Vice president for student affairs to step down at year’s end

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
April 27, 2013
Filed under Headlines, News, Top Stories

Glenn Nicholls reflects on a quarter century of service at CWRU When Glenn Nicholls, vice president for student affairs, first arrived at Case Western Reserve University, the campus was a different place. Long-demolished buildings still stood, the Internet – then “CWRUnet” – was just being... Read more »

Semester grades

Lisa Viers and Tyler Hoffman
April 26, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

A: Accomplishment on the horizon: The Tinkham Veale University Center is one step closer to completion with an event being held today to celebrate the final construction of the steel-beam frame. Progress on the new center has been steady since the digging began in 2012, and it looks like this Cleveland... Read more »

Our dirty little secret

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
April 19, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

The emails I receive as a newspaper editor are sometimes relevant, usually lengthy, and always entertaining. This past week, as I was navigating press releases announcing everything from apple butter stirring festivals to nursing home trivia contests, an interesting one caught my eye. The RecyleMania... Read more »

Fed up and still hungry

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
April 12, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

A perusal through the Undergraduate Student Government’s Moderator web page reveals an interesting snapshot of what irks students on an average day at Case Western Reserve University. Think the Greenie system is too slow? That’s on there. Wish certain buildings had more seating? So does somebody... Read more »

Editor’s Note: Here today, gone tomorrow

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
March 29, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

Believe it or not, Cleveland sits on the global stage. We may be the city of springtime snow and powerless traffic lights, but our little dot on the map is observed worldwide. Case Western Reserve University has more than recognized this in recent years, implementing a Plan for Internationalization that... Read more »

Editor’s Note: All Quiet on the Western Front

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
March 22, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Top Stories

Four days can pass quickly at Case Western Reserve University. But I imagine they constitute an eternity when spent in a Zimbabwe prison cell. Beatrice Mtetwa, the 2011 recipient of CWRU’s Inamori Ethics Prize, does not have to envision this comparison. It has been her forced reality for more than... Read more »

Empty chairs at empty tables

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
February 22, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

During the week of Feb. 11, students were invited to attend a student-focused forum on tuition, room and board rates, and improvements planned for the next academic year. The problem? When the event arrived on Friday, Feb. 15, the rows of seats filling Strosacker Auditorium were mostly bare. Provost... Read more »

Editor’s Note: The house of the rising second-year

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
February 15, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

The Village at 115 has long been marketed by Case Western Reserve University to incoming students as the light at the end of the tunnel, the reward for surviving two years in the outdated and unattractive housing reserved for underclassmen. But as the Office of Housing and Residence Life recently... Read more »

Talk is cheap and the library is poor

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
February 8, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

When you walk into Kelvin Smith Library, the most visible component of Case Western Reserve University’s library system, everything may seem first-rate on the surface. Free color printing is available, a hot cup of coffee is only a step away, and more modern, cubicle-style seating fills spaces long... Read more »

You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

When Joni Mitchell recorded “Big Yellow Taxi” in 1970, she proclaimed “[t]hey paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” The world has certainly changed in the 40 years since the song’s recording, but, by and large, trees were still the first thing to go when the world needed another place to... Read more »

Editor’s Note: Balancing the scales

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
January 28, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

Should faculty member candidates undergo the same background checks required of potential staff in order to be hired at Case Western Reserve University? According to the Faculty Senate Committee on Women and now the Undergraduate Student Government, they should. General Assembly Resolution R. 22-01,... Read more »

Pulling the trigger on concealed carry

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
January 18, 2013
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

On Dec. 14 – in the midst of finals season at Case Western Reserve University – students gathered around television screens instead of textbooks. They watched in horror as live media coverage reported the deaths of 20 children and 6 adults in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown,... Read more »

Semester Grades

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
December 7, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

A: Advancing Campus: After years of planning and months of construction, the Uptown project is almost complete, providing CWRU students and visitors to University Circle with a plethora of dining and shopping options. Constantino’s Market, Chipotle, and Panera Bread are some of the major hits among... Read more »

Campus security guard pleads guilty to grand theft, awaits sentencing

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
December 1, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News, Top Stories

Contractor stole $13,000 worth of electronic equipment  Twelve laptops, three cameras, and two iPods: these are the items a contract security guard stole from the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building during his brief employment at Case Western Reserve University. Demeterious... Read more »

