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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

Reta Fiorelli and her granddaughter, Jennifer Coakley

Gram, her garden and the new generation

Aquene Kimmel, Contributing Reporter February 1, 2019

The small garden on Cornell Road looks a little different this winter. Usually it would be decked out for Christmas, but instead strings of plastic autumn leaves and cheerful fake flowers remain, a contrast...

Class of 2021 ushers in era under new admissions policy

Aquene Kimmel, Director of Web and Multimedia August 25, 2017

This year’s freshman class is bringing more than just new faces to campus; with them comes the rollout of the admissions policy that first became the subject of campus-wide discussion in 2015. With...

Speaker presents her father’s memories of life in pre-Holocaust Poland

Speaker presents her father’s memories of life in pre-Holocaust Poland

Aquene Kimmel and Celia Wan April 28, 2017

In the Tinkham Veale University Center this Tuesday, an audience laughed along with the story of a rich kleptomaniac stealing a live fish and “aww”ed at the enduring friendship between the speaker’s...

A meeting of fraternity and sorority presidents on April 19.

Greek councils discuss increasing sorority vote in joint decisions

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter April 21, 2017

In the General Body meeting of campus Greek leaders on April 11, tensions rose as representatives discussed a proposed bylaw revision that would change the balance between fraternities and sororities balance...

USG funds the masses

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter December 2, 2016

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) recently approved the Mass Funding for spring 2017. This year, organizations funded by USG submitted a total request for almost twice as much money as USG planned...

Zeta Psi house caught fire during ritual

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter November 18, 2016

The Zeta Psi fraternity house caught fire over the weekend, causing some damage to the building but no major injuries. The fire alarm in the Zeta Psi house on the south side of campus sounded just before...

As Fiorelli sits by her garden each day, people approach her to compliment the colorful spot on an otherwise brick-and-concrete street.

Putting down roots

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter October 28, 2016

Several years ago, Reta Fiorelli carried her morning cup of coffee out of the apartment building she owns on Cornell Road to sit at the lawn table, jammed in at the side of her overflowing garden. Her...

Sigma Phi Epsilon revokes campus charter

Sigma Phi Epsilon revokes campus charter

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter October 7, 2016

After dark on Thursday, Sept. 29, the Ohio Sigma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) gathered in Nord Hall. None of them, not even their president, knew why the meeting had been called. A staff member...

Student groups gear up for November elections

Student groups gear up for November elections

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter September 23, 2016

Since the beginning of this semester, walking across campus during school hours supplies students with ample opportunities to register to vote, provided by various campus and nonprofit groups. Among registering...

Shuttle route split for new semester

Aquene Kimmel, Staff Reporter September 16, 2016

As of the beginning of this fall semester, the Circle Link shuttle has been missing from the Euclid Avenue traffic. According to a Shuttle Supervisor at Standard Parking, the Circle Link Bus was split...

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