Volume XLVII, Issue 12, 11/13/2015 by The Observer

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fter being debated in the Student Executive Council (SEC) and a committee created just for this issue, a bylaw against student organizations using the allocations made by SEC to purchase alcohol has been voted out by a margin of 10-3. The chair of that committee, third-year student and Vice President of Recruitment for the Interfraternity Congress (IFC), Arjun Gopinath, is not a member of the SEC. Rather, he attends meetings because he finds it interesting to follow what the council is discussing. Gopinath happened to be sitting in on a meeting when SEC began debating one of their bylaws. The bylaw states that money allocated by the SEC from the Student Activity Fee—a fee of about $177 paid by all students along with their tuition that is then allocated to student organizations—cannot be spent on alcohol. For some present, there was immediate agreement that the rule had no place in the SEC’s constitution, but others were not so sure. The SEC is an umbrella organization that covers eight umbrella organizations: the Class Officer Collective (COC), the IFC, the Panhellenic Council, the Residence Hall Association (RHA), the University Diversity Collaborative, the University Media Board (UMB), the University Program Board (UPB) and the Undergraduate Student Government (USG). It also includes off-the-top organizations Thwing Study Over, Homecoming, Springfest and Senior Week. The president and financial officer from each organization serve as SEC delegates. The bylaw was first brought to the SEC’s attention in the group’s Sept. 24 meeting by COC President and Senior Week Chair Rachel Sosnowchik. USG President Chippy Kennedy immediately agreed that he, too, thought that SEC should look into the rule. A discussion followed in the Oct. 8 meeting, but it soon grew circular. “I think half of them were against, half of them were for it, so they really didn’t know where they stood on it as SEC,” said Gopinath. Because of that, the SEC considered putting the issue up for discussion by the SEC reform taskforce, but they decided that it does not neatly fit into that group’s mission. Instead they moved to create a committee to discuss the bylaw. Aditi Chaudhri, the director of finance for UPB, suggested including representatives from COC, UPB and USG in the committee because those organizations are the most likely to potentially host events with alcohol and Greek Life because it currently has the most established policy on alcohol. The SEC then went around, and each organization nominated a member to serve on the committee. “I happened to be at this meeting that

day, so I was like, ‘Just nominate me. It’s kind of interesting,” said Gopinath. “I want to see where this goes.’” After some discussion, the group voted to nominate Gopinath as chair because Greek Life does not stand to be strongly impacted by this policy. The other nominated members were Director of Student Activities & Leadership Colleen Barker-Williamson, Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative Vice President of Internal Affairs Precious Amoako, Director of Thwing Center Arlet Wright, Chaudhri, Kennedy, COC Executive Treasurer Daniel Kim and Greek Life Director Mark Starr. In the committee’s discussions, one of the central issues was also one of the issues which had made the initial discussion so circular: the fairness (or lack thereof) of funding something which only those students over 21 years old can benefit from. However members pointed out that there are many things funded through the SAF that do not reach the entire student body. After all that was the reasoning behind the bylaw when it was created several years ago. “I know when our committee discussed it,

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we felt that a lot of SEC organizations have money that’s not accessible to the entirety of campus, so as long as too much money isn’t being spent on alcohol it shouldn’t be a problem,” said Chaudhri. Another point that was raised was that student organizations might spend too much of their allocated money on alcohol if there were no limits or restrictions in place. This was not a source of serious concern for the committee; according to Chaudhri, all of the members recognized that “no one is going to be spending their entire budget on alcohol.” The issue that the discussion came down to was whether it is the SEC’s place to decide how organizations may spend their allocations. “It’s kind of just turning into, ‘papa bear gets to decide what everyone else does,’ and that’s not fair for the rest of the organizations,” said Chaudhri of the SEC’s role in deciding the usage of SAF funds. The committee reached a compromise between complete freedom for all of the member organizations and the previous SAF prohibition. They decided that the umbrella organizations under the SEC should

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be allowed to purchase alcohol with their SAF allocations, but only if they create and implement risk-management policies for events with alcohol, to be submitted to the SEC by March 4, 2016. The committee also felt that the umbrella organizations’ advisors would serve as a voice of reason for any organization that might be excessive in their alcohol purchases. “Essentially what this bylaw did was remove the power from SEC in terms of deciding who gets to buy alcohol and who doesn’t and leave it to the individual organizations themselves, but that is contingent upon them coming up with risk management policies,” said Gopinath. Although the removal of this bylaw goes into effect with the start of next semester, the delay of creating risk-management policies and learning about all of the applicable federal, state and local laws as well as university policies means that it might be considerably longer before organizations actually act on this changed policy.

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Sears think[box] continues old mission with new building, new name Anastazia Vanisko Copy Editor Case Western Reserve University’s Sears think[box], officially the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], has now been open to students, faculty, alumni and the public for over a month. In that time they have continued to pursue a range of projects, from making gifts for friends and family to innovations that could cause significant change. The goal of the Sears think[box] is to create, as Manager Ian Charnas puts it, a “complete ecosystem for innovation.” Often universities provide separate spaces for making, management and design, but the Sears think[box] aims to bring all these components together. This will give people access to guidance and resources throughout their projects, rather than making them go elsewhere in search of advice on patenting or other business questions. The new location encourages people to think about the process of creating. People begin their work by brainstorming with other members of their team to create ideas and address any potential concerns with their projects. After they have effectively tackled any problems, they can move on to prototyping and eventu-

Jessica Yang/Observer Currently, Sears think[box] has floors for collaboration, prototyping and fabrication open for students and community members to use. ally to the actual creation of their project. So far the only open floors in the Sears think[box] are those dedicated to collaboration, prototyping and fabrication. “We chose [floors] two, three and four initially because those were, for us, the

Hult Prize at CWRU looking for students to enter social enterprise competition Julia Bianco Director of Web & Multimedia Your first step towards $1 million for your startup could be this weekend. On Sunday, Nov. 15, the Hult Prize @ Case Western Reserve University will be holding a workshop to help interested teams get started on ideas for the social enterprise competition. A social enterprise is a for-profit or non-profit organization that focuses on having a positive community impact over earning profits for shareholders. The Hult Prize is a collaboration between the Hult Foundation/Hult International Business School and the Clinton Global Initiative. Teams of three to four people are tasked with coming up with an idea to deal with the year’s challenge theme. For 2016 the theme is Crowded Urban Spaces. The goal is to “build sustainable, scalable and fast growing social enterprises that double the income of 10 million people residing in crowded urban spaces by better connecting people, goods, services and capital.” At the Nov. 15 event, teams of students from CWRU, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Cleveland Institute of Music will have the opportunity to workshop their ideas with local entrepreneurs and venture capital-

ists. The focus will be on developing a business model, delivering an effective pitch and looking at the case study document provided for participants’ use during the contest. The event takes place in StartMart, a tech accelerator space on the second floor of Tower City Center in Public Square. Then, on Nov. 21 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Thwing ballroom, students will be able to come present their pitches to a panel of judges made up of Cleveland entrepreneurs. One winner will be selected, and that winning team will be university-sponsored for travel and participation in one of the Hult Prize’s five regional events in either Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai or Shanghai. “It’s a great opportunity for us to show the world that Case is dedicated to social good, changing the world and directing our creativity and ingenuity towards meaningful social impact,” said Cole Morris, campus director for the Hult Prize @ CWRU. One winning team will be chosen from each of the regional events. They will receive a one-year membership to the Clinton Global Initiative and the chance to spend the summer working at the Hult Prize Accelerator. Those five teams, plus one wildcard, will deliver their final pitches after this period and one will be selected for the $1 million prize.

core—the unit that you couldn’t do without,” said Charnas. One of the assets on which the staff and administration of the Sears think[box] pride themselves is its ability to bring people together from across the community.

“The space is open to undergraduate, graduate students, faculty, staff. But it’s even open to the public for free,” said Charnas. “There’s not a thinker space like that at any university in the world. At this scale, seven stories, 50,000 square feet, offering everything at no cost to the public—that’s just unheard of.” Students are able to use these connections to their advantage. When undergraduate student Felipe Gomez del Campo used think[box] to create a plasma assisted fuel nozzle that improves the way fuel burns in jet engines, he was able to use the available network to speak with experts in thermodynamics and combustion. Eventually he obtained a spot at one of the two NASA jet research labs in the nation. There’s one in Los Angeles and one in Cleveland; he’s staying in Cleveland. “What he said … when he was at the White House was, ‘there’s no way I’m leaving Case Western. The ecosystem is there, of all the resources,’” said Charnas. “In Northeast Ohio there are many more investors than there are good ideas,” Charnas added. “If you innovate here it shows much more favorable conditions … that’s why Felipe chose to stay here in Cleveland, it’s why I’m choosing to stay here in Cleveland, and I think others are going to make that decision as well.”

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tions in the future. “I don’t think it’s gonna be a huge change,” said Sosnowchick. “But I’m excited because it does allow for the possibility of some more creative programming on our end, and it probably will end up affecting the senior class more so than other classes because the majority of students are able to drink, but I don’t think it’s going to be a huge, crazy difference.”

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CWRU community participates in national Veterans Day event

Darcy Martinez/Observer Readers going through a list of Ohio veterans killed in combat paused at 2 p.m. so that the gathered crowd could take part in a national minute of silence.

Aquene Kimmel News Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 11 the sun was shining and a brisk breeze blew at just the right speed to make the American flag on the podium ripple as the Case Western Reserve University community participated in the nationally recognized Veterans Day Commemoration and National Roll Call outside of Adelbert Hall. Ohio State Senator and veteran, Frank LaRose, spoke about the importance of Veterans Day to the gathered crowd of about 40 students, faculty, administrators and community members. “I was thinking how lucky we are to

have this opportunity, how privileged we are to have this chance to gather as free men and women and to celebrate those people that helped to guarantee that we remain that way,” said LaRose following his introduction. He urged veterans to continue to serve their communities through elected positions and other means and encouraged all present to call any family and friends, particularly elderly ones, who have served in the armed forces. “Just pick up the phone or stop by and see them, tell them ‘thanks for your service,’ tell them that you value their service and that you love them and that you appreciate the sacrifices they’ve made so

that we can remain free,” said LaRose. Following LaRose’s speech, people took turns reading through a list of names of Ohio veterans who were killed overseas: “Charles L. Adkins. Justin B. Allen. Nathan R. Anderson. Joseph J. Andreas Jr. . . .” At 2 p.m. the names paused so that CWRU could take part in a nationwide minute of silence in recognition of veterans. Following the list of names, members of the SAGES seminar Telling War Stories, taught by Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing James Sheeler, also took the stage. Each student read the name of an Ohio veteran killed in combat whom they had researched for the course.

Labre Homeless Outreach to hold annual chocolate buckeye fundraiser Adithi Iyengar Copy Editor This coming week, the Case Western Reserve University Labre Homeless Outreach will begin to sell buckeyes for their event, “Bucks for Buckeyes.” This confection is comprised of peanut butter fudge dipped in chocolate. For students who haven’t preordered them, they will be sold at at the Tinkham Veale University Center. “Bucks for Buckeyes” is the semesterly fundraiser for Labre to raise money for van rentals over the summer and winter months. Those are the only months in which they are

unable to obtain funding from the school. The money is also used to provide socks and underwear to the people they serve. Labre’s mission is to help the homeless by giving them meals and building relationships with them. Originally the project was initiated at Saint Ignatius High School by a teacher named Jim Skerl as a way to better serve the homeless in Cleveland. It was then started at CWRU in 2010 by former students, Joey Baum and Kelly Rogers. Every Monday night from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the group provides food and companionship to help the homeless. “Building relationships with those

on the streets is the cornerstone of our group as meals can be found at a lot of different places, but friendships are a little harder to come by,” said fourth-year Thomas McKenna, president of Labre. “The rewarding part is that when you have the opportunity to go out multiple times, you actually become friends with the people you see,” said McKenna. “They know us and we know them. And I think this opportunity is what makes Labre so unique.” “Bucks for Buckeyes” will be selling buckeyes for 50 cents at TVUC on Nov. 16 through Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. through 2:30 p.m. each day.

