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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

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...

Amber Phillips: Don’t judge a girl by her gender

Amber Phillips September 18, 2015

I have a brother named Shane, born two years, one month and eleven days before me. With Shane, I built multistory Lego houses with five tier garages for the cars we put together from spare parts and sand...

Josh Lehrer: It’s time to talk guns

Josh Lehrer September 11, 2015

There are 268 dead and 288 injured from 33 separate incidents. All by the mass shooting sprees by one (in the case of Columbine, two) perpetrators since 1998. Men, women, children, fathers, mothers, brothers,...

Austin Stroud: CWRU fails to structurally understand diversity

Austin Stroud September 11, 2015

Diversity has always been an issue at Case Western Reserve University. Underrepresentation of minority groups on campus has historically led to a multitude of criticisms and protests that have challenged...

Sarah Jawhari: It’s a (two) party and no one’s invited

Sarah Jawhari September 11, 2015

The frenzy hurtling us into the 2016 elections is nauseating to me. I despise politics. I actively choose not to follow it the same way I choose not to listen to the tedious din the radio believes popular....

Phil Hoffert: Dissatisfaction in American politics, part one

Phil Hoffert September 11, 2015

Isn’t it strange that we tend to detest politics and politicians—at least as uncomfortable realities within our republican system—yet wait in long lines and then shove through large crowds in order...

Arundhati Menon: When across the world, make that friend

Arundhati Menon September 11, 2015

On Aug. 13 at 5:45 p.m., I ran across the space outside Leutner Commons for my 5:30 p.m. group meeting—cursing early morning flights and hotel check-in times. I sat in my allotted circle and thanked...

Editorial: Spot Night can change, but only carefully

Observer Staff September 11, 2015

Spot Night is a key concert and a much beloved event that the University Program Board (UPB) historically put on weekly. Students always knew that they could find a band playing at the Spot on Thursday...

Aderinola Fasipe in response to Josh Lehrer’s “Hillary Clinton: an agent of progress?”

September 11, 2015

To the editor, Despite how even the best-intentioned media have portrayed it, voting rights aren’t the only issues that minorities face. Few of the most important issues in today’s society that...

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