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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

Reconstructing the meaning of depth

Lily Zhang, Copy Editor February 6, 2026

What does it mean to be deep? Any mention of the idea of “depth” may bring to mind many names, objects and pieces of media: Kafka, poetry, “cinema” (not the movies!) or Renaissance paintings. It...

What's in a name?

What’s in a name?

Aditi Darodkar, Staff Writer January 30, 2026

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s words are often invoked to argue that names are trivial, that they are interchangeable and...

What can we learn from bonds that break?

What can we learn from bonds that break?

Riya Kulkarni, Copy Editor January 30, 2026

We’ve all been in a position of conflict. Maybe we had a bad day and said something we shouldn’t have. Maybe our personalities didn’t align so well, and the situation was misinterpreted. Maybe we...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell participates in the Federal Open Market Committee press conference on July 27, 2022, in Washington. (Courtesy of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors via Flickr)

The fight for an independent Fed

Isabel Haytayan, Contributing Writer January 23, 2026

President Donald Trump has been consistently pressuring the United States Federal Reserve since the beginning of his term last January. Aside from numerous comments on Truth Social and other platforms,...

The children are the future, and it's important to instill good values in the future generations.

Why you should have children

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer January 23, 2026

We’re in demographic trouble. According to a report by the Pew Research Center, American fertility is at an all-time low, as roughly 1.6 children are born on average to each woman in the country. This...

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