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Issue 3 Last Tuesday I did my civic duty and participated in that great ritual of American democracy, Election Day, and I have the sticker to prove it. When the dust settled, along with all the mayoral candidates and library levies, among the results was the defeat of Issue 3, which would have legalized marijuana in the state of Ohio. So suspicious odor calls, like excessive drinking calls, will continue to be part of Case Western Reserve University Police Department’s weekend routine for the foreseeable future. This article is not intended to be a debate on marijuana use, but rather to focus on the law and the policy here at CWRU. It is worth noting, however, that like alcohol and tobacco use, studies have found that there are potential consequences for your health that go along with marijuana use— something to think about. If the generally flat terrain and lack of bears hadn’t clued you in, we are not in Alaska or Colorado. In Ohio marijuana is still illegal to possess, grow, use or sell. Possession of small amounts is typically a misdemeanor offense; possession of large amounts by weight or having marijuana that is packaged for sale are felony offenses. Felony offenses can definitely put a crimp in your law/medical/graduate school or future employment plans. It is also a violation of university policy. Marijuana often gives off a distinct odor that is easily detectable in places like residence halls and tricks like stuffing towels under the door or emptying Febreze cans don’t work. And like on airplanes, disabling smoke detectors is illegal, dangerous, a generally bad idea and will be detected. On a related subject, CWRU, like any city with a population of several thousand people, has a lot of people on prescription medication. Prescription medications need to be kept in the bottle they came in with the name of the doctor and the patient on the front. Mixing multiple prescriptions/dosages in one bottle, and certainly selling medications to someone for whom they were not prescribed, is also a bad idea and highly illegal. Also something to keep in mind. Let’s look out for each other. On the Beat is a weekly safety column written by Sergeant Jeffrey Daberko of CWRU PD. He welcomes questions, suggestions and gripes/groans/moans/complaints about campus life at policecolumn@case.edu.

Police blotter: Nov. 4 to Nov. 11 Nov. 4: Petty theft—laptop taken from office in Tinkham Veale University Center between Oct. 23 and Nov. 4 at 10:29 a.m. Nov. 7: Underage drinking— student conduct referral, taken to hospital from Raymond House at 2:36 a.m. Nov. 7: Drug offense, marijuana—student conduct referral, items confiscated from Triangle Two at 8:09 p.m. Nov. 9: Petty theft—cell phone taken off table in Village House 7 between 12:10 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 1.

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Third-year student studies human motility in Kenya Sruthi Meka Staff reporter For over a month during the summer, third-year student Diane Bernardoni had a diet composed entirely of rice, beans, noodles, bread and various other starches. She was without cellphone reception and regular access to water, in the deep interior of Kenya near Lake Turkana. Her fascination with hominids—all of the great apes, including humans—was what led her there. Bernardoni was one of the 24 applicants invited to attend Koobi Fora Field School this past summer. The field school is an immersive experience that educates students about various field techniques and provides an introduction to anthropological research in a geographic region rich with fossil history. Under the guidance of Eve Boyle, a graduate student at George Washington University, Bernardoni conducted research about walking and running mechanics. “Running and walking have different mechanics. When you walk, it’s a pendulum mechanic and you have both feet on the ground,” said Bernardoni. “But with running, you have to have one foot on the ground and have more of a mass spring mechanic, so foot clearance is less of an issue.”

Working with Boyle and a third team member from Hunter College, Bernardoni’s central objective involved determining the effect of limb length on motor efficiency with the goal of proving that longer limbs allow for greater stride length and greater locomotor efficiency. The research project involved running trials, which were conducted with members of the Dassanech tribe. The Dassanech people, who are habitually barefoot, live in the Omo Valley near Lake Turkana. The research team had 40 members of the Dassanech commit to 36 trials each on three different tracks of increasing elevation. Each member walked four trials, jogged four trials and sprinted four trials on each track, with f lat terrain serving as the controlled variable. Each trial was recorded, and with the aid of ImageJ, a video analysis software, the team is in the process of analyzing each of the 500 videos to identify foot-strike patterns and measure stride length. In the field, the team used biomechanical markers, white points also used in things like fitness tests, to help with the video analysis. Anatomical markings were also used to measure biomechanical angles, such as hip flexion.

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“We had markers on the head of metatarsal five, the calcaneus, and the lateral malleolus and the bottom of the calcaneal body,” said Bernardoni. “We measured the angle so that we could quantify [and] not just eyeball it.” The preliminary results, according to Bernardoni, were surprising. While the running trials supported the initial hypothesis that longer limbs have greater stride length and efficiency, the walking trials supported the opposite. The team will have to conduct further analysis on the videos of the trials in order to make a more definitive conclusion. “I’ve always loved evolutionary biology,” said Bernardoni. “It sounds a little human-centric, but it’s kind of cool that I get to study hominids too, because really what it does is answer the question [of ] ‘why?’” Currently pursuing degrees in physical anthropology, evolutionary biology and mathematics, Bernardoni hopes to attend graduate school to study anthropology and possibly continue field research. “With this research, I get to go to cool places, meet cool people—some of [whom] have been dead for millions of years—and I get to answer the question of why we are who we are,” said Bernardoni.

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Aquene Kimmel News Editor College theater controversy gains national attention A white actor was recently cast as Martin Luther King, Jr. in a production of “The Mountaintop” at Kent State University. “While it is true that I never designated in the play text that King and Camae be played by black actors, reading comprehension and good-old scene analysis would lead any director to cast black or darker-complexioned actors,” wrote the play’s author Katori Hall in an article on theroot.com. Bakery aims to make its employees employable Bloom Bakery, opening soon on Cleveland State University campus, will hire workers with significant barriers to employment, such as criminal records, and teach them job skills in the hopes that they will then find jobs elsewhere. The bakery also aims to distinguish itself with quality baking, according to Cleveland Scene.

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Horoscopes Aries No you’re not color-blind. It just really is starting to get more gray as Cleveland winter ramps up. Taurus Is it too early to start fasting in preparation for Thanksgiving? Yes. The answer is yes. Gemini You probably should open that textbook that you haven’t touched yet this semester. Cancer As they say, November showers bring December flower-shaped snowflakes. Leo Channel your inner squirrel and start hoarding food from Leutner for the winter months ahead. Virgo I’m scared. Why is it dark? Did the sun go out?

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Libra You will not be eaten by a goat this week.

Scorpio We understand your obsession with spelling but don’t boycott Dynomite Burgers just because of its name.

Can you find all these words related to articles in this issue? Addams Admissions Athenian Bakery Bloom Bond Campus Cleveland Crime Family Hult Orchestra Spectre Street Ted Tower Update

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Ophiuchus Do you even go here? Sagittarius You’ll find a more accurate horoscope on Tumblr this week. Capricorn You’ll say a hip-hop, a hippy, a hippy to the hip-hip-hop and you don’t stop. Aquarius You’re rocking out to the boogy, to the boogity-bangbang, the boogy, to the boogity beat. Pisces This horoscope is not a test its rapping to the beat. And me, the groove, and my friends are going to try to move your feet.

arts & entertainment News with a satirical twist “The Athenian Update” Youtube show comments on current events Michael Wu Staff Reporter

The Athenian is expanding. The campus humor magazine is now creating content specifically for the Internet with video project“The Athenian Update.” Done in the style of “Weekend Update” and “The Daily Show,” “The Athenian Update” aims to satirically present both campus and international news. “The Athenian Update” was created by The Athenian’s Managing Editor Mahima Devarajan, who also works as the show’s head writer and currently holds the duties of director and producer. Devarajan says that despite the multiple roles she currently holds behind the scenes, she eventually hopes to narrow her attention. “I’ve been acting as the producer and director for now, just so we can execute the show as I’d envisioned it,” she said. “What I really enjoy is the writing, so eventually that’s what I want to focus on.” “The Athenian Update” is scripted by a group of writers, many of whom also currently write for The Athenian. They congregate for writer’s meetings where they craft jokes based on stories they find from various news sources. Devarajan notes that she feels

The Athenian/Youtube The Athenian has started a comic news show this semester hosted by students Paul Palumbo and Charlie Topel. that bringing in multiple voices is extremely beneficial to the show. “It is very much a collaborative effort. We always stress that diversity is what brings out the best comedy,” she said. “The best ideas come from when we’re just talking it out and bouncing ideas off of each other.” Among those involved in the writing process is Paul Palumbo, one of the show’s two anchors this semester. The other anchor, star-

Hold on to Halloween with “The Addams Family” Lars Torres Staff Reporter The notoriously gloomy Wednesday Addams might have been happier as a Friday. Unless, of course, she was Friday the 13th, like the first night of Eldred Theater’s production of “The Addams Family.” The darkly whimsical musical will be playing at Eldred Theater, directed by Department of Theater professor Jerrold Scott. The musical will follow the titular family as they follow up on the growing relationship between Wednesday Addams and Lucas Beineke, a boy from Ohio. The Addams family adheres to Wednesday’s wishes and tries to act normal for a night or more, both for the continued interaction with Lucas and to appease the more typical Beineke family, although the Addams Family struggles to do so, leading to some dark situations and strange consequences. Regardless of your background knowledge on the source material and its various adaptations (or lack thereof), Scott says the musical will be “whimsically macabre, but not evil or twisted in any way.” Furthermore, in terms of the material, the “musical pulls more from the comic strip than the show or the movies,” but extensive knowledge of the source material is not required. The

musical will also be dark like its nature, much like the comics and the movies. “The Addams Family” has been an undertaking for Scott, who said that the musical will be the biggest show Eldred has recently produced. Due to the limited space offered by Eldred, the musical was handpicked by Scott not only because of the source material that inspired it or the strength of the original musical, but also for how it will complement the Eldred stage. According to Scott, “The Addams Family” is “more modern musical and more musically driven and character driven than most musicals.” As a combination of darkly comic themes, acting and singing, “The Addams Family” does have a great deal going for it. The musical will premiere this weekend, with its opening night on Friday the 13th. According to Scott this was a coincidence, but it’s all the more reason to attend this show on its opening night.

Show: “The Addams Family” Directed by: Jerrold Scott Show Dates: Nov. 13-14 and Nov. 20-21, various times Location: Eldred Theater Price: $5

ring in the first two released episodes and the upcoming third, is fourth-year student Charlie Topel. Palumbo received his position after an audition process in which he was selected based on his ability to both deliver written jokes as well as being able to construct his own. Palumbo describes the show’s filming process, during which the anchors and writers can revise jokes, based on what

they feel is working. “Once we actually start the filming session, we go through the script, make sure there’s nothing we should change,” Palumbo said. “We change some jokes around, we set up the desk and then we film for the next few hours.” As one of the show’s anchors, Palumbo says he primarily looked to shows like “Weekend Update” and “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” as a model for how he should deliver jokes, but Devarajan insists that the show has several different sources of inspiration. “One of my favorite shows is ‘30 Rock,’ and I’d like to execute satire in a similar way that they do,” she said. “But really, we’ll pull from any comedy.” After only three episodes, Devarajan realizes the show is still finding its voice. Going forward, her hopes for the show include finding an ideal balance between campus and international news, as well as having a male and a female anchor. For now, Devarajan says she’s glad to have the chance to create the show that she envisioned. “It’s pretty cool that we’re on a campus where there’s an acceptance of free speech and we can say what we want to say,” she said. “We had an idea, wanted it to happen and it happened.”

