Volume XLVI, Issue 22 March 20, 2015

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New dorm will not be finished at start of next year as planned

Julia Bianco News Editor

Students were shocked to hear that the new residence hall, located at the North Residential Village and designed to house 290 upperclassmen, would not be opening until two weeks into the fall semester. The building’s completion was delayed due to the extremely cold weather of January and February.

Residents will be housed in hotels for the first weeks of the semester, before beginning a phased move-in into their new home.

Initially the building was supposed to be at “substantial completion” on Aug. 1, meaning that the building is ready to be turned over to the university, who then brings in furniture and equipment.

However due to the extreme weather in February, the building won’t be at substantial completion until Aug. 31. Then with 10 days for moving in, the university estimates that it will open on Sept. 12 at the latest. If possible students may move into the building in phases, with some of the students being able to move in earlier.

The contractor notified the university of the problem on Feb. 27. They then met with the contactor on March 4 and looked over options to accelerate construction, including a six-day work shift, 10-hour work days and temporary winter protection like plastic sheeting and temporary heating, but none of the options would have pushed up the completion enough.

According to Stephen Campbell, vice president for Campus Planning and Facilities Management, the contractor planned for weather days where they would not be able to work, but, with this February ranking as the coldest in Cleveland in the past 140 years, they were blocked more days than expected.

“Usually it freezes and thaws,” said Campbell. “The laws of physics worked against us in this case.”

The freezing temperatures prevented them from being able to pour concrete on topping slabs on different floors of the build-

Andrew Hodowanec/Observer Harsh winter conditions resulted in delays for the construction of the new residence hall. University officials hope that it will open after classes start next fall. Displaced students will be put in hotels. Above photo shows the construction progress as of Feb. 18.

August Planned

Opening timeline:

August 1: Substantial completion

Actual ing, which precedes all the other work, including bricklaying.

Once they knew that the residence hall would not be ready in time for the start of the semester, university officials met to discuss options.

“We wanted to develop plan B options to accommodate students with minimal disruption,” said Campbell.

August 15: Students move in

September

August 24: Classes start August 24: Classes start

After university officials determined that the delay would only be for a few weeks, they decided that housing students in local hotels would be the best option.

University officials said that in their research they did not find any other universities which had had faced this exact problem, but they did see that other institutions who had to find ways to house overflow

August 31: Substantial completion

September 12: Students move in

students until more permanent solutions could be found also used hotels.

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Girl Scout cookies with drinks to match

Tiffany Cheung Staff Reporter

Event: Girl Scout Cookie & Wine/Beer Tasting Party Location: The Jolly Scholar Time: March 21, 10 p.m. to March 22, 2 a.m.

Price: $10

The Jolly Scholar is known for its unique theme nights, drink selection and cheap prices. But on Saturday, March 21, the popular Case Western Reserve University bar will be bringing a popular treat to students: Girl Scout Cookies.

From 10 p.m. on March 21 to 2 a.m. on March 22, the bar will host its first-ever Girl Scout Cookie and Wine/Beer Tasting Party. Since this event will be serving alco-

hol, it will exclusively be for people who are 21 and over. Entrance to the event is $10 for students.

For those who have never been to a tasting before, there is usually an expert who acts as guide to the tasting process. The Scholar has hired a Sommelier and Cicerones expert (or wine and beer expert) to help guide guests’ taste buds on this tasty experience. The expert will talk everyone through pairing specific wines and beers

with the chosen Girl Scout Cookie. The expert will also tell you why the pairing was chosen and what effect it should have on you. Matt Vann, owner of the Jolly Scholar, believes that the event will be unique for students. “[It will be] interesting for customers because many haven’t been to a tasting before,” said Vann.

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Same budget, new design

KSL launches second redesign competition to keep things fresh in spite of small budget Aquene Kimmel Opinion Editor Built in 1996, the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) will soon be celebrating its 20th anniversary and its second student-led redesign. With those milestones, KSL staff and the students who frequent it will also be looking back on years of the library carrying on despite a consistently too-low budget.

Poor library The library’s budget has remained largely the same since 2010, and there is no increase expected for the 2015 budget, said Associate Provost and University Librarian Arnold Hirshon.

That is in spite of the cost of journals rising six or seven percent per year and the ongoing costs of keeping the library stocked with up-to-date technology for student use. Student population has also increased by about 1,000 people—1,000 potential library users—over those five years.

This budget shortage has had real impacts on library services. In 2011 KSL had to cut staff positions in order to stay within budget. In the 2011-2012 academic year and again this school year, KSL made what Hirshon termed as “fairly extensive” cuts to the school’s journal subscriptions.

Of the 115 member institutions, Case Western Reserve University ranked 105th in the Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) 2013 Library Investment Index— this is a ranking of libraries by their total spending. CWRU also ranked 110th in

spending specifically on staff.

Those figures have fallen consistently over the 10 years for which ARL has available data. This is despite the fact that KSL’s overall expenditure has not fallen considerably during that time. In 2006 KSL spent nearly $14.9 million and had a ranking of 92. In 2013 it spent nearly $14.8 million for a ranking of 105.

While inflation and rising costs have increased the library’s needs, CWRU has not stepped up with the increased budget to meet these demands.

Making do KSL typically spends about 45 percent of its budget on content and less than five percent on its facilities. This year part of that under-five-percent will be spent on the library’s second Student Redesign Competition, following the inaugural contest that took place in 2011.

An online description, aiming to encourage student submissions, described the competition’s purpose “to expand upon the transformation of KSL as a vibrant, intellectual center for campus learning and research.”

Sixteen student groups answered the call and submitted letters of intent, putting themselves in the running to win the $2,000 for first place.

While it may seem irresponsible for a library already confined to a tight budget to spend that $2,000 in addition to the cost of the renovations themselves, Hirshon would disagree.

“It was a huge bargain for [KSL],” he said of the first competition. “We got student involvement and engagement, we got

Courtesy Jon Brzyscz One of KSL’s most recent changes is that Information Technology Services (ITS) launched a new computer repair center at the library on March 17. The site will have technicians who can help students with immediate computer repair concerns.

great ideas, they got paid for their work... and it was a very reasonable expense.”

Changes made after the last contest included the infusion of color and art into the library’s furniture and decorations, a technology nook with improved printing and copying and an expansive new system of signage.

For what Hirshon calls “an entirely new generation of students,” he is not sure what to expect in terms of proposed changes. He suspects that whiteboards, of which KSL “can never have enough,” will play a part. Beyond that he and the panel of judges are open to hearing what students feel needs improvement.

“You pay a lot of money to go to this school,” said Hirshon. “You expect at least minimal comfort.”

Apart from its redesign contest, the library also has other changes underway.

Improvements to the Freedman Center are ongoing, as technology and student needs evolve. The library staff is also working to expand and make the Special Collections and Archives more accessible. In addition they are creating an off-campus book storage facility with a small reading room and adding a door to increase security in the ground floor stacks.

All of these changes will take place over the next 12-18 months.

Sapna Sundar/Observer KSL is severely underfunded compared to the libraries of comparative institutions.

It has had to make a number of cuts in recent years due to financial constraints.

This has included popular research databases.

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon re-launches following 2006 suspension Julia Bianco News Editor Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) recently inducted 32 new members, marking the fraternity’s return to campus after it was suspended in 2006.

SAE was originally chartered at CWRU in 1905. In 2006 an off-campus party involving numerous brothers and subsequently their unwillingness to cooperate with the CWRU judicial board resulted in a sixyear suspension. Last spring they reapplied to the Greek Life expansion program and were reinstated as a colony.

The chapter was rejected upon their first attempt to return in the fall of 2012 after submitting a written proposal to the Interfraternity Congress (IFC). They were allowed to go through a separate process under the guidance of the Director of Greek

Life Mark Starr, former Vice President of Student Affairs Glenn Nichols and Provost and Executive Vice President Bud Baeslack since according to Starr, “the consensus was that since they’re not a new colony, they should be treated a little differently.”

SAE began recruiting in February and eventually expanded to their current size.

They are hoping to gain a few new members before the end of the semester. Jake Showalter, the chapter advisor and a CWRU alumnus from the class of 1998, and many other local alumni helped with recruiting.

“I think the visible alumni support was a big aid to us,” said Showalter.

Showalter is hoping to avoid the problems that SAE previously had at CWRU by focusing on philanthropy and the fraternity’s motto, the “True Gentleman.”

“Going back to when we were removed from campus in 2006, that was not even trying to live up to that ideal,” he said. “I

wanted this to be modeled closely after the True Gentleman as the guiding principle.”

The fraternity is working with the Red Cross as well as Rainbow Babies Children’s Hospital, which is a part of the Children’s Miracle Network, one of SAE’s national philanthropies. They are also planning an upcoming March Madness fundraiser.

“They came pretty locked and loaded with good ideas and infrastructure to get into philanthropy right away,” said Showalter.

The national SAE organization has been the subject of a lot of national attention in recent years. In March of last year, Bloomberg reported that since 2006, at least 10 deaths have been linked to hazing, alcohol or drugs at SAE events nationwide, more than any other fraternity.

SAE made headlines again earlier this month, after a video was posted on YouTube that showed SAE members at the

University of Oklahoma (OU) singing a song involving racial slurs and references to lynching. The chapter was suspended and removed from the university’s campus, and the two pictured in the video were expelled.

However the Director of Greek Life Mark Starr said that he is not worried at all about those sentiments spilling onto the CWRU campus.

“What happened at OU is terrible, but I don’t think it has anything to do with our group here,” Starr said.

“I’ve been involved with SAE for 20 years now,” added Showalter. “The first time I heard that song was when I watched it on YouTube, just like everyone else.”

“There’s never been any ritualized or institutionalized racism in SAE in my exposure or my knowledge,” he added. “That was Oklahoma, that’s not us and that’s not SAE as a national entity.”

Spotlight on research

How researchers can take advantage of television broadcasts

Kushagra Gupta Staff Reporter Mark Turner is brimming with confidence, wearing a black hat that wouldn’t have trouble finding its way in academia.

He is a kind soul, with a keen interest in the person sitting across from him, not the computer in front of him. Turner is the type to offer to buy coffee as if it’s a right, not simply a courtesy. This attitude, perhaps, has led him to co-found an international big-data project whose purpose is to be a tool for social science research.

This month that project, called the Red Hen Lab, received a Google Summer of Code 2015 grant. The grant provides stipends for students to work on open source projects.

The grant encourages student participation in open source projects in order create tools and also create a great learning opportunity.

That’s exactly what the Red Hen Lab will give them.

Imagine a group of servers that contain a copy of every news and talk show broadcast from the past five years. This is the core of the Red Hen Lab. Even more importantly, the servers also have closed captioning. The database timestamps the closed captions in relation to the audiovisual input. To Turner this is key because it makes the broadcast searchable. He can type in a few keywords, and much like

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Money for the hotels will come from a million-dollar contingency plan built into the construction budget, while according to Campbell, the cost of accelerating construction will be covered within the current budget.

Provost Bud Baeslack said that the issue will not be reflected in an increase to student tuition or housing rates.

Although the administration is still working out exactly which hotels students will be staying in, they hope to have finalized details within a week, which will be released to students. They also plan on communicating closely throughout the summer with the 290 students who will be placed in hotels.

Hotels would be double occupancy, unlike the single occupancy rooms in the new residence hall, and would not have kitchens. However students would be given a certain amount of CaseCash or a 17 meals per week meal plan for the duration

a Google search, the database will name which broadcast included the words he was looking for. The channel and show are named in bold above, much like the title of a website. The texts around his search words also appear below this.

Unlike what appears on a Google search page however the page shows the videos that the captions are from. Turner can then click on any word in the caption and video will then play from this point.

“You see the human being perform it,” he said. “You see their eyes, how they move their eyebrows, what they do with their gestures, how their voice moves you see the onscreen text; you see the graphics they use.”

The database allows him to easily observe persons in a natural environment and find how the words he chose affect the persons on screen. In other words, it makes conducting a study extremely fast.

