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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Richards: What’s more important, required credit hours or required classes?

Jason Richards, Staff Columnist October 5, 2018

This past year’s Commission on the Undergraduate Experience (CUE) report had multiple recommendations for supportive change, specifically in Case Western Reserve University’s academic system. Most...

Richards: Unexpected roommates: winter housing for ants and cockroaches

Jason Richards, Columnist April 6, 2018

The day I moved in, I saw the biggest ant I’ve seen in my entire life. I mean, it was huge–a carpenter ant–with little pincers to dig through woodwork and build nests. It was, at most, a harmless...

Richards: The past and the CWRUture

Jason Richards, Columnist March 23, 2018

History is a huge part of Case Western Reserve University. We dedicate a lot (of money, time and effort) to the upkeep of our historical buildings on campus, shown in the recent renovations of Thwing Center...

Revenge of the Student Information System

Jason Richards, Columnist February 23, 2018

If you, as a Case Western Reserve University student, were asked which of CWRU’s websites brought the most frustration to your academics on campus, your answer would probably be the Student Information...

Richards: Student services cri(SIS)

Jason Richards, Columnist February 9, 2018

Towards the end of last month, the Case Western Reserve University Division of Student Affairs released an announcement in The Daily that they are “in the later stages of choosing an engagement platform...

Richards: The real technological revolution

Jason Richards, Columnist February 2, 2018

I’m sure you can remember a time when someone told you to put your phone away to pay attention, like that strict high school teacher who thought using a phone in class was on par with texting and driving....

The GreenLink shuttles are not big enough to acommodate all of their passengers. If youre one of the last stops, you might not be able to ride.

Richards: Transportation deprivation

Jason Richards, Columnist December 8, 2017

If you haven’t heard through recent Observer articles, the new transportation app “TransLoc Rider” is available for riders of the Circle Link transportation system here at Case Western Reserve University....

The new package pickup system at Wade Commons is a little more convenient, but it raises some security concerns.

Richards: New package room at Wade Commons poses security questions

Jason Richards, Columnists November 17, 2017

Case Western Reserve University’s Office of University Housing added a new “electronic package room” in Wade Commons of the North Residential Village that debuted on Nov. 6. According to an email...

The bike racks at KSL are constantly overloaded with unused bikes. The ongoing problem of abandoned bicycles is difficult to solve.

Richards: Abandoned bicycle f(rust)ration

Jason Richards, Columnist November 2, 2017

The frustration that ensues when putting in all of your effort to wrestle your bike between two others on a bike rack is the bane of owning a bike here at Case Western Reserve University. Besides the adrenaline...

Richards: We need to find the pep in our step

Jason Richards, Columnist October 13, 2017

Pep rallies, football games, homecoming, prom—there’s definitely a high school experience that left a memory in your mind you wish you could relive. Maybe it was that one night where you got to dress...

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