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Observer Where do we go from here?

Annual job report shows CWRU ranks well compared to peers in job placement for recent undergraduates, but lags behind in average starting salaries

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Great Lakes Theater performs “As You Like It” After the prologue, the play’s first scene opens with a spray of sparks as a man in dingy clothing uses a spinning saw. He is surrounded by grey scenery, which successfully creates the illusion of a smoke-filled factory. The scene is like an image from the Second Industrial Revolution come to life, and is paired with language from 300 years before.

Edward Morgan, the director of Great Lakes Theater’s “As You Like It” chose to set Shakespeare’s comedy in the early 20th century for a variety of reasons.

“This play is about freedom, equality and making it based on merit,” said

Morgan. “That sounded like Thoreau and transcendentalism.”

Morgan also thought Shakespeare’s emphasis on different settings fit this time period well. “The contrast between city dweller and country dweller is really extraordinary,” he said. This struggle between nature and civilization was also important in 20th century America, so the play’s themes and characters transferred well to a more modern setting, Morgan explained.

Shakespeare’s characters do fit well into modern roles, and the production’s changes feel true to the Renaissance source. In this production, greedy brothers who crave political power are wealthy Industrialists, and noble charac-

ters forced to flee are nature-loving outdoorsmen. Rosalind, the play’s famously saucy heroine, trades her long satin skirt for breeches when she disguises herself as a boy to escape her wrathful uncle.

Betsy Mugavero plays the multi-faceted Rosalind well, and naturally slips in and out of Rosalind’s own creation, the male Ganymede. These character fluctuations, usually in response to Rosalind’s love interest Orlando, are believable in their subtlety. Mugavero transitions between personas gracefully, using tone and body movements that echo her lines.

“Shakespeare takes enormous liberties with what women in his play say,” said Charles Fee, the producing artistic director for Great Lakes Theater. “Rosalind is

bending sex roles a lot. The women in this play are like Hamlets, they’re very intelligent. They’re smarter than all the guys.”

Rosalind is not the only subversive character in the play. “Orlando is a unique male character,” said Fee. “Rosalind’s shift in a woman’s role is accompanied by a shift in his role. He is often described as gentlemanly.”

Torsten Johnson plays the handsome Orlando, an often comic character who ties his love poetry to the boughs of trees.

Johnson’s Orlando is persistent but simple in his goodness, and he and Mugavero have good chemistry. They work well together in both romantic and comic scenes.

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Recent graduates ahead of peers in finding employment, but behind in starting salaries What CWRU students do after finishing their undergraduate degree Advanced Study

Employed Full-Time

Available For Employment

Other

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2013 employed full time: 46% advanced study: 42% available: 5% other: 7%

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CWRU 2013 employed: 80% continuing ed: 14% unemployed: 6%

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NYU 2013 employed: 53% graduate school: 27% seeking: 11% other: 5% not reported: 3%

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Heather Hargrow/Observer CWRU stats taken from the 2013 First Destination Report. CMU stats from CMU’s 2013 Career Journey’s Report; NYU, NYU’s 2013 Life beyond the square report.

Anastazia Vanisko Staff Reporter Good news for CWRU undergraduates: Your degree is likely to get you hired or into graduate school. In the recently released 2013 First Destination Report, alumni of the undergraduate Class of 2013 have the lowest rate of unemployment in recent years, down to five percent from eight percent in 2012.

A deeper examination shows that CWRU matches up well against other universities as well.

Comparing CWRU to Carnegie Mellon University and New York University (both are institutions that CWRU administrations use in internal benchmarking), it’s clear that CWRU has many more students continuing on to advanced study, with 42 percent of undergraduates pursuing further

education as compared to Carnegie Mellon University’s 27 percent. New York University had less than 16 percent of graduates continuing their education.

Though no one can pinpoint the reason that so many students choose to continue their studies, there are a few notable possibilities.

CWRU welcomes its own graduates, with 39 of recent CWRU grads choosing to continue their education staying at CWRU. Furthermore, many CWRU students plan on pursuing a job in a professional health field. According to Steven Scherger, the prehealth advisor, approximately one-sixth of CWRU students identify themselves as prehealth, though not all of these students will go directly to graduate school.

The largest number of CWRU students continuing their studies (53 percent) comes from the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).

Since all CWRU students not majoring in engineering, business or nursing are a part of CAS, this is not surprising. CAS students that go straight into the workforce also make the least amount of money compared to other CWRU students, which may contribute to their decisions to pursue advanced study.

However, the economic outlook has been improving since 2009, when the smallest amount of alumni reported having full-time employment. Hopefully, this means that CWRU students don’t have to worry too much about the job opportunities available to them when choosing employment or graduate school.

Another aspect of the postgraduate report is salary information of alumni. At CWRU, the average wage range, $50,000-$54,999, is above the national average wage provided by the National Association of Colleges

and Employers. However, when compared to Carnegie Mellon University, CWRU doesn’t appear so well-off, as CMU’s recent graduates rake in an average of $76,504.

This may in part be the locations CWRU graduates choose to work. University Hospitals, Epic Systems and Accenture, all of which hired CWRU graduates, are based in the Midwest. The Midwest has a lower cost of living than other regions, so jobs located here should not be expected to pay as much as jobs in California or New York. Twothirds of CWRU graduates chose to work in the Midwest, while both CMU and NYU have more students working throughout the country. Though CWRU alums don’t have the highest reported salaries, they did have the lowest unemployment rate (CWRU, five percent, CMU, 11 percent, NYU, six percent) compared to other schools.

CWRU to offer binding early decision option for next year’s applicants Julia Bianco Staff Reporter With the increasing number of applications to Case Western Reserve University each year, the university will switch to a hybrid early decision-early action admissions program for the class entering in the Fall of 2015.

Previously, the university offered only an early action option, which had students apply by a Nov. 1 deadline. Applicants found out about their admission

by Dec. 15, as well as scholarship and financial aid information. They were not required to attend CWRU, and they have until May 1 to decide whether or not they will accept their offer of admission.

The decision to add in a binding early decision program comes on the heels of a great year for the university, which saw 21,700 applications for admittance to the class of 2018, up from 9,500 for the class of 2013.

“There are a lot of very strong candidates that we don’t have the room for in

terms of admission, because class sizes would get too large,” said Vice President for Enrollment Management Rick Bischoff.

Bischoff hopes that early decision will allow the university to admit qualified applicants who have already decided they want to attend CWRU. “One of the things that sometimes comes into play in an admissions decision is what we call ‘demonstrated interest,’” he said.

“The easiest way for a student to tell us that they want to come here is to give them the option of applying early decision.”

“With our early action, we place students on the waiting list, and then we get phone calls saying, ‘You were my first choice, I’ve always dreamed of going to CWRU,’” he added. “There was no way in the application process for them to tell us that.”

The new early decision program will be run in two rounds, with the first round having a Nov. 1 deadline (like the current early action option) and Dec. 15 notification and the second round having a Jan. 15 deadline and a Feb. 1 notification.

Arianna Wage/Observer CWRU applicants will be allowed to apply online through a binding early decision option next year in addition to the current non-binding early action process.

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CWRU medical student selected to exclusive program to study ethics in Aushwitz Jasmine Gallup Staff Reporter Like many prestigious and specialized post-graduate fellowships, FASPE—Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics—is not a program that some students realize even exists. Yet for those who are aware of it, like the recently accepted Corina Iacopetti, a senior CWRU medical student also completing a Masters of Arts in Bioethics, the program represents far more than just a trifling opportunity to learn something new.

Iacopetti, and the 47 other FASPE fellows chosen for the program this year, had to beat out almost 900 other applicants from around the world for the chance to

pursue their long-running interest in contemporary ethics. Because Iacopetti was one of the 12 medical students selected for the FASPE program this year, she will be able to study the issues of contemporary bioethics within the framework of a two-week program designed specifically for future medical doctors, held this summer in New York, Germany and Poland and focusing on the study of professional ethics through a historical examination of the events of the Holocaust.

FASPE is only five years old, but it’s already gaining notoriety by virtue of the opportunities it presents to its fellows. Drawing graduate student applicants from four different fields of study—journalism, law, religion and medicine—FASPE encourages

on-site study, particularly emphasizing the “power of place.”

During her 12 days in the FASPE program, Iacopetti will participate in interdisciplinary seminars, attend guest lectures, meet representatives of Holocaust museums, speak with Holocaust survivors and travel to culturally significant sites in Germany and Poland.

