UDC creates a free lending library for computers and calculators
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2020
The Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC) has created a free lending library where students can borrow computers and calculators. The project was spearheaded this year by Fatima Rahman, a third-year international studies major and the UDC’s Vice President of Campus Initiatives. She understan...
Politics you should care about
Jackson Rudoff, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2020
What a time it is to be American. For only the third time in United States history the president has been impeached. Now, we’re caught in the midst of an impeachment trial like no other, with heated procedural arguments dominating National Public Radio’s (NPR) soundbites. Debates over precedent hav...
Megxit, the history and rationale for the Royal Family’s decision
Christopher Markham, Copy Editor
January 23, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step back from the British Royal Family, dubbed “Megxit” by the media, shocked the British people. On Jan. 8, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted on Instagram that they would “step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family.” However, ...
A window into a KSL shuttle driver
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2020
When there are no students riding the KSL Express late at night, Frank Middlebrook cranks up the jazz on his radio and drives the route himself. Born and raised in Cleveland, this city is home to many memories for Middlebrook. He passes the Wade Park Lagoon, the small scenic center of University Cir...
Cleveland library workers to strike if talks continue to break down
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
January 23, 2020
Library workers with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199 sent the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) an intent to strike notice after months of negotiation led to a standstill. The strike will begin on Feb. 4 if a new three-year agreement is not reached on Jan. 23. (This artic...
Paris transit strike forces Professor Toman’s study-abroad course to adapt
Henry Bendon, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2020
In 20 years of teaching courses in Paris, Ruth Mulhauser Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Cheryl Toman never faced a transit strike like the one currently crippling the French capital. Toman has been taking students to the City of Lights for years, and this p...
CWRU students assemble to demand climate action
Yvonne Pan, A&E Editor
January 17, 2020
Coinciding with Jane Fonda’s New York Times opinion piece “We Have to Live Like We’re in a Climate Emergency. Because We Are.,” published on Dec. 5, 2019, was the Sunrise Movement’s Dec. 6 climate strike, occurring in four cities in Ohio alone, as well as in Sweden and South Africa. Abo...
The effects of a particularly bad flu season ripple across Northeast Ohio
Collin Wong, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2020
As the number of flu cases in Cuyahoga County continues to increase, healthcare resources across Northeast Ohio are becoming strained. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the flu in Ohio is “widespread.” In Cuyahoga County, there were 135 flu hospitalizations during t...
CWRU students travel to Israel and Palestine over winter break
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2020
Over winter break, a delegation of students visited Israel to learn more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict directly from those who are most affected by it. The program, Fact Finders, was hosted by Cleveland Hillel. According to their promotional materials, the trip is “an educational and eye-...
Greek Life struggles to reach a new generation of college students
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2020
On Saturday, Jan. 18, around three hundred Case Western Reserve University students will wait for the doors to each of CWRU’s sorority’s room to open so they can be ushered into Greek life. With 36 percent of female students on campus participating in Greek life, the next two weekends of formal rec...