However the researchers didn’t just stop there. When the servers receive the closed captions, they put them through a rigorous grammar analysis that identifies all the parts of a sentence. This makes linguistic research a lot easier.

Still Turner’s favorite part of the database was actually added just last summer, a query tool known as Framenet. Framenet can take an abstract idea and find when persons are talking about it, even if the specific words aren’t used.

A big problem that social science researchers face is that subjects are always aware that they are in a laboratory setting. The Red Hen Lab doesn’t face this dilemma. At the same time, it’s extremely efficient. Conducting a

study normally takes months of work, but the lab speeds up the process greatly.

“I can type in two seconds, go have dinner, and the next morning it will all be there,” Turner said with a laugh.

of their stay in the hotel.

Students will also have their housing discounted for the two weeks that they are not living on campus, by the amount that they would have paid for that time. There will be storage options available for them while they are living in the hotel, and the university will help them move from the hotel into the new residence hall.

The goal is to have students as close to campus as possible, but with 290 students to be housed, it’s possible that some of the hotels may have to be further off campus. The university plans on having a shuttle service if necessary to take students to campus both for class and for extracurricular activities.

“The goal in a situation like this is to make sure that you’re putting students first and making sure that that transition is as seamless and comfortable as possible,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Lou Stark.

Campbell is also still working with the

contractor to see if there are ways to minimize the amount of time that students would be off campus, including doubling up shifts in the later periods of construction, like erecting drywall and painting, where they can have multiple crews working at once without getting in each other’s way.

The updates on the new residence hall were announced to students who currently live on campus via email on March 13, just a few days before the March 16 deadline to register for on-campus housing for next year.

However Loretta Sexton, assistant director for Campus Living, said that there were no plans to push the deadline back to give students whose decision might have been affected by this development more time.

“The housing lottery process is scheduled over weeks,” she said. “It ends at a perfect time, so it doesn’t disrupt the end of the semester. So you can’t push it back.”

Sexton said that she has not received

any feedback from students saying that this affected their decision to live on campus next semester. However Victoria Robinson, president of the Residence Hall Association (RHA), has heard some students complaining about the developments.

“Students aren’t thrilled about this,” she said. “Some people were going to live on campus decided not to, but some also want to live in the new residence hall because it will be discounted.”

Robinson said that RHA plans to make sure that these students feel included on campus for the first few weeks of the semester.

“We want to make sure that there are connections for them to do stuff on campus if they don’t want to return to the hotel right after class,” she said. “I want to make sure we’re putting our best foot forward so these students aren’t being left out of campus activities.”

Ki Oh/Observer Mark Turner’s Red Hen lab is used by researchers all around the world to do research on a variety of linguistic and media related topics.

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PanHel president talks proactive programming Miriam Ridge Staff Reporter This week Campus Insider sat down with Ellie Elston, the president of the Panhellenic Council (PanHel). PanHel is the unifying governing and coordinating body of the sorority system; it serves as the communication link between the sororities and the university administration. PanHel works closely with other Greek organizations, such as the Interfraternity Congress (IFC).

Sexual Misconduct PanHel has been working with a focus group to expand education regarding sexual misconduct.

“The problem is that sometimes we try do things on the chapter level, when we really need to be pushing on every level, so we can be hitting it from every angle,” said Elston.

This focus group has presented ideas and findings to both the Greek community at chapter meetings and the general public at a town hall meeting that was held on March 4. The current aim for this initiative is to educate and get input from the CWRU community.

“We’re in this phase of taking that plan and making it into real action items, so we’re going to be looking to other organizations to do that,” said Elston, “especially the major umbrella organizations—get their support, and get their involvement—because we want this to be a campus change.”

Programs PanHel and IFC are working together to improve the Students Meeting About Risk and Responsibility Training (SMARRT) Program, which is part of the Culture of Care Initiative. SMARRT leaders are any Greek members who go through training to present, to various Greek and non-Greek organizations alike, on SMARRT Sex, SMARRT Substance and SMARRT Self.

“The goal is to start more of a conversation and less of a presentation,” said Elston.

Similarly Bystander 101 is a group of sessions specifically for new Greek members as part of the culture of Care Initiative.

Recently PanHel was also involved in the Fear to Freedom Campaign to provide kits containing clothing to leave the hospital in and uplifting messages to victims of sexual assault.

Usually in the case of sexual assault, a victim’s clothing is taken as evidence, leaving said person with only the hospital’s scrubs to wear home.

To provide for these training programs, PanHel has made an effort to cut on excess spending on the budget to make sure that in the future they can still do meaningful, large-scale programs. One of the most notable cuts is food for meetings.

PanHel aims to improve the campus collaboratively and to ensure that the Greek chapters are working together as well—especially on the issue of sexual misconduct.

“We need our men’s fraternities and women’s sororities to be working together,” said Elston.

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Moving towards a more sustainable campus CWRU hopes to recycle 50 percent of its trash within the next five years

John Brogan Staff Reporter

major initiatives happening on campus to encourage the reduction of waste amongst students and faculty.

With only two full-time employees, the Department of Sustainability at Case Western Reserve University has a large task in educating the campus and encouraging the CWRU culture to reduce its carbon footprint.

According to Director of Sustainability Stephanie Corbett between 1520 percent of the trash that is collected from campus is diverted to recycling.

According to building audits that were done throughout campus, 15-30 percent of the trash that goes to landfills on campus could have been recycled. The department hopes that within the next five years the school will be diverting as much as 50 percent of its trash to recycling.

A major factor in predicting this increase in recycling is the department’s plan to change the design of recycling on campus. Right now CWRU has a multistream recycling system, where there are separate bins for paper, cardboard and plastic, metal and glass.

In an effort to make recycling simpler, the department hopes to be using a single-stream recycling system by fall of 2015. This would mean only having one bin for all recyclable materials. The recyclable materials would then go to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) to be separated. This is done through a series of steps, including magnets, blowers and humans working hands-on. This creates an incentive for Cleveland to promote single-stream MRFs for job creation.

Corbett stressed that one of the most important factors in getting a campus to recycle is to change the culture towards sustainable thinking. There are three

Recyclemania Recyclemania is a national eight-week recycling competition that runs from February through the end of March. The competition has its roots in Ohio. Twenty years ago, Miami University and Ohio University challenged each other to a recycling competition, and it quickly took off on the national level.

The main competition is on the sheer number of recycled material in tons.

Since CWRU is competing against much larger universities, the campus is more focused on individual prizes, particularly paper recycling as a single stream.

CWRU ranks among the top 25 percent of schools for paper recycling. The campus also ranks well on cardboard recycling, which is worth the most money of the single streams.

Corbett explained that the department is working to educate the campus on the importance of recycling plastic, metal and glass as well, which is a stream that CWRU tends to rank poorly on.

With CWRU being such a technological and research-focused institution, there is also a sizable amount of e-waste, which includes many things, such as old computers. The campus ranks well on the recycling and reusing of e-waste, giving any usable computers to different areas and schools.

Every year for the past four years, CWRU has increased its numbers in weight on every recycling stream in the competition.

Residence Hall Energy Competition From April 1-April 22, CWRU will

be competing for the first time in the Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), where campuses compete throughout the U.S. on limiting electricity use.

The CCN is the largest electricity reduction competition for colleges and universities in the world. It works to reduce consumption and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

The department is asking students to focus on plug load. When cables are plugged into outlets, they are trickling electricity even when it is not in use.

This is also known as a vampire load.

Corbett encourages students to turn their power strips off or unplug outlets when they are not in use.

Other things to consider are not leaving windows open if heaters are on and making sure to turn lights off when leaving rooms.

Green Lab Certification Program CWRU is in the process of regulating sustainable programs in research labs through a checklist certification program, created by a small team of student interns.

The team of student auditors asks for labs to volunteer their time to go through a checklist of general lab practices that involve recycling and sustainability.

Questions include what lights are left on overnight and what the recycling program is for the lab, among others. The certification program also hopes to encourage the culture to shift towards actions such as biking to work and feeling urgency around reducing carbon waste.

The Department of Sustainability hopes to audit around 10 labs this spring and increase their numbers as they finalize the project into the next school year.

There are over 1,300 labs on campus.

Life support

Volunteers at hospital coaching program provide patient outreach Sruthi Meka Staff Reporter The Supporting Engagement and Resilience (SUPER) Coach program at University Hospitals provides a unique experience for its volunteers.

Founded in 2013 by Dr. Nicholas Cohen, the program’s primary purpose is to help participating patients improve their health through motivational coaching.

The program targets patients from regional, underserved, urban populations who make 20 or more trips to the hospital each year. This is usually for chronic health problems.

According to Cohen, the program has already substantially reduced participants’ hospital visits.

By focusing on patients’ values, health goals and aspirations, volunteer coaches make the patients’ self-development their main priority.

Clarence Williams, a graduate student studying medical physiology, has been involved with the SUPER Coach Program since December 2013.

“It’s always fun to work with patients with different goals. You also develop relationships with a lot of different people,” Williams said. “You’re actually working with patients and helping them with health tasks. There aren’t too many

other opportunities like this.”

Although Cohen believes the main goal for the program is to positively alter patients’ health habits, the program also provides a rare opportunity for pre-medical and graduate students to volunteer and interact with patients.

“It’s been a great opportunity,” Williams said. “You learn a lot. You get to see if you can actually talk to people in an empathetic way.”

Students interested in volunteering as coaches for the SUPER Coach program should contact the Volunteer Services Department at University Hospitals to submit an application and receive further training.

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Bon Appétit denies changing dining hall quality on prospective student days Adithi Iyengar Staff Reporter For a while, many Case Western Reserve University students have wondered whether the quality of food in the dining halls, Leutner Commons and Fribley Commons, improves on days when prospective students visit. According to Bon Appétit Resident District Manager, Jim O’Brien, nothing of that sort occurs.

“As far as quality of food, it doesn’t change,” he said, also noting that the budget remains the same. “It’s only the amount we make. It’s not in our best interest to do that, and it is also not ethical.”

According to O’Brien, the dining halls prepare menus a week in advance and are given a notice of an open house only a couple days in advance. This is so that they increase the production of food they are supposed to make.

“We also increase our management up in front of the dining halls and have our supervisors present,” said O’Brien. “[The workers] put forth the same effort they put forth any other day,” added general manager for Leutner Commons David Cummings. “The menus aren’t written for anything like that. They put in the best effort they can regularly.”

However many students still maintain

that food is better on days where there are prospective students and parents visiting the university and dining halls.

“It’s so obvious that [the servers] try harder and are even much nicer,” said sophomore Armaan Hasan. “The workers are always great and nice to me, but I feel like CWRU and Bon Appétit put pressure on them to do better.”

“It’s definitely better,” added sophomore Emma Seyffert. “I actually had a mother of a prospective student come up to me and ask me if the food was this good. I don’t want people to not come to CWRU, so my friend and I just told them that it is still usually good. We also just didn’t want to lie.”

New allergy free station opens at Fribley Cafe Julia Bianco News Editor Bon Appétit is looking to expand options for students with allergies at its newest addition to the Fribley Cafe, the Oasis station, which opened on March 16.

The Oasis station will provide food that is free of the top eight allergens and gluten.

According to Dayna Einheit, residential dietician, the eight major allergens are peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, dairy, wheat, soy and egg. Approximately seven percent of the Case Western Reserve University student body has some kind of dietary restriction or food allergy.

The Oasis station takes the place of the station previously used to serve stir fry and pasta options. However Einheit says that the goal is to keep this variety.

“We want to keep the same sort of action feel that the station used to have,” she said, adding that it will change options each week to represent different types of food and different cultures.

The new station will also include some vegetarian options, with proteins like beans available. However popular vegetarian proteins like soy and tempe will not be available, because they are one of the eight major allergens.

The station will be piloted at Fribley Commons for the remainder of the semester. The goal is for the station to maintain the same food traffic as it used

On April 3, Case Western Reserve University will be hosting its first ever Cancer Research Fair, run by Colleges Against Cancer (CAC). The event, which runs from 12:30-2 p.m. in the Thwing Center Ballroom, will showcase students who are currently doing research on different cancer types with poster displays.