Ellie Goulding gets lost in “Delirium” Alex Clarke Staff Reporter In “Delirium,” Ellie Goulding’s third album, Goulding follows the pop formula very well: catchy vocals + emotional lyrics + heavy beat with dance breaks. But no one who hears any song from this album will think it’s anyone but Ellie Goulding because of her distinctive icy vocals. Her voice can be part of her uniqueness, but in other ways her past distinctiveness is exactly why she shouldn’t fall into the pop formula. Her songs used to complement her one-of-a-kind voice, but this is not true on “Delirium.” I would highlight different sounds on the album, but, honestly, hearing one song is like hearing them all. There obviously are different rhythms and slight variations in instrumentation and theme (“Holding On For Life” has more piano and a jazzier feel than the march sounds in “Army”) but overall the album sounds the same. With albums, I like to feel like there was a purpose, an artistic mission or a message to take away. Goulding did have a goal, and it was pop. In a statement about the album she said: “A part of me views this as an experiment—to make a big pop album. I made a conscious decision that I wanted it to be on another level.” In this way she does accomplish what she set out to do and, while it might not elevate Goulding to the top, “Delirium” is a spectacular pop album.

But I can’t help feeling a little disappointed. Maybe because Goulding has so much potential, maybe because the popular music sphere lost the folk-y and EDM flares she brought to Top 40 or maybe just because I was hoping for some variation in an album this long (it runs for over an hour). Don’t get me wrong, “Delirium” is a good listen if you’re into the singles she’s been putting out lately (“Love Me Like You Do” and “On My Mind”). Any of the songs could make it as radio hits and I’ll listen to some songs when I’m in the mood for shameless pop, but it’s not an album that will get Grammy nominations. It doesn’t feel authentically like Goulding and I’m not sure if it’s putting her in the right direction. Up until this album I would not consider clumping Ellie Goulding in with Carly Rae Jepsen or Demi Lovato, and losing that differentiation is where the disappointment lies. Imagine if The Weeknd made an entire album that sounded like “Can’t Feel My Face.” That’s the equivalent of Goulding’s “Delirium.”

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uISA to host annual cultural event, Andaaz

Observer Archives For Spartan Bhangra member Raghav Tripathi, one of the important aspects of Andaaz is that its different performances highlight the diversity in Indian culture.

Adithi Iyengar Copy Editor It’s time for Case Western Reserve University’s largest annual cultural show, Andaaz. The show is hosted by the Undergraduate Indian Students Association and includes a variety of dance and singing groups. These include Dhamakapella, Spartan Bhangra, Case Western Nritya, CWRU Rasa, a South Indian dance performance, a Carnatic music performance and also the class dances, which include the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Dances. “Andaaz is a great way to celebrate how diverse India is,” said third-year student and member of Spartan Bhangra Raghav Tripathi. “Everyone thinks of India as of

one nation with one culture, but there are so many of them. Seeing how diverse India is, makes it really cool to see how these forms of art have developed.” Spartan Bhangra, one of the groups included in Andaaz, performs a traditional Indian dance called bhangra. It originated in the state of Punjab from India and Pakistan to celebrate the harvest. The group has modified it to fit with modern times and celebrate general happiness and camaraderie. “As a first-generation Indian, it’s cool to know that we are the ones writing the history of Indian culture in America,” said Tripathi. Andaaz will be hosted on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The event is free for all attendees.

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Playlist of the Week Charlie Topel Staff Reporter

Players’ Theatre Group performs eerie one-act play Ellie Rambo Arts & Entertainment Editor

“Kill V. Maim” - Grimes

Grimes’ new album “Art Angels” came out last week, and “Kill V. Maim” is a major standout on the record. In an interview, Grimes described the song’s story as “Al Pacino in ‘The Godfather Pt 2.’ Except he’s a vampire who can switch gender and travel through space.” If that’s not enough to get you to drop everything and listen to this track: It’s incredibly dancey, and one of the most fun tracks of the year.

“Can’t Get Enough of Myself” - Santigold ft. BC

Santigold is back with “Can’t Get Enough of Myself.” It’s been three years since we’ve heard her on 2012’s “Master of My Make-Believe,” though her new track seems to nod to her debut more than her last record. Santigold’s chill-pop track will (hopefully) set the stage for a brand new full-length release in the near future.

“Badvertise” - Dr. Dog

Indie rockers Dr. Dog released their new track this week: “Badvertise.” Dr. Dog, who have performed at CWRU’s now-fabled Spot Night years ago, returns with spooky synths that sound like ghosts and easy-to-shout lyrics. Halloween’s not over yet, even though in some places the Christmas decorations are already in full swing.

“Into Focus” - Panama Wedding

Panama Wedding, another Spot Night alum, recently released the “Into Focus EP” with this track at its center. “Into Focus,” much like the rest of Panama Wedding’s repertoire, evokes 80s synths and catchy vocals. Winter may be approaching, but “Into Focus” has all the makings of a summer jam.

#TBT Track of the Week “Thank You” - Dido

Okay so bear with me for a second. As Halloween ends and November begins, Christmas decorations fill stores, commercials and Starbucks latte flavors. But everyone forgets about the best American holiday—Thanksgiving. Give thanks and listen to Dido as you thank your friends, families and lovers for giving you the best day of your life (Thanksgiving, obviously).

Find all these tracks online with our weekly Spotify playlist at observer.case.edu Charlie Topel is a fourth-year student who used to be an engineer but now has decided that numbers are scary. When he’s not writing about music, he can be found worrying about the future and complaining about Morrissey. All photos courtesy of stereogum.com, first-avenue.com, allthingsgomusic.com & amazon.com.

It seems right that a play about the brevity of life should only last 40 minutes. This was the case with “Kaleidoscope,” the Ray Bradbury one-act produced by the Players’ Theatre Group. The story begins with an average day aboard a spaceship as the crew members check in with an automated psychoanalyst. Suddenly the ship is hit by a meteor, ripping it apart and launching each crew member in a different direction. With the ship destroyed and a limited supply of oxygen, there is no chance that the crew members will survive, but they still have radio contact with each other as they drift apart. Character traits established in the opening scene are expanded upon here, and the actors do a mostly good job of distinguishing their roles. Captain Hollis (Frances Harrison) and Applegate (Margaret Kowalski) have an especially turbulent relationship. Kowalski is good as an aggressive crew member who challenges her superior as often as possible, but Harrison wavers in her portrayal of the Captain. Part of this is the character’s slipping confidence, but sometimes it was unclear which emotion Harrison was representing. One of the biggest challenges involved in producing this one-act is the setting: There is no static set, since the only thing unifying the characters after the accident is their radio connection. This production handled this problem well: for most of the play the characters drifted on and off an unlit stage while illuminating their own faces with flashlights. Before a character died, his or her flashlight would be-

gin rapidly blinking and then switch off. This created an eerie and threatening feeling that suited the play well, but it also left the actors unable to see, and they occasionally tripped as they moved around the Eldred Blackbox theater. The title is a reference to how Applegate describes a cloud of radio signals she is dragged into by a meteor: “A kaleidoscope. Look! Oh, beautiful. And taking me with it, me … I don’t deserve a trip like this. I never liked anything beautiful.” As Kowalski says these lines, strings of lights and star-shaped paper lanterns around the walls turn on, bringing a rare moment of light to this production. It’s also one of the show’s prettiest moments, as Applegate is surrounded by twinkling lights as well as the voices of history’s most celebrated and hated men. Applegate imagines herself surrounded by these voices forever: “Churchill will still be talking, Hitler will still be mad and Roosevelt will still be saying there’s nothing to fear, nothing.” This scene, as well as the play as a whole, seems to imply that in a life this lonely, we can’t be picky about the company we keep. In a universe this dark and isolating, we should be grateful for the people we have and try to enjoy the ride we get.

Show: “Kaleidoscope” Director: Merit Glover Production dates: Nov. 6 and 7, 11 p.m. Rating:

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Concert grows stronger as crowd shrinks Canadian bands Dear Rouge, Rah Rah play to tiny Mahall’s crowd Anne Nickoloff Director of Print The evening of Tuesday, Nov. 10 started out awkwardly at Mahall’s 20 Lanes. At 7:30 p.m., I walked into the main concert room on the first floor expecting the show to start. However, the room was practically empty, with a band warming up on the stage and a couple of girls chatting near the wall. The lights were still on. It felt like everyone was staring at my sister and me as we entered the empty room. Within 10 seconds, we shuffled over to the bar. I pulled up the venue’s website on my phone. The concert, headlined by Canadian bands Rah Rah and Dear Rouge, was supposed to start at 7 p.m., which in concert language means 7:30 p.m. But after an hour of sitting around, we realized that it had to be a typo. At 8:30 p.m., the first few notes from opener, Diverge, started strumming, and we went back for the show. Looking around the room, there were 17 people in the audience including me, but this didn’t seem to get in the way of the band’s boundless energy. “We’re giving everything we’ve got to you guys,” shouted singer Eric Potapenko. Diverge was a little hyperactive for the venue, but their music matched their vibes. It was a little frustrating when they played the only encore of the night between the three performing bands, but it

was justified. At 17 people, this was the biggest the crowd would get all night. During Rah Rah’s set, it dropped down to 14 audience members. The band hurried through a quick 30-minute set, but otherwise maintained an engaging presence. You know, other than the time guitarist Erin Passmore’s guitar started malfunctioning mid-song and she said, “fuck this piece of shit guitar” into the mic as though it was any other lyric. Their whole indie pop thing was their own, though. Rah Rah flipped like a switch between two radically different styles: bubbly violin-softened dream punk and fuzzed-out deadpan strumming. Rah Rah is similar to Tacocat, but a little more layered and a little less funny. In the transition to Dear Rouge, the audience cut in half, leaving only seven people including me, for what was, in my opinion, the best act of the night. But the tiny audience didn’t phase the band; after all, they were the most dedicated after staying through to the end. One audience member had followed Dear Rouge in past Canadian festivals, and explained that if the show was happening in Canada, it would be difficult to get a front-row view. This was confirmed on their Facebook page. A picture of their performance in Toronto featured a tightly packed crowd in an auditorium in early November. Mahall’s seven-person crowd did nothing to touch their bigger shows, but

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The three bands at Mahall’s played enthusiastically despite the small crowd. Pictured here is Rah Rah dancing onstage. the group was still excited to perform. Their lights matched their presence: flashy, bright and fast. Dear Rouge powered through their half-hour show, and towards the end of their set, singer Danielle McTaggart hopped down from the stage and danced with her biggest fan in the room. It says a lot about a band when its members are just as excited to play for one person as they are for hundreds. The bands at Mahall’s this past Tuesday

played their music for more than just their fans. They played their music for themselves, and they had a good time doing it.

