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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

Jazz Music

Sean Lacy, Contributing Reporter May 13, 2020

When we can’t leave the house, music often helps us feel as though we’re somewhere else. Jazz, that soul-stirring, uniquely American sound, is especially good at transporting us to happier places and...

It’s Okay to laugh

Jessica Stoner, Contributing Reporter May 13, 2020

For the last few years, people have been saying things “can’t get worse.” Please stop, or at least knock on wood. Seeing as laughter often turns out to center around tragedy or something else negative,...

Facing fear with fear

Halle Rose, Staff Reporter May 12, 2020

Fear is a universal and powerful human emotion. It renders us wary of things like small spaces and spiders; it gives jumping out of airplanes and swimming with sharks their thrill. Fear is the sixth sense...

Screen-based self-care

Macin Sheeder, Contributing Reporter May 12, 2020

With nowhere to go and little to do at home, many college students—myself included—have turned to our phones for meaningless entertainment to fill the coronavirus-induced void. But, if you’ve ever...

Quarantine vibez

Tobili Hatcher, Staff Reporter May 12, 2020

Playlist 1: Reflection on April 2020 Spotify URL: spotify:playlist:5JyTLhTRGKWloZAgyCE83v  As I sit here and try to figure out where the 21st century version of the Roaring ’20s went wrong, I can’t...

Home is where the art is

Home is where the art is

Joel Fuentes, Contributing Reporter May 12, 2020

Listen up! If you’ve already scrolled through every genre there is on Netflix, or whisked away your last bag of flour, it might be time to pull out that old box of crayons or paint-by-number kit and...

Through the decades

Caedmon Mills, Contributing Reporter May 12, 2020

“Tiger King” and “Ozark” might be getting all the love as Americans turn to streaming services more than ever before, but it’s time to recognize and appreciate some important movies from around...

What to do this weekend

Matt Hooke, A&E Editor December 7, 2018

Friday, Dec. 7 Design Spotlight Where: Sears think[box] When: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. See the hard work of your fellow students on display at this free event hosted by the Case Western Reserve University...

Case Western Reserve University President Barbara R. Snyder addressing the campus in the wake of the shooting

Third-year student shot on South Side

Sophia Yakumithis, News Editor November 9, 2018

On the night of Nov. 3, a Case Western Reserve University student was shot in a parking lot on Murray Hill Road during a carjacking incident which escalated into a shootout with police. A press conference...

Kerby: Say hello to Spartie the Squirrel

Steve Kerby, Staff Columnist November 2, 2018

To be frank, an ancient Greek soldier renowned as the model of a disciplined and driven fighter is not the image of the Case Western Reserve University student body. A Spartan warrior is not the mascot...

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