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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Open Letter: Let Civility Make America Great Again

Kylene Ye January 27, 2017

Have you ever written posts like “If you supported this candidate, unfriend me from Facebook”? Or “How can someone even vote for this candidate? It’s completely unfathomable!”? If you haven’t,...

Letters to the Editor: Phi Delts Offensive Costumes Return

Letters to the Editor: Phi Delt’s Offensive Costumes Return

November 30, 2016

Greetings CWRU Community, I am writing to discuss a recent act of racial arrogance on our campus and the Case Western Reserve University administration's unwillingness to address it. As most of you...

Letter to the Editor: Afro Am and ASA response to “An end to UDC”

Tulibona Namulemo November 18, 2016

In a previous issue, a letter to the editor was written by Edward Bennett and Maleeka Aljawad calling for an end to the University Diversity Collaborative (UDC), citing the African American Society (Afro...

Letter to the Editor: In response to “Locker Room Banter”

November 18, 2016

This is a response to an Oct. 14 submission by Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer, professor of Ethics at Case Western Reserve University. It is unfortunate that the professor experienced ridicule and even abuse...

Letter to the Editor: UDC responds to “An End to the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative”

UDC November 11, 2016

We are compelled to write today in response to a letter calling for the end of the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC). Thank you to the authors of this letter for beginning this conversation in...

Letter to the Editor: In response to “An End to the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative”

Cameron Childers November 11, 2016

In the letter to the editor published last week, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Representatives Edward Bennett for the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and Maleeka Aljawad  for the College...

Letter to the Editor: Radical Student Union releases statement on the Presidential Election

Gabriel Murcia November 11, 2016

Today, we wake up to the news that the Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, has won the election. The President-elect has invigorated racism in this country against immigrants and followers...

Letter to the Editor: Islamophobia and antisemitism

Pete Moore November 11, 2016

I applaud The Observer for its critical coverage of Stephen Hoffman’s offensive comments about Muslims in the wake of the January 2015 attacks in Paris. Questioning powerful individuals is a cornerstone...

Letter to the Editor: Support for UDC

UMB exec November 11, 2016

The purpose of the University Media Board (UMB) on this campus is to not only support student media, but to also advance and protect student expression. The University Diversity Collaborative (UDC) is...

Letter to the Editor: An End to the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative

November 4, 2016

We are writing today to call for an end to the Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC). Since their inception, UDC has been a constructive effort to marginalize and undermine the advancement of minority...

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