Concert: Dear Rouge / Rah Rah / Diverge Venue: Mahall’s 20 Lanes Date: Nov. 10, 2015 Rating:

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Bond movie shakes but doesn’t stir Abby Assmus Staff Reporter James Bond is one of our culture’s biggest icons, spanning over 50 years of movies, novels and short stories with eight different actors in the titular role. In the most recent Bond film, “Spectre,” the series shows its age and its struggle to bring the aging role of the masculine super spy into the modern world. Typically a figure of male strength and sexuality, James Bond now is part of an increasingly equal world in which the women around him are no longer just damsels in distress and objects of his affection. “Spectre” does a nice job of addressing the issues of the role, but it still struggles to come up with a strong female character and sticks to its old plot points. Daniel Craig has portrayed James Bond in the last three films over the past nine years. He has publicly commented that he is tired of playing the super spy, something that is clear throughout Spectre. This is most likely his last time playing Bond and maybe the most disappointing. After “Skyfall” and the suffering Bond faced with M’s loss and the return to his childhood home, the stage was set for him to deal with these issues in “Spectre,” but they are not given enough attention. The movie’s main villain, Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz), is the elusive figure Bond spends most of the movie tracking down but he ends up being a disappointment. There was a lot of po-

Courtesy Columbia Pictures In “Spectre,” Daniel Craig plays a James Bond more focused on action than in past movies. tential for this character to have greater depth and interest, especially considering the complexity of “Skyfall’s” villain Silva (Javier Bardem). Yet the plot falls short and is disappointing by the end of the movie. “Spectre” fulfills its role as an exciting Bond movie with its car chases, helicopter fight scenes and the exotic locales Bond travels to throughout the world. From the opening sequence in Mexico City during a Day of the Dead celebration to a car chase in Rome, the settings and action sequences are typical Bond scenes, filled with gadgets and

cars that can do almost anything. The movie also comes with another great song, “The Writing’s on the Wall” performed by Sam Smith. Even with all of these elements going for “Spectre,” it is still disappointing because of its low stakes and the neglected potential to explore the psyche of James Bond. The Bond girl in this movie, Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) is not your typical bond girl. She is not a damsel in distress and is hesitant about helping Bond at first. But she still is not given enough material to distinguish herself from the stereotypical role and ends up

becoming the love interest of the movie. This love does not feel very significant to Bond because of his lack of emotions towards her and her emotional response to him. What was so refreshing about “Skyfall” was how it dealt with the dangerousness of Bond’s life and the consequences many Bond girls face because of their involvement with him. This movie is a return to the typical role of a female in a Bond movie as the sidekick and love interest. In the opening credits, scenes from “Skyfall” are briefly shown, suggesting that “Spectre” is about James Bond dealing with his previous losses, yet he barely does this. Instead, the movie focuses on Oberhauser and stopping him. Oberhauser’s motives are disappointing and anti-climactic. Waltz gives a decent performance, but the character does not have much to offer in the first place and is a rather dry and uninteresting Bond villain, even with the character’s connections to 007. “Spectre” is an entertaining movie cinematically and visually, but falls short of expectations as a follow-up to “Skyfall.” The villain is not as exciting as past Bond villains, and it is disappointing that this is most likely Craig’s final performance as Bond, as he goes out with more of a whimper than a bang.

Title: “Spectre” Director: Sam Mendes Release date: Nov. 6, 2015 Rating:

Concert calendar: A look at this week’s upcoming performances Anne Nickoloff Director of Print

Every week in Cleveland is a week to see live concerts. However, like any other week, it’s difficult to see them all. Dozens more of Cleveland’s concerts are just waiting to be experienced. For a head start on choosing a week of music, here are five upcoming Cleveland shows:

Date: Nov. 13, 9 p.m. Band: Jivviden / Bad Hounds / Samfox Venue: Beachland Tavern Price: $8 Jivviden has a couple of modes: slow and sad or bouncy and soulful. Mixing folk, blues and rock and roll, they have a sound that’s laid-back, groovy and even a little lazy. Need a Friday away from partying too hard? Of course you do. Go see Jivviden.

Date: Nov. 14, 6:35 p.m. Band: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness / New Politics / The Griswolds / Lolo Venue: House of Blues Price: $27.50-35

The lineup is an indie party: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness brings the heartfelt piano love, New Politics bring the punky stage antics, The Griswolds bring the beachy choral singalongs and LOLO brings the singer-songwriter groove. The gang’s all here.

Date: Nov. 15, 9 p.m. Band: Sleeping Bag Venue: Happy Dog (Detroit Rd.) Price: $5 Sleeping Bag’s name is pretty appropriate for their tunes. It’s like the guitar strumming is done in some half-awake state, sleepily (but not too sloppily) put together into cohesive DIY tracks. Here’s to the perfect Sunday evening wind-down.

Date: Nov. 17, 9 p.m. Band: The Sueves / Make Overs / Tonawondas Venue: Now That’s Class Price: $5

The Sueves are echoey, messy, noisy and fun. A bar show at Now That’s Class makes for a cheap, loud Tuesday night.

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Date: Nov. 18, 8:30 p.m. Band: Dan Deacon / WUME / Pleasure Leftists Venue: Grog Shop Price: $13-15

Dan Deacon’s staticky songs are filled with noise, yet they are still melodic to the point of being dancey. His latest album, “Gliss Riffer,” pushes a wall of sound at you all at once through its variety of tracks and array of sounds (including boops, brief vocal clips and zaps straight out of a retro video game). The show is sure to be a weird one. Weird, but good.

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Eddie Kerekes Staff Reporter Case Western Reserve University often advertises to prospective students that one of the best orchestras in the world plays almost every weekend just off of campus. But some students do not take advantage of the opportunity. The concert on Saturday, Nov. 7, featuring Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, displayed the orchestra at its finest, even without its typical conductor and concertmaster. The highlight of the evening was guest soloist Leonidas Kavakos, who performed Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Violin Concerto No. 1.” The world-renowned Greek violinist certainly lived up to his billing. He was exceptional in his performance without being flashy, as the extremely difficult piece did not appear to trouble him at all. The performance captured the audience particularly during the cadenza before the final movement, as everyone’s attention was focused on his bow. Kavakos excelled through the multiple accelerating crescendos in the cadenza, perhaps the most impressive part of the performance. The always enthusiastic audience was so astounded by the performance they gave Kavakos three standing ovations, prompting an unexpected encore. The surprise solo showcased the soloist’s extreme talent, including a section where he played both melody and countermelody simultaneously. After the encore, he received another standing ovation and even had members of the orchestra applauding him. After an intermission, the orchestra played the titular piece, “Symphonic Dances” by Sergei Rachmaninoff, his final work. Perhaps the most exciting selection of the evening, it engaged the audience with its transition between slow melodic sections and passion-filled fast sections. During the second movement waltz rhythm, guest conductor Gianandrea Noseda swayed with the melody. The finale ended beautifully with a built-up fast-paced fanfare followed by

a heavy Russian sound. After the final marcatos, the final chords rang in the air for a few seconds before the audience burst into another standing ovation. The actions of Noseda were not conducive to proper enjoyment of the pieces, I thought. Though they were entertaining to watch, they distracted from the main attraction, the orchestra. The normal conductor and director of the orchestra, Franz Welser-Mӧst, is very composed while on the podium, only using grand arm gestures when necessary. Noseda, on the other hand, was living through the music, jumping and bouncing along with the staccatos and accents. First-year music and polymer science and engineering double major Jason Linn disagreed. “The conductor’s vigorous gestures helped communicate the nature of the early 20th century music to the music,” he said. He believed it helped the audience connect better to the music. One may think the orchestra is just for rich older people; however, there was definitely a binary distribution of ages, with one peak around the expected 60 and the other around 20. Many groups of college students, mostly from CWRU and the Cleveland Institute of Music, enjoy concerts throughout the year. Groups of friends can be seen talking before, during intermission and after performances. The Cleveland Orchestra makes affording tickets easy on a college student’s budget with a price of only $15 for students in the Student Advantage Program. An alternative option is the $50 Frequent Fan Card, which allows Fan Card holders tickets to every performance in the 20152016 season. The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Severance Hall from Nov. 19-21 with a program centered on Schubert’s Great Cmajor Symphony.

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Caution is key when changing admissions process The retention rate of Case Western Reserve University leaves much to be desired. Of a class, 64 percent will graduate in four years, 80 percent in six years. Mental health and academic rigor may play a role in exacerbating the situation, but another, tuition, is vital to consider: CWRU currently only meets 70 percent of the financial aid needed by its students. The Editorial Board does not believe that the CWRU administration or its students can make a decision on the admissions process without realizing the importance of meeting student financial need, and that the current financial pressures cannot continue unaddressed. CWRU currently uses a need-blind admissions process. Just as it sounds,the admissions committee is not aware of what financial needs a student may have when evaluating their application. This means that whether you fall under the highest or lowest income brackets, whether you are admitted or not solely depends on what is on your application (namely your GPA, standardized tests, extracurriculars, work, letters of recommendation and essays). By not taking wealth into account, the process is considered to be extremely fair to individuals of all economic levels. This exception is for international students and those admitted of the waitlist. These processes are ‘need-aware’, in which the admissions committee is aware of the student’s financial needs when deciding whether to admit them. However, CWRU administration is considering switching all applicants to a needaware admission system. Need-aware admissions We know that the administration has been aware of the low retention rate and has even prepared a large “Student Retention Task Force” to face the issue upfront. They also know that, in recent years, the proportion of low-income students enrolling has decreased. The administration’s proposed solution is to take a student’s financial situation into account when choosing to admit them. By balancing their needs, CWRU would be able to meet 100 percent of financial need of all students.The argument is that this would increase the number of low-income students at CWRU. The most immediate problem with this proposal is that there is no safeguard to prevent the admissions committee from discriminating against low-income students. Washington University in St. Louis is need-aware and only accepts about seven percent of students who receive Pell grants, a benchmark of low-income. As 50 percent

Clarissa Cuevas/Observer of students can pay full tuition there, the university clearly sees the money pile the policy can create. Without a built-in check against the admissions committee, CWRU might fall prey to this Romeo of cash. Even then, a need-aware policy would require a guarded implementation. A telling side-effect of the practice would be a “squeeze” on middle-tier income students. In reality students cannot fairly be placed into three income levels, but it is possible that fewer students with families in the middle 50 percent range will be admitted. In an attempt to increase the number of low-income students, CWRU would also need to accept a balancing amount of high-income students, resulting in fewer within the middle range. To add to the complexity, one proposal that CWRU administrators have pitched is to admit 90 percent of students need-blind, and then the final 10 percent under a need-aware process. The solution has its merits, it would allow a majority of the students to be admitted without taking their financial needs taken into a consideration. The last 10 percent of admittances would still face the dangers described above, however, and more drastically, as the admissions committee would have fewer number of students to balance the financial aid scorecard. Despite these objections, the Editorial Board still believes that it is worth having a conversation about switching to a need-aware admissions process. Staying in a need-blind situation, CWRU would need to increase their annual budget by $15-20 million to meet 100 percent of financial need. To do this, CWRU would have to increase its endowment by an imposing $500 million. It’s not possible for that to happen quickly. With a sad graduation rate and financial

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stress on students, it is high time to consider all options. Coalition Application What forced the conversation now is a potential switch to the Coalition Application, an alternative to the Common Application. In order to join the 80 universities set to use the coalition application in the 2017-2018 application cycle, CWRU would have to meet 100 percent financial aid. The Board is more concerned about an immediate switch to the coalition application over implementing a need-aware system. The new application takes a portfolio approach. Students can begin to submit items in the ninth grade and would continue to do so throughout their high school career. It came about from a mixture of frustration with a lack of a competitor for the Common Application. However, most importantly for CWRU to forgo the application might mean to lose out on high achieving students that use it to apply. The most obvious problem with the coalition app is that students at high schools with strained advising resources will face an uphill battle. (Did you meet counselors at your high school to talk about college the very first day of school?) The application is untested, and given its overtime portfolio approach, students applying wouldn’t have had the opportunity to use it to its full potential for several years. It would also result in a hastily designed need-aware admissions system. A fractured need-aware system should be avoided at all costs since it won’t offer any of the safeguards to low-income students. Need for debate For the Board, the most encouraging as-

pect of this discussion, given the potential time crunch, is that the administration didn’t overstep and unilaterally introduce both proposals. The administration has also worked closely with the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), which will in the end represent the student opinion. Vice President Richard Bischoff presented the proposals to a public USG general body meeting last week on Nov. 3, and answered questions from those present. The USG Vice President of Academic Affairs, Nishant Uppal, then raised some questions at that meeting. Last Tuesday, Nov. 10, USG Vice President of finance Brian Ward emailed all student organization leaders notifying them that USG is planning an open forum. We encourage students to submit their opinions to USG at the email found in the newsletter they sent out last Friday, Nov. 6 and to attend future open forums. An open conversation among the student body about the pros and cons of changing the admissions processes will allow for a better decision. Until that happens, the Board urges restraint in making changes to the current need-blind, Common Application-based admission process. We’re not in support of a need-aware process, itself, but recognize that there may be a need for some sort of change in the admissions process. The current path CWRU is on puts a large burden on students attending and lowers their chances of graduating. There are serious perils to a need-aware system that need to be addressed before moving forward with the process as a potential solution to the present dire situation.

