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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

A student buys a root beer float from Sigma Psi and Sigma Nu at last year’s Relay For Life event.  Money raised this year will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

Relay For Life sets ambitious fundraising goal

Suneil Kamath, Civic Engagement Reporter April 19, 2013

Every year, millions of people die from cancer. This weekend, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will host Relay For Life in an effort to honor those who have lost their lives to cancer, support cancer...

RHA elections begin April 24, applications due tonight

Bryden Spevak, Senior News Reporter April 19, 2013

The time has come again for community-minded students to join the Residence Hall Association (RHA). This semester marks the prominent organization’s third-annual spring elections, created as a way for...

Summer program to help families affected by cancer

Tanvi Parmar, Special Assignments Reporter April 19, 2013

On April 15, Livestrong officially announced that it will provide funding for Case Western Reserve University and 11 other campuses to hold Camp Kesem in the summer of 2014. Each college campus across...

Police Blotter: Apr. 8 to Apr. 15, 2013

April 19, 2013

Apr. 10 - Petty theft - Unattended cell phone taken, Kelvin Smith Library. Apr. 11 - Felony theft - Backpack containing electronics taken from classroom, Kent Hale Smith building. Apr. 13 - Motor vehicle...

On the Beat

April 19, 2013

So we have come to the end of another academic year. Soon, some of you will be heading out into the real world to seek fame and fortune, while others will be trying to jam all your worldly possessions...

Senior Week tickets now on sale, early bird options available

Julia Bianco, Contributing Reporter April 19, 2013

Tickets for Senior Week are now on sale. Early bird rates are available from April 15 until April 23 and after that, tickets can be purchased at full price up until the day before each event. The Senior...

USG Brief

Noora Somersalo, Student Affairs Reporter April 19, 2013

On Tuesday, April 16, the General Assembly of Case Western Reserve University’s Undergraduate Student Government held a brief moment of silence for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings before...

The Student Sustainability Council covered the Spirit Wall, along with several other locations around campus with fourteens for an awareness campaign.

Chalk it up to sustainability

Brian Sherman, Campus Events Reporter April 12, 2013

Fourteens raise awareness, blanket campus Many who have walked around campus over the past week have likely noticed many etchings of the number 14 chalked on what seems like every available surface....

Employees of the Mandel School of Applied Social Science thank The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Foundation for its $8 million donation last Tuesday.

Mandel School receives $8 million donation

April 12, 2013

On Tuesday, The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation announced that it will donate $8 million to Case Western Reserve University to support programs in social work, nonprofit leadership and community...

Not just an average Joe: The story of trolly driver number 101800

Not just an average Joe: The story of trolly driver number 101800

Alexis Parisi, Senior News Reporter April 12, 2013

Trolley ambassador number 101808 steps onto the C-Line trolley for his Sunday shift. The thin grey hair atop his head glistens in the sun of an unusually warm day in Cleveland. Black sunglasses shade his...

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