckert September 18, 2015

In all honesty, I’ve never read a column before. I’ve never even read a newspaper. When I was younger my parents would read two papers everyday and I just assumed I would pick it up too. I never did. This...

Kate Rasberry: Consent is a gender-blind requirement

Kate Rasberry September 18, 2015

Within the past few years, feminism has reached center stage attention in the media, highlighting the inequalities of the sexes in topics spanning from the wage gap to gender-specific stereotypes to the...

Ankita Chakraborty: Are presidential elections losing respect?

Ankita Chakraborty September 18, 2015

If you’ve watched the news or even glanced at trending topics recently, you would have noticed a headline along the lines of,“Kanye West declares he will be running for president in 2020.” This proclamation...

The only Commuter Lounge is located in the basement of Thwing.

Anna Galipo: Bias and the basement

Anna Galipo September 18, 2015

Every day that I commute to campus, the first thing I do is walk behind the Thwing Center, down a small, stony stairway to the basement. I swipe in, turn on the lights and hope that I don’t step on a...

Letter to the Editor: Vice President Mobley and Vice President Stark in response to “Austin Stroud: CWRU fails to structurally understand diversity”

September 18, 2015

To the editor, A collaboration between the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO) and the Division of Student Affairs, Diversity 360 is a new campus-wide initiative designed to...

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