Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Amateur Radio Club gains national attention for eclipse research

Shivangi Nanda and Zachary Treseler April 12, 2024

It's not every day that a Case Western Reserve University student organization gets interviewed for News 5 Cleveland or Smithsonian Magazine. But for the Case Amateur Radio Club, which goes by the call...

Otherworldly: CWRU gathers for total solar eclipse

Otherworldly: CWRU gathers for total solar eclipse

Elie Aoun, Director of Print April 12, 2024

Campus was overflowing with excitement as countless people stood outdoors and eagerly awaited the solar eclipse’s totality, the brief period when the Moon completely obscures the Sun. During a campus-wide...

President Kaler addresses SJP’s interim suspension, student involvement, future goals in open USG meeting

President Kaler addresses SJP’s interim suspension, student involvement, future goals in open USG meeting

Téa Tamburo, News Editor March 29, 2024

Following the interim suspension of Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), President Eric Kaler addressed students’ concerns at the March 19 Undergraduate...

Remembering Nex Benedict: What the death of a non-binary teenager means to CWRU community

Remembering Nex Benedict: What the death of a non-binary teenager means to CWRU community

Gloria Liu and Zachary Treseler March 29, 2024

Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide  The death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old non-binary teenager, has captured national attention and fear, including at Case Western Reserve University, where a vigil...

A timeline of CWRU and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Zachary Treseler, Shivangi Nanda, and Darcy Chew March 22, 2024

March 29, 2018 Resolution 27-04 is the first to call for Case Western Reserve University to “divest from all holdings with companies involved with occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.” It...

Cleveland City Council members struggle to regain control as the council chambers flooded with pro-Palestine activists chanting, Pass the resolution now! during the public comment portion of the meeting.

Outside Cleveland City Hall, pro-Palestine activists protest ceasefire remarks

Anisha Dasari, Contributing Writer February 16, 2024

Cleveland City Council President Blaine Griffin issued a statement on Feb. 5 threatening to halt public remarks on the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Pointing to the demonstrations that have been going...

The Coventry Street Festival engages students with local businesses and street performers.

Coventry Street Festival highlights revitalization efforts

Zachary Treseler, News Editor October 6, 2023

On Sept. 30, Coventry Village hosted a street festival, drawing visitors from all around Cleveland, including Case Western Reserve University. The event showcased efforts to implement a revitalization...

CIM students walk together to Kulas Hall in order to peacefully protest the continued employment of Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar, wearing blue to symbolize unity.

CIM students peacefully protest during first orchestra rehearsal

Lexy Jensen, Development Editor September 15, 2023

On Sept. 13 at 3:45 p.m., dozens of students, faculty and staff from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) sat silently in Kulas Hall during the school’s first orchestra rehearsal of the academic year. The...

Previewing Cleveland’s “FRONT International 2022” contemporary art exhibition

Lelia Durand, Staff Writer October 29, 2021

Cleveland is a hotspot for those interested in art, with the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and ARTneo, to name a few.  In 2016, FRONT Exhibition Company—a multi-venue...

After years of effort by students, CWRU finally commits to divesting from fossil fuels.

CWRU will completely divest its endowment from publicly traded fossil fuel companies over the next decade

Hoai Phuong Nguyen, News Editor April 9, 2021

In the past few decades, fossil fuels have become an increasingly pressing global issue. In the United States, in particular, fossil fuels have long been the point of political arguments about global warming...

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