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Darcy Chew

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor

Darcy is a third-year BME and engineering physics student. When she’s not writing an absurd number of articles for The Observer, you can find her trying new recipes, writing English subtitles for Chinese dramas or running in Wyant—all of which are activities she does when she’s procrastinating doing her coursework.

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NSF, DOE funding changes impact CWRU

Darcy Chew and Vani Subramony
April 25, 2025
The CWRU men’s and women’s club crew teams competed in the 2025 Knecht Cup over the weekend, each earning third-place finishes in their varsity 4+ events. They will wrap up their season at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships this coming weekend.

CWRU Crew takes on the 2025 Knecht Cup

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 25, 2025
Second-year Nate Arterburn steps up to the plate during the Spartans’ weekend matchup against NYU. On Sunday, the team honored five graduating seniors as part of their senior night celebration.

Despite difficult double header, Spartans clinch win over NYU

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 25, 2025

Club Kung Fu takes down competition at 33rd Annual Great Lakes Kung Fu Championships

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 25, 2025
Following the intruder's arrest at Michelson Hall, CWRU PD conducted a search of several South Residential Village dorms.

Community reacts to April 11 shelter-in-place order following armed intruder

Darcy Chew, Hannah Johnson, and Zachary Treseler
April 18, 2025

CWRU Club Badminton claims D2B championship title

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 18, 2025
USG town hall discusses changes to campus-wide DEI programs

USG town hall discusses changes to campus-wide DEI programs

Darcy Chew and Vani Subramony
April 18, 2025
Second-year Nate Arterburn locks eyes with the pitcher as he steps up to the plate. The Spartans came out strong in their series against the Eagles, taking three of four games.

Baseball claims eighth consecutive UAA with 3-1 series victory over Emory

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 11, 2025
Cleveland, CWRU community walks out for SJP’s national "Week of Rage"

Cleveland, CWRU community walks out for SJP’s national “Week of Rage”

Darcy Chew and Vani Subramony
April 11, 2025
Comedian Gianmarco Soresi entertained the CWRU community with witty humor and exaggerated physicality. Members of the Editorial Board enjoyed Soresi's crowdwork and occasional political commentary.

The Observer reviews Gianmarco Soresi

Hannah Johnson, Kethan Srinivasan, Shivangi Nanda, and Darcy Chew
April 11, 2025
Fourth-year pitcher Kylie Hosey delivers a pitch to the batter. She recorded 4 strikeouts over four innings against Denison University.

Softball dominates in home opener with two shutouts

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 4, 2025
Second-year Santiago Salazar Garza executes a backhand return. The Spartans are currently 19-4 and are entering conference play on a 12-match win streak.

No. 5-ranked men’s tennis collects three more wins ahead of UAA tournament

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
April 4, 2025
Third-year Elsa Syed and her doubles partner fourth-year Anna Kan dominated in their matches against Christopher Newport, NYU and Johns Hopkins this past weekend.

Women’s tennis falls 6-2 after three-meet weekend

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
March 28, 2025
Graduate student KaiLi Gross has been an integral part of the Spartan softball team this season with a .511 hitting average and 4 home runs.

Softball to open conference play 9-5 after busy regular season, Gross tops program career hits

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
March 21, 2025
Third-year Melanie Taylor set a new school record in the 500-meter race last weekend, beating the previous one set in 2018 by 1.44 seconds.

Track and field hosts Ed Finnigan Greater Cleveland Colleges Invite, Taylor breaks school record in 500-meter

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
February 28, 2025
Third-year Grace Misiunas contributed to a school-record time in the women's 4x200 meter relay.

Track and field continues to break own program records

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
February 21, 2025
Fourth-year forward Andrew Fox played a close match against the Rochester Yellowjackets last Friday.

Men’s basketball falls to Rochester and No. 11-ranked Emory during Throwback Weekend

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
February 14, 2025
Senior Day celebrated the 18 fourth-years on the men's swimming and diving team. Fourth-years Peter Meng, Nico Billoni and Alex Waltman took home wins against Kenyon University.

