Thwing Study Over Draws Hundreds
Julia Bianco
May 1, 2013
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This past Tuesday, Thwing Study Over drew hundreds of CWRU students for a light-hearted night before delving into finals week. Main features of the event included a t-shirt giveaway from the University Programming Board, booths by student organizations, and free food from a variety of local restaurants,... Read more »
Vice president for student affairs to step down at year’s end
Tyler Hoffman, Executive Editor
April 27, 2013
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Glenn Nicholls reflects on a quarter century of service at CWRU When Glenn Nicholls, vice president for student affairs, first arrived at Case Western Reserve University, the campus was a different place. Long-demolished buildings still stood, the Internet – then “CWRUnet” – was just being... Read more »
Peter B. Lewis Shooting, 10 years later
Mike McKenna, News Editor
April 26, 2013
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On May 9, 2003, department chair of information systems Frank Collopy was trapped in his office. That day it wasn’t due to mountains of work. Gunshots were echoing through the Peter B. Lewis building. A disgruntled Case Western Reserve University alum had entered the building armed with two... Read more »
Lessons learned: PBL shooting prompted drastic shifts in campus security policy
Sheehan Hannan, Director of Print
April 26, 2013
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Soon, the Case Western Reserve University community will be marking a somber anniversary, that of one of the earliest instances of on-campus gun violence in the United States. On May 9, 2003 Biswanath Halder, a former graduate student at Weatherhead School of Management, stormed through the Peter B.... Read more »
Blackstone LaunchPad: like ThinkBox and beyond
Alexis Parisi, Senior News Reporter
April 26, 2013
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Case Western Reserve University may not have the warmth of Florida, but it’s got something else from the sunshine state: a Blackstone LaunchPad program. Originally launched at the University of Miami in Florida, this program is a co-curricular one designed to foster the entrepreneurial spirit at any... Read more »
A conversation with outgoing USG president James Hale
Jenna Millemaci, Senior News Reporter
April 26, 2013
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James Hale wants to know about you. With the USG inauguration on April 30, the nostalgic senior, nearing the end of his term as the 2012-2013 USG president, is still asking, “If there is one thing that USG should be working on right now, what is it?” Here is what James Hale had to say about his experience... Read more »
Town hall meeting examines campus diversity
Julia Bianco, Contributing Reporter
April 26, 2013
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“Inclusiveness and diversity are not merely buzzwords at Case Western Reserve University, but they are part of the very mission and vision of the University itself,” reads the university’s first Diversity Strategic Action Plan (DSAP). While this may be the plan, according to CWRU’s first campus-wide... Read more »
ALICE: A new campus threat response system
Brian Sherman, Campus Events Reporter
April 26, 2013
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In light of events like the tragedy of Sandy Hook, and the shootings at Virginia Tech and Columbine, which preceded it, schools and communities across America are scrambling to find a solution to the violence that has entered into the academic system. Case Western Reserve University is no exception.... Read more »
USG Brief
Noora Somersalo, Student Affairs Reporter
April 26, 2013
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At the final general assembly of the spring semester on Tuesday, Apr. 23, the Undergraduate Student Government had more topics to discuss than previously this semester. The GA had to vote on five bills and one resolution, and in addition, they had to elect a new secretary, internal development chair,... Read more »
Outside the Circle
Sarah Groft, National News Reporter
April 26, 2013
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Suspected Boston bombers found After days of searching and questioning, the two individuals who set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 8, have been found. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan had recently entered into a radical form of Islam that encouraged them to post Anti-American,... Read more »