“By educating students about the causes of the Holocaust and the power of their chosen professions,” C. David Goldman, founder of FASPE, says, “FASPE seeks to instill a sense of professional responsibility for the ethical and moral choices that the Fellows will make in their careers and in their professional relationships.” More than anything, the program is designed

to support independent academic curiosity—upon return from their two-week trip, each Fellow submits a written essay focusing a specific contemporary ethical issue which will be published in an annual FASPE Journal.

Iacopetti applied to FASPE because she wanted to “examine how even professionals devoted to healing could be complicit in unfathomably destructive actions against fellow human beings,” she explains.

Though it seems counterintuitive to expect more from a student who already spent eight years in school, studying philosophy and biological sciences at Stanford and now earning a medical degree at CWRU, it’s easy to see how this program will help her become a better future doctor.

Relay for Life to raise funds for cancer research this weekend Adithi Iyengar Staff Reporter

Arianna Wage/Observer Several vending machines around campus are proudly announcing the return of the iconic, spongy yellow cake.

Vending machines to re-offer Twinkies soon

Gabrielle Buffington Staff Reporter Twinkies returned during the era of comebacks.

Not only did Twinkies once again pop up on shelves last year, but the iconic, squishy yellow treat will creep back into campus vending machines soon.

Those counting calories probably won’t be exhilarated by this change and the temptation that comes with the calorie and fat-filled cake, begging the question: Is the change at odds with Case Western Reserve University’s initiatives to help students eat better?

One of the most recently adopted ideas by CWRU, the healthy dining initiative, stems from the Bon Appetit Management Company receiving student feedback from dining hall cork boards. The students wanted healthier alternatives (or just more alternatives in general), and CWRU reacted by becoming one of the few universities in the country to adopt the Well-Being Indicator—an easy-to-read nutrition label for dishes served in the dining halls—as well as generally healthier dishes.

Dining systems worked to remind students of a snack’s nutritional infor-

mation and offer healthier foods, including those in vending machines all over campus, which are managed by a separate company, AVI Foodsystems.

AVI Foodsystems has come up with its own way of informing the student body about what they are eating by using nutriSOURCE labels.

Snacks that are healthier than others are shelved behind a green spiral instead of a normal black one. Still, the amount of green in our vending machines is pretty sparse.

Representatives from AVI Foodsystems were unavailable for comment.

The two initiatives (and food companies) have not formally affiliated these techniques with one another, so it is reasonable to understand why one spot would have more options than another.

The re-introduction of Twinkies should be something that will get students’ attention.

If not, the flyers placed inside various vending machines are sure to do the job.

But will this eventually interfere with the healthy dining initiative? Only time will tell.

For now, it seems like the legendary snack will be one of the more highly-favored options among CWRU students.

This year’s Relay for Life event will be held from this weekend at the Coach Bill Sudeck Track in the North Residential Village. The festivities will kick off at noon on Saturday and continue through 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Relay for Life is a community-based fundraising event of the American Cancer Society that takes place overnight. It is one of the largest fundraising events to exist in the world, occurring not only in communities in the United States, but also in a multitude of other countries.

Last year’s event raised over $60,000 and this year’s goal is $67,325.

The Relay for Life team at Case Western Reserve University has spent months putting together and preparing everything they need for the event.

According to Undergraduate Relay for Life Co-Chair Shruthi Srinivas, the planning committee for this event has been hard at work since last September.

Srinivas and her Co-Chair Alissa Prior have been working on this since last June.

“The most rewarding part of this year has been watching all the pieces come together,” said Srinivas.

Entertainment Co-Chair and junior Alan Burke talked about how fun and rewarding participating in the event will be. He and his Co-Chair Nick Pilla, a senior, are responsible for coordinating and organizing a schedule for all the different groups that will perform during the event. The event offers entertainment, food, activities and a family-friendly environment for everyone to participate in.

The three main purposes of the event are to celebrate the lives of cancer survivors, to remember those that people have lost to cancer and to fundraise and fight back with hopes of finding a cure.

All the money that is raised from the event will go to funding cancer research and cancer support programs.

One of the most important aspects of the event is the ceremonies. These include the Survivor Lap, the Luminaria and the Fight Back Ceremony. Luminaria, which is one of the event’s most popular ceremonies, is when all Relay for Life participants remember those they have lost to cancer. Candles are lit and put in personalized bags and placed around the track. For Srinivas, this is a way of remembering her grandmother, who passed away in her freshman year of high school.

Some highlight of Relay for Life

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opening ceremony

mainstage

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capture the flag

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COC wing eating contest

programming tent

7:15 p.m.

Jolly Scholar trivia

programming tent

8:45 p.m.

Luminaria Ceremony

field/track/ mainstage

midnight

USG kickball tournament

field

1:00 a.m.

Ms. Relay pageant

mainstage

2:30 a.m.

closing ceremony

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New residence hall approved for upperclassmen 290-bedroom building set to be completed by Fall 2015 Brian Sherman Staff Reporter Students at Case Western Reserve University are no strangers to housing demands. So, in response to the increased size of the classes of 2016 and 2017, the university planned a new residence hall in the North Residential Village. Its construction was approved by university and community officials earlier this month.

The still unnamed residence hall will be located on East 115 St. across from Nobby’s Ballpark, in the field formerly used for track and field throwing events.

Meanwhile, the university must investi-

gate alternative locations for track and field throwing events.

Construction will begin this May, and the building will have a completion time of August 2015.

“This is an exciting experience with the short timeline,” said Janice Gerda, director of Residence Life. “Many people here will see it and perhaps live in it before they graduate.”

The new residence hall will be open to students in the Upper Class Experience, and will house over 250 students (roughly one-third the size of the whole The Village at 115). Like other upperclassman housing options, the new building will have an

Community Calendar The Jewish Alumni Network and Cleveland Hillel Foundation are hosting an event to honor and applaud their Jewish graduates by formally celebrating their accomplishments during their time on campus.

The event will be an opportunity for friends, family, faculty, staff and alumni to support and recognize the graduates and welcome them to the CWRU alumni family.

May 1, 2014 at 6 p.m.

Location: The Alumni House 11310 Juniper Rd. Cleveland, OH 44106 This year CWRU celebrates its fifth annual Lavender Graduation. This event seeks to honor graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual &

apartment-style setup, with one, two and four bedroom apartments. Additionally, the layout includes eight double occupancy townhouses directly adjacent to the main building. Some amenities include a multipurpose room, a lounge with a fireplace and an active learning classroom.

Plans for the building put a large emphasis on sustainability. The layout of the building has a unique “S” shape to make space for outdoor gatherings and to increase the amount of natural light that enters each room. Two green roofs and several plantings will also be incorporated into the building.

Development costs for the $40 million

new building will be recouped through total housing fees from all on-campus residents. The specific cost of living in the new residence hall is currently not set, but is expected to be comparable to current upperclassmen options, according to Office of Housing and Residence Life officials.

The Village at 115, the newest residence hall on campus, is also designed for upperclassmen. However, those concerned about underclassmen housing are encouraged by the Office of Housing and Residence Life to submit input regarding future developments, particularly those for freshmen and sophomores, to the university’s ongoing master plan process.

allied students by formally recognizing and celebrating their experiences, contributions, and accomplishments during their time at CWRU. The event will be a time for friends, family, faculty, staff, and alumni to celebrate the graduates as important contributing members of the CWRU campus community The event is open for all to attend, and graduating undergraduate, graduate, and professional students from CWRU, CIA, and CIM are invited to participate.

April 30, 2014 from 6-8 p.m.

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Students, community members On The Beat asked for feedback on next Introducing CWRU Shield master plan Interactive survey to offer individuals chance to voice concerns, opinions Kushagra Gupta Staff Reporter Case Western Reserve University recently released a survey designed to aid in its creation of its master plan for the next decade. The university then hired the firm, Sasaki Associates, to conduct the survey and to report the results to university.

The survey involves using an interactive satellite view of the campus. Interested individuals can describe the purposes of specific buildings, labelling them as work areas, study areas, socializing places or other classifications. Then, they can comment and rate each structure. Following this, students have the chance to define the outside parts of campus, and state what portions they believe to be the heart of the campus.

They can even list areas that make them feel unsafe. Following this, students are able to trace their campus routes on the map and the areas that they feel are off-campus.