Swimming and diving upsets Kenyon on men’s Senior Day

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
February 7, 2025
Left to right: First-year Siena Kanneberg, second-year Sarah Ball, first-year Riley Friedman and third-year Melanie Taylor broke the Spartans' record in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:49.14.

Track and field dominates at Fighting Scots Invitational

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
January 31, 2025
Campus in chaos

Campus in chaos

Zachary Treseler and Darcy Chew
January 31, 2025
Second-year Maggie Rose Rook took first place in the 200-yard freestyle race at the meet against SUNY Geneseo last weekend.

Swimming and Diving sweeps SUNY Geneseo

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
January 24, 2025
First-year guard Matthew Ellis scored a career-high 15 points in the Spartans' game against CMU this past Saturday.

Men’s basketball upsets CMU 89-67 in first UAA game

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
January 17, 2025
Despite their loss at the NCAA Tournament last Thursday, the CWRU volleyball team had a great season, taking pride in their tremendous growth as a team over the last few years.

Volleyball falls in first round of NCAA Tournament

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
December 6, 2024
Third-year Lauren Iagnemma (right) and fourth-year Aidan Nathan (second from right) qualified for the DIII NCAA Championship after the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, with other successful performances from (left to right) second-year Jacob Slater, first-year Donovan Crowley and third-year Ashley Novak.

Nathan and Iagnemma qualify for NCAA Championships after Great Lakes Regional

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
November 22, 2024
The CWRU women's soccer team confers during the NCAA tournament. The Spartans beat Skidmore College 4-3 and then lost to Messiah University 0-1.

Women’s soccer falls with heartbreaking 89th-minute goal in NCAA second round against No. 5-ranked Messiah

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
November 22, 2024
President Kaler addresses students’ concerns in open Q&A

President Kaler addresses students’ concerns in open Q&A

Darcy Chew, Zachary Treseler, and Vani Subramony
November 22, 2024
Students stand outside Yost Hall in protest of the ROTC. Student protests lead to CWRU's decision to discontinue the ROTC program.

CWRU’s history of protest: The response to the Vietnam War on campus

Zachary Treseler, Darcy Chew, and Ashley Rosinski
November 15, 2024
As part of a rally organized by the CWRU chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, dozens of individuals took to the streets after gathering outside of the CWRU Division of Public Safety Headquarters Building to protest against the alleged maltreatment of three students arrested for vandalism.

Community protests outside CWRU police department following vandalism arrests

Zachary Treseler, Darcy Chew, and Shivangi Nanda
November 15, 2024
Splattered and shut down: Vandalism hits multiple campus locations in act of protest

Splattered and shut down: Vandalism hits multiple campus locations in act of protest

Zachary Treseler and Darcy Chew
November 15, 2024
Fourth-year Umar Rashid carried the Spartans to victory with his goal during the last moments of overtime in the championship match against SUNY Brockport last Saturday.

Men’s basketball secures third-straight Bill Sudeck Tournament with double-overtime thriller

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
November 15, 2024
Students watch election coverage at the Joint Election Night Watch Party hosted by the Case College Republicans, Case Democrats and Department of Political Science.

CWRU gathers for election night

Darcy Chew and Zachary Treseler
November 8, 2024
The men's cross-country team competed in the UAA Championship this past weekend in Attleboro, MA. They scored 144 points overall, beating Rochester and Brandeis by 48 and 98 points, respectively.

Cross country UAA championship recap: Crowley earns UAA Rookie of the Year, Nathan and Iagnemma receive All-UAA honors

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
November 8, 2024

Men’s Basketball Preview

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
November 1, 2024

No. 17-ranked volleyball sweeps Carnegie Mellon and UChicago in final round robin

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
November 1, 2024
Fourth-year defensive backs Dominic Sais (left) and Nate Cikalo (right) hype each other up during the game. CWRU won 49-0 over Saint Vincent College.