CAC member and sophomore biomedical engineering major Zachary Flohr hopes that the event will showcase the CWRU community’s contributions to the field. He also hopes that the display will highlight CAC’s ultimate goals of promoting cancer research and further analyzing previous findings of

Cleveland catch-up Julia Bianco News Editor We boil down what happened in Cleveland this week.

President Obama speaks at the City Club President Barack Obama spoke at the City Club downtown on March 18. During his speech, he touched on the country’s economic status, saying that he believed the United States was doing a good job of recovering from 2008’s crisis.

However he criticized Republicans’ proposed $3.8 trillion budget, which aimed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make changes to Medicare and Medicaid. Obama said that the budget would hurt middle class families.

“Their rhetoric doesn’t match reality,” he said. “The walk doesn’t sync up with the talk... [The Republican’s budget] doesn’t embrace middle-class economics. It’s the opposite. It doubles down on trickle-down economics.”

Obama also announced that he will be investing $500 million in manufacturing.

The money will go towards a new textiles-based manufacturing institute competition led by the Department of Defense.

Police get photo of Akron man who pooped on neighborhood cars

Ki Oh/Observer The Oasis station is free of the eight major allergies and gluten. to, with students who have allergies and students who don’t all eating there together. If the Oasis station is successful, it may be expanded to Leutner Commons as well.

“It is hard for students with allergies or multiple allergies to find somewhere

to eat,” said Einheit. “Dining is about more than just food. It’s about the social atmosphere and being there with your friends.”

“We want to make the dining plan convenient and accessible to all students,” she added.

Colleges Against Cancer looking for submissions for April 3 research fair Gabrielle Buffington Staff Reporter

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other researchers.

Heidi Schmidt, sophomore and director of advocacy and community outreach for CAC, is also excited to be a part of this event. This year marks two years of her involvement with the group, and the fair reminds her of why she chose to be a part of CAC while studying in college.

“When I was in sixth grade, my cousin Bill passed away from lung cancer,” Schmidt said. “I saw the emotional impact a cancer diagnosis and battle can have on an entire family, so I started my own nonprofit to raise money for the Hillman Cancer Center. I felt that CAC was a good fit for my passion and an excellent way to continue the work I did in middle and high school.”

The Cancer Research Fair will be

open to the public, and any undergraduate or graduate student can submit a project. The submission deadline for presenting at the event is March 20. If you fit the credentials and would like to be a part of the fair, you must fill out the online application form, include your abstract and submit a copy of your poster. All entries will be judged by a panel full of leaders in Cleveland’s medical community.

The winner of the competition will receive a special prize, while the onlookers get to observe the posters and hear about the great research being done. They will also be able to hear from three speakers, including physics professor Robert Brown and an individual from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

After three years, the “Bowel Movement Bandit” has finally been caught. But only on film. A man in the Kenmore neighborhood of Akron has pooped on or inside at least 19 parked cars since 2012. However, police hope to find the individual after he was arrested after a resident took a picture of him on March 11.

The man who took the picture set up a time-lapse camera looking for the culprit, who had defecated on his daughter’s car on seven different occasions since Oct. 27.

The police are still trying to identify the man in the photo.

“The photo shows the guy bent over on the hood, pants to ankles defecating on the car,” said Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards to NBC News. “We need to know who this person is.”

Steve’s Hot Dogs burns down Popular westside restaurant Steve’s Hot Dogs burned down on March 17, taking a big piece of Cleveland history with it.

Steve’s has been a Cleveland staple since April 16, 1953. It has served locals and visiting celebrities, including Drew Carey, Bill Cosby and George Clooney.

The restaurant, located on the corner of Lorain and West 50th St., burned down after a fire in the kitchen. All of the customers and everyone inside got out safely, but the building wasn’t salvageable.

“It’s such an institution,” said owner Ed Salzgerber to The Plain Dealer. “Now, look, you can look right through and see the sky and the building behind it.”

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Bridging the gap

Student service efforts bring light to economic disparity in Cleveland Sruthi Meka Staff Reporter A recent study on economic segregation ranks Cleveland and its surrounding areas number one in income segregation among large cities in the U.S. The study, published by Richard Florida, a well-known economist from the University of Toronto, and Charlotta Mellander, of the Jönköping International Business School, defines economic segregation as the tendency for individuals to be stratified into different communities based on income, education and occupation.

The study also noted that smaller cities with high levels of income segregation tend to be college towns.

Cleveland, home to several higher educational institutions including Case Western Reserve University, presents a challenging diversity of inhabitants.

Several student organizations at CWRU devote their time to volunteering in surrounding communities. The organizations vary in their respective focuses, ranging from health to education, but they all aim to bring change to local neighborhoods.

“In the city of Cleveland, your zip code really defines how long you live, because your zip code determines your socioeconomic status, your access to resources and education and healthcare,” said Anupama Cemballi, president of Advocates for Cleveland Health (A4CH).

According to Cemballi, there is a 21-year

difference in life expectancy between Lyndhurst, a suburb of Cleveland, and its surrounding regions within an eight-mile radius. The difference in life expectancy can be attributed to a lack of adequate health care and health education in lower-income neighborhoods.

A4CH strives to educate the local population about health by providing regular medical screenings and health education at health fairs.

“The whole purpose of medical screenings is to allow the community to be more educated about their health numbers, whether it’s blood glucose, cholesterol or blood pressure,” Cemballi said.

The organization also places importance on educating high school and middle school students from local communities. Cemballi hopes to use the results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, developed by the Centers for Disease Control, to develop a program catered specifically to adolescents in the area.

Case for Sight (CFS) , another service organization with a focus in promoting health awareness, offers free monthly eye exams at the Free Clinic and provides opportunities for education about eye-related health problems at the Cleveland Sight Center.

“Community service is an essential part of life…because we need to be accountable for the communities we live in,” said Laura Taraboanta, president of CFS. “Over 75 percent of blindness in the world is preventable, and when a majority of the population in our community has not had ac-

APO hosts tenth annual March for Marfan charity run Julia Bianco News Editor The Alpha Phi Omega (APO) service fraternity will be putting on their 10th annual March for Marfan charity run/ walk on March 21. The event benefits Marfan Foundation, which helps people with Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affects about one in every 5,000 people.

March for Marfan was started 10 years ago by APO advisor Maya Brown-Zimmerman, who has Marfan syndrome.

“It’s really special to our chapter because we have members and advisors who have been affected by it,” said cochair Sophia Senderak.

There are currently 65 people signed up for this year’s event, which is either a 5K walk or a 3K run around the North Residential Village. APO brothers will be cheering people on along the route, as well as at the beginning and end.

“It’s a really great place to run and feel like you’re doing a good thing,” said APO President Dan Ryave.

Participants can still sign up for the event on APO’s website, and there is also day of registration. APO is hoping to beat their previous record of 105 participants this year.

“The variety of people signed up is exciting,” said co-chair Evelyn Rueda.

“We have people who are 70 and 80 years old, and we have someone who is six years old.”

There are also participants from a number of surrounding states, including Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana.

Registration is $20 a person or $60 for a group of four. It includes free breakfast and lunch. All of the proceeds from the event go to The Marfan Foundation.

Courtesy Daniel Ryave Participants cool off after last year’s March for Marfan charity run, which benefits Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder.

There will also be a raffle, with prizes from local businesses like Liquid Planet, Buffalo Wild Wings, Tommy’s, The Fairmount and other sponsors.

This is the largest event in Ohio that is run by an organization not exclusively dedicated to supporting individuals with Marfan Syndrome.

“This isn’t something that’s commonly done,” said Senderak. “If we don’t do it, who will?”

“I just really like it because we’re doing something that’s much bigger than us,” added Rueda. “It’s really exciting to see the impact it’s having. People remember this event.”

cess to an annual exam, it is extremely vital… to provide a simple intervention,” she added.

By providing local communities access to preventative eye care, CFS hopes to commit itself to bringing about change.

“It only takes a step away from our campus to visualize that we are indeed in a community that is plagued with economic segregation,” Taraboanta said. “Cleveland is our home for the foreseeable future, and it is our responsibility as students…to foster growth and better our surroundings.”

In terms of improving access to education, Cleveland Public Schools Connection (CPSC) is an organization on campus that regularly works with local middle school students. The organization’s primary goal is to inspire the students to enjoy learning.

“Ultimately through our activities and the relationships we form with the students, we try to encourage them to stay excited about learning and to pursue higher education,” said Evy Hail, treasurer of CPSC. Hail says some neighborhoods in Cleveland have illiteracy rates close to 95 percent, which are both products of and contributors to economic inequality in the area.

“As students at CWRU, we are extraordinarily blessed with the opportunities we have at our fingertips,“ Hail said. “I see our location as another opportunity. So much mutual benefit can be gained from giving back.”

Advocates for Cleveland Health, CFS and CPSC are just three of several service organizations on campus geared towards

improving conditions in neighborhoods bordering campus.

“I think students should try to get as involved in the community as possible,” Hail said. “Reaching out through volunteering helps form rewarding relationships between college students and people in the community.”

Although the income gap in Cleveland is an ever-present reminder of the disparity between the lack of resources in surrounding areas and the wealth of opportunities available at CWRU, community service can prove to be a positive force in alleviating this divide.

“Although doing small things like weekly science demonstrations doesn’t feel like a huge change in the community, putting in time…will show other people your commitment and they might be inspired to care as well,” Hail said.

The income gap may seem like an insurmountable barrier, but student service organizations are making the effort to bridge the divide and create lasting relationships with local residents.

“Four years ago, before Uptown was even built, we were walking to class through empty parking lots, evacuated buildings—everything was right in front of our eyes,” Taraboanta said. “Despite the major expansions CWRU has undergone, you can notice that students still want to make an impact on their community, from volunteering at free clinics, to serving food at Ronald McDonald House, to creating new ideas that aim to decrease problems…in lower-income neighborhoods.”

On the beat

Final stretch

Spring break has passed, and everyone has returned from Acapulco, Akron or points in between for the last six weeks of school. The coldest February in Cleveland since Ulysses S. Grant was president has passed. After the past winter, we are now all officially entitled to an Arctic survival merit badge. As warmer weather returns and we head into the home stretch, here are some safety tips from the Case Western Reserve University Police Department.

As the birds return in spring, so do bad guys; especially bike thieves. Get a U-lock and use it. Don’t leave valuables or backpacks containing valuables unattended, especially in heavy traffic or open access areas, like lobbies and lounges. Don’t leave wallets or other items courtside or trackside while you are running or hooping it up.

Continue to use transport services like Safe Ride and shuttle buses, and walk with friends when moving around the area at night.

Call 216-368-3333 to report suspicious activity and download the CWRU Shield app if you have an Android or iPhone.

When walking be a responsible pedestrian and pay attention to your surroundings and traffic patterns, even if you chose to walk with

earphones or other devices. This can help you avoid becoming a robbery victim or being flattened by a car because you crossed against the signal.

Alcohol transports tend to spike in spring, as people can go outside again and the end of the academic year is in sight. It is actually possible to have a good time and also stop short of have having your stomach pumped.

Use some moderation, but don’t hesitate to get help if you see someone who may be in need of assistance due to intoxication.

Issues of mental health and stress tend to rise, as people realize that finals are no longer distant but are now coming up soon. If you or someone you care about is struggling with these issues, take advantage of the resources available at University Counseling Services.

They are here for you.

So let’s enjoy the return of spring, buckle down for the home stretch of the academic year and be safe. Let’s look out for each other.

On the Beat is a weekly safety column written by Sergeant Jeffrey Daberko and Officer Mark (The Crossing Guard) Chavis of CWRU PD. We welcome questions, suggestions and gripes/groans/moans/complaints about campus life at policecolumn@case.edu.

CWRU Police Blotter Mar. 1 to Mar. 17

March 1: Felony theft—items taken from backpack, Allen Memorial Library.

