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Editorial: CWRU is building for the future despite the urgent needs of the present

Editorial Board November 17, 2023

Case Western Reserve University is in a perpetual state of transformation, with plans for new buildings and grand visions of the future. However, the predominant focus on physical facilities has cast a...

LTTE: President Kaler’s administration’s support of Israel violates its free speech policy

Ted Steinberg, Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History November 17, 2023

Nothing Case Western Reserve University President Eric Kaler wrote in his Nov. 10 statement acknowledging Palestinian suffering, a development noted in The Observer, changes the fact that the university...

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...

Editorial: President Kaler’s intimidation of the LGBT Center is a threat to student expression

Editorial Board November 10, 2023

On Nov. 6, Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), as well as several other CWRU clubs and external organizations, organized a walkout in protest of President...

LTTE: Vote yes on Issue 38

Joe Bialek November 3, 2023

I am not directly affiliated with People’s Budget Cleveland (PB CLE)—nor do I speak on their behalf—but I do support it completely. This amendment emerged because of the continued waste, fraud and...

Editorial: It’s okay to be imperfect

Editorial Board November 3, 2023

Striving to always earn good grades, landing that job offer you’ve always wanted, belonging to a large friend group—all of these goals are familiar to us as college students. These goals are particularly...

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