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On the Beat

October 19, 2012

Fall can be a great time of year. It is the season of pumpkin pie, apple cider, and the chance to dress up like your favorite monster at the end of the month. It can also be a depressing season of cold...

CWRU Professor Named Ninth Most Influential Thinker

CWRU Professor Named Ninth Most Influential Thinker

Brian Sherman, Campus Events Reporter October 19, 2012

Case Western Reserve University has always been known for employing teachers who are at the forefront of their fields. Distinguished University Professor Richard Boyatzis of the Weatherhead School of Management...

Spotlight on Labre

Jenna Millemaci, Assistant News Editor October 19, 2012

As the sun began to set on the edge of downtown Cleveland and Lake Erie, two men bundled in warm clothes waited alongside the curb on the corner of Woodland Ave. and E. 115 St. The CCEL van pulled up beside...

LGBT Center comes out for a celebration of National Coming Out Week and Ally Week

LGBT Center comes out for a celebration of National Coming Out Week and Ally Week

Jenna Millemaci, Assistant News Editor October 19, 2012

On Friday, Oct. 12, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center celebrated its Ally Coming Out Party in the Thwing Atrium from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. for the closing of Case Western Reserve University’s...

The Real Life

The Real Life

Marques Winick, Contributing Reporter October 19, 2012

All eyes in the room rested on Judy Chen, who squatted down to retrieve a giant orange inflatable six-sided die. Her foot rested on a blue sheet of paper with the number 58 scrawled upon it, signifying...

CWRU medical school starts work on new building

CWRU medical school starts work on new building

Victoria Robinson, Student Affairs Reporter October 19, 2012

Founded in 1843, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been training medical students for more than 165 years.  It is currently ranked 24th in the nation according to U.S. News &...

Faculty researches computer neuroscience

Preethi Siva, Campus Reporter October 12, 2012

Strange things can be seen on Case Western Reserve University’s campus – a professor carrying a guitar case or several beach balls, for example. But what may be strange to most is just the norm for...

Shouheng Sun gives frontiers in chemistry lecture

Lucy Tan, Campus Lectures Reporter October 12, 2012

Last Thursday, after conversing over free coffee and tea, students and faculty began to trickle into the Goodyear Lecture Hall for a lecture given by Shouheng Sun, Ph.D., a Chemistry professor invited...

YAL hosts event on mounting college costs

Greg Bokar, News Editor October 12, 2012

College costs have been on the rise for years and are showing no sign of stopping the continuation on their upward trajectory. Moreover, a growing number of students are graduating from both public and...

Architecture tour unearths character, history at Lake View Cemetery

Architecture tour unearths character, history at Lake View Cemetery

Tyler Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief October 12, 2012

On a brisk Saturday morning, the crunching of acorns under treading feet and the rustling of freshly fallen leaves is broken by the unexpected shrill of an ambulance siren. “I hope they’re not coming...

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