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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

Tech brief: CWRU team transforms cells

Owen Bell, Games & Tech Reporter April 19, 2013

In a work of breakthrough research, a team at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine was able to transform skin cells into brain cells. Using transformed mouse skin cells implanted into mouse brains,...

An outsider’s perspective: Indian Flame

An outsider’s perspective: Indian Flame

Jack Behrend, Copy Editor April 12, 2013
Indian Flame is located on Euclid, just a short walk from the freshman dorms.

Coming to Eldred Theater: “The Crucible”

Joseph Verbovszky, Theatre Reporter April 12, 2013

Conformity is powerful. Even here, at Case Western Reserve University, you can feel it. You raise your hand to ask a question. You might be asked to stand. You get up and your voice, clear at the beginning,...

“Present Shock:” Media Theory for the 21st Century

Owen Bell, Games & Tech Reporter April 12, 2013

It’s hard to keep life organized these days. Everything seems to be rushing by at 1000 miles per hour and nothing slows down. Between keeping up with work, Facebook, e-mail, Twitter, and countless other...

Cyclops Reap by White Fence

Cyclops Reap by White Fence

Jason Walsh, Music Critic April 12, 2013

White Fence, the one-man band project of Tim Presley, is part of a wave of 1960s and 1970s revivalists. Fellow San Franciscan and sometimes collaborator Ty Segall has probably become the biggest export...

Diverse lineup at Beachland Ballroom

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter April 12, 2013

On Tuesday, April 16, the Beachland Ballroom will welcome The Black Angels, Elephant Stone, and Allah-Las for an evening of psychedelic tunes. These three bands present music that breaks genre barriers...

Combat fatigue: “Robot Combat League” fails to impress

Drew Scheeler, Film and Television Critic April 12, 2013

Watershed Down The idea of a robotic uprising is one of the classic tropes of science fiction because humans are subconsciously frightened by the notion that the very machines we have created can one...

From the weird files: Japanese teenagers reenact “Dragon Ball” moves, prepare to save earth’s future

From the weird files: Japanese teenagers reenact “Dragon Ball” moves, prepare to save earth’s future

Drew Scheeler, Film & Television Critic April 5, 2013

A set of photos circulating around the Internet this past week shows an assortment of Japanese schoolgirls reenacting moves and poses popularized by Akira Toriyama’s “Dragon Ball” manga. Originally...

Dhamakapella pictured above, will be hosting the first ever Spring International on Apr 6.

Dhamakapella hosts spring invitational

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter April 5, 2013

Case Western Reserve University’s South Asian a capella group, Dhamakapella, will be hosting their first ever Spring Invitational tomorrow, Apr. 6. The concert is historic for the group. “It’s...

It’s here: “Bioshock Infinite”

Owen Bell, Games & Tech Reporter April 5, 2013

The giant is here. Ever since Irrational Games released “Bioshock” in 2007, gamers everywhere have been waiting to see what the company was going to make next. That game has arrived, and it has some...

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