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Editorial: By suspending SJP, CWRU’s administration furthers a culture of distrust

Editorial Board March 13, 2024

On Sunday, March 3, Case Western Reserve University’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) posted to their Instagram account a letter from the university administration from Feb. 26 notifying them...

Why reading hard books is important, despite how difficult it can be

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

In middle school and high school, your teachers probably encouraged you to seek out primary sources, which are original accounts of a topic, as opposed to secondary sources, which are retellings or summaries...

Beyond the bin: A new approach to dining hall food can help reduce food waste

Beyond the bin: A new approach to dining hall food can help reduce food waste

Katharina Staehr, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

Brace yourself for an unpopular opinion—but when I enter Leutner or Fribley Commons, I’m excited for the fiesta of flavors that awaits. It might be a mediterranean-style bowl heaped with roasted chickpeas...

Editorial: Student feedback moves CWRU forward

Editorial Board March 1, 2024

Case Western Reserve University is our home for nine months out of the year. It’s the place where we as students receive a top education from some of the best professors and experts in the humanities,...

84% of CWRU undergraduate students are involved in research: What’s the big deal?

Gloria Liu, Contributing Writer February 23, 2024

You’ve been slumped in the same chair for two hours now, eagerly waiting for your experiment to finish running. You could continue working on that paper, but truly, you have no focus—or will for that...

Editorial: Your guide to searching for jobs—and how to not get stressed out

Editorial: Your guide to searching for jobs—and how to not get stressed out

Editorial Board February 23, 2024

As we move closer to the middle of the semester, many students are beginning to search for job opportunities, whether an internship, co-op or a full-time career. Though February is almost past us, March...

Entertainment tech is too good for our own good

Entertainment tech is too good for our own good

Jessica Kwasny, Staff Writer February 23, 2024

While walking around campus, I often feel like I’m in a peculiar kind of silent disco. The majority of students—myself included—pop earbuds in as soon as lecture ends and immediately hustle to the...

Editorial: What you need to know about the upcoming Ohio primary elections

Editorial Board February 16, 2024

The next presidential election is just nine months away on Nov. 5, and the race to choose candidates has just begun. Former President Trump is currently in the lead for the Republican Party, with 63 delegates...

Humanities write essays, but STEM fills in bubbles—this is a problem

Humanities write essays, but STEM fills in bubbles—this is a problem

Salsabeel Salem, Staff Writer February 16, 2024

50 questions, 1 hour and 15 minutes. As the clock struck 1 p.m., over 100 students flipped open their test, commencing the third BIOL 215: Cells and Proteins exam. I meandered my way about the exam questions,...

Editorial: It’s okay to not have it all figured out

Editorial Board February 9, 2024

Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching us, and with it comes a flurry of expectations about the importance of finding “the one.” We see these expectations everywhere—in advertisements, on social...

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