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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University’s Car Club hosted its second annual Car Show, featuring vehicles from a variety of makers as well as student-owned cars.

Car Club hosts second annual Car Show

Aura Rossy, Staff Reporter April 13, 2018

Last Saturday, president Jingsen Huang and advisor Elizabeth Miller welcomed participants of Case Western Reserve University’s second annual Car Show, hosted by the university’s Car Club. Students...

The Undergraduate Diversity Collaboratives third annual World Expo theme was “UDC: On Tour,” and featured music, performances, food vendors and various cultural activities.

World Expo lights up Thwing

Dylan Rasmussen, Staff Reporter April 13, 2018

In celebration of student diversity, the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC) hosted its annual World Expo in the Thwing Center. Titled “UDC: On Tour,” this year’s Expo was a music festival-themed...

Case Western Reserve University EMS practiced a mass casualty drill, which involved a detailed backstory of a girl who crashed into a shuttle stop full of people on her way to confront her unfaithful boyfriend. Victims and other participants modelled special effects makeup to appear wounded.

EMS stages casualty drill

Katherine Broderick, Staff Reporter April 13, 2018

Cars. Carnage. Mayhem. Bodies lining the Juniper Road shuttle stop. Is the end upon us? If you witnessed any of these sights on Saturday, April 7, you most likely stumbled across one of the biannual MCI...

Blackbear brings crowds despite delay

Blackbear brings crowds despite delay

Yvonne Pan, Staff Reporter April 13, 2018

I grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B music in its birthplace of New York City. When the University Program Board (UPB) sent out a survey to choose an artist for a spring concert last November, blackbear...

Be More Chill was Case Western Reserve Universitys Footlighters last musical of the semester. It played at Carlton Commons from March 29 to April 1.

“Chill” out with the Footlighters

Max McPheeters, Staff Reporter April 6, 2018

Last weekend the Case Western Reserve University Footlighters put on a production of “Be More Chill.” During its four-show and three-day run from March 29 to April 1 audiences were taken back to the...

At the Posse Plus Retreat, scholars tackled issues of race in the U.S., discussing different facets of race including laws, news, culture and media.

Nunnery: Thoughts on hope, hate and race

Anthony Nunnery, Columnist April 6, 2018

For three days and two nights, the Posse Foundation took Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff out of the campus bubble to address problems present in our country that stop the world...

A table set up in Strosacker Auditorium for the Italian Film Festival - USA.

Italian Film Festival opens on campus

Smruthi Maganti, Arts and Entertainment Editor April 6, 2018

On the evening of April 2, 150 members of the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland community walked into Strosacker Auditorium to experience the opening night of the Italian Film Festival USA...

With a perfect mix of scoring and lights-out pitching, the baseball team has been exceeding expectations, garnering a No. 13 ranking in Division III.

Baseball starts UAA home opener with a win

Joey Recchia, Staff Reporter April 6, 2018

Following a series win over Ohio Wesleyan University two weekends ago, the No. 13 Case Western Reserve University baseball team kept its momentum going with another series win at Nobby’s Ballpark against...

UPBeats: The Mowglis took over the Jolly Scholar on April 30 and was well attended, with about 500 students.

The Mowgli’s concert boasts impressive turnout

Julia Knight, Contributing Reporter April 6, 2018

The Jolly Scholar was electric on Friday night as students lined up to take part in the good vibes brought to Cleveland by the Los Angeles band, The Mowgli’s. The excitement of the concert-goers was...

Players Theatre Groups The Dead Guy ran last weekend, March 23 and 24 for two shows, one of which was attended by the playwright.

Satirical production knocks audiences “dead”

Yvonne Pan, Staff Reporter March 30, 2018

If you had a million dollars and only one week to live, what would you do? In Players’ Theatre Group (PTG)’s production of “The Dead Guy,” Eldon Phelps (Will Erickson), a narrow-minded town loser,...

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