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Normally, The Observer’s columnists write on topics of their choosing. This week, instead, columnists banded together and some chose to deliberate on crime at Case Western Reserve University. Students at CWRU are no strangers to security alerts. This semester saw motor vehicle theft from Lot 46, the garage near the Village at 115th. It also saw near-campus incidents, including a mugging in daylight on Hessler Road, where many undergraduate students live. At the same time, the CWRU Police Department and security services, continue to work hard to keep the campus safe. Indeed it is rare that armed criminal incidences occur in residence halls or academic buildings, places where students are often present. To promote discourse about the topic at hand, columnists individually give their take on those at fault and solutions below. I encourage the CWRU community to continue the conversation and respond in the form of letter: Is crime a problem at CWRU?

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More security, awareness needed on, near campus Abby Assmus Personally, I have not had any issues with crime or security on campus in my four and a half years here at Case Western Reserve University. However it is concerning that there are plenty of security alerts sent out about theft on or around campus. One of the main issues is that our campus is in an urban setting, making it difficult for campus security and police to focus on areas that are close to campus, such as parking lots and the sidewalks people use to walk home to close areas. I can see why this makes it difficult for campus security to survey these areas and why it might not seem like it is a campus issue. However since so many students do have to technically go off campus, to locations that basically are on campus, such as Uptown Cleveland, I believe that security is a campus issue. Everyone should feel safe when they are on or very close to campus. One thing that was concerning to many people that I talked to who were new to CWRU this year was the amount of security alerts they received about theft over the summer. Many were concerned that this was a big issue on campus. I told them how I have never had any issues. But I also told them how I have always taken precautions about

walking alone at night such as, among others, not having my phone out, or when I know I am going to be on campus late, not always bringing my laptop with me. Although these precautions might have helped me, there still needs to be more action taken by the administration to make people feel safe on campus. I know that there are many times where I have not felt completely at ease on campus during the night. With daylight standard time now into effect, the sun sets even earlier, and more of the time people spend walking around campus and back home or to their cars is in the dark. I know it will be difficult and the administration is aware of these issues, but I feel like this is an issue that should always be in review in order to continue to find ways to improve and create more security on campus. I feel that more collaboration with the city’s police department might help students feel more secure when walking to places just off campus in addition to continued efforts by the administration to take security on campus seriously. Abby Assmus is a graduate student. She went to CWRU as an undergraduate and now commutes to campus.

Street harassment reflects a larger issue Ashley Chan An attractive boy or girl walks by you on the street. He or she winks and smiles at you and you’re flattered, so this behavior is welcomed and okay. Take this scenario and replace the attractive person with another stranger lingering on the sidewalk. The individual winks, cat-calls and sexually harrasses you. According to the non-profit organization Stop Street Harassment (SSH), gender-based street harassment are unwanted comments, gestures and actions forced on a stranger in a public place without their consent and are directed at them because of their actual or perceived sex, gender, gender expression or sexual orientation. As Case Western Reserve University lies in Cleveland, a city of much educational and socioeconomic disparity, both female and male students experience this type of sexual harassment. Street harassment is often defined by a significant word: unwanted. It is up to the receiver of a compliment, or a victim of harassment, to identify a gesture from a stranger as unwanted or not. However, as an Asian-American girl with a small frame, I am street-harassed often for the way I look. My sex gives offenders an impression of weakness and inferiority, allowing them to assert themselves by making me and others feel uncomfortable. Situations like this occur frequently over the course of a single day, especially if you wander even a few blocks offcampus. Out of many times I have taken the RTA, whether to Beachwood Place, Downtown Cleveland, or the Rite Aid

about a mile away, I have seen unwanted harassment occur. Too many students at CWRU have resorted to taking an Uber or not travelling off-campus at all in fear of these risks. Although street harassment is no crime to be overlooked, the individuals who perpetrate it should be understood as people. Cleveland is a city divided by race. Its demographic map shows a concentrated African-American population living in the east side of Cleveland. Poverty in the city affects African Americans more disproportionately. According to the Center for Community Solutions, 42 percent of African-Americans live in poverty, compared to Whites at 28 percent. The level of education an individual receives is often related to financial stability. Vicious cycles of crime are induced from families of all races with instabilities stemming from poor relationships, economic status and education. There is a complex background behind the motivations of crime and various types of harassment. It is necessary to understand the roots of a much larger problem, which is disparity in all its forms. A poor upbringing is no excuse for misbehavior, but it gives insight to why someone may act a certain way. Until the problem of disparity in human welfare is solved, crime will continue. However, as students living in a growing city, we should recognize the basis of local crime and seek to understand its perpetrators before reducing them back to members of a vicious cycle. Ashley Chan is a first-year student who lives on campus.

Fearful students create a divide Heather O’Keeffe If safety and crime are a concern amongst students, then they should take an active role within our community to directly address their concerns. This is our community. Each and every one of us chose to attend Case Western Reserve University and, in doing so, we chose to move to Cleveland and make University Circle our home. University Circle and Cleveland are not merely locales we are drifting through as we get our degrees and move onto the next step of our lives, they are our homes. Just as it is the responsibility of each roommate to keep a suite clean,

it is the responsibility of every resident to keep our community safe and thriving. Thus we all play a role in shaping our community and the burden falls onto all of us to strengthen every aspect of it. Decreasing crime and increasing safety on campus and in our community is not an “us” versus “them” problem. It is a “we” problem. When we leave problems for the police to deal with and frame the problem as “us”, the temporary college students and victims, versus “them,” the perpetrators and Cleveland residents, we reinforce stereotypes and underlying fears. This does nothing to combat crime or build a safer community; all it does it build walls and misunderstandings.

Rather than waiting for the police to apprehend petty thieves while we maintain a death grip on our smartphones every time we pass someone who looks “different” from us, let’s embrace our community and the place we choose to make home. Through interacting with community members beyond sharing a line in Chipotle Mexican Grill, we can disband our assumptions and fears. If we understand our community in its entirety beyond the skewed police blotter and security alerts, maybe we will come to find that crime isn’t a problem in our community after all. Furthermore truly embracing our community means committing our-

selves to its improvement. This can be achieved through a variety of means, but primarily through service. Service, when done thoughtfully, is an incredibly effective way of creating positive, lasting change within a community. We are not at CWRU for a fleeting moment of our lives, we are here for the long four-year grind. Let us not consider our community a temporary zip code. Rather let’s own up to our community, disband barriers and assumptions, actively involve ourselves within the broader community and ultimately strengthen our community together. Heather O’Keeffe is a fourth-year student who lives near campus.

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Know yourself, services can help Brian Eckert I have never witnessed or been the victim of crime on campus or anywhere. Given that I’m 6’4” and started offensive and defensive line for three and a half years of high school, it’s clear I’m not someone that could be easily mugged. I feel safe most of the places I go on and off of campus. I try to stay inside or with others after dark. I don’t go to places that could be potentially dangerous. Crime prevention isn’t a one-sided thing, prevention is about stopping criminals and also practicing safer actions.

Location is a huge part of crime prevention. I’ve never gone anywhere unsafe or even potentially dangerous alone. I always stayed with other people or adults. Crime can happen anywhere, to anyone, but it’s much less likely to happen to a group of people. Keeping friends around or even walking closely to another group of people could be a great way to prevent a crime. The resources that campus provides are also a great way to stay safe and prevent crimes. With Safe Ride, Greenies and campus security it’s easy to get home late at night if you feel unsafe. I’ve never used any of these resources but from

Common sense keeps students safe Josh Lehrer Simply put, crime is not as prevalent an issue at Case Western Reserve University as some contend. Barely any crime legitimately happens “on campus.” Indeed Hessler and other locations are technically and by definition, still “off campus.” There have only been two majorly alarming instances on or very close to campus that have rationally caused fearfulness: (1) the break-in and subsequent hold-up in Wade Commons during the Summer 2014 semester, and (2) the recent grand theft auto on Euclid Avenue in rush hour traffic. However after the first incident, CWRU responded by increasing the number of officers in our university’s force, and implemented other sound practices to ensure a safer environment for students. And that second incident? Yeah, that was off campus too. I would like to challenge the CWRU community to do its utmost in avoiding stupidity. Seriously. There are resources provided by the university and common sense that needs to be fully exercised. For example CWRU provides Safe Ride, a transportation service for students who feel unsafe walking around campus areas at late night hours. Yes, it can take long to arrive. But the point of having this service is to call it while you are still

in a safe location, so you do not feel endangered or threatened. It will then pick you up and drop you off feet away from where your residence hall or living space is, all with a trained security officer driving. Along the line of common sense, we all must be diligent in demonstrating “street smarts.” Listen to what your parents always told you, and what was inculcated during Orientation. Namely, especially at night, do not walk alone, whether that be on or around the campus’s premises. It is very infrequently that we see the alerts tell about an entire group of people getting mugged, for good reason. Finally, just respect and value our CWRU police force. I think we do not fully appreciate the officers enough, how lenient they are, and how much they demonstrate the “culture of care” our community strongly strives to maintain here. I do understand that in light of recent nationally-covered police brutality cases, we have the right to feel afraid even around law enforcement at times. Still the police at CWRU have yet to show any of this kind of brutality at all; I’d argue that they have done the exact opposite most of the time. Josh Lehrer is a fourth-year student who lives on campus.

Don’t shelter students Chandler Holcomb Last year at Case Western Reserve University, an exceedingly dull and unattractive metallic grey and blue security tower was erected directly outside my room’s window before my very eyes. Its purpose was simple, to watch over the residences and protect the students from thieves, muggers, vagrants, stray packs of dogs, Stephen King’s “It” or anything else that would do us innocent students harm. Its construction was in response to a number of thefts on campus. Needless to say, the tower did not make me feel safe. It felt unnatural. While crime is a bit of an issue on campus and certain resources should be allocated to protective measures, building guard towers and hiring more security only strengthens the divide between the relatively affluent CWRU and the far poorer inner city Cleveland and does not address the real issue at hand. As you hire more campus security you may see a dip in crime, but after a point you begin to see diminishing returns on the investments. Eventually, whether you like it or not, one’s own well being must fall into one’s own hands. Students need to be able to take care of themselves. There are many tips for students to avoid serious danger or harm such as: don’t travel alone, don’t go anywhere strange with strangers, don’t keep too much cash or valuables on you in public.

