Tibetan monks come to CWRU
Surita Basu, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
The Mystical Arts of Tibet tour featuring the Tibetan Buddhist monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery visited Case Western Reserve University from Monday, Nov. 18 through Friday, Nov. 22. The tour is designed to emulate spiritual festivals celebrated by monasteries in Tibet, where people from surrounding v...
Here’s why opioid addiction treatment in Cleveland is hard to access
Collin Wong, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
An estimated two million Americans continue to suffer from opioid abuse, but only 2.7 percent of all the country’s treatment centers offer the gold-standard for opioid misuse treatment: methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. A piece written by German Lopez for Vox reports that many addicts cannot...
Case Amateur Radio Club partners with Department of Civil Engineering to prepare for disaster
Chris Heermann, Photo Editor
December 6, 2019
Every June, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day, a nationwide amateur radio event that simulates a disaster event where electronic communications are disabled. In this scenario, nearly every service we use in our daily life is affected. Hundreds of thousands of texts and calls fa...
LGBT Center works with graduate students to create a more inclusive CWRU
Halle Rose, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
AmariYah Israel, assistant director of the LGBT Center at Case Western Reserve University, started her talk by handing out three things: a matching game, a packet of vocabulary words and a cartoon labeled “The Gender Unicorn.” Three dental students, two Master of Public Health candidates and a CWRU Sch...
New Thwing Study Over date creates mixed feelings on campus
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
Thwing Study Over (TSO) is the well-loved campus tradition with plenty of free food and giveaways, and contrary to the name, it involves no studying. Rather, it is the perfect destress event during finals, allowing students an excuse to leave their rooms and stop studying for a few hours. Tiger Fan...
CWRU students engage in discussion about domestic abuse
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2019
“Why talk about domestic abuse?” Megan Gergen, training specialist at Domestic Violence Child Advocacy Center (DVCAC), asked a room full of 50 college students on Tuesday, Dec. 3, one of the busiest weeks of the academic year. Clearly, the topic was important enough to draw this big of a crowd, bu...
Tom Holland and Russo Brothers come to campus to film movie
Henry Bendon and Anna Giubileo
November 22, 2019
Movie fever spread through campus this week as the Russo Brothers’ production of “Cherry” took over the Case Quad on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the principal filming for the upcoming drama. From the moment the “Whatever College University” signs went up outside Adelbert Hall, avoiding...
Wednesday classes impede Thanksgiving travel plans
Nathan Lesch, Director of Print
November 22, 2019
Most students have bemoaned having classes scheduled for the day before Thanksgiving at least once during their time at Case Western Reserve University. Jensen Turner, a second-year engineering student, is one of the many students impacted by CWRU’s academic schedule. Turner’s home in Everett, Wa...
Cleveland Metroparks discuss sustainability initiatives at Green Bag Lunch talks
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2019
Nancy Despond, special projects administrator at the Cleveland Metroparks, gave the last Green Bag Lunch of the semester this past Tuesday, speaking on sustainability and history at the Cleveland Metroparks. Hosted by the Case Western Reserve University Office of Energy & Sustainability, thes...
CIA Holiday Sale provides students an opening into the art world
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2019
While winter and the holiday season are just starting to cross the minds of Case Western Reserve University students, Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) students have been preparing for months. Long before the cold weather started, CIA students were molding pottery, designing stickers and painting canvases ...
