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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

This photo shows food similar to that served at Gluttony Gauntlet this year.

Pounds of cheese at the Gluttony Gauntlet

Lars Torres, Staff Reporter February 26, 2016

Saturday, Feb. 20, an eating contest was sponsored by University Program Board (UPB) that showcased three distinct abilities that the various contestants had to put on display: food endurance, relay skills...

The Jolly Scholar aims to reach the campus community with events almost every night, and it will soon be opening its own brewery.

Jolly Scholar owner keeps CWRU jolly

Aquene Kimmel, News Editor February 26, 2016

On Saturday, Feb. 27, The Jolly Scholar will celebrate its 11th year at Case Western Reserve University in true Jolly fashion: a “grandfather” beer night, featuring “the kinds of beer you might find...

The Case Engineers Council (CEC) took on a lighthearted project for this year’s Engineers Week: creating more efficient paper planes. The event, simply called the Paper Airplane Competition, was held on Feb. 22 in the Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom. About 20-30 participants entered the contest, spending around three hours constructing planes of different shapes and sizes before testing them against their competitors.

Paper planes fly through the TVUC

Srivatsan Uchani, Staff Reporter February 26, 2016

The Case Engineers Council (CEC) and the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) took on a lighthearted project for this year’s Engineers Week: creating more efficient paper planes. The event, simply called the...

The Spartans hosted the ITA Championships this week where they placed third.

Men’s tennis has strong start

Noah Crowley, Staff Reporter February 26, 2016

The Case Western Reserve University Spartans’ men’s tennis team won its first match of the season, and then won against two of three opposing teams this past weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association...

Emily Young dribbles through traffic against Washington University earlier this season, despite recent losses the Spartans have continued to improve.

Women’s basketball improving despite back to back losses

Billy Heyen, Staff Reporter February 19, 2016

It can be easy to focus on results when it comes to collegiate athletics. With regards to the Case Western Reserve University women’s basketball team, however, it cannot be the only thing by which the...

This new policy, limiting rental and visiting hours at CWRUs farm, is the result of an increase in rent paid by employees who live on-site at the farm.

Forced off the farm

Michael McKenna, Executive Editor February 19, 2016

For the past 20 years, Case Western Reserve University Film Society has held their end of the year retreat at Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms in Hunting Valley, Ohio. It has been the group’s...

Spartans broke four records this weekend at the All-Ohio meet and are working toward UAA Indoor Championship in two weeks.

CWRU track and field team breaks several records at All-Ohio Championships

Shounak Bose, Staff Reporter February 19, 2016

On Saturday, Feb. 13, at the All-Ohio Championships at Otterbein, the Case Western Reserve University track and field teams broke multiple records for the school and conference, allowing the men’s team...

Inventions at the third annual HackCWRU included a lightbulb that synchronizes to its holders heartbeat, a genetic simulator for children, and a set of clothing for a couple that light up brighter as they get closer to each other. The event was open to high schoolers, current CWRU students and alumni.

HackCWRU brings student inventors together for 36-hour marathon

Kushagra Gupta, Opinions Editor February 19, 2016
HackCWRU returns to campus over Valentine's Day weekend
Indie band Bro Dylan performed a three-hour set at Cebars Euclid Tavern, where they played original music off of their upcoming album and a few covers of popular songs. Singer Alex Zinni graduated from CWRU in 2014.

Alum band Bro Dylan talks band name, Spot Night and new album

Anne Nickoloff, Director of Print February 17, 2016

On a small corner stage in late January, Bro Dylan finished performing a rock song at Cebars Euclid Tavern. However, the crowds’ eyes were transfixed on the television; they didn’t even seem to notice...

Some of the East Cleveland residents whose oral histories were collected for the Voicing & Action Project remarked on how East Cleveland has transformed from the walking community it was in the past.

Turning voices into action

Aquene Kimmel, News Editor February 12, 2016

In its early stages, the project that the Social Justice Institute (SJI) recently released on YouTube and began teaching as a curriculum at Shaw High School was simply known as the “Debut Collaborative...

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