Living on a prayer

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
December 1, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

Each day The Plain Dealer, our city’s only daily newspaper, publishes the obituaries of Greater Cleveland’s deceased. And unless drastic steps are taken soon, it will soon be publishing its own. Advance Publications, The Plain Dealer’s parent company, has already moved several of its other newspapers... Read more »

Battles of the heart: how a a Marine Corps veteran redefines the meaning of strength

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
November 9, 2012
Filed under Headlines, Top Stories

Marines are trained to fight in battles, and Berl “Dee” Jones, 75, has fought his fair share. But not once did it cause him to travel overseas or lift a weapon. “I remember my first day of basic training [in South Carolina],” Jones says with his gleaming eyes fixated on the corner of his small,... Read more »

Editor’s note: clearing the air

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

As the American Cancer Society prepares to mark its 37th annual Great American Smokeout on Nov. 15, Cleveland State University is keeping a different time in mind: September 2013. By this month, the entire CSU campus must be tobacco-free, as ordered by a policy approved on Nov. 7 by the university’s... Read more »

Don’t hate us because we’re beautiful

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

In the summer of 2011, The Huffington Post named Case Western Reserve University its Trendiest “School that Flies Under the Academic Radar but Shouldn’t.” If ever there had been a distinction that the university shouted to the rooftops, this would be it. In fact, if I had a dollar for every time... Read more »

Printing is great. Debating is better.

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
October 19, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

As hard as we may try to ignore it, being newspaper editors at a prominent university in the middle of October isn’t always as exciting as it sounds. Sure, there are great stories lingering amidst the brisk campus air; they’re always around. And, of course, the midpoint of the semester is when the... Read more »

Giving the hard copy a hard time

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

Let’s face it: Case Western Reserve University is not a cheap school to attend. From housing and meal plans to tuition and parking fees, the cost of attending this school can be daunting. While many bills can be put off until the middle of the semester, one expenditure strikes students right at the... Read more »

Architecture tour unearths character, history at Lake View Cemetery

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

On a brisk Saturday morning, the crunching of acorns under treading feet and the rustling of freshly fallen leaves is broken by the unexpected shrill of an ambulance siren. “I hope they’re not coming here,” Dale Serne, principal of Dale Serne Architects, yells over the noise. “If they are, then... Read more »

Does history matter?

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

As any first year student can attest, the life of a freshman temporarily revolves around the first year seminar, which is a required component of the SAGES curriculum. Each of these seminars attempts to attract students with interesting course descriptions and catchy titles; mine asked if history mattered. The... Read more »

Snatched painting brings unwelcome close to Homecoming Weekend

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

The white walls near the Jolly Scholar restaurant in the entrance of Thwing Center are looking barer than usual. The Case Western Reserve University Police Department is currently investigating the theft of one of the prints comprising “American Dream #5” by Robert Indiana, the artwork that used... Read more »

University benefactor, alumnus Tinkham Veale II passes away

Sage Schaff, Tyler Hoffman, and Greg Bokar
September 21, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News, Top Stories

Some say philanthropy is, at its core, more self-interested than selfless. But for Tinkham Veale, given his background, it was never about seeing his name on a building or being congratulated. He grew up in Kansas during the 1920s, mining oil fields until he decided to come to Case Institute of Technology... Read more »

Editor’s note: the art of not forgetting

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
September 14, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

This past Tuesday began like any other day. I awoke at 8 a.m., finished some lingering reading, grabbed my morning coffee at the SAGES Café, and proceeded to my first class. It wasn’t until I sat down and turned on my iPad that one single number grabbed my attention: 11. The tightening of my stomach... Read more »

Editor’s note: working through the growing pains

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
September 7, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Asking a resident on the north side of campus what distinguishes this year from last year often reveals the same answer: the number of people. No matter where you turn, the record freshman class size seems to dominate, if not overwhelm, the North Residential Village and many large lecture-oriented classes. Students... Read more »

Editor’s Note: look before you leap (or complain)

Tyler Hoffman and Sage Schaff
August 31, 2012
Filed under Opinion

For the second year in a row, Washington Monthly ranked Case Western Reserve University in its national top 10 list of colleges that contribute to the public good. Despite this positive news, the first week of classes was marked by the all too familiar murmur of first-year and returning students doubting... Read more »