March 3: Robbery—males struck from behind by unknown suspect, wallet taken, E. 123rd St. near Euclid Ave. March 15: Theft from motor vehicle—vehicle entered and items taken, Lot 55.

March 16: Menacing—verbal threats made to supervisor by recently terminated employee, Biomedical Research Building.

March 17: Petty theft—vinyl records taken from collection, WRUW Studio.

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With residence hall delay, housing fails us yet again Delayed.

The news that the new residence hall wouldn’t be ready for the start of next school year hit selected emails on March 12, an unwelcome way to end spring breaks for a number of students.

The email was sent by Associate Director for Residence Services Loretta Sexton to rising upperclassmen who currently live in university housing nearly two weeks after university officials became aware that there would probably be a delay. It began with the almost delightful—if it wasn’t quite so infuriating—understatement that there has been an “unusual development” in next semester’s housing. Following that was the news that the new residence hall’s opening will be pushed back until mid-September.

The email’s explanation for this was that this winter has had “more days than anyone could have imagined when temperatures were too low for construction to proceed.” It’s almost ironic how students are urged at every turn to “think beyond the possible,” yet our university finds cold temperatures in winter to be beyond the limits of imagination.

But we digress, and do, up to a point, understand. Sometimes the best-laid plans can go awry, and the cold this winter broke all sorts of records.

However the best way we can describe the response to this situation is “ridiculous.”

The first aspect of this towards which The Observer staff would like to direct your anger is how the information was disseminated: late and incompletely. It was sent out, as mentioned above, in a single email, to only a select number of students.

If you were a junior who didn’t live on campus this year, no email for you, even if you might move back onto campus for senior year.

There was no announcement in The Daily. There was no whole-student-body email.

Even the email that was sent out included far less information than students needed.

There was no word of what discounts would include, if storage would be provided, if transportation would be provided from offcampus hotels and the like. It was great that university officials were willing to work with our news team later this week, but much of that initial information should have been sent out in the original email.

From how this was handled, it seems like protecting egos and careers was more important than student interests. We all should have been given complete information and given it a lot sooner than we were. Even just a warning that this might happen would have been appreciated. Students should have been able to look for other housing

options. Let’s remember that this email was sent out a mere two days before the housing deadline. Sexton saw no problem with not delaying it; she hadn’t heard any complaints about it impacting students decision to live on- or off-campus.

But just because she hadn’t heard them, does not mean that they are not there. RHA President Victoria Robinson mentioned fielding student complaints on the new residence hall (and let’s not forget, university officials did not involve that group in any decision-making; great job getting students involved, CWRU).

What tops this complete fiasco is that the university at the point of initial contact didn’t feel like they did anything wrong.

Sexton’s email did not include a single apology. Do a search; the words “apology,” “apologize”,“sorry” and “regret” are not mentioned. This delay creates difficulty for students, and its mismanagement even more so, so an apology would be both reasonable and expected.

Where many would have ended the email with a sincere apology and some humble pie, Sexton instead thanked students for their “patience and understanding.” While perhaps students will choose to be charitable towards the university, which has concealed important information from them, university officials are really in no place to

assume this. They messed up, and it is not our job to be understanding.

Apart from displacing and displeasing students, this situation is also problematic from a financial perspective.

There was a $1 million contingency built into this project’s budget, a million dollars which will surely be eaten up quickly by hotels, extra shuttles and housing cost cuts for affected students.

The Observer’s staff lacks the university’s apparent optimism that this million will be enough, and we would like to remind students: We are the ones paying for this. And if the university can afford to so cavalierly declare this price reduction, then maybe we are the ones overpaying for this with our incredibly expensive room and board.

The blundered management of this situation, while it certainly made for an interesting news week, is not something that CWRU should accept. Our top officials need to look at the current structure and the people who control and subsequently relay construction and housing decisions. From the top down, we need a reversal of our philosophy to one which actually supports students.

If changes can’t be made in the current system, then that system, or the people in it, should be replaced.

Greek Life: The monster under the bed The meaning of Spartan life Jacob Martin In the Feb. 13 issue of this paper, Director of Greek Life Mark Starr was reported as saying that it was The Office of Greek Life’s goal to see 51 percent of campus going Greek. The reporter continued jokingly, “It may not be long before we see that goal escalating to world domination, seeing as the 2013-2014 Greek Life Office Annual Report has nearly 39 percent of the campus population listed as already a member of the Greek Community.”

I’d like to think this is some ludicrous joke, but it’s not. Okay, maybe the world domination part is a facetious hyperbole, but the implied domination of Case Western Reserve University is not, and that’s a disgusting and scary thought.

Why do students go Greek? What are the purpose and significance of pledging to participate and abide by rituals and an imposed set of values?

The words “fraternity” and “sorority” come from the Latin frater and soror, meaning brother and sister, respectively.

Obviously Greek Life exists to create a sense of community around a meaningful bond between members that resembles siblinghood, but I’m certain reasons for joining differ from person to person.

Furthermore Greek organizations have a philanthropy component, which is a wonderful aspect. To be sure, these are noble pursuits, but what happens when an entire college community drinks the Kool-Aid? The implications of CWRU becoming 51 percent Greek are huge. First, there’s simply not enough room for more chapters to have houses or individual spaces on campus. A number of preexisting organizations are houseless and more dormitories are being erected right now. If half the student population becomes Greek, I can see the petitions to surrender control of Village Houses to the Office of Greek Life.

Second, Greek organizations already have an immense amount of influence on campus. If they get the majority of campus involved, they will have the basis for becoming the hegemon not only of student funding allocation but also of the ears of

administrators.

Third, Greek Life is a big moneymaker for CWRU. Transmitting a public image of a half-Greek campus sends a message that we offer some delicate yet stellar balance of brother and sisterhood, while in reality it looks like “The Stepford Wives” meets “Brave New World” as interpreted and depicted by Salvador Dali.

Fourth, the Office of Greek Life has its hands full as it is with all the scrutiny it’s getting for sexual misconduct, so how will it deal with a more than 10 percent increase in students to handle? While space is an issue, likewise is the emotionally charged uncertainty of student behavior.

There are a number of other concerns, but I must now ask: Why do Starr and his office want a definitive 51 percent of affiliates? His comments suggest domination of the school. Is CWRU equipped to handle Starr’s dystopic campus of dominance?

Greek organizations are not bad entities though. In fact they are quite impressive. They effectively attract, recruit, mobilize, act and influence. They possess

a great deal of solidarity, and their etymological roots are apparent. But what if such a demand for Greek Life is indicative of a larger problem unique to CWRU? Perhaps a much larger systemic issue is merely manifesting as a greater demand for Greek affiliation. Perhaps CWRU’s sense of community is so bad that, as students are yearning to find belonging somewhere, they join and latch onto the Greek community, which validates and fosters their desired personal belonging and identity throughout college.

But then we don’t need more Greek chapters; we need to address the underlying problems directly instead of appeasing through programmed affiliation. If we simply continue to add Greek chapters, we bury the problem of community deeper under the illusion of utopia while materializing Starr and his office’s monolithic dream-haze of dominance concealed behind the merits of an otherwise thriving community.

Jacob Martin, a senior, wishes all Greek chapters and their members an enjoyable, successful and memorable Greek Week 2015.

How do I adult? CWRU doesn’t teach life skills Pup peeves Zak Khan How do I rent an apartment? How do I open a bank account? Pay taxes? All of these questions and more came to me recently as I started looking for after-college jobs and planning ahead for the next few years. Then I realized that despite my fancy, expensive engineering degree and supposed “thinking beyond the possible” that Case Western Reserve University attempted to shove into my head, I was not taught basic life skills.

I was left asking, “How do I life? How do I adult?” and realized that despite all

of my schooling, I never learned how to function. It was as if I had over four years of living to do in about a month. CWRU claims to prepare us for the real world beyond the engineering quad, but once again its bark has no bite. No programs exists at CWRU to educate us on basic life skills.

Part of the problem may be the fact that it’s assumed that we should know all these things by some obscure process of cultural osmosis. The truth is most CWRU kids, including me, are here because we could not function at any other university. We are the kind of folks that eat ramen for a week straight because we have no meal plan and never learned how to shop for food.

What CWRU must do, then, is listen to its moral obligation to educate us socially as well as academically. We as CWRU kids will probably not voluntarily take on additional work to learn how to, say, ride the Red Line (I have met folks who do not know it exists), or ask for assistance from a cashier. What CWRU should offer, then, are classes that teach us basic skills and that count for credit hours. It already mandates we take PHED classes and SAGES classes, and both of those have their usefulness constantly questioned by students. Learning real-life skills in Cleveland would allow students to connect with the world around them, learn necessary skills and fulfill those mysteri-

ous “breadth requirement” credit hours all at once.

Unlike ENGR 398 (Professional Communication for Engineers), however, such classes should exist with an actual purpose. Some half-baked attempt where we sit in lecture and write useless equivalents of ad copy is not what this ought to be, despite the obvious temptation administration would face in creating it.

If CWRU can teach us differential equations, structural analysis, actual rocket science and how to build a robot, CWRU can to teach us how to adult.

Zak Khan doesn’t even go here anymore, but they have a lot of feelings and angry barking.

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Letters to the editor Osegbu in response to “When we’re too afraid to fight back” To the editor, I am writing this letter in response to Andrew Breland’s article titled “When we’re too afraid to fight back,” wherein he shares his opinion on the Bias Report System that Case Western Reserve University is set to implement in the coming months.

I would like to start out by saying that I for one am extremely happy to see that CWRU is taking a solid stand on social issues such as discrimination and that the campus administration is making such great efforts to live up to its initiative of diversity. Since my freshman year, I have seen CWRU’s campus grow in ways that I never would have believed possible. That is why I can say without remorse, restraint or uncertainty that Breland’s article is possibly the most toxic, violent and harmful piece of writing that has been published through The Observer.

The suggestions laid out in this article provide sufficient reasoning for exactly why CWRU is in such dire need of a Bias Reporting System in the first place. The argument that is made against the measure in this article

is, “Well, if discrimination isn’t being dealt with in a systematic way anywhere else, then why should CWRU waste its time?” This type of logic is counterproductive and problematic for multiple reasons.

Discrimination is not simply a personto-person problem. If ending discrimination was as easy as “dealing with real problems yourself,” then discrimination would not be an issue at all, and it certainly wouldn’t be as ubiquitous as it is today. However it has come to a point where discrimination has become so prevalent in everyday interactions in America that it has been normalized and even deemed acceptable to the point where it is no longer taken seriously and is categorized as a “joke”.

To simply leave it to up to individuals to cope with does not hold the offending party accountable or even responsible for their error, because after the encounter, the offending party can simply give a half-hearted “whoops,” a Kanye shrug and then be free to continue on with their problematic behavior.

When one is not held accountable for their offenses, it sends the message that their

behavior is perfectly acceptable. With no apparent consequences, a person will repeat their offense at the very least, and at the other extreme they will escalate their behavior and push the boundary to see how far they can go, sometimes going as far as real physical harm.

This does not even account for relationships based on a power dynamic in which members of the community would feel uncomfortable or unsafe confronting the offending party, such as a professor-student or an employeremployee relationship.

This article seems to be written with the impression that discrimination is not harmful in and of itself, that it’s just something similar to a bad test grade, where one has to deal with it, brush it off and bounce back. It also implicitly suggests that those who deal with discrimination and voice their concerns are by default overreacting or taking things more seriously than they should. I would like to make one thing very clear: Discrimination is harmful to those that experience it.

Discrimination can have both external (academic, professional, physical) and internal

(emotional, mental) effects on a person. If one experiences discrimination on a consistent basis, then it is possible to develop internalized oppression, or self-hate. The consequences of self-hate can last for years, or even a lifetime. These types of effects should not be underestimated or diminished.

It is very alarming that a member of the CWRU community would write an article like this. Andrew Breland’s article reflects a profound lack of empathy, perspective and understanding that erases the experiences of many students on this campus. Also if the suggestions in this article were to be taken into consideration, they would have the potential to perpetuate discrimination in a way that gives complete impunity to the perpetrators, thus continuing the apathetic cycle that CWRU is trying to escape. I highly suggest that the author of this article take a deeper look at the implications of discrimination, both on an individual and systemic level, and really think about his stance on how it should be dealt with in this community.