The firm plans to use the information gathered from the survey to find opportu-

nities and challenges in changing the university’s physical infrastructure to support students’ needs. This includes student centers, dining halls and other areas. CWRU will use the survey to improve learning, research and student life spheres. It could result in new construction projects that begin five to 10 years from now.

Sasaki Associates was selected from 10 applicants by a committee that included faculty, students, administrators and trustees. This particular firm has plenty of experience in Cleveland, as it helped develop areas downtown including the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s Healthline service.

The last master plan released by the university was in 2005. In this, it was shown that a student center and a dining hall were needed, as well as development on Euclid Avenue. The result was the creation of the Tinkham Veale Center and further construction on Euclid Avenue.

The survey can be taken online at myc. sasakistrategies.com/branches/cwru/.

As part of our never-ending quest to make the Case Western Reserve University campus as safe as possible, the university’s Police and Security Services Department released a new addition to the safety toolbox: the free CWRU Shield app, now available for Apple or Android smartphones.

So what does it do?

The app has three main functions. The first is an emergency button feature. First, open the app, then press the police, fire or Emergency Medical Services icon. After a short countdown, the app connects you with CWRU police dispatch and lets operators know your approximate location and any profile information you have entered. Your approximate location will be updated every 20 seconds until you or the police department clears the alert (meaning someone found you and you are okay). You will be connected with CWRU dispatch if you are within a designated University Circle area (see police.case.edu for a coverage map); if you are outside the area, the app will dial 911 and connect you to the nearest authorities.

The second function is a safety check. If you are walking from point A to B, you can set a check through the app for a predetermined time. If you don’t enter your secure PIN to cancel the safety check before the time expires, a text message is sent to the emer-

gency contacts you’ve set up in your profile.

(You can select up to three people to serve as emergency contacts; make sure you select people who regularly check their cell phones and care about your safety.) You can use this function anywhere you have cell phone coverage, and it can be useful whether you are walking home from the library or trekking across the Sahara.

A third feature allows you to send in tips—anonymously, if desired—on non-emergency campus issues like parking violations, icy sidewalks or other maintenance matters. So how do you get the free app? Search for CWRU Shield on the App Store for Apple devices and the Google Play store for Android devices. (The app is currently not available for Blackberry or Windows phones.) Several vendors on campus offer discounts for those who show the app installed on their phones. More information on the app—and a downloadable coupon book—can be found at police.case.edu.

We at CWRU PD hope you will use this app to help us make your time here as safe as possible. Let’s look out for each other.

On the Beat is a weekly safety column written by Sergeant Jeffrey Daberko & Officer Mark (The Crossing Guard) Chavis of CWRU PD. Send feedback to this or other columns at policecolumn@case.edu.

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Horoscopes

Is that the new Left For Dead?

Aries

Yep.

This week will be really difficult to get through. Keep your nose to the grindstone so that you can get through it all.

Taurus

Now and then, you find yourself in a rough patch with your significant other.

Talk, don’t walk away. He/ she values you.

Seems a little excessive.

The zombies with miniguns seem excessive.

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Gemini

Instead of finding some free time this weekend to figure out your weekly schedule, you should instead spend it outside in the warm sunshine. Celebrate the near end to the semester!

True gamers love the challenge.

I‛ve been playing all day.

Cancer

Annnnd I‛m still on level 1...

Experiment a little bit this week, because the stars have aligned for you to fall in love with an activity you hadn’t thought of trying before.

Remind me to leave you behind in the real apocalypse.

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For the record, this week will not be representative of the rest of the semester. So, live it up!

3D Printers

Virgo

Your roommate doesn’t know how to approach you about a conflict that’s come to light.

Be the bigger man and bring it up, and claim fault if it’s appropriate.

Libra

For the love of God, stop doing what you know you shouldn’t.

Scorpio

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I just can’t wait for the Better Homes and Gardens list of helpful tips for household reuse of sixteen-inch acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene phalluses.

If you’re the graduating senior, you have lost all motivation to continue trudging through the same school work load you’ve had for so long. It’s so close, yet so far. But you’ll make it.

Sagittarius

Your life is a storm of hectic drama, and none of it is your fault. Be the mediator, the sounding board, the sage advisor. Some day, those people will do the same for you.

Capricorn

Trade the beer for a cup of tea. A break from the drank will help you focus and guide you through the end of school.

Aquarius

A lot of your friends have noticed that you’ve been off recently. Open up to one of them; it’ll make you and that person feel better.

Pisces

Roses are red, violets are blue, this horoscope should’ve been in the Valentine’s Day issue.

arts & entertainment Past meets present: Contemporary art event takes place in pre-Civil War mansion

Sarah Whelan/Observer The oldest standing building in University Circle has been vacant for years. On April 12, sound will consume the Cozad-Bates House on Mayfield Rd. as an audio exhibition goes on display.

Editor’s Choice Maria Fazal Staff Reporter Sitting patiently on the intersection of East 115 St. and Mayfield Rd. is a 161-yearold testament to history, equality and freedom. The Cozad-Bates House is University Circle’s oldest and only pre-Civil War structure and once aided several slaves in obtaining freedom. The final destination for many slaves was Canada, and the last stop in Ohio’s 250-mile Underground Railroad was Cleveland, which was, at the time, known by a secret codename: Hope.

The house was constructed by the Cozad family, who were, like many others in University Circle (formerly in the East Cleveland township), dedicated abolitionists and proponents for racial equality.

Other than its involvement in the Underground Railroad, the mansion is notable for being a rare survivor of Italianate-influenced architecture, which includes characteristics such as a prominent belvedere, curved bay

from Theater | 1 Dustin Tucker also brings the play’s comedy to life as Touchstone, the court fool. He pairs his bawdy lines with lively physical comedy, giving the play bizarre elements.

Like many of Shakespeare’s clowns, Touchstone hides a vaguely threatening personality behind his comedy, a detail Tucker conveys nicely. Although his performance is

windows and a hipped roof.

It was recently designated as a Cleveland landmark in 2006 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The house has been vacant for seven years due to renovation efforts.

Interest in the house has recently peaked, allowing it to once again become a central element of University Circle. One of those who have taken interest in the house is artist Kevin Beasley, who is, according to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland, returning this spring to grace the city with his talents.

Since 2011, Beasley has been heavily involved in creating a series of live audio performances. He is bringing these sound environments to MOCA Cleveland and incorporating the Cozad-Bates house in a sound installation that integrates the newest and oldest buildings in University Circle.

His newly commissioned work for MOCA Cleveland is titled “And in My Dream I Was Rolling on the Floor.” MOCA Cleveland states, “Beasley’s sound work will consider the architecture, history and the condition of the bodies that move(d)

through the house and the Museum.”

The sound work will include recordings from Beasley’s visits to the inside and around the house, the inside of the museum, the intersection of Mayfield and Euclid, the inside of the Church of the Covenant and several areas around the neighborhood. The sound recordings will also include Beasley’s own personal touch and “sonic marks and impressions.”

Two curators of a 2013 MOCA Cleveland exhibition in which Beasley was featured, “Realization is Better than Anticipation,” were extremely impressed by his abilities and wanted a new sound piece from him. This led to his current exhibition.

Director of Programs and Associate Curator Megan Lykins Reich says, “Kevin is an exciting young artist who is really advancing contemporary sound work, both conceptually and technically. We are so thrilled to bring him Cleveland to produce a new piece that engages our environment directly.”

Additionally, Assistant Curator Rose Bouthillier sees the unique setting as ideal and adds, “The Cozad-Bates house just seemed like the perfect fit for Kevin, as his work so often deals with history, change and their ma-

terial weight. It’s an incredible environment for sound, and this will also be a rare opportunity for our audience to see inside this house, which adds a very deep layer of history to University Circle.”

The sound performance will be held at the Cozad-Bates House and split into four 30 to 45 minute sets to capture the day’s kaleidoscopic atmosphere. The times and respective titles of each set are the following: 6:45 a.m.

(Civil Twilight I), 1:30 p.m. (Transit), 7:30 p.m. (Civil Twilight II), and 8:45 p.m. (Night).

The museum will also feature an immersive sound installation of the entire scope of the compositions in the Gund Commons from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In totality, the affair will take place on April 12 from 6:45 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

The event is free and open to all, but there is a limited amount of pre-registered tickets available online for each performance. Those ticket holders must check-in 20 minutes prior to each performance to secure attendance.

