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Ex unitate vires

Andrew Breland August 29, 2014

On Tuesday morning, most students woke up to a series of emails detailing a potentially scary but all-too-common occurrence in our society. A suspicious package was spotted outside the Village Starbucks....

Reaching out

Katie Wieser, Executive Editor & Publisher August 29, 2014

As a campus, we’ve dealt with plenty of challenges in the past few years but few have hit us as hard as the events of Monday night. People always mention how a tragedy can bring a community together....

Did we pass?

The Observer April 25, 2014

Student Involvement/Initiatives — C CWRU students have been busy accomplishing great things. We’ve seen a number of newly recognized Undergraduate Student Government organizations including Nursing...

Where’s the outrage

Andrew Breland April 25, 2014

Over the last two week, eight different professors have approached me about student issues on campus. Academics, growing up in the protest-philic 1960s, expect students to be involved and engaged with...

One step forward, one look back

April 18, 2014

I hated the weekends when I was growing up. Every Sunday, after breakfast but before lunch, my father would knock on my bedroom door and beg me to wake. Within an hour this loving request would escalate...

A hazy issue

The Observer April 18, 2014

Case Western Reserve University is currently deliberating going completely tobacco-free—a policy that divides the undergraduate student body. But what if CWRU considered allowing students light up another...

Is our give-a-damn busted?

The Observer April 3, 2014

For the average person, March Madness is equated to college basketball. But this year at Case Western Reserve University, it also represented the Undergraduate Student Government election process, which...

USG candidate endorsements

The Observer March 28, 2014

To be as fair and objective as possible in the endorsement process, a committee of select staff members of The Observer, chosen by the editorial board, interviewed all candidates running for Undergraduate...

University’s handling of dean’s departure is a disgrace

Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor & Publisher March 22, 2014

I would venture to guess most students don’t read the university’s official e-newsletter, The Daily, with the frequency its editors intend. Published as often as its name suggests, The Daily provides...

Think beyond the obvious

The Observer March 22, 2014

When asked about how they spent their spring break, a typical Case Western Reserve University student would probably say that they went home. Many would be likely to mention that they used the week-long...

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