Landfills should be synonymous with the last resort, and yet every year, the U.S. generates nearly 300 million tons of landfill waste. Moreover, Ohio has a higher waste generation rate than most other...
As in previous years, The Observer will wrap up this semester with a report card. Just as many of us are anxiously awaiting our final grades, we should also be considering how our university has performed....
We are nearly there, folks. By the time this issue of The Observer is published, our final classes of the week are likely to have begun, after which, students on campus will begin their move-out process....
Journalism cannot exist without sources. In some cases, people are willing to share their experience or expertise on the record, with their name cited for reference. Other times, people do not have this...
Robin Brown rushed her 4-year-old daughter to University Hospitals on a September day in 1999. Her pediatrician had tested for lead and the results came back—70 micrograms per deciliter. For context,...
It’s hard to keep track of which pandemic wave we are currently in. To some, we are in the second, or even perhaps the third. However, by simply looking at cases across the U.S. since March, it is clear...
There are plenty of comments about The Observer that circulate around campus on a regular basis. Some are valid critiques—many of which we are trying to address—and then there are baseless ones which...
One week ago today, the U.S. lost an inspirational leader and amazing woman. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg challenged norms throughout her life, brilliantly defending men against discrimination...
The world is waiting for institutions like Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic to do what they do best: research and develop biomedical technology. For until a vaccine is developed...
Among the most unqualified and problematic leaders appointed by President Donald J. Trump is Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education. After effectively carrying out her personal and political agendas to...
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