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 ...
Politics you should care about
Jackson Rudoff, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2020
What a time it is to be American. For only the third time in United States history the president has been impeached. Now, we’re caught in the midst of an impeachment trial like no other, with heated procedural arguments dominating National Public Radio’s (NPR) soundbites. Debates over precedent hav...
Megxit, the history and rationale for the Royal Family’s decision
Christopher Markham, Copy Editor
January 23, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step back from the British Royal Family, dubbed “Megxit” by the media, shocked the British people. On Jan. 8, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted on Instagram that they would “step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family.” However, ...
Cleveland library workers to strike if talks continue to break down
Matt Hooke, Executive Editor
January 23, 2020
Library workers with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199 sent the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) an intent to strike notice after months of negotiation led to a standstill. The strike will begin on Feb. 4 if a new three-year agreement is not reached on Jan. 23. (This artic...
The effects of a particularly bad flu season ripple across Northeast Ohio
Collin Wong, Web Editor
January 17, 2020
As the number of flu cases in Cuyahoga County continues to increase, healthcare resources across Northeast Ohio are becoming strained. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the flu in Ohio is “widespread.” In Cuyahoga County, there were 135 flu hospitalizations during the week of ...
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...