Uchenna Osegbu, senior

Another look

Does Andrew Breland [the column’s author] really have any idea on what it’s like to “be too afraid to fight back?” Has Breland looked another person in the eyes and seen pure disgust, contempt and hatred? All for something as simple as wearing the wrong shirt or acting too flamboyant or for simply existing?

I have.

Want the rest? See observer.case.edu for “Khan in response to ‘When we’re too afraid to fight back’” by columnist Zak Khan

In response to “‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ not just porn” To the editor, I was interested to read the review of “Fifty Shades of Grey” in last issue of The Observer.

The opinions of the movie were quite the opposite of mine. I agreed on one point though. The soundtrack was amazing. Plus the camera work was creative. On every thing else I differed. The acting was OK, the character development and plot were horrendous and the display of BDSM and feminism was extremely uninformed. All in all, this movie was much, much worse than I expected.

My first point of contention with the article was that Anastasia was not portrayed as a strong, independent woman. She was only shown standing up for herself a few times in the movie and each time was willing to back down. She only ever asks for the basics of a relationship, like space, affection and support. But when her wishes aren’t met, she does nothing, and the movie moves on. Anastasia only shows independence on a very shallow level. Standing up to an abusive partner should not be proclaimed as strong and independent but rather expected of female characters. Demanding respect from your partner is a basic form of selfrespect. Too often movies show off their strong females characters, only to fall short of what strong and independent really mean.

And “Fifty Shades” is that kind of movie.

On the second point, “Fifty Shades” portrays BDSM in an extremely uninformed manner. The movie disguises an abusive relationship under the mask of BDSM and kink. There is no talk of a headspace, and

the idea of consent is only brought up periodically.

BDSM is not a kink for psychologically abused individuals and does not pervade every aspect of a relationship. When two consenting adults take part in BDSM, they go into what is called a headspace: a certain mindset. Who is dominant and who is submissive changes based on the situation and the people involved. BDSM does not require the submissive to be completely powerless. In fact the person in the submissive role retains a lot of power in that the dominant’s power is completely derived from the willingness of the submissive.

None of this variability is discussed or shown in “Fifty Shades.”

All of this variability is involved in the dynamics of kink and role-play, but the two most important factors in BDSM are consent and trust. Although “Fifty Shades” talks about consent before the act, there is no discussion during or after. Consent needs to take place constantly and consistently when engaging in any sexual activity, but especially when dealing with BDSM. The people involved need to trust each other to remember the other’s safety and pleasure.

This is essential to kink but is neglected in “Fifty Shades.”

Taking all that into account, “Fifty Shades” was not only a bad movie but a damaging portrayal of gender and BDSM. The movie shows only one shade of sex and it’s Hollywood’s.

McCoy Edmonds, freshman

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In response to “L3 should ketchup with student needs” To the editor, Regarding the recent guest column titled “L3 should ketchup with student needs”: I wholeheartedly agree that the open ketchup dispenser is an issue that needs to be solved. In fact I recognized this last semester after a couple of my friends pointed it out, so I brought it up at one of Bon Appétit’s feedback meetings.

I was told by the man leading the discussion, who I assumed was part of Bon Appétit management, that the ketchup is dispensed that way due to past student complaints, when L3 used ketchup packets. I asked why they do not use a ketchup dispenser like the ones upstairs in Leutner Dining Hall.

Apparently they were prone to breaking in L3 (but not in Leutner, for some unknown reason).

He promised to try using a pumpstyle dispenser in L3. However I have

not seen a change since that day, which was probably in mid-November.

This is only a minor issue, but it is part of a pattern of Bon Appétit showing little concern for students’ needs. I would hope that coverage in The Observer might help initiate change, but I am not hopeful.

Matthew Bentley, Freshman Note from the editor: Since the publication of “L3 should ketchup with student needs,” a pump-style ketchup dispenser has been added to L3’s condiment table. While this is great progress on this small issue, the wider concerns behind the original piece and this letter remain, so we are publishing it despite this development. This letter was received before the dispenser was installed. -Aquene Kimmel, Opinion Editor

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arts & entertainment Campus sculptures are more than just art A look into some of the stories behind CWRU’s strange statues

Hidden between Case Western Reserve University residence halls or displayed proudly before classrooms, a variety of artistic pieces appear on CWRU’s campus.

However, they’re not just for show. These structures are both aesthetically pleasing and historically significant to the university. Many of these sculptures were created by local Cleveland artists and are part of the John and Mildred Putnam Sculpture Collection founded in 1981. Since then over 32 sculptures have been purchased for the collection. -Sanjana Krishnakumar, Staff Reporter

Alphabet Series The “Alphabet Series” is a collection of four structures created by Fletcher Benton.

This painted steel structure was built in 1989 and installed near the CWRU Law School in 1991. These structures are a 3-D representation of the English alphabet.

Start The “Start” sculpture, located on the North Residential Village, was created by an artist named David E. Davis. It was built in 1981 and is made of stainless steel. It is a piece that belongs to the Putnam Sculpture Collection, along with other structures on campus.

Merging An artist named Athena Tacha created the “Merging” structure, located on the Mather Quad, in 1986. It is popularly known as the Wet-Dry Fountain and represents the merging of Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology in 1967.

Additional structures: “Oeccan” By: Arthur Gibbons Date: 1990 Material: Painted steel with granite base Location: Harkness Chapel

Turning Point Sculpture Garden The “Turning Point Sculpture Garden,” built by Philip Johnson, was installed on campus in 2000. It is part of the Putnam Collection and is comprised of a mesh wall piece and an amphitheater. It is said that the amphitheater was designed to look like the Titanic, while the mesh piece was designed to look like an iceberg. Interestingly enough the red funnel next to the amphitheater has a door that leads to the top. This was created so professors could teach from the funnel to the students seated in the “ship”.

Mildred Putnam Sculpture Garden The Mildred Putnam Sculpture Garden, located on East 118th St., consists of several colorful structures, including “Dancers.”

This elegant blue steel sculpture was built

by Cleveland architect Richard Fleischman and is over 30 feet tall. The Mildred Putnam Sculpture Garden is the 47th piece in the Putnam Collection.

“Light Year” By: Ronald Bladen Date: 1979 Material: Painted aluminum Location: Kelvin Smith Library “Inner Circle” By: David Deming Date: 2007 Material: Stainless Steel Location: North Residential Village

All photos Sanjana Krishnakumar/Observer

Second Dynomite Burgers location to open in Uptown Teddy Eisenberg Staff Reporter In Playhouse Square, it’s hard to miss a small, seemingly out-of-place burger shack, which marks the intersection between Euclid and Huron Road. Here, Dynomite Burgers stands, unimposing, at a fork in the road in one of the most iconic locations in Cleveland.

Uptown Cleveland is on its way to

from Girl Scouts | 1 The Jolly Scholar has advertised this event exclusively on Facebook and it caught fire. As of press time, over 420 students on Facebook say that they will be attending the event. Although the event has gained attention from multiple local news sources such as Fox8, the Scholar wants to stay loyal to its custom-

being iconic, too, and a second Dynomite Burgers will be joining the mix of restaurants on this renewed part of Euclid Avenue. Cleveland Restaurateur Zack Bruell plans to open the twin burger joint this April.

Located in the space formerly occupied by Cleveland Beer Cellars and across from the new Cleveland Institute of Art building, Bruell’s eighth restaurant will capitalize on the success of its Playhouse Square counterpart by offer-

ing a fast and casual dining atmosphere with expanded seating and a new menu.

In addition to 80 outdoor seats, the restaurant will offer approximately the same seating capacity indoors to accommodate sit-down diners throughout the year. The focus of the new restaurant’s menu will also vary, with sushi inspired by other Bruell restaurants, Parallax and Kafeteria. This is added to the menu of sandwiches, signature burgers, soups and entrée-of-the-day options. Prices

are manageable, especially for students, with many meals landing at well under $10.

Dynomite will also include a fullservice liquor license with as many as eight beers on tap, placing particular emphasis on local brews.

Also joining Bruell’s restaurant portfolio this year is Alley Cat: a eighth Zack Bruell restaurant expected to open in Cleveland’s Flats East Bank development this June.

ers (the students) and open the event exclusively to them. If Clevelanders decide to show up, students will be given first priority for seats and tastings.

Since the Jolly Scholar cannot sit 400 or more students at the same time, Vann recommends that people plan accordingly.

“If people show up late (or when they want), it will be very hard for them to get a seat,” said Vann.

The Scholar will begin sitting the first

200 people at 10 p.m., and the tasting should last about 45-60 minutes. Vann hopes that the first sitting clears out at around 11:15 p.m., so the second sitting should begin shortly after. The Scholar would like attendees to allow others to have a chance for a tasting and accommodate as many students as possible.

The Scholar has already ordered dozens of boxes of favorites. It will have: Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Rah-Rah Raisins and Lemonades.

The Scholar will also allow people to buy cookies at this event until the boxes run out. For all the Thin Mint Milkshake lovers out there, do not worry about the Scholar running out of Thin Mint boxes, because the Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio has contacted the Jolly Scholar and said that it is willing to get the Scholar any more cookies they need after this event.

“We hope to do more events that are fun and similar to this,” said Vann.

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CWRU Thoughts Q: What did you do with your spring break?

A: I just went home and hung out with my family, primarily, watched a lot of TV. My older sister had her bridal shower, so that was really fun. I also went with her downtown in Chicago to help her pick out her bridal stuff.

I got to spend time with my mom and her, so it was a lot of fun.

Maria Fazal Copy Editor

Q: What are you planning to do now that you’re back on campus?

A: I’m wishing break was one week longer, and I also have a lot of work to catch up on, because I wanted break to be a break and didn’t want Stephanie Kim/Observer to do any work. I’ll take the weather now that it’s warmed up a bit.

The Case Western Reserve University community is known for thinking beyond the possible. Each week, this column aims to capture a slice of campus life.

Q: Do you have any plans because of the warmer weather?

A: Not particularly but I’ll maybe go on walks or go downtown, because it’s not freezing anymore.

From fashion weeks to Cleveland streets Top three spring fashion trends Janet Lanman Staff Reporter Fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris have just wrapped up, leaving the fashion world buzzing about the latest trends amongst designers. While these are previews of what is to come in fall, fashion is refreshed for this spring season, particularly now that students are back from break and the snow is finally gone.

Here’s the breakdown of the top three best trends for Spring 2015 and how to make the runways wearable for everyday fashion in Cleveland.

Gingham Made popular by French actress and model Brigitte Bardot’s pink gingham wedding dress in 1959, this classic fabric is back with chic updates. Diane von Fürstenberg, Michael Kors, Lela Rose and Altuzarra each displayed the fabric in a variety of ways, with sheer fabric overlays and deep v-cuts to put a sultry spin on this retro pattern. Oscar de la Renta’s bold baby blue, pink and black oversized gingham styles paired with white lace details and crop tops were the most elegant in the fashion week shows. Gingham is incredibly wearable, either in a simple blouse in a pop of spring color or a head-to-toe ensemble in a black and white fashion. To maintain a modern rendition of this pattern, avoid picnic table

red gingham fabrics.

Military Inspiration A trend we seem to see again and again, military details are back this spring. Marc Jacobs and Gucci showcased military greens in New York and Milan, respectively. The trend this season is structured with a hint of grunge detailing for an ultra-cool take. Military styles can be worn everyday when focused in a single piece, rather than an entire outfit of the trend. Try a military green skirt in vegan leather or a structured jacket with soldier-like buttons to keep you warm before summer hits. If you are daring, take a hint from Jason Wu’s Spring 2015 wrap dresses and two-piece suits and incorporate camouflage into your spring wardrobe.

Bare Shoulders Designers are portraying women’s power and sensuality in a different way this season: shoulders. One-shouldered styles were all over the runway, from Rosie Assoulin’s statement gown to Ralph Lauren’s office-worthy blouse. Items are modern luxe-looking silk fabrics and bold patterns.