CWRU football extends win streak to six after two home games against St. Vincent and Thiel

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
October 25, 2024

Spartan swimming and diving opens the 2024-2025 season with dominating performances

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
October 25, 2024

No. 12-ranked women’s soccer earns draw against No. 16-ranked NYU in UAA opener

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
October 11, 2024
CWRU volleyball head coach Karen Farrell prepares the team to play at their first UAA match against University of Rochester this past weekend, with a final score of 3-1.

UAA Round Robin #1: No. 21-ranked volleyball beats Rochester, upsets No. 8-ranked WashU and falls to No. 7-ranked Emory

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
October 4, 2024

Men’s soccer upsets No. 24-ranked John Carroll 2-0 and earns draw 2-2 against Mount Union

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
October 4, 2024

Student clubs protest specific companies at Career Fair in solidarity with Palestine

Darcy Chew, Shivangi Nanda, and Zachary Treseler
October 4, 2024
Second-year Kareena Sivanesan remained undefeated in both singles and doubles matches at the Denison Big Red Invite.

Women’s tennis prepares for ITA Regionals at the Big Red Invitational

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 26, 2024

Women’s soccer team returns home for 5-0 shutout and 2-1 Senior Day win

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 26, 2024

The real consequences of Trump’s statement on Springfield, Ohio

Zachary Treseler and Darcy Chew
September 26, 2024

Men’s soccer team rebounds, improving 3-2 after two nail-biting home games

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 20, 2024
Graduate student goalie Maggie Storti records three saves against the Yellow Jackets, contributing to the Spartans' win.

Women’s soccer improves 3-0-2 on the road

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 20, 2024
The Spartans defeated the Bethany College Bisons at home on DiSanto Field. The Spartans' consistent lead gave underclassmen a chance on the field.

Football defeats Bethany 64-6 in home opener

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 20, 2024
Volleyball sweeps CWRU Quad, Head Coach Karen Farrell achieves 500th win

Volleyball sweeps CWRU Quad, Head Coach Karen Farrell achieves 500th win

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 13, 2024
"Second-year defender Ian Manns (center) protects the Spartans' goal in a hard-fought match against Otterbein last Friday. He is joined by second-year defenders Cameron Thayer (left) and Daniel Sandall (right). "

Men’s soccer improves 1-1-0 against Wooster after season opener fall to Otterbein

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 6, 2024
NCT Taeil is a wake up call for the K-pop industry to re-evaluate its practice of fostering parasocial relationships

NCT Taeil is a wake up call for the K-pop industry to re-evaluate its practice of fostering parasocial relationships

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 6, 2024
The Spartans' women's soccer team played their best game in two seasons with a 5-0 win against Kenyon last Friday.

No. 16-ranked women’s soccer team opens season with 5-0 shutout over Kenyon

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 6, 2024
“Dìdi," a new comedy/drama film, follows the story of a 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy as he navigates growing up while learning to embrace his heritage.

“Dìdi” is a heartfelt meditation on family and Asian American identity

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 6, 2024
The Spartans' cross country team ran a tough race last Friday, with third-year Ashley Novak coming in first place in the women's 4K race.

Cross country starts season with first-place finishes at Sudeck Invitational

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
September 6, 2024
Second-year defender Kaylee Bannack aims for another successful season after helping the Spartans record two shutouts last season.

Women’s soccer season preview: New season, new coach

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
August 30, 2024
First-year defender Drew Rosenthal (left) is welcomed to the CWRU men's soccer team alongside veteran atheletes second-year midfielder Sean Wilson (right) and third-year forward McLaren Baggett (center). With the addition of ten new athletes to the roster, CWRU prepares for another successful season.