There is also a limited number of walk-up tickets for each performance. All unclaimed pre-registered tickets will be released to the public 10 minutes prior to each performance.

attention-getting, his slapstick humor does not distract from the rest of the story.

The character Jaques balances out Touchstone’s exuberance. The courtier, played by David Anthony Smith, acts as the satiric version of a melancholy poet. He also brings an unsettling dark current to the comedy.

“Jaques stands on the border of that which is serious and that which is comic,” said Morgan. “He takes things too seri-

ously, whereas Touchstone takes things too lightly.”

This combination of lightness and seriousness is repeated throughout the play.

“The first half focuses on life and death matters, it’s a drama, really,” said Morgan.

Even the later parts of the comedy have somber elements. “We have a real minor chord near the end,” said Fee. “It’s almost experimental on the part of Shakespeare.”

The tone of the original lines combines well with this production’s updated setting. A few of the updates, like the banished courtiers’ obsession with posing for photographs, are cute but somewhat unnecessary.

Still, these stark contrasts help to increase the play’s serious and dramatic aspects.

“As You Like It” plays in the Hanna Theater downtown through April 19. Student tickets are 13 dollars.

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Pass the suds… from Cellar Rats Brewery and Cornerstone Brewing Mike Suglio Staff Reporter On a sunny, cheerful Monday afternoon I ventured out to Madison, Ohio in search of beer. Madison, a solid 40 to 50 minutes east of Cleveland, is filled with farmland and rural Americana.

Madison and neighboring towns are also known for their beautiful wineries.

I had the fortune of checking out Madison’s Debonne Vineyards, home to Cellar Rats Brewery.

After a mile of vineyards, a large barn-like house awaited me, its interior decoration consisting of grapevines, a few deer heads and some stuffed turkeys.

Old school country music played subtly in the background as I asked for a flight a beer, which I enjoyed with a friend and a couple of retired folks enjoying some wine.

I was excited to try the first beer on the list, the Pride of Cleveland (P.O.C.) Pilsner, which used to be a popular beer in Cleveland. Once brewed by the famous Pilsener Brewing Company, which is long gone, this light pilsner was brought back by Cellar Rats. With more flavors than most American domestic beers, I dreamed of drinking this summer beer at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

Next I tried the Field Rat Wheat and the Rat Trap Lager. The Wheat’s fantastic aroma gave away its fruity tastes,

contrasted with the malty Lager, which had a buttery, flavorful taste to it.

The Rat Tail Ale and the Piper India Pale Ale were not as enjoyable. The Ale was dry, bland and lacked flavor. The Pale Ale, also dry and bland, was unusually bitter and hoppy.

The following two beers were my favorites.

At an Alcohol by Volume (ABV) of 6.2 percent, the Re-Gifted Winter Ale was a winter beer with a warming effect.

This English Pale Ale was brewed with a combination of cloves, cinnamon and oranges.

The McRatty’s Smoked Scottish Ale was a genius take on scottish ale, using a smoky flavor to mask the drink’s clear taste of alcohol. It was like the drinkable version of being at a campfire.

The White IPA was light and smooth, but hoppy. The Rampage IPA was strong (hence the name) but not too dry—pretty impressive, considering this beer is continuously hopped for 60 minutes. To finish things up, I had the milky, coffeeflavored Black Rat Imperial Stout. Needless to say, at an ABV of 9.2 percent, it was rather strong, tasting a lot like an Irish Coffee.

The bar food was cheap and not particularly impressive. The spinach and artichoke dip was rather average. However, they also had impressive looking cheese boards, which would have been perfect for wine tasting.

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Running away to Hungary isn’t necessary; ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ in theatres Wes Anderson’s newest release transports viewers to an extravagant time in Europe’s history Winston Eng Contributing Reporter Regarded as a surprising success despite debated creative stagnation, Wes Anderson has developed a sense of unique style and originality ever since the debut of his short film “Bottle Rocket” in 1996.

What makes him a prolific, productive auteur, comparable to the likes of Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino and Alfred Hitchcock, is his unrelenting dedication to create the world he so desires; though sometimes sharing writing credits with the likes of Roman Coppola, Owen Wilson and Noah Baumbach, Anderson maintains his stance as the singular visionary by way of producing and ultimately directing his feature lengths.

His use of impeccable symmetry, wideangle lens, slow-motion tracking shots, off-kilter slapstick comedy, saturated color palettes, a regular ensemble cast and everpresent Futura typeface all prepare you for an off-beat, whimsical tale where the young men are more mature than the elderly and families are lovable, dysfunctional centerpieces that are impossible to avoid.

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Anderson’s eighth feature, seeks to delight fans of his quirky, lovable canon and to charm those often miffed by his assumed acceptance of

style-over-substance.

Taking place in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka, the film initially follows an unnamed older writer in the year 1968 recollecting an encounter he had in his earlier years with Mr. Zero Moustafa, the owner of the dilapidated Grand Budapest Hotel.

Zero asks the writer to dine with him, and during their meal, he recalls how he gained ownership of what used to be a prestigious establishment.

In 1932, the Republic of Zubrowka, like many other European countries at the time, suffers from the repercussions of a devastating continental war and is at the brink of an inevitable second. Zero Mustafa is hired as head lobby boy for the Grand Budapest’s most distinguished and devoted concierge, Monsieur Gustave, a flirty “manther” often seen charming the distinguished, elderly females who flock to the hotel for his presence. One of Gustave’s most frequent visitors, Madame D., invites Gustave to spend the night with her, and in the morning, she speaks of a premonition she had regarding her future which is filled with a potentially murderous demise; unconvinced, Gustave merely brushes this off and sends her home only to later find she has died days later.

Devastated, Gustave with Zero accompanying resolves to visit Madame D.’s wake; his actions set in motion a series of events involving a hungry assassin, a priceless

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Eccentric and yet unexpectedly somber, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Anderson’s most ambitious title to date. Forgoing the emotional depth of previous titles like Moonrise Kingdom, Grand Budapest instead relies on its subtle charm and levity to balance out zany Fascist oppression musing silently in the background. Evocatively captivating, the film embraces the idea of accepting instead of toying with nostalgia and shows an understanding of brevity in a world lost.

Do not let the cookie cutter backdrop fool you; the tongue-in-cheek antics never attempt to dissuade any acceptance of the offhanded darkness that rarely finds itself in frame. Instead, it is the relationship which matures between Gustave and Zero which elevates the visually poetic Zubrowka to a point where the audience can indulge within the playful melancholy of this peculiar environment.

It is difficult to manifest on paper how influential Wes Anderson has been in respect to how I currently view and appreciate film. From my first exposure to “Fantastic Mr. Fox” to my most recent completion of Mark Browning’s “Wes Anderson: Why His Movies Matter,” I have consistently felt entranced and at ease with the spirit

of his films which emphasize the balance between the impish and the woeful, the youthful and the elderly.

In “Grand Budapest Hotel,” I find myself once again beguiled by his unorthodox story-telling style and full of admiration and a new level of respect for his work. Continuously, I was overwhelmed by musical director Alexandre Desplat who, with influences from Russian-folk composers, created an euphonious film score which immaculately accompanied each scene. Visually, I found the color palette of what could only be described as a combination of plum, beige, mauve, cardinal and raw umber to be some of the most unorthodox eye-candy I’ve thoroughly appreciated. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” deserves to be one of the most sought-out films of this year, and you are doing yourself a huge displeasure by not indulging Mr. Zero Moustafa in his narrative.

Those familiar with Wes Anderson’s other films especially “Fantastic Mr. Fox” will be enthralled with “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Fans of Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” and Jonathan Dayton’s and Valerie Faris’s “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Ruby Sparks” are encouraged to attach themselves to “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and discover the world of Wes Anderson if they haven’t done so already.

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observer.case.edu from Suds | 9 Less than 10 minutes away from Cellar Rats was my second destination in Madison, the Cornerstone Brewing Company. In 2005, Roy Blalock created Cornerstone in Berea, and after much success he expanded to downtown Madison in 2009.

Cornerstone is reminiscent of a postprohibition bar, with old prohibition photos adorning the walls, and granite countertops that could easily appear in any large metropolis. I became tearyeyed as I saw gallons of beer poured out on the street.

