Students bring lecture series to advocate for gender equality in construction
October 11, 2019
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2018 an estimated 1,107 women were working in the construction industry, making up only 9.9 percent of all construction employees. Construction is often deemed a “man’s job,” where men make up 90.1 percent of the total construction workforce. The Wom...
Students come prepared to Career Fair
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
October 11, 2019
On Thursday Oct. 3, dozens of employers set up tables in the Tinkham Veale University Center for students to come talk to recruiters about everything from general opportunities to internships, to even full-time positions. Hundreds of students flocked to the venue, eager to take advantage of this oppor...
Dress For Less comes to campus just in time for Career Fair
Surita Basu, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2019
September is now behind us, and many students have started to feel the pressure of the internship and job search. With the career fair on Oct. 3, students were preoccupied with resumes, cover letters, interviews and the need to dress professionally. Unfortunately, business casual and business formal can ...
Our Story Our Voice gets students talking about gender
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2019
“Would you like a sticker and a high five?” Kat Taylor, a fourth-year chemical biology and environmental studies major and member of the Interfraternity Congress-Panhellenic Council, cheerfully asked a passersby this past Friday at Kelvin Smith Library Oval. “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys played in ...
InterSEXtions discussion addressed gender-based violence in queer communities of color
Jordan Reif, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2019
Lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual women are victims of rape at rates of 13.1, 46.1 and 17.4 percent respectively. When all sexual violence is included, those numbers rise to 46.4, 74.9 and 43.3 percent, and when race/ethnicity is considered, the incidence of all types of sexual violence are astronom...
CWRU English professor Vinter discusses death in the Elizabethan era
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
October 4, 2019
On the wall of Associate Professor Maggie Vinter’s office in Guilford House, there is a poster showing all 64 deaths in playwright William Shakespeare’s tragedies. Vinter’s debut book, “Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage,'' describes how these deaths and death in other works...
Student organization repairs medical equipment for underprivileged countries
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
September 27, 2019
Case Western Reserve University prides itself on the myriad of hands-on learning opportunities it offers its students. One such opportunity is CWRU’s student organization MedWish, an offshoot of MedWish International. Every other Saturday, student members of the organization meet to repurpose and re...
Teatime for Peace brings Muslim experiences into community dialogue
Surita Basu, Contributing Reporter
September 27, 2019
Students, faculty and community members gathered in the Thwing Ballroom on Monday night to participate in Teatime for Peace, an event focused on introducing and learning about our Muslim community members. Teatime for Peace was established in response to the rhetoric of the 2016 election when the grou...
2019 Inamori Ethics Prize winner LeVar Burton speaks and listens
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
September 27, 2019
“Does anyone have any questions?” asked LeVar Burton at an exclusive student meet and greet on Thursday, Sept. 20, before receiving the 2019 Inamori Ethics Prize. He was met with silence. What can you ask someone who for 23 years on PBS taught you how to read on his program “Reading Rainb...
Classics come alive at CWRU Classics Day
Veronica Madell, Staff Reporter
September 27, 2019
If you see a person walking around on Friday, Sept. 27 in a classical helmet with feathers sticking out the top, don’t mistake them for the school’s Spartan mascot; it is classics professor Evelyn Adkins. The ancient Roman helmet makes an appearance on this one day every year: Classics Day. C...
