Editorial: Kavanaugh, a board divided
Editorial Board
October 5, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
For weeks, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing has dominated the news. During the process, Christine Blasey Ford came forward with an accusation of sexual assault that occurred while the two were in high school. It immediately shifted the tone of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s ...
Editorial: Understanding our media
Editorial Board
September 7, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
In the modern political landscape, it is easy to view most things with a little underlying skepticism. When the 2016 election made the term “fake news” a part of everyday jargon, it entirely transformed how all of us approach information, especially when it comes to news media. While recent po...
Editorial: Semester Grades
Editorial
April 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Undergraduate Student Government (USG): B- It’s been a turbulent semester for USG and the campus community. Things started off on a high note with the introduction of the initiative tracker, which provided students with a way of following the progress of different on-campus projects. In prov...
Editorial: Hearing, not listening
Editorial Board
April 20, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Top Stories
In early 2018, a public school district in Minnesota banned the books “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from their English curriculum. Students persistently complained that the books’ racial themes and use of certain words made them uncomfortable, so the supe...
Editorial: Legacy Week could strengthen campus community
April 6, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
Let’s get excited about what will hopefully become a campus tradition. For the first time in a significant way, Case Western Reserve University will be celebrating the anniversary of the federation of Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology through Legacy Week: Better Together....
Editorial: We support USG’s gender-neutral bathrooms resolution
March 30, 2018
It’s past time for improvement of transgender rights on our campus. But we’re hopeful because Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has passed a resolution to set up gender-neutral bathrooms in all campus facilities. The resolution, aimed at the university, was initially authored as a counter...
Editorial: We discuss CWRU police questioning of city councilman
March 23, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Top Stories
Over a week ago, city Councilman Kevin Conwell was stopped by Case Western Reserve University police while walking through our campus. Police were responding to a complaint of a man with missing teeth asking students for money and claimed that the black councilman’s clothing matched the descriptio...
Editorial: Our take on the referendum to restructure funding for campus traditions
March 2, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
A referendum still in the works may reorganize funding for the organizations in charge of Springfest, Thwing Study Over (TSO) and Senior Week. The framework of the referendum is strong, but in order to be successful, the organizations involved in planning it need to work out the details carefully. The...
Editorial: Mural controversy leads to positive reaction
February 23, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Top Stories
A hallway in the A.W. Smith Building recently made local news and is about to look very different. What could have been the story of media overreaction and the stifling of dialogue has instead turned into an opportunity for collaboration. The hallway features a mural depicting the faces of six women...
Editorial: We try to give dating advice
February 16, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
Instead of giving our take on campus news this week, we decided to do something different. Our production night for this issue was on Valentine’s Day, and instead of being with a date, we spent our evening writing an article about dating advice. Using these apps on our campus comes with its own special...
