The LGBT Center’s Queer Peers mentoring program gains national recognition
Megan Gawronski, Staff Reporter
October 30, 2020
Case Western Reserve University’s LGBT Center, located in the Tinkham Veale University Center, runs a great variety of programs focused on fostering inclusion and belonging among members of the LGBT+ community and allies on campus. This August, the Center’s new Queer Peers mentoring program (QPM) w...
Green Party presidential candidate talks about environmental and economic policy
Nathan Lesch, Executive Editor
October 30, 2020
Because only the two main political parties—the Republicans and Democrats—have a real chance at winning most elections, Americans tend to forget about the third and fourth biggest parties, the Libertarian Party and the Green Party, respectively. This year, both these parties are fielding candidates...
How Much is Your Hometown at Risk for COVID-19?
Kevin Pataroque, Staff Reporter
October 2, 2020
Within the span of eight months, over 7 million people have been infected with COVID-19 in the U.S. Out of this number, 207,000 have died of the virus. As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, creating an unprecedented global recession and killing more than a million people, governments around the world...
RBG: Her death, her legacy and what comes next
Chris Markham, Director of Print
September 25, 2020
On the evening of Sept. 18, one of the most powerful and influential people in America passed away. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of nine Supreme Court justices, and for many American women, she was a one-of-a-kind hero. Her death leaves a vacancy on the Supreme Court, which isn’t inherently anythi...
A tale of two conventions
Jackson Rudoff, Copy Editor
August 28, 2020
National party conventions have, for at least the last few decades, become a political red carpet of sorts. For the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in particular, which regularly sees itself supported by “Hollywood elites,” it wasn’t difficult to put on a show for the delegates in attendance...
Opioids: The silent crisis during a global pandemic
Collin Wong, Web Editor
April 24, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its peak, Ohioans suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD) face a crisis of their own. Allegra Schorr, president of the Coalition of Medication-Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates of New York State, says that the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic have “c...
Celebrate Earth Day #50 with these environmentally-oriented organizations
April 21, 2020
Alongside the civil rights, anti-war, women’s rights and gay rights movements flooding streets throughout the 1960s was the environmental movement. In 1962, Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” started raising environmental awareness in over 24 countries by clearly explaining the link between pol...
Ohio students are stepping up in the face of dwindling supplies
Collin Wong, Web Editor
April 6, 2020
Amidst falling medical supply levels and rising concerns, college and medical students around Northeast Ohio are helping fight COVID-19. Those on the frontline of the pandemic are beginning to feel the effects of a nationwide personal protective equipment (PPE) shortage. With the coronavirus’ peak st...
The results of the 2020 Census will impact CWRU and Northeastern Ohio
Surita Basu, News Editor
February 13, 2020
Next month, the 2020 Census will be sent out across the entire U.S. For Northeastern Ohio, this meant weeks of organization and preparation, with the U.S. Census Bureau opening regional offices in both Cleveland and Akron. The census decides where and how taxpayer dollars will be distributed for ...
CWRU alumnus helps student-refugees resettle in Cleveland
Collin Wong, Web Editor
January 30, 2020
In 2018, 70.8 million refugees fled their homes. Law Kwah, a Burmese refugee who now resides in Ohio, did the same three decades ago. He was born in 1973 in the “black zone” of the Karen State, where the world’s longest civil war broke out in 1948. He grew up in a war zone, where conflict ...
