The Observer

LTTE: An investment in education can help fix CWRU

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Professor of Philosophy • October 6, 2023

In the Friday, Sept. 22 issue of The Observer, two articles addressed problems in the quality of Case Western Reserve University’s education. One addressed the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings...

LTTE: In response to “Kaler’s email puts CWRU and USG in national spotlight”

David Singer, Professor of Mathematics • December 9, 2022

To the editors: The Nov. 18 issue of The Observer makes it appear that the campus is completely united behind the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) resolution and offended by President Kaler's...

LTTE: Open letter to President Kaler from CWRU’s Students for Justice in Palestine

SJP CWRU • December 9, 2022

Dear President Eric Kaler, Case Western Reserve University’s Students for Justice in Palestine, alongside 13 different cosigning organizations, would like to issue a formal response to the email you...

LTTE: An open letter from CWRU faculty regarding President Kaler’s statement

CWRU Faculty • November 18, 2022

We write in defense of our students, who have taken a principled stand against the policies of a state. Whether one agrees with the students’ proposed solutions or not, labeling their stand as hateful...

LTTE: In regards to President Kaler’s message from a Jewish graduate student

Sam Seidman, Graduate Student • November 18, 2022

I am a Jewish member of the Case Western Reserve University community for whom President Kaler claimed to speak in his email of Nov. 9. In the email, he informed the CWRU community that the Undergraduate...

LTTE: Providing context and condemning hate

USG Executive Committee • November 18, 2022

CWRU Student Body, We want to provide context for the Undergraduate Student Government General Assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The resolution on the table was authored by Case Western Reserve University...

LTTE: The struggle for justice in CWRU and Palestine goes on

Tim O’Shea, CWRU ’20 • November 18, 2022

Four and a half years ago, I co-authored Resolution 27-04, the first USG resolution calling for the divestment of CWRU assets from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. That effort ended on April 22, 2018,...

LTTE: President Kaler’s letter was wrong

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Professor of Philosophy • November 11, 2022

President Kaler recently sent a letter to the campus community addressing the Undergraduate Student Government resolution 31-15-SJP, which seeks the boycott of industries supporting militarized injustice...

LTTE: A response to The Observer’s Oct. 22 editorial on concealed carry at CWRU

Steven Sidik, Former Professor of Statistics • September 9, 2022

I did not see the Oct. 22, 2021 editorial by the Editorial Board until just today as I happened to DuckDuckGo my name. At the time I was no longer employed by Case Western Reserve University nor getting...

LTTE: USG: Do not create an endowment with our tuition dollars

SEC Allocations Committee • April 8, 2022

We are the SEC Allocations Committee, the student body’s elected representatives that manage all things related to student finances. Specifically we oversee the Student Activity Fee (SAF), a fee every...