The list goes on and on. We won’t always be on a sheltered campus, and these things are important to learn. Crime is not just a reality here at CWRU, it is a reality of life. While it is comforting to be kept sheltered from the realities of large portions of Cleveland, it is ultimately a dishonesty. The truth is, many people in the surrounding cities have not had the opportunities we have, and committing crime is just another way to make ends meet. Ultimately, rather than building walls, aesthetically offensive towers and hiring a special police force to keep non-students out, we should be fostering a more in depth relationship with our less privileged neighbors so that rather than coming off as an aloof privileged institution, we come off as a kind neighbor willing to help. Forging this kind of relationship with the community can open up a number of mutually beneficial outcomes. The archetype for such involvement would be one I have referenced before, the once crime-ridden New Haven and the prestigious Yale University. The difference starts with the individual and branches out to a community in need. The loss of a phone or bike pales in comparison to the loss of character that comes with shutting oneself off from the needs of their fellow man. Chandler Holcomb is a fourth-year student who lives on campus.

what I’ve heard from friends they work pretty well. Coming home from the library late at night, many of my friends will call Safe Ride to drop them off in front of their dorms. Other friends travel to the library and other study spots in groups and then walk back together if it gets too late. Again this isn’t a personal experience because I primarily study in my room or the common room and don’t venture out late at night, but none of my friends have ever had a problem with crime at night. Stay on campus. This is the most important point. Stay on campus late at night and you’ll be much safer. I real-

ize that crime does happen on campus, but the likelihood drops and there will also be safety resources much closer by. On campus we have the blue emergency phones, campus security, and also buildings with card access that criminals can’t get into. These methods aren’t fool-proof, but there’s no way to lower the campus crime rate to zero because that’s just not realistic. Crime is, unfortunately, a part of life. The only thing to do is practice safe actions and help raise awareness. Stay safe. Brian Eckert is a first-year student who is living on campus.

Crime is communal, not campus-wide Anna Galipo When I first thought about the question of whether crime is a problem at Case Western Reserve University, I instantly thought “Of course not.” I wasn’t exactly sure why I responded in such a way so quickly. All I knew was that to me, it seemed that crime was just as prevalent on campus as it is off campus. So why would I ever think about it as a campus problem? That was when I realized that the reason I felt that it wasn’t a campus problem was because it isn’t: It’s a problem in our community as a whole. Crime doesn’t just affect CWRU students and those on-campus. It affects criminals and victims alike, on and off campus. Crime, more often than not, happens for a reason. People on campus and in the areas surrounding CWRU usually don’t commit crimes because they think it’s fun. It’s frequently out of necessity because they are left with no other options. As most students know, much of the crime that occurs at CWRU is not technically “on campus.” Instead, it occurs on side streets and apartments that are technically not part of CWRU’s immediate campus. This shows how, although crime occurs in the campus area, it’s what happens just off campus that usu-

ally affects people the most. We must also recognize the massive amount of gentrification in University Circle and the surrounding area. Campus has been rapidly expanding, and many lower-income individuals have nowhere to turn. While the cost of apartments in Uptown Cleveland continues to rise, we must remember that only a few blocks away are people living below the poverty line. The cities of Cleveland and East Cleveland, in conjunction with University Circle, must offer people more help. These municipalities need to take care of their people. Whether this means better access to aid or more employment opportunities is yet to be decided. However people should never feel that they must turn to crime as a last resort, which, I suspect, happens quite a bit in our general campus area. By implementing community projects that can prevent crime, Cleveland is not only helping people who would usually have to resort to crime, but also would-be victims. These victims may or may not be CWRU students. No matter what, local anti-crime projects would make for a safer, more united community, on and off campus. Anna Galipo is a fourth-year student who commutes to campus.

Reduce crime via proactive action Kate Rasberry Crime, while little, is still an issue that occurs on and around campus and needs to be addressed by Case Western Reserve University and its students. Granted we’ve implemented more police officers on campus, but no reasonable number of police officers can prevent every possible crime. Additional officers won’t solve the issue. Technically CWRU does not have to provide safety services to areas not “officially” on campus. But it is well known that streets such as Hessler, Mayfield and Euclid are considered by students to be on campus and a part of the campus experience. CWRU needs to provide more services to these areas. I’m very grateful that we have latenight greenies running through campus, but the greenie system needs to be available longer into the night. The university tries to implement safety services such as Safe Ride and blue light emergency telephones, but to be frank, these services aren’t cutting it for most students. Everyone’s heard the horror stories of waiting for over two hours for a no-show Safe Ride car, of greenies not following their routes or driving past students altogether. And let’s be realistic, blue light telephones is for only after a criminal incident has occurred. While CWRU is at fault, students

aren’t free from responsibility either. What I think will be the most effective thing is for students to develop a sense of safety awareness. I don’t think that students here are stupid when it comes to safety. I think that the safety awareness they had at home for the most part carried over into how they address safety in college, but can lead to some fairly unobservant oversights. These lapses are not necessarily these students’ faults though. For example if you were never confronted with the idea that someone could open up your passenger side door and kidnap you because you didn’t lock the doors immediately you probably lived in a safer area. But now you’re in Cleveland, Ohio, America’s ranked fifth city in crime rate. Knowledge solves most problems; I’d recommend that students start investing in safety tips. Crime is going to occur whether we have 10 officers or 100 officers on duty at all times around campus. Learn how to best protect yourself and make smarter choices. This isn’t a fool-proof plan, but the more students learn about safety and start implementing choices guided by that information, the fewer crimes will be committed on and around the official campus. Kate Rasberry is a second-year student and lives on campus.

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Students should fear, fight online surveillance The Salt Pile Danny Miles Privacy is more of an issue now than it has perhaps ever been. As connected as we are, and as wonderful as it is to have the world at the call of your fingertips, it’s chilling to realize that this same technology can be used to monitor you just as easily. And, for some reason, this fact seems to escape a lot of people. Most seem to be aware of it on a surface level, but pay it no mind. After all, why does it matter? “I’m not doing anything wrong,” they say; “why would the government spy on me?” I’ve had people say that directly to my face, and I couldn’t even think of a retort at the time; the idea was that alien to me. I’d like to take this opportunity to convey my thoughts properly.

I think that these people are missing the point. It’s baffling to me to think that there are people who are completely okay with the government being able to actively monitor their online habits, or that private companies can customtailor their ad campaigns to target you based on what websites you like to visit. Isn’t it terrifying to know that all of this information is stored in giant databases in the middle of the desert? Even if it is miraculously not used for nefarious purposes, that it’s even there in the first place should raise concerns. The fact of the matter is that you are being monitored. Not maliciously, unless you’ve done something to warrant it, but you’re being monitored nonetheless. Yet when people call out this sort of behavior and try to change it, they’re labeled as paranoid or crazy. Truly, it’s infuriating and incredibly worrisome. This isn’t some Chicken Little scenario;

it’s the truth, and it’s literally right there for people to see. In fact, as of Nov. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled (in the case Klayman v. Obama) that the National Security Agency’s mass collection of American citizens’ data violates the Fourth Amendment. The court opinion echoed those activists that believe the NSA is overstepping its boundaries. The court argued that, in efforts to combat terrorism, the mass surveillance proved largely ineffectual, and instead harmed American citizens. The Fourth Amendment is a balance between security and liberty, and the Court of Appeals found that the NSA data collection fell on the wrong side of that balance. It remains to be seen whether or not a court decision like this is enough to convince Americans that they need to worry about who exactly is watching. I imagine

it will take a little more; I never actually saw this ruling on the news, only through Edward Snowden’s Twitter account. Perhaps I’ll take it upon myself to spread the word, and I think you should, too. These things are unimaginably important, especially on a college campus where we’re plugged in 24/7. Finally, I’d like to note a quote by Snowden himself: “Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” At the very least, please be careful with what you do and say, both online in real life. After all, you really don’t know who could be watching. Danny Miles is a second-year student who’s probably going to be put on some sort of list now. If he hasn’t been already.

Letters to the editor CWRU needs suicide crisis chat line

Don’t switch to need aware admissions

To the editor,

I’m writing to respond to your article, “Suicide prevention grant shines light on campus mental health,” Nov. 6, 2015. Suicide prevention requires much more than funding; it requires training. Case Western Reserve University was incredibly fortunate to receive the SAMHSA grant. As a suicide crisis hotline responder, I took special interest in how it would be used. As you may or may not know, CWRU has a counselor on call, but not its own suicide crisis hotline. Those in need can call a variety of local and national hotlines. However I believe the CWRU community would greatly benefit from a campus suicide crisis chat line. Unlike a phone crisis line, a chat line allows the person in crisis an additional sense of security and anonymity. IMAlive, the suicide crisis line I volunteer with, even removed their phone line in order to focus on the chat line; it was much more popular. CWRU students that felt uncomfortable admitting suicidal thoughts aloud would find solace in a campus chat line. This inspired me to contact the head of the CWRU suicide prevention initiative, doctors Sara Lee and Eleanor Davidson. They supported my proposition of a suicide crisis chat line on campus.

We plan on working together in the future to initiate a campus line and train student responders. Not only would the persons in crisis benefit, students would also be able to become directly involved in supporting positive mental health on campus. I believe this would be an excellent way to simultaneously support students considering suicide and continue eliminating stigma at CWRU. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on campus has also expressed interest in forwarding the suicide prevention grant initiative. As the public relations chair for NAMI at CWRU, I have a unique and bridged perspective. I am able to support both NAMI’s hopes for the initiatives and my own. My personal goal is the implementation of a crisis chat line at CWRU. I would love to speak to any interested volunteers about the process of becoming a certified responder. They may contact me at kam186@case.edu. Thank you for taking the time to address the issue of mental health at CWRU. Kaitlin Murphy Third-year student NAMI on Campus CWRU PR Chair IMAlive Suicide Crisis Hotline Responder

Changing admissions from need-blind to need-aware would be a detriment to the culture and the educational experience of the entire student population. The diversity of the intimate Case Western Reserve University community enhances overall student experience as students are exposed to range of perspectives and experiences of their peers. To place this conversation in the larger national context, in September 2015, more than 80 private and public universities joined together to form the Coalition of Affordability, Access and Success. The Coalition’s goal is to encourage students to “improve the college admissions application process for all students” by utilizing an alternative application than the widely used Common Application. Member institutions of the Coalition include all Ivy League Universities, University of Pittsburgh, Duke University and University of Chicago. The requirements to join the Coalition are the ability to meet the full, demonstrated financial need of every domestic student admitted and the condition to graduate at least 70 percent of students within six years. Currently CWRU is ineligible to join the Coalition because it is unable to meet 100 percent of student’s needs. I firmly believe CWRU’s administration’s deliberation to become need-aware is a direct consequence of its desire to be part of the Coalition. If CWRU was need-aware, it would be able to admit only students for whom the

university was able to meet the full, demonstrated financial need. However this would be a detriment to the current socioeconomic diversity on campus. Socioeconomic diversity is an essential part of CWRU culture. In my opinion, the undergraduate experience is built on more than class grades. In the past four years, I have been shaped just as much, if not more, by conversations I have had with my peers from a variety of different backgrounds and cultures. The intimate community of CWRU allows students to learn from each other and gain a broader exposure outside his or her own immediate upbringing. I hope the university will aim to continue to cultivate and increase this socioeconomic diversity on campus to help create a fuller and richer university student experience rather than cripple it through need-aware admissions. I sincerely agree that CWRU needs to make significant strides to meet the full demonstrated financial need for all its students. I do not have any magical financial solutions to increase the endowment by $500 million to meet full demonstrated need. However I firmly believe that changing to need-aware is the wrong solution to this issue as it would be an enormous detriment to the student educational experience. I am looking forward the ongoing debate on campus about this issue. Unnati Amin Fourth-year student