This powerful trend is street-worthy when paired with simplistic, conservative pieces to keep focus on the small pop of skin. Baring both shoulders may not be appropriate for office wear, but is fantastic in a cocktail dress, perhaps for a spring wedding.

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Of Montreal bring glitter and glam to Beachland Ballroom Teddy Eisenberg Staff Reporter Queen’s Freddie Mercury once said, “A concert is not a live rendition of our album.

It’s a theatrical event. I have fun with my clothes onstage; it’s not a concert you’re seeing, it’s a fashion show.”

Somewhere along the line in their career, of Montreal decided to adopt this mentality, treating a sold-out crowd of concertgoers at the Beachland Ballroom to a psychedelic spectacle on March 12.

“Are there any wizards in the audience?” asked a man clad in a maroon morphsuit and top hat. When the audience cheered back emphatically, he shouted, “That’s just what dragons would say!”

This exchange set the tone for the rest of the evening, as of Montreal soon appeared, led by frontman Kevin Barnes, amidst a circus of lysergic swirling lights that engulfed the Beachland stage. Dressed in a blue kimono and splattered in glitter, the of Montreal multi-instrumentalists delighted throughout the band’s 16-song set and four-song encore, weaving in and out of a Bowie-esque croon on old favorites like “A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger,” the funky “Gronlandic Edit” and the new “Bassem Sabry.”

Of the many memorable songs from that night’s performance, “Beware Our Nubile Miscreants” was a definitive highlight, featuring cameos from a man dressed as half Abraham Lincoln and half Venom, and a video reminiscent of something from “Schoolhouse Rock!” played backward.

Courtesy Judie Vegh / @oyvegh Of Montreal put on a psychedelic show, with an emphasis on fashion and stage lighting.

Supporting of Montreal on this leg of their North American tour was Deerhoof, an avant-garde pop quartet that recalled early Björk with songs from its latest album, “La Isla Bonita.”

Of Montreal’s performance at the Beachland was that of a band operating at the height of its creative powers, performing a set of songs that flowed into each other like a perfectly constructed concept album. Indeed, if their most recent concert proved anything, it is that their music is best understood, appreciated and enjoyed live. Of Montreal is not to be missed the next time they are in Cleveland.

Concert: Deerhoof/of Montreal Location: Beachland Ballroom Date: March 12 Rating:

Jump into Big Spring events Maria Fazal Copy Editor The weather is finally beginning to warm up, and the Cleveland Botanical Garden welcomes the new season with its yearly Big Spring event. Big Spring allows visitors to step into an oversized enchanted garden filled with towering flowers and hulking ladybugs. The appeal is certainly there for the younger visitors, who are provided with several activities that specifically cater to them.

These include Toadstool Theatre, in which children can dress up with wings and antennae to imitate their favorite insects; the puddle bug boats, which can be purchased, decorated and sailed in a fishfilled pond; the discovery log, where kids can view their favorite creepy crawlies up close and personal and the ladybug labyrinth, a maze filled with surprises, treasures and, of course, ladybugs.

The relatively new tradition that began only three years ago, will continue its dual nature, with Big Spring covering both the indoor and outdoor gardens.

Planted in autumn, 30,000 tulips and other flowers will greet guests upon their arrival.

Also outdoors, the Hershey Children’s Garden will open once more for the season. The children’s garden is filled with playful items, including a fountain and tree house, and according to the website, is fun for kids ages “three to 93.”

Big Spring also signals the return of the Plant Society Shows, which are free with the purchase of a Big Spring ticket.

The first of these is the Midwest Cactus

Carpe Summer

and Succulent Society Show and Sale, which is on Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, March 22 from 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

Additionally Bill Hendricks of Klyn Nurseries will present Cacti and Succulents Around the World at 2:30 p.m. each day. Hendricks will entertain and inform visitors on the varied succulents and cacti from across the globe.

The other Plant Society show to look out for is the African Violet Gesneriad Show and Sale, which highlights the large and diverse family of plants that includes the African Violet.

The event is hosted by the North Coast Gesneriad Club on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-May 3 from noon to 5 p.m.

The members of the Northeast Gesneriad Club will also be presenting educational programs, How to Rejuvenate African Violets and Other Houseplants and Organic Garden for Growing Food and Ornamentals at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Those who are interested in learning about these unique flowers or purchasing some plants to enhance their dorms—or who simply would like to recapture their childhoods and youthful curiosity—are encouraged to attend Big Spring.

Event: Big Spring Location: Cleveland Botanical Garden Dates: March 21-April 26 Price: $8-$12 (free for members)

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Feel like you’re swimming against the tide? Don’t let your course load pour cold water on your graduation plans. Maybe it’s time to ride the Summer Session wave!

Taking summer classes can help you work ahead or reduce your course load, graduate on time (or early), or improve your performance in a previously completed class.

And the cost? Well that’s another kettle of fish altogether. Tuition for courses numbered 1-399 is just 50 percent of the regular rate, so you’ll save money, too.

With more than 100 courses—including 25 new offerings and eight study abroad courses—Summer Session allows you to focus on completing core requirements or electives during a term that’s shorter and less stressful than the rest of the school year. And summer courses offer the same high-quality CWRU education with smaller classes and significant savings.

Stop feeling like a fish out of water—carpe summer by making your plans now.

Registration starts March 30, but view the course schedule at summer.case.edu.

May Term: May 11–29 8 Week Session: June 1–July 27 5 Week Session: June 1–July 2 4 Week Session (1): June 1–26 6 Week Session: June 15 – July 27 4 Week Session (2): July 6–31

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Playlist of the Week

Karina Hendarto (MEM 2011) “As an international student, it gave me insight into American business culture.”

Teddy Eisenberg Staff Reporter

Approaching indie rock martyr Elliott Smith’s catalog with equal parts taste and respect, Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers and Kent native Jessica Lea Mayfield have produced something truly stunning on “Baby Britain.” The darker characters in Mayfield’s voice prove the perfect contrast to Avett’s brighter tones, painting a complex and textured musical narrative that ends far too quickly. Look for more covers on the appropriately titled “Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith,” available March 17.

Larry Yang (MEM 2003) “The MEM program gave me perspective on how I could leverage my technical background and education.”

Ashish Desai (MEM 2008) “The MEM program provided me with a solid foundation that was invaluable in my career progression.”

Jeffrey Rericha (MEM 2011) “Because of the MEM program, I was able to stand out as a high performer.”

MASTER OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT DEGREE: April 15 Application Deadline

Want to learn more?

Open House – Tues. 3/31

Nord 356 from 6 to 7:30pm MEM & You: Career Opportunities in Engineering & Management

“Psycho”—Muse

“Psycho” is the first pre-album single off Muse’s seventh album, “Drones,” slated for release on Warner Brothers Records in June.

While the song’s lyrics leave something to be desired, the huge, lumbering guitar riff and fat bassline are vintage Muse and suggest a heavier direction for the group following 2012’s electronic “The 2nd Law.” Rock has rarely sounded grander or campier, and for Muse fans that is a very good thing.

“Let It Happen”—Tame Impala

Over the past few years, Tame Impala’s psych-rock musings have solidified their position among indie rock’s elite. In time the nearly eight-minute single “Let It Happen” should only bolster that position, offering a dream-like odyssey of layered electronic flourishes and funky guitar. While there is no official word on an album title or release date, be sure to catch Tame Impala when they visit Cleveland and the House of Blues for the first time on June 4.

“King Kunta”—Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar’s sprawling new album, “To Pimp A Butterfly,” is a dense and complicated piece from one of hip-hop’s finest. While elaborate pieces of artistic expression are often difficult to digest, the dark, menacing funk of “King Kunta” speaks loud and clear. Ferociously raging against the “powers that be,” Lamar spits references to Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson over a babbling bass line that weaves in and out of a haunting acoustic guitar hook. This is song that ultimately gives more than it takes, but only after careful listening.

“Crystals”—Of Monsters And Men

“Crystals” is a far cry from “Little Talks,” the song that turned Of Monsters and Men into indie rock heroes a few summers ago, but for all intents and purposes, this is a very good thing. While it may have been tempting to re-create their mega-hit, “Crystals” shows the band reaching for lusher sonic textures and pushing itself in unexpected directions. Here’s to hoping the rest of “Beneath The Skin,” Of Monsters and Men’s second album, shows the same promise. Look for it on June 9.

with MEM alumni panel

RSVP to Ramona.David@case.edu

Dinner and Discussion

Top 5 Reasons to Earn Your MEM 1) Earn while you learn with paid internship opportunities 2) Obtain a graduate degree in just one year 3) Individualized coaching 4) Accelerate your career growth and earning potential 5) Make yourself marketable — the engineer’s answer to an MBA Stop by the MEM office and mention this ad to receive a treat.

“Baby Britain”—Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield

Retro Pick of the Week: “Ventura Highway”—America

Despite what their name may imply, America actually hails from Britain, but share musical similarities with American groups like the Eagles and supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Defining the sound of soft rock in the 1970s, the ensemble marries breezy melodies with a set of stunningly sweet harmonies on “Ventura Highway.” America are an essential touchstone for any listener looking to add more memorable folk or pop songs to their collection.

Find all these tracks online with our weekly Spotify playlist at observer.case.edu Teddy Eisenberg is a third year programmer at WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland. He hosts The ’59 Sound, an exploration of rock music, every Thursday morning from 8-10 a.m.. and co-hosts the variety talk show Max and Teddy in the Morning at Night (Sometimes) on Mondays from 5-6 p.m. The crackle of vinyl warms him on cold Cleveland nights.

All photos courtesy pitchfork.com billboard.com zumic.com

rapwave.net officalcharts.com musiconvinyl.com

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Crossword Puzzle Across 1. Algonquian Indian 5. Abounds 10. Fastened 14. Wander 15. Spells 16. Unique 17. Improve 19. Small island 20. Indian bread 21. Illegal activity 22. Extreme happiness 23. Tangle 25. Leered 27. One or more 28. Salutation 31. Directly (archaic) 34. Courted 35. Petroleum 36. Writing implements 37. Gulleys 38. Brownish purple 39. Genus of macaws 40. Planet 41. A friction match 42. Blackberry-like fruit 44. Skirt’s edge 45. Minim

46. Munitions 50. Verse writers 52. Approaches 54. Solemn promise 55. Constellation bear 56. Exotic dancer 58. Principal 59. Throw with effort 60. Tall woody plant 61. Wings 62. Affirmatives 63. Vesicle Down 1. Large long-necked wading bird 2. Ancient empire 3. What’s happening 4. Snake-like fish 5. Full of complexities 6. Creepy 7. Test 8. Space rock 9. South southeast 10. Commode 11. Pernicious 12. L L L L 13. Colors 18. Cake frosting

22. Hemorrhaged 24. Sickens 26. G G G G 28. Pious 29. Agreeable 30. Delight 31. Unwanted email 32. South American country 33. Absence of the sense of pain 34. Guarantee 37. Herbaceous plant 38. A device that moves fluids 40. Dampens 41. Banquet 43. A flammable gas 44. Shingles 46. Do without 47. Female reproductive organ 48. Snouts 49. Sugary 50. Mountain lion 51. By mouth 53. Historical periods 56. Timid 57. And so forth

COMICS

‘Taft in a wet t-shirt contest’ is the key image here. By xkcd

‘Look to my coming on the fifth day.

At dawn, look to the east.’ ‘And look to the west to see our shadows!’

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Horoscopes Aries

(Apr. 19 - May 13) Keep an eye on your craft supplies…it’s Greek Week

Taurus

(May 14 - Jun. 19) Sure, campus events are cool, but have you considered sleeping?

Gemini

(Jun. 20 - Jul. 20) Take a chance and unpack your Spring clothes. It could be totally fine.

Cancer

(Jul. 21 - Aug. 9) Document your life this week. These are the best days of your life.

Leo

(Aug. 10 - Sep. 15) It’s cookie time.