I first tried the Grindstone Gold, a smooth beer made of Pilsner malt and U.S. hops. Next I had the Eirinn Rosanna, an average red ale that had a breadlike taste to it due to the high usage of malt. The Seven was a dry and bitter IPA that had an impressive 82 International Bittering Units (IBUs) and 7.3 percent ABV. The beer had a clear pine and citrus taste.

My two favorite beers from Cornerstone were the Berea Brown and the Rusty Pheasant Rye Ale. The Brown was brewed with Chinook hops and had caramel, nuts and cocoa flavors. It almost tasted like root beer, which was refreshing and enjoyable because usually, most brown ales lack flavor. The Rye Ale was traditional, with its strong rye taste which overpowered any malt or hops and ultimately made the beer even more en-

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The food at Cornerstone is simply incredible. I had the pretzel breaded chicken entrée, where pretzel crumbs covered the chicken, creating a coat of salty crisp which combined with a perfect mustard sauce. Along with the chicken were roasted potatoes and a warm vegetable medley of carrots, cauliflower and peppers. My plate was overflowing with food; the portions were unbelievable.

With a full belly, I sampled the remaining beers. Even for a fruit beer, the Erie Blu was impressively strong in its clear taste of red raspberries and blackberries in every sip.

The 60 Shilling was a smoky scotch ale. The Poor Man’s Porter was an English style porter with a robust flavor and intensity. Lastly, I tried the Onooley’s Dark Stout, a malty and strong stout.

This beer, to no surprise, was released on St. Patrick’s Day and had tastes of chocolate, toffee and coffee, but still was not as flavorful as I would have liked it seeing that it was brewed with so many different ingredients.

In all, I certainly enjoyed my time in Madison, Ohio. Both breweries were unique and had several impressive beers and affordable prices. If you live on the east side of Cleveland or somehow find yourself driving through Madison (possibly if you are traveling from Pennsylvania or New York), either of these breweries would be a perfect stop for lunch or dinner.

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to Paper: Putting the Pieces Together” writing workshop, Guilford 323 (FREE) 3 – 4 p.m.—”Dickinson, the Ballad and 19th century American Experiments in Verse Form” lecture by Cristanne Miller, Guilford Parlor (FREE) 5:30 p.m.—Newman Catholic Student Association presents Fish Fry-Day, Holy Rosary Parish, 12021 Mayfield Rd. ($6) 7 p.m.—”This Amerikan Life,” Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (GA $9, Member $7, Age 25 and under $6) 7 p.m.—Rock and Reggae Music Festival, Beachland Ballroom and Tavern, 15711 Waterloo Road ($15 ADV, $20 Door) 8 p.m.—”Measure for Measure,” Eldred Theater (Student tickets $5, GA $10)

Saturday, April 12 10 a.m.—ZBT presents Nearly Naked Mile, CWRU campus ($10 and two items of clothing) 12 p.m. – Sunday 3 a.m.—Relay For Life, Bill Sudek Track (Price TBD) 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.—CWRU Film Society presents “Die Hard: With a Vengeance,” Strosacker Auditorium ($4) 8 p.m.—”Measure for Measure,” Eldred Theater (Student tickets $5, GA $10)

Sunday, April 13 2:30 p.m.—”Measure for Measure,” Eldred Theater (Student tickets $5, GA $10) 3 – 4:30 p.m.—University Circle Wind Ensemble Performance, Harkness Chapel (FREE) 7:30 – 9 p.m.—Collegium Concert, Harkness Chapel (FREE)

Monday, April 14 All Day—Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way (FREE) 7 p.m.—Ernie Krivda Jazz Workshop, The Progressives, Barking Spider Tavern (Price TBD) 7:30 – 9 p.m.—Choral Showcase Concert, Harkness Chapel (FREE) 8 p.m.—Mojo Big Band, Brothers Lounge, 11609 Detroit Ave. ($7)

Tuesday, April 15 12:00 p.m.—Thwing Tuesday, UPB, Thwing Atrium (FREE) 7 – 9 p.m.—Italian Film Festival presents “The Women Worker’s War,” Strosacker Auditorium (FREE)

Wednesday, April 16 4 – 5 p.m.—”Stories from the ‘Kingdom of the Sick’” lecture by Ann Jurecic, 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center (FREE) 7 p.m.—Slam Poet David Lee Morgan performance, Revolution Books, 2804 Mayfield Rd. ($5) 9 p.m.—Bastard Cult, Drug Lust, Cruelster and Tartar Control, Now That’s Class, 11213 Detroit Ave. ($5)

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April 13 and 20 at 2:30 p.m.

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Thursday, April 17 6 p.m.—Gavin Degraw, Parachute and Rozzi Crane, Hard Rock Rocksino, 10777 Northfield Rd. ($29.50 – $50) 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.—CWRU Men’s Glee Club Spring Concert, Harkness Chapel (FREE) 8 p.m. – Friday 2 a.m.—Karaoke Night, Jolly Scholar (FREE)

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Teddy Eisenberg Staff Reporter “I’m Not Part Of Me” — Cloud Nothings Take a minute to let the chunkiness of the riff that starts “I’m Not Part Of Me” hit you. In one word, it’s satisfying. Thick, yet nimble; polished, and yet dirty. The latest from Cloud Nothings hit stores last Tuesday, but could just as easily have been released alongside Thin Lizzy’s “Jailbreak” in 1976. This is what rock and roll is meant to sound like: pure, simple and timeless.

“Money” — September Girls The all girl chick rock of September Girls is an elegant solution to the all too frequent indie rock problem of the whiny male singer. In “Money,” dissonant blankets of guitar and vocals cover over a groaning bass line that is slightly reminiscent of The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop,” but with reverb to spare. Warm and enveloping, this track is a perfect choice for the morning walk to class.

“David Bowie Save Us All (Redux)” — The Modern Electric Syncopated piano notes drip beneath the falsetto croon of lead singer Garrett Komyati in this sick remix of The Modern Electric’s most popular concert staple.

Trying to catch all the references to D-DD-David Bowie songs is challenging, to say the least (Hint: there are A LOT).

These Clevelanders are the self-branded champions of cinematic pop and will be co-headlining a show with Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites at the Beachland Ballroom this Saturday, April 12.

“Tell Me” — Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites A throwback to the crisp Motown sounds of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites aren’t the most obvious choice to split a concert bill with The Modern Electric. These two bands do share, however, the ability to put on a killer live show. Wesley & the Hi-Lites are best known for headlining an annual New Year’s Eve show at the Beachland and their return to the venue so soon is sure to be a treat for concertgoers on April 12.

“Past Lives” — Real Estate The light pop of “Past Lives” is the musical equivalent of a cold glass of lemonade on a scorching summer day. The guitars twinkle in a refreshing way, acting as a relaxed reassurance that summer is coming (yes, even in Cleveland). Real Estates’ most recent release on Domino Records, “Atlas” is, from start to finish, a shimmering piece of pop perfection.

Highly recommended listening for the stressed college student.

Retro Pick of the Week: “See No Evil” — Television “See No Evil” is a miniature revolution, albeit a subtle and understated one.

Stripping away any sense of swing or groove, the interactive guitar work of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd produces hypnotic and stunning harmonies.

Looking back on this 1977 masterpiece, it’s almost impossible to imagine the soundscape of guitar rock without Television; bands like The Strokes and Interpol simply couldn’t exist.

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How do CWRU’s post-graduation salaries stack up against the nation?

Regular Case Western Reserve University students often find themselves questioning whether the high tuition rates and seemingly unreasonable academic workloads are worth it all. According to the most recent PayScale report, it is, at least when it comes to the starting salaries that a CWRU degree will earn. Job applicants with a degree from this university thrive in the job market. But do they perform so well because CWRU prepares them adequately for the real world, or is this success solely due to having acquired skills that are currently in high demand?

The report from 2013 – 14 ranks CWRU 68th in the nation for highest student starting salaries. Compared with over a thousand other U.S. universities, that is pretty impressive, and so are the earnings of some individual majors. The highest-paying bachelor’s degree is, unsurprisingly, in computer engineering. As a STEM-oriented university especially known for its engineering programs, it makes more sense that CWRU ranks high when it comes to comparing starting salaries. Other universities that rank similarly are University of California, Irvine and University of California, Davis. Meanwhile, CWRU ranks higher than many big names, like New York University and Johns Hopkins University.

