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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Editorial: Warding off your winter blues

Editorial: Warding off your winter blues

Editorial Board December 5, 2025

It is that time of the year again: the first heavy snowfall of the winter season. It came sooner than some may have imagined and, depending on who you ask, it could be exciting or dreadful news. Regardless,...

Medical professionals grow distant from the patients they treat, at the cost of losing compassion

The cost of caring too much in medicine

Aditi Darodkar, Contributing Writer December 5, 2025

“The Provider-On Call is currently not available. Please hold.”    After an hour, a frantic voice finally answered. Nervously, I explained that my friend, who had recently undergone surgery,...

Nerds: What's in a name?

Nerds: What’s in a name?

Riya Kulkarni, Copy Editor December 5, 2025

Many of us have individual interests, academic or otherwise. Some of us can quote lines from “Star Wars” from memory, describe the exact history of a sports team in great detail or recite 100 digits...

Speaking the truth: how sexism is built into our everyday language

Lily Zhang, Copy Editor November 21, 2025

In 2011, an interesting study was done between Chinese-American bilinguals and English speaking monolinguals. Both groups were given sets of images of Jet Li and Brad Pitt at differing ages and asked to...

Tiktoker’s Social Experiment Lays Bare the Deceit of Evangelical Christianity

Tiktoker’s Social Experiment Lays Bare the Deceit of Evangelical Christianity

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer November 21, 2025

This week’s viral news story comes from a TikTok creator: Nikalie Monroe. She’s been conducting a “social experiment,” in which she calls various churches, pretending to be a single mother of a...

Hidden Cost of Consumerism

Hidden Cost of Consumerism

Afshan Ara, Staff Writer November 21, 2025

I want to start this article by reminding people that I am in no way shaming or judging anyone. I am a victim of this mentality myself. In the United States, consumerism is a lifestyle that dominates many...

Editorial: CWRU should Rate My Professors

Editorial: CWRU should Rate My Professors

Editorial Board November 21, 2025

It’s that time of the semester again. The bloodbath of course registration has now come to an end. Yet, the dissatisfaction and ominous presumptions of class structure still loom in many students’...

Into the Siken-Verse: Fandom cruelty and the growth of anti-intellectualism in fandom spaces

Into the Siken-Verse: Fandom cruelty and the growth of anti-intellectualism in fandom spaces

Mariana Parilli-Castillo, Copy Editor November 21, 2025

There’s no shame in saying that if I were to rank how much time I spend engaging in fandom in comparison to more fruitful endeavors like sleep or budgeting for the upcoming recession, it would still...

PSA: Walk your wheels on the quad

PSA: Walk your wheels on the quad

Anya Lin, Analytics Manager November 14, 2025

Plastered in bold blue and white font across select walkways around campus are clear “Walk your wheels” signs, banning the use of wheeled transportation in specific areas. Yet, every day, I see bicycles,...

Government shutdown ends at a stalemate for the Democratic Party Writer: Editorial Board

Editorial Board November 14, 2025

This past Wednesday, the House of Representatives returned to office, concluding a 43-day government shutdown. To recap, 1.4 million federal employees went unpaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...

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