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 ...
Club Sports tries to re-group after failed referendum
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2019
Last year, students at Case Western Reserve University were asked to vote on whether Club Sports should become a member of the Student Presidents’ Roundtable. After much confusion and miscommunication as to what membership would actually entail and how it would affect other organizations—such as t...
David Henry Hwang on the intersection of art and identity
Surita Basu, Staff Reporter
November 8, 2019
David Henry Hwang is a playwright, screenwriter, television writer and librettist. His works include plays like “M. Butterfly,” “Chinglish,” “Yellow Face” and “FOB.” His newest stage work, “Soft Power,” first premiered in 2018. Hwang came to speak at Case Western Reserve University...
Golden Gate survivor Kevin Hines sparks a dialogue about mental illness
Surita Basu, Staff Reporter
November 1, 2019
This article contains descriptions of attempted suicide that could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. “Of the thousands that have died of the Golden Gate Bridge, I am of the one percent who have survived.” These are the words of Kevin Hines, a mental health advocate, a...
Halloween’s 2,000-year-old history
Nathan Lesch, Director of Print
November 1, 2019
Halloween is characterized by dressing in costume, eating copious amounts of candy and watching scary movies. However, Halloween’s history is believed to stretch back 2,000 years and includes a variety of pagan and Christian influences. Many historians believe the precursor to modern-day Halloween wa...
SAGES faculty and Sigma Tau Delta help incarcerated people gain access to books
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
November 1, 2019
Many Case Western Reserve University students forget their old books, leaving them to languish away in a closet or on their parents’ bookshelf. With the internet, it’s easy to forget that books can function as gateways to other worlds beyond the walls of your room. SAGES faculty, with the help of...
Revisiting the deadly Lackawanna Limited train crash
Halle Rose, Contributing Reporter
November 1, 2019
The morning of Aug. 30, 1943, started like any other. Five hundred passengers boarded the Lackawanna Limited passenger train in Hoboken, New Jersey and departed on time, at 9:20 a.m., en route to Buffalo, NY. At 2:50 p.m., the train left Binghamton, NY, 30 minutes behind schedule but quickly making up ...
Inaugural AI in oncology symposium
Nihal Manjila, Staff Reporter
November 1, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been increasingly prevalent in a variety of fields, including medicine. Case Western Reserve University is on the forefront of this movement as it held an inaugural Artificial Intelligence in Oncology: Advancements and Policy Symposium event in Tinkham Veale Universi...
Does EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler dream of coal-powered sheep?
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
October 25, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler walked up to the podium at George Gund Hall to address the inaugural symposium for the Case Western Reserve University Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law on Friday, Oct. 18. His speech was meant to honor the upcoming 50th anni...
