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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

Reyna: Life by the border

Reyna: Life by the border

Christian Reyna, Staff Columnist September 14, 2018

Immigration has been a hot topic recently. Talks of a border wall, family separation and the growing resentment against undocumented immigrants has been on news outlets more often since the start of the...

Richards: The Corner Alley is closed. What’s next?

Richards: The Corner Alley is closed. What’s next?

Jason Richards, Staff Columnist September 14, 2018

Following the closing of the Corner Alley near Case Western Reserve University, Uptown’s center-of-campus location is now lacking in entertainment. Recent news shows there are already plans to replace...

SexPo provides safe space to talk about uncomfortable topics

SexPo provides safe space to talk about uncomfortable topics

Henry Bendon, Staff Reporter September 14, 2018

Last Friday, the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom showcased a side it does not usually make public. For four hours, the ballroom played host to SexPo, the annual conference dedicated to breaking...

How students beat the heat

Yugan Sakthi, Staff Reporter September 7, 2018

First- and second-year students around campus living without residential air conditioning are finding creative ways to beat the summer heat in a record-setting year for Cleveland. With Sept. 4 marking...

Wilson: Plastic straw ban is a textbook straw man

Wilson: Plastic straw ban is a textbook straw man

Peter Wilson, Staff Columnist September 7, 2018

It has happened every day this summer. You order a cold drink to escape the scorching heat, and it’s handed to you in a plastic cup, complete with a lid and straw. Not thinking twice, you guzzle it down...

Bees, Picasso and slam poetry

Bees, Picasso and slam poetry

Yvonne Pan, Staff Reporter September 7, 2018

Since 2002, Case Western Reserve University’s common reading book has served as a shared experience and catalyst for discussions among first-year students. Incoming students receive the book a few weeks...

Professional development, career planning now available in student lab

Professional development, career planning now available in student lab

Jahci Perry-Richardson, Staff Reporter September 7, 2018

Students can now walk into a lab specifically geared toward professional development and career planning. The Offices of Post Graduate Planning and Experiential Education, formerly the Career Center,...

Fall Convocation celebrates spoken poetry, distinguished faculty

Yvonne Pan, Staff Reporter September 7, 2018

Sarah Kay gave her Fall Convocation speech peppered with her typical amusing remarks. She said, “Sometimes, when I make plans with a friend, they ask if I want chocolate chip cookies or ice cream after...

Playlist of the Week

Playlist of the Week

Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter September 7, 2018

Over the weekend, the world memorialized Aretha Franklin, one of the most influential artists in the history of popular music. The funeral service lasted eight hours and featured performances by artists...

Amine rocks Tink Ballroom at the first UPB concert of the semester

Amine rocks Tink Ballroom at the first UPB concert of the semester

Henry Bendon, Staff Reporter September 7, 2018

        Last Friday night’s Amine performance in the ballroom of the Tinkham Veale University Center kicked off the fall semester in style. The rapper from Portland, Oregon led the crowd through...

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