Virgo

Nutcase

(Sep. 16 - Oct. 30) There will come a day where you can wear shorts again.

Today is not that day.

Libra

(Oct. 31 - Nov. 22) Stay out late this Friday.

Scorpio

(Nov. 23 - Nov. 29) Take care of your laptop this week. There’s just enough time for it to completely destruct in time for finals.

Ophiuchus

(Nov. 30 - Dec. 17) It’s maple sugaring season so get out there and eat some pancakes.

Sagittarius

overtime people rays reach reason resign right safely sect sheep smile sport stamp sunshine swivels tear teas throw total vague will

Wordsearch

allow barge bill bloom build charge children coarse crown dodge flower goes hale hardly hurry league mangle meeting merge move nine only

(Dec. 18 - Jan. 18) You should re-watch Monsters University. You’ll come to a life-changing revelation.

Capricorn

(Jan. 19 - Feb. 15) Avoid going home this Easter.

Aquarius

(Feb. 16 - Mar. 11) Think back to what you were doing six months ago.

It was probably something awesome.

Pisces

(Mar. 12 - Apr. 18) Don’t study for exams if you’re in pre-med or nursing.

Just learn everything from watching Grey’s Anatomy.

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The Jolly Scholar jolly.scholar @JollyScholar 216.368.0090 mpv3@case.edu MTW RF Sat. Sun.

11a – 12a 11a – 2a 12p – 2a 12p – 12a

Sports Standings Conference

Baseball Emory Washington Case Western Reserve Rochester Brandeis New York U. Chicago New York U.

Saturday, March 21 10:00pm to 2:00am

Emory Washington Rochester Case Western Reserve Brandeis Chicago New York U. New York U.

Sorority & Fraternity Catering & Meal Plans

We are now offering catered meal plans for sororities and fraternities.

Contact Matt Vann for details.

Calendar Tues

Trivia Night

Wed

Thurs

Karaoke Comedy & Grad Night Happy Hour

Fri

40’s & Fridays

Sat Charity Late Night

Sun All You Can Eat Wings & Football

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6 6 4 4 2 2 0 0

2 2 4 4 6 6 0 0

0.750 0.750 0.500 0.500 0.250 0.250 0.000 0.000

12 7 4 4 4 3 0 0

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0.706 0.700 0.500 0.500 0.286 0.273 0.000 0.000

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8 8 6 5 3 0 0 0

2 2 4 5 7 0 10 0

0.800 0.800 0.600 0.500 0.300 0.000 0.000 0.000

18 16 8 10 6 0 0 0

2 4 5 5 7 0 14 0

0.900 0.800 0.615 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

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Men’s Tennis Washington Chicago Emory Case Western Reserve Carnegie Mellon Rochester Brandeis New York U.

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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0.800 0.800 0.750 0.714 0.571 0.556 0.400 0.000

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Men’s Basketball

Of course they can be paired and we’re going to do it.We will have all of your favorites and pair them with wine and beer tastings. Sometimes great things like this happen...all you have to do is show up. Get Jolly!

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Softball

Women’s Tennis

Girl Scout Cookie & Wine & Beer Tasting Party

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All

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10 9 8 8 6 6 5 4

4 5 6 6 8 8 9 10

0.714 0.643 0.571 0.571 0.429 0.429 0.357 0.286

22 20 19 16 15 10 14 9

6 6 9 9 10 15 11 16

0.786 0.769 0.679 0.640 0.600 0.400 0.560 0.360

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Women’s Basketball Washington Chicago New York U. Rochester Brandeis Emory Carnegie Mellon Case Western Reserve

All

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12 12 10 7 5 4 3 3

2 2 4 7 9 10 11 11

0.857 0.857 0.714 0.500 0.357 0.286 0.214 0.214

25 18 22 15 16 12 12 9

3 7 5 10 12 13 13 16

0.893 0.720 0.815 0.600 0.571 0.480 0.480 0.360

Calendar Varsity Sport

Friday 3/20

Baseball Softball Swimming & Diving

NCAA Championship @ Shenandoah, Texas

Track & Field

Away vs. W&L Carnival

Women's Tennis

Varsity Sport Baseball Softball

Saturday 3/21

Sunday 3/22

Away @ Ursinus 11:00 AM, vs Pitt-Bradford 3:30 PM

Away vs Pitt-Bradford 10:00 AM

Home vs. Geneva (Double Header) 1:00 PM & 3:30 PM

Home vs. Baldwin Wallace (DH) 1:00 PM & 3:30 PM

NCAA Championship @ Shenandoah, Texas

Away @ Mary Washington 4:00 PM

vs. Sewanee @ Fredericksburg VA, 9:00

vs. Skidmore @ Fredericksburg VA, 9:00

Monday 3/23

Tuesday 3/24

Wednesday 3/25

Away @ Otterbien 4:00 PM

Home vs. Otterbien 4:00 PM Home vs. Mount Union (DH) 3:00 PM & 5:30 PM

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Spring sun and sets

Spartan tennis returns from spring break trip Evan Rose Staff Reporter

The men’s tennis team recently finished a tour of California over spring break, playing eight games against schools from San Diego to Pomono.

The Spartans, ranked 12th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings, finished the trip with a 4-4 record, bringing them to a 10-7 record overall.

They kicked off the trip with dual wins against San Diego Mesa College (6-3) and Grossmont College, who was shut out 9-0, on March 8 in San Diego.

Junior C.J. Krimbill and senior Will Drougas were outstanding players in the match against San Diego Mesa. Krimbill and Drougas won both their singles and doubles matches, placing the number one and number two spots, respectively.

The Spartans then dominated the Grossmont Griffins in a total shutout later in the day, sweeping every match.

Both the doubles No. 1 and No. 2 teams defeated their opponents in straight sets.

Unfortunately the team next traveled to the Costa Mesa Tennis Center, in the Costa Mesa suburb of Los Angeles, where they lost straight matches to University Athletic Association foe Washington (Mo.) and Vanguard University.

Against Washington Case lost 8-1, only managing one matching victory.

They were then shut out 9-0 by undefeated Vanguard, the fourth-ranked team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

The Spartan tennis team then made the trip to Concordia, where they lost a tight contest with number nine in the NAIA rankings, Concordia University Irvine.

The number one doubles team, made up of Krimbill and junior Louis Stuerke,

managed an 8-6 victory. Stuerke also had a three-set singles victory.

Senior Bas van Lent eked out an exhausting super tiebreaker win, winning the last set 11-9. A super tiebreak is any match where the last set is won by over 10 games. Additionally for a super-duper tiebreak (you read that right), the winner must win at least 12 games in the final set. The longest ever final set was played at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships in London, where John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut with a 7068 final set.

Case Western Reserve University next traveled to Claremont-MuddScripps to compete in the Stag-Hen Invitational, where they finished fifth.

On the first day, they lost to top-10 Pomona Pitzer College 7-2, before recovering in the afternoon to pull out a 7-2 win over Whitman College.

The loss in the morning was hampered by a doubles shutout. Krimbill and junior Viswajit Simhadri both recorded wins for the Spartans over Pomona Pitzer.

However the team bounced back to win handily over No. 15 Whitman.

CWRU took five of six singles matches, winning all of them in straight sets, and won both the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches.

The Spartans qualified for the fifthplace match, winning over Wesleyan University 7-2 to finish in the top five in the Stag-Hen Invitational.

In this victory, Drougas, Krimbill and Stuerke were all double winners, winning both singles and doubles and leading CWRU to a sweep of the doubles matches.

After a busy and difficult spring break, the Spartans will rest until March 27, when they host John Carroll University and Ohio Wesleyan University at home at the Carlton Courts.

Spartans head outside Track and field squads begin outdoor meets this week

Noah Staton Contributing Reporter This weekend marked the end of the NCAA Division III Indoor track season. After a record-breaking season, our Spartan men and women look forward to turning heads outside.

Two weeks ago, before spring break, the track and field team had an impressive display of talent and athleticism at the 2015 University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by the University of Chicago. The men valiantly placed sixth, and the women fought their way to a remarkable fourth-place finish.

At this meet, we again saw our men’s 4x400 team christen yet another

new school record of 3:23.66 seconds.

Also senior men’s captain Mark Kulinski bounded over a 4.91-meter bar to qualify for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships this past weekend.

Unfortunately he did not pass the bar in that meet. Looking forward to this fresh outdoor season, we fully expect these men to make waves.

The women’s squad placed notably well over rival schools like Carnegie Mellon University and New York University. The field athletes led the squads, as they contributed more than 70 percent of either team’s points.

Our Spartans only got a small chance to catch their breaths before exploding into a promising outdoor season this weekend in Virginia.

Observer/Archives The women’s tennis team travelled to Puerto Rico over Spring Break to compete.

Men’s Tennis

CWRU

7

Rochester

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Singles Winner

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School

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C. Krimbill W. Drougas V. Simhadri L. Stuerke T. Chen J. Dughi

CWRU CWRU CWRU CWRU CWRU CWRU

B. Shapiro J. Baker I. Baranowski J. Danko S. Leeman A. Mevorach

UR UR UR UR UR UR

6-0, 6-0 6-2, 6-3 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 6-2, 7-5 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Doubles Winner C. Krimbill J. Danko A. Mevorach

School

L. Stuerke B. Shapiro I. Baranowski

CWRU UR UR

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Over J. Baker W. Drougas V. Simhadri

S. Leeman A. Komarov B. van Lent

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Rochester

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School

By

N. Kanagasegar S. Zargham M. Djohan S. Berchuck N. Cepeda K. Mulholland

CWRU CWRU CWRU CWRU CWRU CWRU

C. Ho D. Tai C. Genbauffe M. Goodman D. McCall L. Zickar

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6-0, 6-0 6-2, 6-3 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 6-2, 7-5 3-6, 7-5, 6-2

Doubles Winner M. Bonanno S. Khadilkar N. Kanagasegar S. Zargham M. Djohan S. Berchuck

School CWRU CWRU CWRU

Over C. Ho C. Genbauffe A. Wolkoff

D. Tai M. Goodman L. Zickar

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By 8-5 8-6 8-5

2015 UAA Indoor Championship Men Women Place

School

Points

Place

School

Points

1

Washington (WU)

114

1

Chicago (UC)

154

2

Chicago (UC)

113

2

Washington (WU)

131

3

Emory (EU)

97

3

Emory (EU)

92

4

New York

55

4

CWRU

55

5

Carnegie Mellon (CMU)

54

5

Carnegie Mellon (CMU)

27.5

6

CWRU

51

6

New York

23.5

7

Brandeis (BU)

12

7

Brandeis (BU)

13

Men’s Track Events

Women’s Track Events

Event

Winning Time

Winner

School

Event

Winning Time

Winner

School

60 Meter Dash

7.05

N. Alaniva

WU

60 Meter Dash

7.77

D. Ogede

WU

60 Meter Hurdles

8.33

B.Rogin

EU

60 Meter Hurdles

9.10

D. Ogede

WU

200 Meter Dash

22.27

B. Clark

UC

200 Meter Dash

25.733

D. Ogede

WU

400 Meter Dash

49.63

D. Pietsch

EU

400 Meter Dash

57.393

E. Korn

EU

800 Meter Run

1:53.593

T. Vandenberg

CMU

800 Meter Run

2:14.763

E. Warner

WU

1 Mile Run

4:16.58

O. Norley

CMU

1 Mile Run

5:04.73

M. Verner-Crist

UC

3000 Meter Run

8:36.57

M. Frasco

UC

3000 Meter Run

10:00.153

L. Cheadle

WU

5000 Meter Run

14:55.05

G. Degen

CMU

5000 Meter Run

17:35.91

L. Cheadle

WU

4X400 Meter Relay

3:20.69

Team A

WU

4X400 Meter Relay

3:54.49

Team A

WU

Distance Medley

10:06.75

Team A

CMU

Distance Medley

12:01.073

Team A

UC

Men’s Field Events

Women’s Field Events

Event

Winning Distance

Winner

School

Event

Winning Distance

Winner

High Jump

1.96m

J. Pasque

WU

High Jump

1.63m

K. Wilson

EU

Long Jump

6.66m

M. Hoberman

EU

Long Jump

5.48m

P. Yu

UC UC

School

Shot Put

14.53m

S. Reusser

CWRU

Shot Put

12.58m

N. Nwaokolo

Weight Throw

14.45 m

N. Massey

UC

Weight Throw

16.73m

N. Nwaokolo

UC

Triple Jump

14.49m

M. Hoberman

EU

Triple Jump

11.00m

A. Brown

CWRU

Pole Vault

4.95m

M . Bennett

UC

Pole Vault

3.45m

C. Simons

WU

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March Madness is upon us NCAA tournament kicks-off month long excitement and heart break

JP. O’Hagan Sports Editor Possibly the most exciting of all events in the world of college sports the NCAA Division I basketball tournament. With thousands of leagues and prizes across the country for the best brackets, sports fans everywhere are carefully weighing each of the 68 teams in the tournament and trying to predict a champion. While the multitude of storylines that this billion dollar event produces can be overwhelming, there are a few storylines which could make or break your bracket.