From this data, it becomes clear that CWRU indeed does something right if it spews out graduates earning an average of $56,400 right out of college. The university appears to do an excellent job of preparing its students to be successful adults living financially-stable lives in the real world. But is this success universal between all of our offered majors?

Unsurprisingly, the PayScale report does not list humanities and social science majors among the highest-paying degrees to obtain from CWRU. While this is a trend that is not dependent on the university, it is a reality that CWRU could better prepare its liberal arts students. In the fall of 2013, around 43 percent of CWRU students major in STEM fields.

That means that 57 percent are aiming at a degree that may or may not be as financially fruitful in the future, at least according to the statistics.

Humanities degrees continue to be popular among students because they allow us to broaden our perspectives and learn more about the world we live in. These skills are essential for members of today’s labor force, but the focus on the academic side of the university experience can limit a student’s future employment options. Apart from a few exceptions, humanities majors tend to place in lower-paying jobs after graduation, which means that the university should put all the more effort in training those students to effectively compete in the exceedingly tough job market. The humanities departments of CWRU should shift their focus from sole classroom-based learning to experiential learning.

Some of the liberal arts departments at this university, such as the department of political science, already offer students various opportunities to gain as much practical experience in the field as possible. Political science majors are bombarded with e-mails about job opportunities and scholarships they can use to fund unpaid internships. The department emphasizes the importance of combining real-world experience with theoretical knowledge from the classroom.

The humanities departments could also turn to the Weatherhead School of Management.

Business students at CWRU are offered plenty of opportunities to implement their knowledge in the workplace through co-ops and internships which are coordinated through the department itself. WSOM also holds action learning courses and industry-focused SAGES seminars. Professional societies also have regular lectures hosted at the Peter B. Lewis building and the school itself has its own career counseling office. An added benefit for WSOM students is the advising system. Advisors do not only help their advisees with academics, but also take responsibility for their career guidance. This is a model that all the liberal arts departments should follow. In-class learning only provides so much value when, at the end of the day, one has hardly anything substantial to put on their resume.

It is completely acceptable for CWRU and its students to boast about the PayScale ranking and the sunny outlook that a degree from this school provides for many. But while the university is doing a good job in preparing some of its students for their work life, it should not forget the rest. A CWRU degree will be truly worth the money only if it’s worth everyone’s money.

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A younger discourse The elephant in the room Andrew Breland On Monday night, I had the pleasure of attending a talk by journalist Bob Woodward at the Ohio Theater. The lecture, a part of the Town Hall of Cleveland series, was free for me, mostly thanks to the efforts of Case Western Professor Kathryn Lavelle, the moderator for the evening and the individual who acquired my tickets. However, I will not make it seem like I was special; a number of students from my class with Lavelle attended and apparently the Town Hall series is free to Case Western Reserve University students—a fact I was dismayed to have never heard before.

The reason students get in for free though, is because CWRU is the so-called “academic sponsor” of the Town Hall series. CWRU professors moderate question-and-answer sessions with the invited speakers; CWRU President Barbara Snyder delivers opening remarks in one of the few times she is accessible to students and the public. The speakers are invited guests—mostly famous scholars— brought to Cleveland to “educate and inform an audience of attentive and active citizenry to enrich the depth and quality of the public discourse essential to a free society.”

This year, the speaker series includes Woodward, who is famous for breaking the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post with the help of Carl Bernstein; Doris Kearns Goodwin, a historian and author; William Baker, former President of WNET and a professor at Columbia; and Michael Ruhlman, an author and chef. The epithets after these individuals’ names, however, only begin to describe their accomplishments and personalities. Most of the speakers in the series are not confined to a single field or area of expertise. For example, Jeff Hoffman, another one of the 2013-2014 speakers, is a founder of a company that aids startups, an academic advisor to colleges and former chair of a philanthropic organization that makes disabilityaccessible sports equipment.

The Town Hall series, one can easily claim, increases the quality and quantity of educated discourse in our city.

But recent events put that position as a hallmark of knowledge at a risk.

Announced Monday night and then heralded in the next day’s Daily, the Town Hall of Cleveland series is changing venues next year. Instead of residing in the historic Ohio Theater, the series will travel five miles up Euclid Avenue to the new Tinkham Veale University Center. On Monday, during her opening remarks, Barbara Snyder hailed this development as one that will connect

April showers make freshmen cower A fresh perspective Stephen Kolison Telling me that classes end in less than a month seems like a belated April Fool’s Day joke. Sadly, that isn’t a joke and my freshman year is coming to a close. If this were high school, I would have stepped back and reflected on how much I had changed over the year. Because I am in some version of the real world now, I cannot step back and reflect. In fact, I do not want to step back and reflect because I know exactly what I will see: a happy-go-lucky, naïve freshman turned into a burned out, Denny’sdependent and still naïve freshman.

I was once told that this month will be tough to get through. Me being me, I chose not to believe it and headed into April with a positive attitude. My freshmen friends and I can agree that even though we are only a week into April, we have never been this stressed before.

The stress can be best mapped out the same way the five stages of grief are described. The first stage is denial. This is probably the easiest stage, and the most comfortable one. Thinking often sounds like, “Okay, so classes end in less than three weeks and finals are right after. So what? Three weeks is 21 days. Twentyone days is over 500 hours. Somewhere in those hours is time to study. So why worry now? I have time. I can stress out when I have 200 hours left.” You can clearly tell how bad that thinking is.

Unfortunately, making yourself believe that an inevitable event will go away if you don’t think about it won’t make it go away. That denial will carry you into the second stage: Anger.

For anyone who has taken Introduction to Psychology, the book makes a point to teach you ways to cope with stress. It’s one thing to read about it and it’s another thing to actually experience it. What I’ve noticed is that the dorms become a shooting range, and people decide to throw shots at one another.

Bobby does that to Annie and that re-

ally pisses off Annie’s friend. Meanwhile, Kim sees Roberto do something and Kim spreads the rumor. People start snapping at each other over little things and no one seems to have a high tolerance for bullcrap anymore. I know that I’m not perfect; I myself have thrown quite a bit of shade in the past week or so. Why? Maybe because we are upset with ourselves. Maybe channeling our frustration onto someone else is slightly cathartic. Maybe we are showing that we accept the gravity of the situation but feel helpless about it. And maybe that is why we bargain.

Bargaining can take the form of “Why didn’t I study earlier?” or “Can’t I just pray for a curve?” Sometimes my bargains with the universe go to the extreme. I become thankful for the Veale Athletic Center being on campus so I can get into shape, because becoming an exotic dancer or hitman sounds a lot better than it did in August.

Our silly bargains can take us into a depressed-like state, and that’s where the real helplessness occurs. Have you ever had so much work to do that you decided to just take a nap instead? I do that all the time. Sometimes, I even shed tears.

You practice self-hate and consider the implications of failing. This is clearly the hardest part to get through. But persevering will get you to acceptance. Once you reach this point, you can finally do it.

I’ll be real and say that I’m at that stage in-between bargaining and depression. To me, that’s okay. I think we can agree that this time sucks and we all feel like poo. If there’s one thing I preach way too much, it’s “just do you.” If you’re not real to yourself, you can get lost in the situation and you will not see the results you wanted. Freshmen are going through this for the first time and it is a scary experience. But I have no doubt that we can get through it.

Stephen Kolison is an undeclared first-year student, or in his own words, “pre-unemployment”. When not writing, he performs with IMPROVment and binges on Netflix.

University Circle to the city and provide a single venue for academic discourse in Cleveland.

A quick glance around the theater Monday night, though, suggests that the move to University Circle will be disastrous for the series. The audience, as with most public lectures, appeared to have an average age around 55 years old. Those younger than the average were largely young professionals, fresh out of work from a downtown law, accounting or consulting office. There were small groups of others: the six-person contingent from CWRU and the slightly larger, approximately 15-person group from Cleveland State University. But again, the majority of the crowd were business people, just freed from work.

The timing of the event, 6:00 p.m. on a Monday night, is especially suited to the working professional. On the way back from a day at the office, one can stop at the theater for an hour of discourse before returning home. Moving the event five miles from downtown, in the direction opposite to which most young professionals travel, promises to decrease the already sparse audience to smaller numbers.

We can look at the lectures that already occur on campus to get an idea about the future of the Town Hall series. Instead of the working professionals attracted by

the current events, the new series will be dominated by retirees, the average age of the program increasing, not decreasing, from the current. At CWRU, we already have the opportunity to take advantage of lectures from the humanities (Baker Nord) to the law to the Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lectureship every year. Adding more will not change the problem.

