The Observer

Campus quiet as Cleveland protests

City demands police accountability following shooting of 12-year-old

Julia Bianco, News Editor • December 5, 2014

They say there are two Clevelands. The white-collar university and downtown areas and the blue collar residential areas, where the people who make the city run live. The Nov. 22 shooting of 12-year-old...

President Snyder responds to racist statements made against #webelonghere movement

#webelonghere movement experiences racial resentment on Yik Yak after recent protest

Julia Bianco, News Editor • October 31, 2014

On Oct. 22, twenty-five students gathered outside of Leutner to protest for racial equality on Case Western Reserve University’s campus. They walked throughout campus, carrying signs and chanting as...

Hong Kong Letter to the Editor

October 31, 2014

To the editor, I am writing in response to the article “Hong Kong Protest Hit CWRU” published on Oct. 9, 2014. In no doubt, Aquene Kimmel’s article about my hometown is very impressive, and I...

Hong Kong protest hit CWRU

Student demonstrations abroad impact campus community

Aquene Kimmel, Opinion Editor • October 9, 2014

When Sam Shangguan, a sophomore history major from Shenzhen, China, opens her computer, she is immediately faced with photos and posts by her friends protesting in Hong Kong. Many other Chinese students...