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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

You could be invested in fossil fuels and not know it: CWRU’s partnership with PNC Bank

Sedona Jolly, Contributing Writer December 1, 2023

Each year during Discover Week, a truck sits on Bellflower Road directly in front of the entrance of Tinkham Veale University Center—except instead of selling food it sells bank accounts. PNC Bank partners...

AI is ushering in the next wave of music, for better or for worse

AI is ushering in the next wave of music, for better or for worse

Jessica Kwasny, Staff Writer December 1, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has reached the music industry, and it won’t be a fleeting phenomenon. Chart-topping rapper Bad Bunny is one the most recent high-profile artists to address the consequences...

Why every student should study abroad: From the perspective of a study-abroad alum

Connor Flores, Contributing Writer November 17, 2023

Last semester, I embarked on a transformative journey to Vienna. While I was unaware at the time, the four months that I spent abroad was the greatest experience of my life. Although I knew that studying...

My “Champagne Problems” with Taylor Swift

Rebecca Warber, Copy Editor November 17, 2023

Like countless others, on Oct. 27, I sat down to listen to “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” I have to admit I was excited, but that excitement dissipated almost immediately after I pressed play. Disappointingly...

A nursing students perspective on the broken health care system and how we can fix it

A nursing student’s perspective on the broken health care system and how we can fix it

Catherine Choi, Staff Writer November 17, 2023

As a third-year nursing student, I was taught about various diseases, how to provide care and use hospital equipment, and I learned about laws that are designed to protect patients and their rights; I...

Mandatory PE: Is it really needed?

Aambar Agarwal, Social Media Editor November 17, 2023

From Harvard University to Stanford University, the Ohio State University to Northwestern University, and Vanderbilt University to the University of Virginia, there is no physical education (PE) requirement...

Dont fear the gap year: Why students should be encouraged to consider gap years

Don’t fear the gap year: Why students should be encouraged to consider gap years

Jessica Kwasny, Staff Writer November 10, 2023

What do you want to do after you graduate? Every student has to face this question at some point before graduation. For some, the answer is obvious: They have a dream career in sight, and maybe even...

Adulting 101: The importance of learning how to be an adult

Catherine Choi, Staff Writer November 10, 2023

In my senior year of high school, my Advanced Placement (AP) Government and Politics and Macroeconomics teacher conducted three classes where she educated her students on finances. During the process,...

Why dating shows have us hooked—and what they are doing to our relationships

Why dating shows have us hooked—and what they are doing to our relationships

Katharina Staehr, Contributing Writer November 10, 2023

Last night, the words “[w]arning, the following program contains love, lust and sexy democracy” obnoxiously blared from my laptop as the screen scanned over gym-honed mirror-lovers in a luxury villa...

My journey through grief

Beau Bilinovich, Opinion Editor November 10, 2023

Losing someone you care about is an experience that all of us will have to go through in our lives. No matter who you are or where you are from, you will, at some point, have to grieve, and it won’t...

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