Editorial: Keep the RTA pass, no matter the cost
April 12, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
For years, Case Western Reserve University students have never had to ask how much a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) pass costs. We’ve known that, as part of our Cleveland cultural enrichment, we are given one each semester for the flat price of $25. Needless to say, this is an absolute bargain, gi...
Editorial: How to break up the post-spring break blues
April 5, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
It’s been over a week since we returned from spring break, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to care about our schoolwork. Post-spring break complacency is an affliction that many of us are likely facing. It makes sense to fall victim to it; we worked so hard in the first half of the semes...
Editorial: Campus stops on the CWRU tour route not taken
March 29, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
It’s March, which means many students are awaiting or have already received their college decisions. It also means that a number of prospective students will be flocking to Case Western Reserve University to check out their potential home for the next four years. While here, they will more than likely...
Editorial: Wealth’s clear advantages in college admissions
March 22, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
The immense pressure and anxiety that accompanies applying for college cannot be understated. While the recency of the experience of college admissions varies around campus, all of us can definitely remember the grind of application essays, the scramble for resume fillers and the nausea that decision da...
Editorial: Changing off-campus housing policy a great decision for students
March 1, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
It’s no secret that housing at urban colleges is expensive. Around the country, urban campuses everywhere struggle to provide decent housing for their students, especially those that wish to escape the confines of first-and second-year dorm living. At Case Western Reserve University, this issue has been especial...
Editorial: Students deserve better explanation, solution to tuition increases
Jackson Rudoff, Opinion Editor
February 22, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
College is expensive. This isn’t a truth unique to Case Western Reserve University, but it’s certainly one that plagues the students here in particular. As a private institution, CWRU is by nature going to be more expensive than most other universities. It’s supposedly the trade-off of the p...
Editorial: Commending alert improvement time
February 15, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
Monday nights at Case Western Reserve University are usually slow and uneventful, bogged down by work and fatigue. But this week, almost everyone on campus suddenly found themselves wide awake thanks to a series of Rave alerts. At approximately 12:16 a.m., multiple people around campus reported heari...
The problem with second chances
Jackson Rudoff, Opinion Editor
February 8, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
Young adulthood is often referred to as the period for making mistakes. Stupid decisions regarding our appearances, reckless activities and other general acts of irresponsibility are just part of us “figuring ourselves out” or bumps in the road to being a functioning adult. After all, how can we gr...
Editorial: What can be said for the weather?
Jackson Rudoff, Opinion Editor
February 1, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion
There are few things as great as class cancellation. The early portion of any spring semester at Case Western Reserve University always tends to be backlogged, as students rush to move in, get their books and supplies and figure out their schedule all in the span of a few days. All of this is accom...
EDITORIAL: CMA makes major expansion to Open Access media
January 25, 2019
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Top Stories
For a small student paper like The Observer, there are some hurdles we encounter that larger, professionalized publications do not. Often times, getting the perfect photo to complement an article is one of those challenges. While we’ve built up a nice stock library for articles related to Case Western...
