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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

New yoga program aims to de-stress campus, starts today

Bryden Spevak, Contributing Reporter February 1, 2013

It’s time to dust off your yoga mat: today begins Case Western Reserve University’s newest attempt to de-stress its overworked student population. “Free Yoga Fridays,” to be held most weeks this...

Cleveland author to present “The Baltimore Plot”

Mike McKenna, Assistant News Editor February 1, 2013

Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln. He was the president who got the nation through a civil war, the president who ended slavery. However, what if he had never made it to his inauguration...

On the Beat

February 1, 2013

Recently, the international news featured a story about a terrible fire in a Brazilian nightclub that killed over 100 people. For the campus police, the event was a reminder that fire safety is one of...

Weatherhead School of Management to assist local community members prepare taxes

Suneil Kamath, Civic Engagement Reporter February 1, 2013

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a growing number of people do not have the financial knowledge to understand how to properly prepare taxes. This upcoming tax season, Case Western...

New proposal demands background checks for faculty hires

Noora Somersalo, Student Affairs Reporter February 1, 2013

Do you think potential professors should be exempt from the same background checks required of other new employees at Case Western Reserve University? As The Observer first reported last week, the Undergraduate...

CWRU and CMA enter joint venture on CIA Gund property

Greg Bokar, News Editor February 1, 2013

After much speculation over the past few years, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art officially announced in January the purchase of the Gund Building property located on East...

Outside The Circle News

Sarah Groft, National News Reporter February 1, 2013

Women now allowed to serve in combat An executive order issued on Jan. 24, will now allow women to serve in combat positions in the United States military services. United States defense secretary,...

USG Brief: Jan. 22, 2013

Noora Somersalo, Student Affairs Reporter January 28, 2013

At the first General Assembly of the semester on Tuesday, Jan. 22, Case Western Reserve University’s Undergraduate Student Government already had important issues to discuss. One of them was Resolution...

Arctic wind, snow disrupt campus

Arctic wind, snow disrupt campus

Staff Reports January 28, 2013

This week marked the beginning wintry weather across the Case Western Reserve University campus. After what many meteorologists described as a fairly warm December, temperatures dipped to the single digits...

Outside the Circle: gun-supporters gather at capitols, airports remove full-body scanners

Outside the Circle: gun-supporters gather at capitols, airports remove full-body scanners

Sarah Groft, National News Reporter January 28, 2013

New herbicide delayed Dow Chemical Company recently announced that their new genetically-modified corn seed, courtesy of Dow AgroSciences, will not be available to farmers until 2014. The delay was...

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