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Assmus: My New Year’s resolution is to become more politically aware

Abby Assmus • January 22, 2016

January is well under way, and most people are either doing well on their New Year's resolutions or have already given them up, if they made any at all. Instead of doing the clichéd eat healthy or exercise...

Lehrer: Congress must stop trying to hurt Americans, but help them

Josh Lehrer • January 15, 2016

In case you didn’t see the news this past week, the Republican-led Congress—that is, both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives—passed a bill almost exclusively across party lines...

Editor’s Note: Tamir Rice case highlights why all elections, even primaries, matter

Mike McKenna • January 15, 2016

Over the past year, Cleveland as a community has had to come to terms with the shooting of 12-year old Tamir Rice by police officer Timothy Loehmann. Not only has this black child’s death frustrated...

Stark: Undergraduate and graduate student and the USG were informed, involved in development of tobacco policy

Lou Stark • January 15, 2016

To the editor, I was disappointed to see the front-page story in the Dec. 4 issue of The Observer claiming a lack of student input on a proposal to make the campus tobacco-free. I rarely respond to...

Eckert: Over break, CWRU became the home longed for

Brian Eckert • January 15, 2016

Looking back on winter break, I hope everyone enjoyed spending time with their family and reconnecting with old friends. Personally, I was ready to come back to school on Dec. 26. I fulfilled my family...

Moran: Recruitment is changing from bad to better

Taylor Moran, Director of Business Operations • January 15, 2016

I didn’t have some fairy tale recruitment. It was bitter and it sucked. I hated nearly every second of it and no one could pay me enough to repeat the four days of pure emotional hell that was. However...

Murcia: The Observer’s semester grade is a C-

December 16, 2015

Editor’s Note: The Observer is a member of the University Media Board (UMB) and funded by the UMB’s allocated portion of the Student Activities Fee and further through advertisements from local vendors....

Kim: Smoking ban is unconstitutional

Jonathan Kim • December 9, 2015

On Nov. 23, the CWRU Faculty Senate ruled to ban all tobacco products on campus. Anyone who briefly looks over the June 2015 Faculty Handbook, the guide for University Faculty as defined in the “Constitution...

Horton: Open Letter in Support of USG’s Resolution R. 25-04

Ray Horton • December 9, 2015

On May 6, while I was serving as vice president of the Graduate Student Senate, Professor Elizabeth Click explained the tobacco-free campus initiative. This was the second time she presented the policy...

Mohanarangan: Hate, fear are pitfalls in war of ideology

Karthik Mohanarangan • December 4, 2015

Editor's Note: Daesh is another name for the terrorist group also known as ISIS or ISIL. The terrorist group prefers to not be called by this name. To the editor, Over break, I came to some realizations...