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The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

Spartan swimmers head to conference championship

Riley Simko, Staff Reporter February 15, 2019

The Case Western Reserve University swimming and diving teams are headed to Chicago to compete in the 2019 University Athletic Association (UAA) Swimming and Diving Championships. This year’s championships...

The CWRU swimming and diving teams competed at SUNY-Geneseo over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. Unable to secure a win, both men's and women's teams hold a 5-2 record for dual meets.

Spartan swimming sinks in New York

Riley Simko, Staff Reporter January 25, 2019

The Case Western Reserve University swimming and diving teams both lost to State University of New York at Geneseo (SUNY-Geneseo) on Martin Luther King Jr. Day this past weekend. The meet was pushed back...

Spartans win on the road

Riley Simko, Staff Reporter November 2, 2018

The Case Western Reserve University men’s football team hit the road on Saturday, Oct. 27, to defeat Bethany College, 34-3. Spartan first-year kicker Robertson Albrecht kicked the game off to a strong...

CWRU football brings home another win

Riley Simko, Staff Reporter October 26, 2018

While most of campus relaxed during the long-awaited Fall Break, the Case Western Reserve University football team hit the road and faced off against Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on Oct....

Taekman: Spartan School Spirit

Sarah Taekman, Columnist October 14, 2016

Imagine your archetypical college football game. The screaming student section and the echoes of the marching band bouncing around the stadium as a player gears his arm back and throws, full-force....

CWRU pregame playlists ranked

Teddy Eisenberg, Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

1. Baseball With a mix of pop and old-school rock, this playlist, from the smooth funk of Queen’s “Another One Bites to Dust” to the retro-rhymes of House of Pain’s “Jump Around,” kills it...

The sounds of CWRU sports

Eddie Kerekes, Staff Reporter March 18, 2016

Your midterm exam will be in a few days, and you’ve decided to start studying. You know the road to an A is paved with multiple problem sets, homework review, rewatching lectures on MediaVision and trying...

Take the sexism out of sports

Taylor Moran, Director of Business February 5, 2016

Sports are a huge part of my life. I love playing them and I love watching them. I have been excited for the 2016 Olympics since the 2012 Games ended. Like many other viewers of the Olympic Games, I...

A look back at the top 10 moments of the fall season

JP. O'Hagan, Sports Editor November 20, 2015

1- Tournament bound The Spartan Volleyball team made program history as they were selected to compete in the DIII NCAA Championship Tournament this season. This was the Spartans’ second NCAA tournament...

Two Cwrucio members sprint for the quaffle and bludgers at the center line. The experience of playing Quidditch erases any doubt of the game being considered as a sport.

The Quidditch question

JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor September 4, 2015

With a saga as lengthy and exciting as the books that the activity is based on, the question of Quidditch’s place in the sports world has long been a topic of debate among the staff of this newspaper. The...

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