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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Interdisciplinary study becomes the new norm

Celia Wan, News Editor September 9, 2016

Studying evolutionary biology with the rigorousness of a historian and analyzing medical data set with the precision of a mathematician. These are the skills that the two newly approved majors, data...

Assmus: Its time to get off your phone and pay attention

Assmus: It’s time to get off your phone and pay attention

Abby Assmus, Columnist September 2, 2016

It is the beginning of a new semester, an exciting time for many people on campus. Whether you are returning to campus from spending the summer away and finishing your remaining undergraduate years here...

Instead of Cleveland Pride, The LGBT Center stepped in to host Pride in the CLE later in the summer.

Despite cancellation, Pride lives on

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter August 20, 2016

If Pride celebrations are about proving how much the LGBT community can overcome together, then this year’s Pride in the CLE was especially in line with Pride’s purpose. After Cleveland Pride, Inc....

Following the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Cleveland held several events.

Grief at a distance

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter August 19, 2016

Two weeks after the most fatal mass shooting in American history, I started crying in the middle of an interview, sitting at a table across from the Einstein’s in the University Hospitals (UH) atrium....

Galleries of the Republican National Convention 2016

Anmol Nigam, Photography Editor July 19, 2016

Day One of RNC 2016 Day Two of RNC 2016

This summer, many students who stay on campus are concerned with their safety living with the RNC peace officers.

Increasing Police Presence During RNC Concerns Campus

Anmol Nigam, Photography Editor July 11, 2016

This summer students may notice the sudden increase in armed personnel on campus. Groups of Republican National Convention (RNC) officers coming from all around the country have already made arrangements...

“Orange is the New Black” season four tackles past and future

Sierra Cotton, Staff Reporter June 24, 2016

At the end of “Orange is the New Black” season three, we were left wondering what direction season four could possibly take after the inmates broke out to go to the lake and privatization of the prison...

Historic Tennis Seasons Come to a Close

Eddie Kerekes, Sports Editor June 24, 2016

All good things must come to an end, and this was the case for the Spartans tennis teams’ 2016 season at the Division III Championships held on Memorial Day weekend in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Both the men’s...

Fighting Gobies End Best Season Ever

Eddie Kerekes, Sports Editor June 24, 2016

For the first time in program history, the Fighting Gobies advanced to the Division I College Ultimate Championships, held on Memorial Day weekend in Raleigh, NC. The team’s debut on the national stage...

Taleb: What the Cavaliers win really means for Cleveland and the world

Nardine Taleb, Opinion Editor June 23, 2016

The buzz really started at one minute and nine seconds, after the score was locked 89 – 89. There was this calm sense, at least in the Quicken Loans Arena, that anything could happen in the next minute...

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