Students at CWRU, despite some our best efforts, are disinterested in attending talks from scholars, when they otherwise could be playing games or “studying.” At least downtown, the Town Hall series informs young professionals and changes the discussion in the top levels of our city’s business. Moving the series east, while convenient for me, eliminates that outcome and instead relegates it to the same category as most of the lectures already at CWRU: near ignominy.

As much as it pains me, the lecture series should remain downtown. While it is inconvenient to some of us, the impact it can have on public discourse, on the future, is far greater there.

Andrew Breland is a double major in political science and English, vice president of the Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity and former chair of the Case Western Reserve Constitution Day Committee.

Graduation blues The senior inquisition Sheehan Hannan The stresses of college life can be brutal. Constant deadlines, institutional pressure and the “So what are you doing with your life?” question all combine for a seemingly endless series of stress-filled weeks. Add in a job or internship and things can go from manageable to full-on insanity in a matter of days.

But with graduation on the horizon, my particular stress-induced headache is coming to an end. And beyond the stress, my time at Case Western has made me who I am. There are few experiences in life as transformative as college.

Here, I discovered that I’m terrible at math (more a reaffirmation than a discovery), that being lame and being friendly are almost the same thing, that grades aren’t everything.

I also learned what I really wanted to do—something that I never even considered to be a possibility before I came here. Journalism may be a tenuous field—with the dead fish of newspapers washing up on the sand of digital-only ventures—but at least I have a direction, one that is based more on my own personal enjoyment than anything else. After all, loving your job is the easiest way to be good at it.

But despite my looming job prospects, there is something that I will miss about CWRU. In class the other day, a classmate mentioned that she didn’t want to leave, a sentiment that I’m afraid I cannot share. I will miss CWRU, but it’s also the right time

to be leaving. For once, I finally feel prepared for where life will take me, and I suspect most of my classmates feel the same.

At CWRU, I perhaps grew more as a person than I learned. I’m leaving with limited by-the-book knowledge, but an array of skills that I sometimes surprise myself with. Critical thinking, real-life problem solving and organizational (sort of) skills are nothing to shrug at.

True, I cannot help but see the shortcomings of our beloved college. A lack of priority given to liberal arts education, a constantly rising tuition and an aloof administration all weigh on my mind. But it is because I can see the flaws in our campus that I’m all the more a fan of it.

My education has afforded me the an opportunity that I didn’t think would even be possible. If, during my freshman year of high school—my first foray back into real education since the fourth grade—someone told me I would go to a top 40 college, and a private insanely expensive one at that, I wouldn’t have believed them.

And yet, here I am, weeks away from graduation, with all the skills to be a taxpaying, fully capable member of society.

If I didn’t know better, this is the point where I start asking what went wrong. But, for once, it seems everything went right.

Sheehan Hannan is a senior English major. He was formerly the Director of Print for The Observer and the Chairman of Media Board. His writing has also appeared in Cleveland Magazine and Inside Business Magazine. By his count, there was only a single grandma in Positively Cleveland’s tourism video.

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14 | sports from Baseball | 16 doubleheader against nationally-ranked Marietta. The Spartans started the day on a strong note. Jumpstarted by five runs in half of the second, the Spartans went on to another five runs and held off a late push by Marietta to climb out of the hole—Marietta scored four runs in the last three innings. The Spartans held on for the 10-5 win for starting pitcher John Fortunato’s fifth win of the season.

Sadly, the outstanding play that marked the rest of the weekend disappeared as the Spartans dropped the second game against Marietta 9-1. The turnaround started early as the Pioneers scored two in the first and put together a five-run eighth inning before even a single Spartan crossed the plate.

“Everything was different that second game. The difference was insane, we can do better,” said Englander.

The Spartans followed up a dominant opening weekend with suddenly quieter bats.

Playing the College of Wooster on Wednesday, Case relied on their defense over their bats, and held the Fighting Scots to only four

from Softball | 16 The Spartans took a little longer to erupt in the second game, trailing 1-0 until the fourth inning, when they plated eight runs. Rebecca Molnar allowed Wooster just one run, and an unearned run at that, on two hits, as the Fighting Scots once again forfeited early to give the Spartans another doubleheader sweep.

Coming off a dominating sweep of Wooster, the Spartans stuck around at Mather Field to host Thiel College. Game one of the doubleheader saw a change of pace from the Spartans’ offense, as they gradually pulled away instead of staging one big inning. The day ultimately belonged to Wennerberg, who pitched a complete game shutout and

4/11/14 hits and no runs after knocking in single runs in the first and second innings. The lack of offense failed to faze the Spartans, however, as they battled their way out of each inning.

Shields got the start for the second time this week and picked up his fourth win of the season, while making up for the comparative lack of scoring by striking out five.

The Spartans are still focused on their singular goal, a NCAA tournament berth. As an at-large bid team, the Spartans will need to maintain their success against their strong opponents; a large factor is not only record, but strength of schedule. Despite the scheduling troubles due to Cleveland’s notoriously crummy weather, the Spartans are poised to continue their success against one of the nation’s toughest strength of schedule.

The Spartans will be taking that next step, with their rematch against Baldwin Wallace on Thursday (rescheduled from Tuesday), which if the weather held out, occurred after The Observer went to print. The Spartans will next play Washington and Jefferson College this weekend at Nobby’s Ballpark with one game on Saturday and one on Sunday.

launched a two-run home run at the plate to help her own cause. A three-run homer by right fielder Kristen Klemmer in the sixth iced the game, as the Spartans went on to win 7-0.

The second game was more of the same, with the team scoring little-by-little to ultimately pull away from Thiel. A tandem of Rebeccas, Molnar and Taylor, combined on a three-hit shutout as Thiel forfeited in the sixth inning to give the Spartans an 8-0 victory. They not only swept the doubleheader, but held them scoreless for 13 innings in the process.

The Spartans will look to continue their hot streak on Saturday, when they hit the road to Denison University. Additionally, Lein will be looking to extend her school record for runs scored.

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Men’s tennis hits the net during home match; falls to Carnegie Mellon Katie Wieser Director of Print The Case Western Reserve men’s tennis team was met with mixed results over the weekend. As two matches were cancelled due to rainy conditions, the other two were split (with one win over Oberlin College on April 4 and a loss versus Carnegie Mellon University on April 5) to bring their season record to 11-5.

The Spartans started off red hot against the Oberlin College Yeomen, sweeping the day’s matches for a 9-0 victory. Spartans Christopher Krimbill, John Healey and Derek Reinbold all ended the day 2-0, winning both singles and doubles matches. The team didn’t lose a set all day as they capitalized on the indoor setting to play their best tennis.

However, things wouldn’t go as easily for the team as it faced off against Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday, April 5 at the Cleveland Skating Club in Shaker Heights. The men got off to a promising start, taking all three doubles courts with definitive scores of 8-3 for each match. But the Spartans ran into trouble during the singles portion of the day. Krimbill took his singles match to bring the Spartans to a 4-1 lead after an earlier singles loss.

It all went downhill from there. The team needed one more win to take the match, but court after court fell to the Tartan squad as they went on their way to overtaking the Spartans in national rankings. The team knew that singles would be a challenge with one of their top players, Eric Klawitter, sitting the session out with an injury. With one player out of the line-up, the rest of the team

was called on to step up; a call that went unanswered against this difficult team.

Head coach Todd Wojtkowski was disappointed in the team’s inability to close out the lower-ranked team. “It was a tale of two matches,” said Wojtkowski. “It’s like we had the ball at the five-yard line five times and we got two field goals.” But the coach is confident that the team can still pull out a successful end to their season.

The theme of struggles late in the season leading to doubt among the team is consistent with past years. Late injuries and other academic issues have often left the team feeling uncertain of their place in the division and national rankings, but Wojtkowski is confident that the team will live up to his expectations when they feel the championship pressure at the end of the month. “We haven’t had our full line-up yet or been able to play as a team. But they always seem to come through. Everyone’s really anxious and looking forward to the next matches.”

The men’s team will join the women’s tennis squad on a road trip to the University of Chicago, where they will face off against the host team as well as Washington University in St. Louis next weekend. Both of these teams are nationally ranked, providing a challenging trip for the Spartans.

