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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

Why SAGES failed

Zachary Treseler, News Editor January 31, 2025

As the SAGES program begins to wind down, it is vital to understand the legacy and impact of the program on Case Western Reserve University students. For a program that played such a key role in the anxieties...

Editorial: Kaler’s recent emails fail to support CWRU community

Editorial: Kaler’s recent emails fail to support CWRU community

Editorial Board January 31, 2025

At the start of his term in 2021, President Eric Kaler set a precedent of sending emails of support when members of the Case Western Reserve University community were directly or indirectly impacted by...

We need to talk about AI

Milo Vetter, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the brain at Case Western Reserve University. Your first day in class may have had anywhere from one to 20 minutes devoted to the subject of AI on the syllabus, depending...

Equal treatment, equal responsibility

Catherine Choi, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

In the early stages of women’s rights advocacy, society was largely resistant to the movement. Susan B. Anthony and other women’s rights advocates were faced with severe backlash and retaliation while...

TikTok’s timeout: Nationwide TikTok ban has Trump’s fingerprints all over it

TikTok’s timeout: Nationwide TikTok ban has Trump’s fingerprints all over it

Aleksandra Majewski, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

In case we all forgot, President Donald Trump was one of the first to express his concerns about TikTok during his first presidential term. Yet, ironically, Trump vowed to save the social media app by...

Editorial: The hypocrisy of Phi Delta Epsilon

Editorial: The hypocrisy of Phi Delta Epsilon

Editorial Board January 24, 2025

As any student at Case Western Reserve University will tell you, this is not an easy school. The academics are grueling, the weather is unforgiving and the social scene can sometimes feel isolating. For...

Schools are still segregated: What are we going to do about it?

Hannah Johnson, Opinion Editor January 24, 2025

In practically any big city, you’ll notice that it contains its parallels. The very wealthy on one side of town and those who are struggling to get by on the other. It sounds fairytale-like, that such...

LTTE: Re Paul Kerson

Thomas Kim Hill, Contributing Writer January 24, 2025

We need to apply some critical thinking, and a complete history, to Paul Kerson’s LTTE “Protests—now and then” in The Observer on Jan. 17. It is astounding how he gets the Case Western Reserve...

Welcome to the broligarchy

Welcome to the broligarchy

Aambar Agarwal, Social Media Manager January 24, 2025

On Monday, the United States inaugurated its 47th president. During one of the coldest inaugurations on record, Donald Trump was sworn in as president in the Capitol Rotunda. Standing at the site of the...

LTTE: Protests—now and then

Paul Kerson, Founder January 17, 2025

To The Case Western Reserve University Observer: I write as one of your five founders. The CWRU Observer was founded in the late Jon Poole’s room in Cutler House in the spring of 1969 by Jon, Doug...

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