Behind stone walls, part 1: entering the Dittrick Medical History Center

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
August 31, 2012
Filed under Top Stories

Editor’s note: Each day sickly patients and concerned families arrive at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, searching for hope in the medical expertise that fills the institution’s corridors. Less than a block away behind stone walls lays a different building – one that holds the road map... Read more »

Editor’s Note: Making the case for new beginnings

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
August 24, 2012
Filed under Editorial, Opinion

For college freshmen nationwide, change is in the air. From yearbook messages condemning it to graduation songs heralding it, incoming first-years are force-fed the notion that nothing stays the same for long. Yet luckily for these change-sickened students, modification is not on the docket for Case... Read more »

Going rogue: the art of residence hall cooking

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
August 24, 2012
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Food

While the opening of the dining hall may come as a welcome reprieve to the food fare of orientation, sooner or later the magic will fade. Menus will become repetitive, forks will become short in supply, and the winter months will make the walk for food a chilly excursion. However, the dining hall... Read more »

University to hold all-campus barbecue Aug. 31

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
August 24, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

The typical Case Western Reserve University day will undergo a pleasant interruption on Friday, Aug. 31 during community hour. From 12:30 to 2 p.m., celebration will be in the air as the entire campus convenes on the Case Quad for the special event. Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, the... Read more »

Campus garden continues to harvest goodwill, welcome volunteers

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
August 20, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News, Top Stories

North Residential Village students visiting the Coffee House before attending their first class may notice more than residence halls when they look across Juniper Rd. Currently in its second year of operation, The Garden@Case is continuing to add a dose of green to the campus while offering volunteer... Read more »

A conversation with…Divya Aggarwal

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
April 13, 2012
Filed under A conversation with..., News

A graduating senior, Divya Aggarwal has championed the student voice as president of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG). While preparing to transfer power to president-elect James Hale, she recently sat down with me to reflect on the last year, from what the organization could have done differently... Read more »

Schubert Center for Child Studies champions advocacy, information in upcoming event

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
April 13, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

Nestled safely within University Circle, members of the Case Western Reserve University community are often shielded from the social realities of the urban landscape. And the critical issue of foster care for children and adolescents remains one of the unspoken realities in this city. According to... Read more »

ITS covers university webmail during fourth week of social media event

Tyler Hoffman, News Editor
April 6, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

Monday, April 9 marks the start of the fourth week of Case Western Reserve University Information Technology Services’ (ITS) social media event. Over an eight-week period this spring, ITS will highlight the use of their social media as information vehicles. Each week they will offer tips and resources... Read more »

Charity gala to support medical students’ outreach trip to Peru

Tyler Hoffman, News Editor
March 30, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

On Saturday, March 31, students from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine will host the Taste of Peru charity gala. The gala supports the efforts of the Peru Health Outreach Project, an organization led by medical students. Over the course... Read more »

ITS initiative offers information, prizes through social media outlets

Tyler Hoffman, News Editor
March 30, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

Over the course of an eight-week period this spring, Case Western Reserve University Information Technology Services (ITS) will be highlighting the use of its social media vehicles as information vehicles. Each week, ITS will offer tips and resources on a different facet of CWRU information technology... Read more »

Scholarships, charity allow Cleveland native to further mother’s legacy

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief
March 23, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

“Coming from where she came from, she knew that a consistent improvement from the bottom up will always be more effective than from the top down,” Mervyn L. Jones II recalled of his mother, former congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Representing the 11th Congressional District, which includes... Read more »

Greek Life uncovers $50,000 rollover

Tyler Hoffman and Greg Bokar
March 9, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

After a transition of power within Greek Life, the new executive boards of the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council found a $50,000 rollover accumulated over an unknown period of time. It was uncovered earlier this semester during an internal audit. The rollover was comprised of unused funds... Read more »

Choc it up to the chips: Reimagining chocolate cookie perfection

Tyler Hoffman, The Food Factor
February 17, 2012
Filed under Headlines, Opinion

The word “cookie” may be the most complex utterance in the English dictionary. Think about it. To some individuals, the word signifies a four-dollar hunk of Godiva-containing deliciousness courtesy Mrs. Fields. To certain males, cookie defines the ultimate goal of the sexual pursuit. But to me, cookies... Read more »

Parking woes: Current university policy leaves students space-less

Sarah Groft and Tyler Hoffman
February 17, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

