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Gupta: The times go on for CWRU journalism and for me

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print April 13, 2018

I will never forget the incredible individuals I’ve met and the amazing conversations I’ve had when reporting. The people I get to talk to are what I will miss the most from my time at The Observer. Since...

The DJ barely visible behind the stage. Overcrowding on stage led in part to the shut down of Noche Latina at The Jolly Scholar.

Overcrowded Latinx music night spirals out of control

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print February 9, 2018

A student defecated on the third floor of Thwing Center; one passed out on the second. Students vomited and lay unconscious in the basement. The student-run Case Western Reserve University Emergency Medical...

The Jolly Scholar's event "Make America Jolly Again" was shut down last week after a large number of student groups argued it was politically offensive.

CWRU shuts down Jolly Scholar event amid student protests

Kushagra Gupta and Sophia Yakumithis February 2, 2018

In a decision made by Case Western Reserve University, The Jolly Scholar’s “Make America Jolly Again” event was cancelled the afternoon before it was to be held. The decision was made earlier that...

Strategic plan charts three years of change to campus life

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print September 22, 2017

The small 27-page booklet may have a carefree blue mosaic cover that pictures students laughing, but within it is one of the most detailed set of changes planned for campus to be  released in over 20...

The Thwing Center underwent renovations this summer, resulting in a refurbished commuter lounge and a now-fancy ballroom.

Students, staff came together to overhaul Thwing

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print September 15, 2017

One Saturday in the fall of 2016, a group of students came together to discuss and brainstorm their dream for Thwing Center. They began in daylight before lunch and ended in the dark well past dinnertime;...

The Thwing Center underwent renovations this summer, resulting in a refurbished commuter lounge and a now-fancy ballroom.

Renovated Thwing contains more student spaces

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print September 8, 2017

Until recently, students were not allowed to dance in the Thwing Center’s ballroom floor, lest it collapse and they fall through it into the Jolly Scholar. Those rules changed after a thorough renovation...

Many viewed the eclipse from the Warner and Swasey Observatory or the Kent Hale Smith Oval.

CWRU watches solar eclipse during First-Year Orientation

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print August 25, 2017

A crowd of students and families gathered at Kelvin Smith Library earlier this week, but this was no book fair. It was time to gaze up at the sky, safely, because an eclipse was happening right in time...

Second-years students had to choose new housing assignments due to an unexpectedly large first-year class.

Second-year suites reassigned to first-years in Clarke Tower

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print August 25, 2017

Students with housing assignments in two second-year suites on the fourth floor of Clarke Tower were relocated by University Housing. The move was made to allow first-year students the opportunity to live...

Menstrual product dispensers placed in campus bathrooms

Kushagra Gupta, Director of Print August 25, 2017

Free menstrual product dispensers are being installed in the first-floor female and gender-neutral bathrooms of academic buildings at Case Western Reserve University. The dispensers will contain tampons...

A view of Adelbert Hall, which contains Case Western Reserve University's administrative offices.

Behind the petition for change to the sexual misconduct policy

Lyndsey Cole and Kushagra Gupta July 23, 2017

In late May, a Case Western Reserve University alumna created an online petition calling for the administration to change the sexual misconduct policy. The petition is in support of a call for change...

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