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Sisters, teammates, friends

Heather O’Keeffe February 27, 2015

Unless you live under a rock, you’re probably aware that the first two weekends of the semester were overwhelmed by sorority recruitment. For a lot of young women who go through recruitment, myself included...

The excitement of registering for classes

Abby Assmus February 27, 2015

It’s my favorite time of the semester again. No, I’m not referring to Spring Break, although that is only a week away. I am talking about registration for the next semester. Even though class registration...

Gender-Inclusive housing: necessary, overdue

Zak Khan February 27, 2015

I can’t go downstairs like this. It’s a brown t-shirt and black leggings, but they won’t like it and I’ll have to put up with shitty comments and stares and god I hope no one lays a hand on me...

Same people, same problem, richer group

Chandler Holcomb February 27, 2015

As many of you know, cultural groups on campus have proposed a split from Undergraduate Student Government (USG) into their own Student Executive Council (SEC) board. The split would create the Undergraduate...

When we’re too afraid to fight back

Andrew Breland February 27, 2015

Our university does a lot wrong. Everyone who has read any number of my columns in this space knows that this is my normal mentality. Generally, the mistakes are defensible. They are, at worst, reversible....

On the topic of Gender-Inclusive Housing

February 27, 2015

To the editor, Male or female? The question seems innocent enough, not to mention it’s a crucial prerequisite to determine housing for students. However, it makes a dangerous assumption: that every...

Eating disorders impact lives, not just one week

February 27, 2015

As we know, this week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. For some people, it is just a time where they see a few posts shared on Facebook concerning the topic, like it if it seems interesting and continue...

New diversity board: let’s take a SEC to think

February 20, 2015

In last week’s issue, we ran a letter to the editor from Brittany Chung and Precious Amoako arguing that Case Western Reserve University students need to add a new diversity board to the Student Executive...

SEC budgeting

Zak Khan February 20, 2015

Money is on nearly every student’s mind this week, as the usual tuition increases and budgets get underway. The Student Executive Council (SEC) deliberations on the student activities fee money are a...

Going green takes on a new meaning

Kassie Stewart February 20, 2015

If you have not noticed already, Facebook has turned green overnight. All around the social media site within our community and beyond, there has been an overwhelming change of profile pictures, shares...

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