Israeli-Latino cook-off was a savory success To the editor, I am writing to you to bring to light some important aspects of change evident on campus. The Case Western Reserve University’s mission statement reads, “CWRU improves and enriches people’s lives through … promotion of an inclusive culture of global citizenship.” As a student attending this university, I feel it is integral to abide by that statement every day. In order to foster an environment in which everyone feels welcome to experience an array of cultures, awareness of this mission must be made a top priority around campus. There are many differences between diversity and pluralism. Although we may have a diverse campus due to the workings of the admissions office, having a pluralistic campus relies on us, on the students. Key aspects of pluralism

include being able to remain comfortable in one’s own beliefs while accepting differences in others and being able to engage in conversations about these differences with one another. Building bridges between student groups is one great way to promote such an open environment. The Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Office of Education Abroad and many more offices on campus have done a wonderful job paving the way for change. With programs like Diversity 360 and Sustained Dialogue, students have an outlet through which they are able to learn positive methods of communication and behavior when reaching out to groups with which they may not be familiar. One student program that stands out this semester is the Israeli-Latino Cookoff. The concept of this event brings

together two seemingly unrelated cultures through food, music and conversation. Food, especially when it’s free, is an incredibly effective way to get college students together. The two groups planned the event to ensure that students who attended were able to appreciate each other’s cultures. The leaders of the program prepared well-known recipes from each culture for the students to cook while listening to music from both cultures. The sit-down dinner was an opportunity for students to converse with one another about the similarities and differences they had found. The students took the event and ran with it. The food was delicious and everyone involved felt that the experience was rewarding. They learned about vegetables and spices from each culture that give insight into the rich history of the dishes themselves. Allowing students to

be proud of their cultural roots and giving them the space to share with others is one of the best ways to open the dialogue and connect cultures around campus. Each individual carries a story, a history and a culture that should be shared and appreciated for the richness it brings to our campus. The more “Israeli-Latino Cook-offs” we have, the more successful we will be in our fight for a pluralistic campus. In order to sustain and expand this environment at CWRU, it is imperative that these initiatives come from the student-body. I cannot wait to see what they bring forth. Talia Adler Israel on Campus Coalition member, second-year student Hannah Pomerantz First-year student

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Last Season UAA Standing: 6-8, Tied for 5th in UAA Returning Players: 9

Courtesy Observer Archives The women’s basketball looks to improve on last season as they kick off against Denison on Friday. Last Seasons Record: 9-16 overall Top Rival: Carnegie Mellon Newcomers: 7

Last Season UAA Standing: 3-11, Tied for 7th place Returning Players: 5

Season kickoff: Hosting the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Tournament, played between Goucher College, Brooklyn College and Rochester Institute of Technology Home Opener: Friday, Nov. 13 vs. Goucher 8 p.m. Head Coach: Sean McDonnell, 13th season

Season kickoff: Friday, Nov. 13, Away at Denison University, 6 p.m. Expected Home Opener: Wednesday, Dec. 6 against College of Wooster, 7:30 p.m. Head Coach: Jennifer Reimer (9th season) Assistant Coach: Alexandra Dellas (1st season)

Team Accolades: Won 12 of 14 games to open season, 15 wins (second most in program history), 36th in shooting D3 38.8 percent, 20th in D3 with 4.6 blocks per game

Team Accolades: 4 All-UAA post-season honor athletes, Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll

Player Accolades: Jimmy Holman: led team with 4.9 assists per game, named MVP of Sudeck Holiday Tournament, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) honors court for athletic and academic achievement. Matt Clark: NABC Honors Court for academic success. Eric Black: All tournament honors at Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Invitational.

Player Accolades: Emily Young: UAA-All Academic honors, spent second half of last season volunteering at a hospital and orphanage in village near Mount Kilimanjaro. Jessica McCoy: Appearances in all 50 collegiate games thus far. Laura Mummey: Two consecutive All-UAA Honorable Mentions, UAA Player of the Week Award, Denison Classic All-Tournament Team

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0.737

Westminster

0.857

0.778

New York U.

0.286

0.667

Washington and Jefferson

0.714

0.778

Rochester

0.286

0.471

Carnegie Mellon

0.714

0.667

Emory

0.143

0.444

Bethany

0.000

0.444

Case Western Reserve

0.000

0.389

Saint Vincent

0.429

0.444

Waynesburg

0.286

0.333

Geneva

0.143

0.222

Thiel

0.000

0.111

Grove City

0.000

Varsity Team

Calendar Friday 11/13

Away @ Carnegie Mellon 1:30 PM

Football Volleyball

Away vs. Mary Washington 5:30 NCAA Playoffs

Men's Basketball

Home vs. Goucher 8:00 PM

Women's Basketball

Away @ Denison 6:00 PM

Cross Country Swimming and Diving Wrestling

Saturday 11/14

Sunday 11/15

Conference

Volleyball

All

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent

Washington

0.857

0.941

Emory

1.000

0.914

Case Western Reserve

0.714

0.774

Carnegie Mellon

0.429

0.625

Chicago

0.571

0.794

Rochester

0.286

0.485

New York U.

0.143

0.471

Brandeis

0.000

0.156

Varsity Team

Monday 11/16

Tuesday 11/17

Wednesday 11/18

Football Volleyball

Home vs. Brooklyn College or RIT (TBD)

NCAA Regional Race 11:00AM

Men's Basketball

Away @ Baldwin Wallace 8:00 PM

Women's Basketball

Away @ Baldwin Wallace 6:00 PM

Cross Country Swimming and Diving Wrestling

Home vs. Baldwin Wallace 7:00 PM

Thursday 11/19

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Men’s soccer finishes season strong with a win 18 sports against Carnegie Mellon Julia Bianco Director of Web & Multimedia

Stephanie Kim/Observer Jacob Grindel clears a ball earlier this season. Grindel was one of five Spartans who earned UAA honors.

Spartan men’s soccer marked up another win with their defeat of arch-rival Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on Nov. 7, as they posted a 1-0 final score in their last game of the 2015 season. With 13 wins and a second place finish in the University Athletic Association (UAA) standings, the Spartans had their best season since 2011. First-year student Noah Kleedtke scored the game’s only goal from the edge of the six-yard box in the second overtime period, with just 2:01 left in the match. The Spartans took 15 total shots, including six on goal, evenly matched with CMU. The Tartans had 14 shots with nine on goal. However, Spartan goalkeeper Calvin Boyle kept the net clean on every try. The Spartans also honored their seven seniors before the game, with midfielder Dean Balabanov, defender Devon Belew,

midfielder Chris Cvecko, forward Logan Glosser, midfielder/defender Slater Jameson, midfielder/defender Alex Masciopinto and forward Matthew Zembas all graduating after this season. Members of the team were also honored on Nov. 11 by the All-UAA, with Cvecko receiving the Most Valuable Player award for only the second time in the program’s history. He was also named to the All-UAA First Team for the third time, making him the third Spartan in history to do so. Cvecko finished the season with 22 points and 10 goals, ranking him sixth in Spartan history with a career total of 67 points, 26 goals and 15 assists. Third-year midfielder Jacob Grindel was named to the All-UAA Second Team for the second time, while Zembas and third-year defenders Zach Broujos and Rusheel Shah were all All-UAA Honorable Mentions. The Spartan’s overall season record was 12-4-1, with a 4-3-0 mark in UAA play.

Men’s Soccer 1 2 Case Western Reserve 0 0 Carnegie Mellon 0 0

OT 0 0

2OT 1 0

Total 1 0

Shots Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 5 6

2 6 8

OT 2OT 0 4 0 0

Total 15 14

Corner Kicks Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 0 1

2 3 5

OT 2OT 1 0 0 0

Total 4 6

Assists Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 0 0

2 0 0

OT 2OT 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0

Shots on Goal Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 1 3

2 2 6

OT 2OT 0 3 0 0

Total 6 9

Saves Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 3 1

2 6 2

OT 2OT 0 0 0 2

Total 9 5

Fouls Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 5 5

2 1 5

OT 2OT 2 0 0 4

Total 8 14

N. Kleedtke

Scoring CWRU 107:59 (unassisted) Total Scoring Carnegie Mellon Total

1 1 0

Women’s soccer ends season with a loss but several UAA honors Aquene Kimmel Staff Reporter Women’s soccer played their final game of the season at home last Saturday, Nov. 7 against Carnegie Mellon’s (CMU) team, which is ranked fifth in the University Athletic Association (UAA). The game made it into double overtime before CMU found the back of the net and delivered the striking blow to

the Spartans for the 1-0 loss. The game saw neither side score until 103 minutes into the game, about two minutes into the second overtime period. CMU player Haili Adams scored their winning goal off of her teammate Samantha Smith’s free kick. Fourth-year student and goalkeeper Megan Romelfanger made eight saves during the game before this goal was made. Before the “Senior Day” game, CWRU’s

team held a ceremony to celebrate its graduating team members, Makenzie Best, Rachel Hammond, Rachel Junn, Romelfanger, Meredith Shea and Lauren Wichman. Following this season, four members of CWRU’s team have earned All-UAA honors. Third-year student and defender Christine Breindel and second-year student and midfielder Neha Cheemalavagu were placed on the All-Conference Second Team, and third-

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year student and midfielder Amy Lindberg and second-year student and defender Elle Zadina both earned honorable mentions. Both Week and Lindberg Date CWRU-Opponent Breindel hadOpponent also earned honorWeek 1 September 5 @ Chicago 21-17 able mentions in the 2014 season. Women’s soccer the Week season Week 2 September 12 finished BYE ranked the UAA Week 347 in September 19 conference, St. Vincent with seven 38-21 wins, losses and the Week seven 4 September 26 four @ ties. Thiel Through49-28 18Week games of October the season, the Spartans’ defense 5 3 @ Bethany 56-28 yielded only 14 goals. Week 6

October 10

Waynesburg

42-21

Week 7

October 17

@ Geneva

24-10

Week 8

October 24

Wash. & Jeff.