Kicking off the men’s soccer season

Darcy Chew, Sports Editor
August 23, 2024
Student expression from the Gaza solidarity encampment on the Advocacy and Spirit Walls leads to administrative tension

Student expression from the Gaza solidarity encampment on the Advocacy and Spirit Walls leads to administrative tension

Zachary Treseler, Shivangi Nanda, and Darcy Chew
May 8, 2024
LIVE UPDATES: Gaza solidarity encampment set up on KSL Oval

LIVE UPDATES: Gaza solidarity encampment set up on KSL Oval

Darcy Chew, Zachary Treseler, and Shivangi Nanda
May 2, 2024
Photo Coverage of the Gaza solidarity encampment

Photo Coverage of the Gaza solidarity encampment

Darcy Chew, Shivangi Nanda, Zachary Treseler, and Clay Preusch
May 2, 2024
SJP faces fines from university after alleged flyer postings

SJP faces fines from university after alleged flyer postings

Darcy Chew and Zachary Treseler
April 26, 2024
Graduate student Diego Maza leads the men's tennis team with multiple victories throughout the weekend against Kalamazoo College, Denison University and Carnegie Mellon University.

No. 4 men’s tennis finishes season with 10-match win streak

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
April 26, 2024
Second-year Aaron Brula participated in the men’s 4x400 team that came in with the 22nd-fastest time in DIII this season. Overall, the Spartans saw an impressive weekend of wins at the Marv Frye and Wooster Invitationals.

Track and field teams compete at Wooster and Marv Frye Invitationals

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
April 12, 2024
No. 7 CWRU softball sweeps UAA Opening Weekend vs NYU

No. 7 CWRU softball sweeps UAA Opening Weekend vs NYU

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
April 5, 2024
Netflix's newest international thriller, "Three-Body Problem," inspired by the critically aclaimed novels by Liu Cixin, falls short in its screen adaptation. With a lack of Asian representation and excessive use profane imagery, the series highlights Hollywood's obsession with westernizing media.

Chaos theory on screen: Random, unnecessary changes to Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” are its downfall

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
April 5, 2024
CWRU's girls 200 freestyle relay team consisting of second-years Claire Kozma, Eliza Dixon, and third-years Gabriella Chambers, Kelly Vann placed eighth at the NCAA Championships. Kozma reflected on the women's team this past season, stating "I'm really proud of the women's team, especially. We got fifth in UAA, which is the highest we’ve gotten in around 20 years."

Swimming and diving break school records at NCAA Championships

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
March 29, 2024

A timeline of CWRU and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Zachary Treseler, Shivangi Nanda, and Darcy Chew
March 22, 2024

CWRU a cappella teams prepare for International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals

Gloria Liu and Darcy Chew
March 1, 2024
With the addition of the new SRV buildings due to open in the upcoming fall semester, students have access to many more on-campus housing options with the housing application opening later this week.

Changes to housing options announced prior to March selection

Téa Tamburo and Darcy Chew
February 16, 2024
The newly-opened Fairfax Market, located on E. 105th Street, offers an abundance of grocery selections for surrounding communities, including CWRU students.

Fairfax Market opens near Cleveland Clinic

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
January 26, 2024
Starting this semester, CWRU is beginning a ban on riding "wheeled recreational transportation devices" on the Case Quad, including bicycles, roller blades and skateboards.

New CWRU policy bans wheeled transportation vehicles on Case Quad

Darcy Chew, Copy Editor
September 15, 2023
In an effort to combat foot insecurity on campus, USG's subcommittee Swipe Out Hunger takes meal swipe donations and turns them into meal vouchers that work at both Fribley and Leutner Commons.

Combatting food insecurity with Swipe Out Hunger

Darcy Chew, Staff Writer
November 11, 2022
Mixon Hall, built as an expansion of CIM's main building in 2007, seats over 250 audience members and is home to over 100 performances each year.

Cleveland Institute of Music’s plan to go tuition-free

Darcy Chew, Contributing Writer
October 7, 2022
Committed to improving transportation accessibility on campus, USG announced the release of a new text shuttle number that will provide students with direct and rapid responses to shuttle-related concerns.

A look into CWRU’s new shuttle text number

Darcy Chew, Contributing Writer
September 30, 2022
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