Mukhi: When the campus becomes zombieland
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
April 6, 2018
This semester, I decided to play Humans vs Zombies through the CWRU Big Games Club. The game is, as described by the game’s site, hvz.case.edu, “an intense, 10 day long, game of tag played everywhere on campus.” For “humans,” the goal is not to get tagged and turned into a zombie. For “zombie...
Mukhi: Why I choose to row
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
March 2, 2018
Near the beginning of last semester, I was a new student, awed and impressed by the experience of orientation week. Then came the day that the Horsburgh Gym filled for Sports-a-Palooza with all the non-varsity sports clubs and teams Case Western Reserve University has to offer, from frisbee to fencing...
Mukhi: In defense of the Oxford comma
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
February 16, 2018
The Oxford comma isn’t something that I hear discussed a lot without provocation. When it is discussed, however, proponents and opponents defend their position ferociously. People I’ve asked about the Oxford comma say either the sentence looks wrong without it or that it’s useless and pointless. I...
Mukhi: Navigating fraternity rush
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
February 2, 2018
I didn’t plan on rushing for a fraternity when I came to college. However, I attended fraternity rush events during my first semester. The allure of free food was too great, and as I spent time talking to brothers, I found that I was interested in rushing. I remember being overwhelmed with the overlapping...
Mukhi: A Texan in winter
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
January 19, 2018
I’m freezing. It’s not that I’m not wearing jackets and a long-sleeved shirt or that I don’t have a hat and gloves. I’m just not used to winter. I’m from Houston, Texas. We’re on the Gulf of Mexico, in the South, and it’s often decently sunny. The coldest it really gets in Houston is...
Mukhi: Questioning if the First Amendment applies to social media
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
December 8, 2017
On its face, the answer to the question of whether or not you should police social media content from a standpoint of morality or appropriateness is simple: Do it. Users signed the terms and conditions of social media, so why shouldn’t they be bound to a certain level of conduct? If social media wasn’t...
Mukhi: You know what I meme
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
November 17, 2017
If you’re like me, you probably frequent the Facebook group “Case Memes for Academically Challenged [B]eans.” You’ve probably seen posts that reference emails sent about business that directly concerns curriculum, class officer elections and other issues a bit too serious for a meme page. I...
Mukhi: Spending your fall break on campus
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
November 2, 2017
Although many students at Case Western Reserve University went home over fall break, I stayed on campus. It didn’t make sense to travel home, stay there for two days and travel back in a random week in late October. I thought I’d be in for four days of procrastination, laziness and apathy toward anyt...
Mukhi: Visibility for women of color
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
October 6, 2017
Like many of my peers on campus, I love the student-run diversity initiatives at Case Western Reserve University. However, some organizations get more publicity than others. One of the organizations that I hadn’t heard of until now is Voices: A Women of Color Collaborative. Until this year, Voices was run by a student...
Mukhi: An ode to think[box]
Zubair Mukhi, Columnist
September 15, 2017
The corridor connecting this building to Veale Center smells like wood. There’s a pizza vending machine. The outside of the building looks like a layered barcode. There’s only one place on campus with those three characteristics: the Sears think[box]. One of the reasons I decided to attend Case West...
