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Laughter is the best medicine: Why every CWRU student should attend stand-up comedy shows

Laughter is the best medicine: Why every CWRU student should attend stand-up comedy shows

Shivangi Nanda, Executive Editor March 28, 2024

After spring break, college can feel like a whirlwind of never-ending assignments and responsibilities. While going out with friends or watching a movie can be a good way to let go, ever consider going...

How redefining body positivity can lead to happier and healthier lives

How redefining body positivity can lead to happier and healthier lives

Snehal Choudhury, Staff Writer March 22, 2024

Let’s start with a little history about body positivity: It is rooted in 1960s fat acceptance activism and later proliferated in the 2000s on the internet. Back then, it was a seemingly apolitical term...

America and CWRUs parking problem

America and CWRU’s parking problem

Hannah Johnson, Copy Editor March 22, 2024

Over spring break I flew to Washington, D.C. to visit my cousin. The plan was to rent a car to save money and have an easy and convenient transportation experience. As my family checked out the rental...

Eclipsed by clouds: It is too soon to get hyped

Aambar Agarwal, Social Media Editor March 22, 2024

As you have probably already heard, on April 8, North America will experience a total solar eclipse—and this year, Cleveland is right in its path. From 1:59 p.m. to 4:29 p.m., the city will experience...

Why reading hard books is important, despite how difficult it can be

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

In middle school and high school, your teachers probably encouraged you to seek out primary sources, which are original accounts of a topic, as opposed to secondary sources, which are retellings or summaries...

Beyond the bin: A new approach to dining hall food can help reduce food waste

Beyond the bin: A new approach to dining hall food can help reduce food waste

Katharina Staehr, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

Brace yourself for an unpopular opinion—but when I enter Leutner or Fribley Commons, I’m excited for the fiesta of flavors that awaits. It might be a mediterranean-style bowl heaped with roasted chickpeas...

84% of CWRU undergraduate students are involved in research: What’s the big deal?

Gloria Liu, Contributing Writer February 23, 2024

You’ve been slumped in the same chair for two hours now, eagerly waiting for your experiment to finish running. You could continue working on that paper, but truly, you have no focus—or will for that...

Entertainment tech is too good for our own good

Entertainment tech is too good for our own good

Jessica Kwasny, Staff Writer February 23, 2024

While walking around campus, I often feel like I’m in a peculiar kind of silent disco. The majority of students—myself included—pop earbuds in as soon as lecture ends and immediately hustle to the...

Humanities write essays, but STEM fills in bubbles—this is a problem

Humanities write essays, but STEM fills in bubbles—this is a problem

Salsabeel Salem, Staff Writer February 16, 2024

50 questions, 1 hour and 15 minutes. As the clock struck 1 p.m., over 100 students flipped open their test, commencing the third BIOL 215: Cells and Proteins exam. I meandered my way about the exam questions,...

The price of love

The price of love

Aambar Agarwal, Social Media Editor February 9, 2024

It is quite impossible to overlook Feb. 14 on any calendar. The date is almost always marked as Valentine’s Day, either in words or with a naked baby shooting an arrow. No worries if you skipped glancing...

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