Case Western Reserve University has always been plagued by parking issues, whether they be the limited parking spaces, the ticketing and fines, or the high cost of a parking pass. Sergeant Jeffrey Daberko of the CWRU police department has acknowledged the parking concerns. “I personally, like most... Read more »

CaseWireless receives significant fix, wireless network updates underway

Tyler Hoffman, News Editor
February 3, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

While many Case Western Reserve University students spent winter break relaxing, CWRU Information Technology Services (ITS) has been hard at work, as evidenced by the recent breakthrough in CaseWireless, the university’s new wireless network that joined CaseGuest last August. Since its inception,... Read more »

Relay For Life to host Power of Purple next week

Tyler Hoffman and Sage Schaff
February 3, 2012
Filed under Headlines, News

As the Case Western Reserve University community settles into the spring semester, planning for Relay For Life (RFL) is hitting full stride. The first major event of this semester is called Power of Purple and will take place in Thwing on Friday, Feb. 10 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Power of Purple is essentially... Read more »

Transformation on horizon for KSL

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
December 3, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

“We want to get [students] thinking about the library in a different way,” associate provost and university librarian Arnold Hirshon explained during an exclusive discussion of the changes ahead for the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL). Addressing a student competition to redesign the first floor and... Read more »

International student programs make strides, issues remain

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
November 19, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

“This is a marathon, not a sprint,” associate provost for international affairs David Fleshler explained regarding the internationalization of Case Western Reserve University. Since the beginning of the fall semester, a wide array of programs for international students have emerged with the purpose... Read more »

Crime reignites campus safety initiatives

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

The week of Oct. 10 proved especially unusual for the entirety of the campus community. Throughout the week, a plethora of email security alerts arrived in the inboxes of university students, faculty, and staff. Each day seeming to bring with it a new attack against our security as a campus, a total... Read more »

LGBT vigil honors lives, inspires change

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

“We stand here tonight to speak out against what is really the unspeakable,” associate provost Lynn Singer proclaimed to a crowd of students, faculty, and community members at the anti-LGBT bullying candlelight vigil on Monday, Oct. 11. Uniting straight allies, concerned individuals, and... Read more »

A conversation with…Professor Jim Sheeler

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2010
Filed under A conversation with..., News

Assigned the task of obituary writing at the Colorado weekly newspaper Boulder Planet, Jim Sheeler told the stories of average people through a unique style of immersion and person-to-person conversation. He went on to write a captivating 24-page article entitled “Final Salute,” which honored fallen... Read more »

Pilot service program helps community, recognizes students

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
October 1, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

At the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, CWRU president Barbara Snyder approached the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (CCEL) with the hope of promoting more CWRU-involved community service in the Cleveland community. An important priority, Snyder also wanted to recognize the students that... Read more »

Season of giving begins with Charity Choice 2010

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

Residing within an urban bubble, students and faculty of CWRU are often isolated from the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. Locked within the bustling campus atmosphere, it is possible for any individual to forget the prominent need within Cleveland and Ohio. Launched on Sept. 17, the Charity Choice... Read more »

Technology issues plague university, spark solutions

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
September 17, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

Throughout the first weeks of September, multiple complications with CWRU technology influenced student life on a grand scale. On the evening of Sept. 7, students were alerted that voting for the freshman Undergraduate Student Government representatives and for the Student Executive Council referendum... Read more »

USG Brief

Tyler Hoffman, Staff Reporter
September 17, 2010
Filed under News, USG Brief

As students of CWRU acclimate to the University after four weeks of classes, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is working diligently across multiple fronts. Fresh after a weekend retreat that offered training to members, the general assembly convened on Sept. 14. The board reports of the executive... Read more »

Administration commits to increase traffic safety

Tyler Hoffman, Contributing Reporter
September 10, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

Startled by a traffic accident during the first week of classes, CWRU students now find themselves at a University highly committed to producing a safer environment for the entire campus community. In response to the increasing congestion and construction plaguing the intersection of Euclid Avenue... Read more »

Student injured crossing Adelbert

Tyler Hoffman, Contributing Reporter
September 3, 2010
Filed under Headlines, News

On the evening of Aug. 25, multiple students and faculty members across Case Western Reserve University checked their email inbox only to find an alarming and unexpected message from University President Barbara R. Snyder. The communiqué addressed the afternoon accident of a CWRU student who “was... Read more »