This meet will be a taste of things to come as the team heads to the UAA championship at the end of April. There are currently seven schools among the UAA conference with a national ranking among Division III schools. Although Case currently is ranked the fourth highest among these fierce competitors, there’s room for them to either move up or down as they look to make another NCAA championship.

Breaking records and bringing home the bacon Track and Field sets school record

Skyler Phillips Staff Reporter Two amazing things happened at the Marv Frye Invitational for the track and field team this Saturday. Well, a few amazing things happened, but two especially amazing things. First off, a school record was broken for the women’s team, and secondly the men scored third place out of 10. Beyond that, nine people finished in the top three places for their individual events.

The record breaker this weekend was Sophia Herzog; the event was the pole vault. Herzog cleared a height of 11 feet and one and three-quarters of an inch, a full foot higher than the previous record.

This landed her in second place. While she was doing that, three of her teammates—Rachel Tan, Asante Brown and Gavriella Pora—were also placing in the top three. Pora finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:02.75, Brown third in the triple jump with a mark of 33’1.25” and Tan also third in

the high jump by clearing a height of 4’10.25”. Altogether, the women’s team scored 53 points, placing them seventh out of 10.

As for the men, David Dixon won the 3,000-meter steeplechase, with a time of 9:43.18. The 4x400 relay (Composed of Abdallah Soliman, Jonathan Freeman, Nathan Wahner and Perry Billet) finished with a time of 3:28.64, coming in third place. In the field, Harry Weintraub and David Leishman came in second and third, respectively, in the weight throw: Leishman with a toss of 150 feet and five inches, Weintraub with a toss of 173’8”.

Mark Kulinski and Jared Brucker pulled off another second and third combo in the pole vault, tying each other by clearing a height of 14 feet and one-quarter inch. The men’s team scored 83 points, tying them for third with Ohio Northern.

This invitational will be followed by All-Ohio Outdoor Championships, one of the biggest meets of the year. Here, the Spartans will really get a chance to perform and test their mettle.

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Home court advantage Women’s Tennis victorious in first home outdoor matches of the season Katie Wieser Director of Print Wesleyan University to open and close a tough week. The team faced off against three schools in five days and ended up with two more wins and a lot of lessons learned against a tough division opponent.

The team started their home stand against Wooster College on Wednesday, April 2 with a 9-0 sweep of the Fighting Scots. The match-up gave the team a chance to start many of their second-squad players, who went far to show the depth of the team’s talent, not dropping a single set all night.

Spartans Sara Zargham, Lauren Rovner and Kennedy Mulholland all won both their singles and doubles matches, providing key contributions to the The Case Western Reserve University women’s tennis team broke in the newly refurbished Carlton Courts in fine style, winning their first home outdoor matches of the season against Wooster College and Ohio team’s effort.

The team had a more difficult challenge in their Saturday match versus area rival Carnegie Mellon University. The match was scheduled to be played outside, but moved indoors to the Cleveland Skating Club after heavy rains the previous day. The Tartans started off with a sweep of the three doubles matches, a feat that no opponent had accomplished yet against the Spartans this season.

After the disappointing start, the Case team tried to rally in singles, but was only able to pull in one of the early matches, sealing

the loss for the team. The final two singles matches ended in victory for the Spartans, but it wasn’t enough, as the team fell to No. 9 Carnegie Mellon. The three points for the Case team were courtesy of Sarah Berchuck, Michelle Djohan and Surya Khadilkar.

Head coach Kirsten Gambrell was disappointed for the sake of the team, many of whom had families and friends who had made it out for the weekend. “Not playing your best when you’re at home is not what you want. It seems like we’re struggling in singles one day and then doubles the next... we just need to put it all together.”

The Spartans wrapped up the weekend back in the sun both literally and figuratively as the team once again took to Carlton Courts and ended the day with a 9-0 victory over their opponent, Ohio Wesleyan University. Mulholland once again pulled in both a singles and a doubles win as the team won without dropping a single set.

The Spartans will be traveling to Chicago this weekend to face off against University Athletics Association rivals the University of Chicago and Washington University of St. Louis. They will need to bring their best skills to the match against these two top-ranked opponents to try to get a critical win heading into the UAA championship at the end of April.

“We need to raise our level of play and keep it raised,” said Gambrell. “Other teams have been able to maintain their level of play from start to finish while we’ve kind of had our ups and downs. We really have to be at our best.”

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Root, root, root for the home team Spartan Baseball finally able to open at home

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Spartan third baseman Andrew Gronski connects with a pitch during a game last season.

JP O’Hagan Sports Editor As the cleats of the men’s baseball team stepped onto the field Saturday afternoon, the Spartans were finally home.

The Spartans won three of their first four home games of the season this year, and four of their last five. They’ve also exploded offensively, outscoring their opponents 46-17.

“It was great to finally play at Nobby’s,” said head coach Matt Englander. “We hadn’t even had the chance to practice on our field at this spring before playing our first game.”

The Spartans had their crosstown rematch against Baldwin Wallace postponed on Thursday, but they finally started their first game at

Nobby’s on Saturday afternoon. In the doubleheader against Westminster, the Spartans’ bats connected consistently, knocking in 33 runs in a mere 15 offensive innings, and gave up only one. The Spartans won the opener by a score of 12-1 and in the second game they invoked the “varsity rule” by knocking in 21 runs to demolish Westminster in six and a half innings, 21-0.

In the opener, the Spartans jumped out to an early one run lead in the bottom of the first, and were boosted by their two multirun innings, scoring five in the bottom of the fourth and four in the second half of the seventh. The Spartans’ bats were efficient in driving in runs, needing only 17 hits and all of them for one or two bases. Center fielder Aaron Cain connected in four of his five plate

appearances, and the rest of the Spartans connected when they needed to drive in runs.

Neal Krentz, the Spartans’ starter, picked up his second wins of the season and is currently 2-0 for Case Western Reserve University this season. He pitched a solid six innings of scoreless baseball, giving up only three hits and fanning three.

In the second game, the Spartans, warmed up from the opener, demolished Westminster. The Spartans went with a younger roster, working in plenty of guys off the bench in order, giving the starters a rest.

The roster’s depth shown through, as the Spartans scored two or more runs in the first five innings, shutting down any chance of a Westminster rally. In the fifth, the Spartans scored seven runs, putting the final nail in

the Westminster coffin, leaving them to wait until the bottom of the seventh for the varsity rule to take effect.

Left fielder Antonio Damiano led the Spartans, going three-for-three with a double and an RBI. Jake Shields picked up his third win of the season on the mound for Case, giving up only one hit in five innings of work, striking out ten. “We worked in a lot of guys, which was great,” said Englander. “Every guy on the team doesn’t want to mess up or get an out, no matter if it is a close game or a blowout. They are all dedicated to playing their best. “ On Sunday, the Spartans faced one of their most formidable opponents of the season: a

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Softball pulls off legendary “perfect week” David Hoffman Staff Reporter

Spartan women have won seven straight

The Spartans softball team has recently enjoyed a dominant stretch, simply overpowering one opponent after another. After a perfect week, with the team winning all six of their contests, they have now won seven straight games and nine of their last 10. Their record for the season sits at a sublime 19-9 thanks to their hot streak.

The Spartans began the week with a dou-

bleheader against the University of Mount Union. They wasted no time in the first game, plating three runs in each of the first two innings to jump out to a quick 6-1 lead. Pitcher Annie Wennerberg took it from there, surrendering one run in four innings to earn the victory. Rebecca Molnar pitched the final three innings to earn her first save of the season.

Wennerberg and Molnar combined for nine strikeouts in the easy 8-1 victory. In the second game, Mount Union actually struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the second. The Spartans

stormed back with four runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by a three-run double off the bat of Rebecca Taylor, and never looked back, ultimately winning the game 6-3 to complete a sweep.

After withstanding some interference from Mother Nature, the Spartans finally opened their home schedule this past weekend. Their first opponent at Mather Field would be the College of Wooster, on what wound up being a historic day. The Spartans quickly jumped all over Wooster, building

up an 11-0 lead after just two innings of play.

Amidst the carnage, shortstop Makenzie Lein broke the school record for most runs scored in a collegiate career when she scored for the 114th time as a Spartan; it was previously held

by Carla Kinyon.

The team ultimately won the game 14-6, with Wooster forfeiting in the fifth inning.

Most impressively, Lein was one of three Spartan players to record four RBIs in the game.

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