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Editorial CWRU embraces AI, but should we?

Editorial CWRU embraces AI, but should we?

Editorial Board November 7, 2025

What used to be a groundbreaking concept is now a reality. Artificial Intelligence (AI) development has spiked along with our understanding and use of the technology in our day-to-day lives. 95% of adults...

EDITORIAL: Government shutdown threatens SNAP

EDITORIAL: Government shutdown threatens SNAP

Editorial Board October 31, 2025

Halloween is here. For some, it is a well-loved and celebrated holiday, filled with innocent tricks or treats. But the unstable state of the country during the government shutdown is hard to ignore. If...

Editorial: Homework over Homecoming

Editorial Board October 10, 2025

This weekend, Homecoming celebrations and fall festivities abound at Case Western Reserve University, offering opportunities for visiting alumni to commemorate their time spent on campus and for current...

Editorial: Signed up, but mentally checked out

Editorial: Signed up, but mentally checked out

Editorial Board October 3, 2025

Many of us are served with a little reminder of the Student Activities Fair each time we receive an email or CampusGroups notification about a club meeting or event for an organization we joined in the...

Editorial: True editorial freedom requires financial freedom

Editorial Board September 26, 2025

On Sept. 15, Jimmy Kimmel commented on speculations about who fatally shot Charlie Kirk, a conservative influencer and infamous ally of Trump. Soon after that, Kimmel was taken off air. Brendan Carr, the...

Editorial: The Advance Ohio Higher Education Act makes schools vulnerable

Editorial: The Advance Ohio Higher Education Act makes schools vulnerable

Editorial Board September 12, 2025

On June 27, Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act, came into effect. Now that it is here and universities are starting the academic year, the destructive consequences of the law are...

History repeating itself: Public Safety fails to keep us informed, again

History repeating itself: Public Safety fails to keep us informed, again

Editorial Board September 5, 2025

“Shelter in place immediately” flashed across our phone screens last Wednesday around 5:35 p.m. The cause? Case Western Reserve University staff and students were later briefed about a potential shooting...

Editorial: Welcome Class of 2029

Editorial: Welcome Class of 2029

Editorial Board April 25, 2025

To Case Western Reserve University’s incoming Class of 2029: Everyone says it, and you’re probably getting tired of hearing it, but we’re living in uncertain times. As you get ready to step into...

Editorial: Envision Weekend was canceled: What does this mean for underrepresented minorities on campus?

Editorial Board April 11, 2025

On March 27, Envision Weekend leader applicants for the upcoming 2025 summer cycle received an email addressing the cancelation of the weekend-long orientation event. For the past two years, this program...

Editorial: The Observer’s endorsements for the 2025 USG elections

Editorial: The Observer’s endorsements for the 2025 USG elections

Editorial Board April 4, 2025

As we near the final stretch of the school year, it is once again time to partake in the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) elections. USG is Case Western Reserve University’s primary student advocacy...

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