35-31

Week 9

October 31

Washington

31-28

Week 10

November 7 November 14

Thomas More @ Carnegie Mellon

28-35

Week 11

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Volleyball makes national tournament after finishing third in conference Eddie Kerekes Staff Reporter For just the second time in the history of the Case Western Reserve University volleyball program, the team is playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship tournament. The Spartans will face the University of Mary Washington in the first round on Friday, Nov. 13 on the campus of Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA. Leading up to the announcement the team captured third place at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in Rochester, NY by defeating the University of Chicago 25-9, 25-16, 22-25, 25-21. Obviously, the players are excited. A video of a few of the team members’ reactions at the team’s watch party was posted online, which showed the players jumping for joy. “[It’s] the most excited I’ve ever been in my volleyball career,” said fourth-year outside hitter Carolyn Bogart, when describing the moment. “It was pure joy,” added fourth-year libero Katie Best. To get to the point where the NCAA tournament selection committee would

even consider the team, the Spartans needed to finish in at least third place in the UAA championships. A win in the quarterfinals against host University of Rochester 25-15, 25-19, 25-11 advanced the Spartans to the semifinals where they lost to UAA Champion and national No. 1 Washington University in St. Louis 16-25, 23-25, 18-25. The loss set up the third place match against the University of Chicago. Against the Maroons, CWRU jumped out to big leads in the first two sets. At one point in the first set, the Spartans were up 16 points on the No. 22 Maroons. Large wins in the first two sets did not ensure victory for the Spartans as Chicago pulled ahead in set three, eventually taking an eight-point lead. An 8-1 ensuing CWRU run cut the lead to one at 23-22, but the Spartans dropped the last two points and the set. The final set started like the first two, as CWRU took a 12-3 lead, but the University of Chicago came storming back to drop the lead to three. Fighting hard, the Spartans maintained the lead, ensuring it never dropped below three until finally clinching the match. Following

the match, the Spartans’ future was in doubt, but fourth-year right side hitter Dani Witri knew otherwise. “I didn’t feel like our season was over,” she said, reflecting on the moment. As true CWRU students, players were doing thorough research to figure out if they could reach the NCAA tournament, as they had been since an early-season win against the University of Mount Union. Bogart even compiled a spreadsheet filled with the data used by the selection committee, correctly predicting 60 of the 64 entrants. Third-year outside hitter Marian Barton shined throughout the tournament totaling 42 kills, half of which came against the University of Chicago. “She made a big difference,” said Head Coach Karen Farrell. “Everything she touched was a kill.” Other standouts for the Spartans’ offense included fourth-year middle hitter Haley Kauffman (30 kills and .312 hitting percentage), Bogart (25 kills and 50 digs) and first-year setter Shannon Carroll (103 assists and 29 digs). On defense, Best (42 digs) and first-year defensive specialist Karina Bondelid (37 digs) both performed well.

Spartans open with a splash Adithi Iyengar Staff Reporter The Case Western Reserve University swimming and diving teams won their home-opening meet of the new 2015-2016 season. Both men and women defeated Oberlin College with scores of 165-182 and 191-102 respectively. CWRU first-year student, Suhan Mestha won three events on Saturday for the 100yard back (59.59), the 200 back (2:08.61), and the 200 IM (2:14.45). On the diving board, second-year student Brooke Hortness took victories in the women’s diving events with scores of 201.20 on the one-meter board and 188.40 on the three-meter board. Fourth-year student Connor Farrell won both men’s diving events with scores of 279.85 and 286.10. For the men, second-year student Drew Hamilton won the 200 freestyle (1:46.68) and 100 freestyle (48.93) while second-year student Oliver Hudgins swept the individual backstroke events with times of 54.34 for the 100 back and 1:58.94 for the 200 back. Fourth-year student Elliot Kerbel also added a win in the 50 freestyle with 21.87. CWRU also claimed wins by first-year student James Hisnanick in the 1650 free, second-year student Aaron Pang in the 200 butterfly, and first-year student Brody Schmidt in the 200 breaststroke. After a weekend break, CWRU will host Gannon University and 75004 Grove City College for a tri-meet on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m.

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Men’s Soccer 1 2 Case Western Reserve 0 0 Carnegie Mellon 0 0

OT 0 0

2OT 1 0

Total 1 0

Football misses playoff berth, falling at home to Thomas More JP. O’Hagan Sports Editor The Case Western Reserve University football squad found themselves in a unique position. For the first time all season the Spartans found themselves down at the half. Saturday’s home season finale saw the clash of the President’s Athletic Conferences’ (PAC) two first place teams. The Spartans hosted Thomas More College and the two teams fought not only for victory, but also for the chance to continue their seasons. The winner of the game would earn the PAC’s automatic NCAA playoff bid. The game shifted from a defensively minded battle, with the Spartans forcing three and outs on the first two Thomas More possessions, into a hard fought, but at times sloppy, offensively driven firestorm. The Spartans looked strong on their first possession marching down field and into the red zone before second-year CWRU quarterback Rob Cuda got hit on his throw and tossed his second interception of the season, picked off on the six-yard line, ending the Spartan scoring threat. The Spartan defense came to the rescue however and forced a three and out. The two teams remained scoreless through the first 11 minutes of play. Thomas More took advantage of a Spartan fumble in the middle of the field and converted their first touchdown of the game at the 3:51 mark of the first half. The Spartans attempted to punch in a touchdown of their own as time ran out in the first quarter but were unable to get the ball in prior to the quarter’s end. They took two minutes of the second quarter to finish off the drive and tie the game at seven a piece. Thomas More, showing that they are an elite team, answered on the next possession, marching down field for a touchdown of their own at the 11:18 mark to put the Spartans down once again. The Spartans played catch-up all of the rest of the half as they marched down field twice more but were unable to punch the ball into the endzone. They settled for a pair of perfect field goal kicks by second-year kicker Ben Carniol, a 35-yard and a 30-yard kick at the 9:00 and 3:29 marks, respectfully. The Spartans entered the second half down but posted 19 unanswered points (including the

two field goals in the first half) before the Saints battled back on a few huge drives to take the lead. The teams battled through four lead changes in the final half hour of play. The thrilling finish didn’t end in the Spartans’ favor however as CWRU was unable to hold on. In some ways the Spartans were their own worst enemy, as Cuda threw two second half interceptions, including a costly one with less than five minutes to play, which allowed the Saints to seal the deal. While the Spartans faced their opponents head on and for many parts of the game were outplaying the visitors, the mistakes added up to a narrow loss. A fumble on their own six-yard line, one play after intercepting Thomas More in the end zone, led to a Saints touchdown. In addition the Spartans’ inability to finish off many of their red zone drives in touchdowns led to the Spartans being forced to kick field goals instead. While Carniol hit these four field goals with 100 percent accuracy, it lead to a much closer game than it should have been, leading to the heartbreaking final. The final test of the season for the Spartans will be to go on the road to take on arch-rival Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). CWRU will attempt to win their eighth straight Academic Bowl as well as a share of the UAA Championship. The Spartans have won 14 of the 29 Academic Bowls played thus far and will attempt to tie the Tartans at 15 victories apiece this year. Standing in the Spartans’ way are the Tartans, led by the D3 rushing leader, CMU running back Sam Benger. Benger has posted an incredible 1,660 rushing yards and is averaging 184.4 yards per game. The Spartans’ defense, however, has proved extremely strong against the rush, giving up a meager 74.8 yards per game. In addition to Benger the Spartans will have to handle the highly effective Tartan quarterback Andrew Hearon who has completed 55.1 percent of his passes for 1,614 yards and 19 touchdowns. The Observer’s prediction machine suggests that it will be an extremely close game, but with the Spartans looking to bounce back from the heartbreaking defeat last weekend we are predicting a 35-28 victory for the Spartans and an eighth straight Academic Bowl. If the Spartans limit their turnovers they should be able to walk away with the victory.

Shots Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 5 6

2 6 8

OT 2OT 0 4 0 0

Total 15 14

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1 0 1

2 3 5

OT 2OT 1 0 0 0

Total 4 6

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Assists Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 0 0

2 0 0

OT 2OT 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0

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Shots on Goal Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 1 3

2 2 6

OT 2OT 0 3 0 0

Total 6 9

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Saves Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

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2 6 2

OT 2OT 0 0 0 2

Total 9 5

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Fouls Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon

1 5 5

2 1 5

OT 2OT 2 0 0 4

Total 8 14

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Scoring CWRU 107:59 (unassisted) Total Scoring Carnegie Mellon Total

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Andrew Hodowanec/Observer CWRU players walk downtrodden off field as Thomas More celebrates victory.

2015 Season Football Score Predictions Week

Date

Opponent

CWRU-Opponent

Correct

Week 1

September 5

@ Chicago

21-17

30-31

Week 2

September 12

Week 3

September 19

St. Vincent

38-21

49-14

Week 4

September 26

@ Thiel

49-28

41-6

Week 5

October 3

@ Bethany

56-28

59-20

Week 6

October 10

Waynesburg

42-21

45-14

Week 7

October 17

@ Geneva

24-10

20-7

Week 8

October 24

Wash. & Jeff.

35-31

35-28

Week 9

October 31

Washington

31-28

34-16

Week 10

November 7

28-35

32-36

Week 11

November 14

Thomas More @ Carnegie Mellon

35-28

TBD

BYE Week

N/A

The ups and downs of college football fandom Eddie Kerekes Staff Reporter

Andrew Hodowanec/Observer Spartan defender attempts to stop the Thomas More ball carrier.

A promising drive was ruined when fullback Adam Hochman fumbled at the Saints’ 29yard line as a wave of disappointment rushed We know they’re only games, that in the over the crowd. A few big plays and a score big picture their results mean nothing except to later, all the momentum was with the visitors, those who participate. And yet it’s difficult to a rarity at DiSanto Field. Men’s Soccer not get caught up in the the CWRU then began building momentum 1 stresses2 and joys, Final CWRU 0 pains and jubilations 0and the agonies and0 ec- scoring 19 unanswered points. Most drives 1 Case West1 stasiesRochester of our football0team. 2,700 ended disappointingly, though, as the offense Shots 1 2 Total ern Reserve University students, alumni, staff was forced to kick field goals, leaving Thomas Case Western Reserve 4 2 6 and families Rochester experience the whole6spectrum 3 9of More in the game. The crowd grew antsy, a emotions during theKicks Presidents’ Athletics Con- sign of things to come, as they knew the Saints Corner 1 2 Total ference (PAC) championship could easily come marching back. Standing Case Western Reserve game 4 2between 6 3 3 6 the Spartans Rochester and Thomas More College. the whole second half, the student section was Assists 2 started Total rocking after the Spartans blocked a Saints’ For the Spartan faithful, the 1game Case Western Reserve 0 1 1 out well enough. A quick defensive stand field goal attempt and proceeded to march Rochester 0 0 0 against one of the top offenses in the coun- down the field again. Scoring CWRU tryA.and a successful fake punt energized the With the Spartans down one in the fourth Masciopinto 46:06 (M. Zembas) 1 crowd. The Spartans looked Total poised to take quarter, a quick string of events epitomized 1 an early lead after driving down the field until a fan’s experience during the game. A Cuda Shots onCuda Goal threw his 1 second 2 Total quarterback Rob inter- touchdown run gave CWRU the lead, but on Case Western Reserve 3 1 taste 4 in the ensuing two-point conversion attempt the ception of the season, leaving a bitter Rochester 2 2 4 the crowd’s mouth. Saints recovered a fumble and improbably ran Saves didn’t last 1long,2 however, Total The aftertaste it back for two points of their own. Most of Case Western Reserve 2 2 4 as a quick three and out from the defense the energy of the crowd, which was at its peak Rochester 3 0 3 gave CWRUFouls the chance to draw first blood. following the score, disappeared, until they 1 2 Total Case Western Reserve 5 Rochester 6

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remembered the home team was still leading. They rallied behind the defense, who picked off the Saints’ quarterback in the end zone, increasing the sound levels of the stadium significantly. There was sharp contrast following the next play, as a Spartan fumble gave the Saints the ball at the four-yard line. On one side of the bleachers, a pin drop could be heard, while the Saints’ fans hollered as loudly as they could. After stopping the run mere inches from the goal line, Spartans’ fans held on to hope that they could hold the lead. Perhaps Cuda could lead the team down the field to win the game, a fitting ending to the championship bout, many fans believed. His third interception of the game ended all hope, quieting the home crowd for the final time. The only sounds in the stadium were from Thomas More players and fans as they celebrated their victory on the Spartans’ home field, disappointing home fans as they left, dreaming of what could have been. As they left the stadium disappointed, watching another team revel in glory, CWRU fans were all thinking one thing: wait until next week.