2nd Round: March 19-20 1

3rd Round: March 21-22

Kentucky

16 Hampton 8

Cincinnati

9

Purdue

5

West Virginia

Louisville

Kentucky: On the path to an undefeated season The Kentucky Wildcats are considered by many to be the obvious choice for national champions. The always strong program seems to have risen to new heights this year, as they have a team so deep that the first eight or nine players in their rotation are all considered to be likely first-class starters on other teams. This depth has allowed the Wildcats to continuously rotate their talent on and off the court to avoid injuries and fatigue and has led them to a 31-0 regular season. Many think they will sail through the tournament and finish undefeated, but a single loss ends their season, and it’s called March Madness for a reason: Anything can happen.

Regional Semifinals March 26-27 Regional Finals March 28-29

Maryland

National Semifinals April 4

Columbus

Regional Semifinals March 26-27 Regional Finals March 28-29

3rd Round: March 21-22

Lafayette 16 Pittsburgh

Wyoming 12 Seattle

EAST

Cleveland

Butler

Notre Dame

Syracuse

Providence 6 Dayton 11 Columbus

Pittsburgh

Wichita State

Kansas

Michigan State 7 Georgia 10 Omaha

Charlotte

National Championship April 6

15 New Mexico St. 1

Wisconsin

Oregon

9

Oklahoma State

5

Arkansas

Duke 1 Robert Morris 16

Omaha

Charlotte

North Carolina

Utah 5 Stephen F. Austin 12 Jacksonville

13 Harvard 6

Portland

WEST

Xavier

SOUTH

Los Angeles

Baylor

SMU 6

Houston

UCLA 11 Jacksonville

Observer

VCU

Arizona

Iowa State 3 UAB 14 Iowa 7

@CWRUObserver

10 Ohio State 2

Louisville

the

14 Georgia State 7

Georgetown 4 Eastern Wash. 13

11 Mississippi 3

San Diego State 8 St. John’s 9

12 Wofford 4

Virginia 2 Belmont 15

16 Coastal Carolina 8

Oklahoma 3 Albany 14

10 Indiana 2

Louisville 4 UC Irvine 13

14 Northeastern 7

NC State 8

UNI 5

11 Texas 3

2nd Round: March 19-20 Villanova 1

National Semifinals April 4

MIDWEST

13 Valparaiso 6

2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket

“Big Dance” Trippers: Georgetown, Notre Dame, and Gonzaga The NCAA tournament is a proving ground for teams, and a lot of pressure and reputations are on the line. However for no team is this more important for Georgetown, Notre Dame and Gonzaga, three teams who have great basketball reputations but have often found ways to “choke” and lose earlier than expected in previous tournaments. These teams are perpetually unable to “make it over the hump.” Look for any of them to make a splash and exceed expectations this year, but also beware of their tendency to fall.

LSU 9

12 Buffalo 4

Wisconsin: National Championship or bust The Big Ten Conference has long been a basketball powerhouse, and for the second year in a row, the Wisconsin Badgers have emerged at the head of the pack. Led by senior and Sports Illustrated Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky, the Badgers have been extremely close to the championship before, narrowly beating Arizona 64-63 to come out of the west regional and into the Final Four before losing to Kentucky. There is good chance these two teams could meet again, and with it being Kaminsky’s final year, expectations and hopes are riding high.

Davidson 10

observer.case.edu Portland

Seattle

15 Texas Southern

Gonzaga 2 North Dakota St. 15

The Observer Staff’s NCAA Tournament Picks Name Position Nickname

JP. O'Hagan Sports Editor "Sports Guy"

Mike McKenna Director of Print "The Boss (Elect)”

Joey Arko Staff Reporter "MVP"

Noah Santon Contributing Reporter "Rookie"

Andrew Hodowanec Photographer "Picture Perfect"

Taylor Moran Business Manager "Cash Money"

Officer Mark Crossing Guard "Fan Favorite"

East West

Louisville Wisconsin

Virginia Wisconsin

Louisville Wisconsin

Louisville Wisconsin

Virigina Wisconsin

Oklahoma Arizona

Virginia North Carolina

Midwest

Kentucky

Kentucky

Kentucky

Kentucky

Kentucky

Kentucky

Kentucky

South Champion

Gonzaga Wisconsin

Iowa State Wisconsin

Gonzaga Kentucky

Duke Duke

Duke Kentucky

Iowa State Arizona

Duke Duke

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Arko’s Cleveland Corner

Browns having an up and down free agency

Joey Arko Staff Reporter Although the NFL Free Agency is still relatively fresh, with months to go before it ends, the Cleveland Browns have already had an impactful free agency period. While they’ve gained a few different players at key positions, they’ve also lost plenty of young talent.

Their first move addressed a major need, as they signed the seven-year veteran Brian Hartline, former Wide Receiver of the Miami Dolphins. The Browns’ receiving corps have left a lot to be desired, especially last season. Also, their most talented wide receiver, Josh Gordon, will be serving his oneyear ban from the NFL next season, so the team has been borderline desperate to sign talented receivers.

Although Hartline’s production and talent doesn’t nearly match that of Gordon’s (when he does play), he is a proven quality possession receiver, and the move theoretically gives the Browns’ offense a chance to be a possession-oriented team. (Current receiver A.J. Hawks’ style of play closely mirrors that of Hartline’s.) The Browns will have more opportunities to bring in receivers, and perhaps one of their two first-round picks in the upcoming draft—12th and 19th—could be used to obtain more young talent.

It was then announced that the Browns had agreed in terms on a contract with tight end Jordan Cameron, one of the game’s younger, more promising tight ends. Then, in a rather puzzling turn of events, Cameron’s camp announced that he would be instead signing with the Miami Dolphins and that any report of an agreement with the Browns was completely fabricated by the

media. Cameron will surely be missed, even though he rarely has seen the field in recent seasons due to a slew of crippling injuries.

Nonetheless, when Cameron played he represented a constant threat and matchup nightmare for opposing defenses. His loss is a devastating blow for the Browns.

On Monday the Browns announced they signed the talented veteran cornerback Tramon Williams to a three-year $21 million deal. The contract is roughly equivalent to what a top-20 cornerback contract is worth, but the Browns were desperate to bolster their secondary after losing Buster Skrine in this free agency. Skrine’s absence will undoubtedly be felt, as he and Joe Haden had developed a strong comfort zone with one another and combined to form a formidable secondary. William’s signing, however, does a sound job of closing the wound. He is an eight-year veteran (all with the Green Bay Packers) and is an NFL champion. He will provide leadership and experience to a group of younger players that occupy the Browns’ secondary.

In a not so surprising move, the Browns also lost Brian Hoyer to the Houston Texans and elected to sign two other quarterbacks in his place. Hoyer had publicly said that he would decide to go wherever he deemed best for him and his family and never gave any form of commitment to returning to the Browns next season. Instead, they signed journeyman quarterback (QB) Thad Lewis, who is likely to compete with Connor Shaw for the rights to be the Browns’ third-string QB. They also signed the 36-year-old veteran QB Josh McCown, who is the likely Week 1 starter for the team. McCown, although not supremely talented nor historically successful on the professional level, is expected to provide a calming presence

at the helm while simultaneously helping mentor and develop the Browns’ mercurial QB prospect, Johnny Manziel, who is still currently in rehab. As it stands now, the Browns have placed a lot of faith in Manziel, his recovery and his commitment to the game of football. McCown and Lewis, it seems, have been brought here to give him the time he needs to develop.

The Browns also signed defensive end Randy Starks. He has been brought to Cleveland with the hopes of bolstering the team’s interior pass rushing while also helping to stop the run. He is an 11-year veteran who played the last seven years with the Miami Dolphins, and his two-year contract implies that he will be a part-time player for the Browns (most likely due to his age, 31). The team also extended the contract of nose tackle John Hughes, locking him down for the long term on a four-year extension.

However, the team also lost defensive end Jabaal Sheard via free agency to the New England Patriots, and he has been a key component to the team’s pass-rush for the past four seasons.

The Browns have also re-signed a handful of less impactful players, but overall their free agency has thus far been somewhat of a rollercoaster.

As the saying goes, teams don’t win the Superbowl in the offseason. While the Browns certainly don’t have title hopes entering the 2015-2016 season, one cannot predict just how impactful these signings will be, at least not yet. They’ve brought in some fresh faces and have lost some extremely familiar ones, and with that being said, it is impossible to truly grade how the gains and losses will impact the team’s success until roughly the midway point of the upcoming season.

Hard-fought on the hardwood Intramural basketball finishes regular season

David Hoffman Staff Reporter The March Madness Tournament may be quickly approaching in college basketball, but that doesn’t mean Case Western Reserve University has lacked some madness of its own. The intramural basketball playoffs are about to get underway, with plenty of teams aspiring to become “bracket busters” in their own right. In the meantime, let’s take a peak in the rearview mirror to recap the closing games of the regular season.

We start our overview in the Co-Rec Self-Officiated League, Willard trounced ZetaTheta by a 59-24 score. Paid in Full handled themselves well, defeating Macroballs 47-26. The scheduled matchup between Prashant’s Backup Dancers and Delt/Phi Mu was lost to a double forfeit, with both teams suffering a loss as a result.

A double forfeit also wiped out a contest between Delta Sig/DG and Pi Kapp/Pi Phi. Beta/Tri Sigma defeated APO Volunteers (Dark Blue) by a 48-39 final. Phi Delt and Friends eked out a 45-42 victory over Dental Dynasty. Delta Sig/DG and MBA Jam had a game lost to yet another double forfeit, while the game between Prashant’s Backup Dancers and APO Volunteers (Dark Blue) saw the same fate. Finally, Phi Delt and Friends mauled Pi Kapp/Pi Phi 59-20.

In the Fraternity B No Refs league, SigEp C defeated Phi Delt B to the tune of a 26-23 score. Delta Chi emerged victorious against Phi Kappa Theta, while Phi Delt C earned a 31-18 win against Phi Delt F. Phi Delt B prevailed against SigEp B by virtue of a forfeit. Delt B prevailed over Delt C by a 48-38 score. Phi Delt C beat SigEp C 48-43.

Moving to the Fraternity No Refs League, Fiji defeated delta upsilon by a final of 48-37. SAE earned a 53-40 victory against Pi Kappa Phi, while Sigma Chi kept the pedal to the medal in a 57-31 thrashing of ZBT Dark Horse. Sigma Chi ran delta upsilon out of the gym with a dominating 64-34 triumph.

Phi Kappa Psi prevailed against Pi Kappa Phi to the tune of a 40-23 score.

Fiji defeated Zeta Psi 48-37, while Delt A emerged victorious over SAE 41-31.

SigEp A earned an easy victory when ZBT Dark Horse forfeited the contest. Finally, Delta Sigma Phi defeated Zeta Psi thanks to yet another forfeit.

In the Open Paid Officials League, Veteran Presence defeated THE All Night Samplers 47-30. The Smash Bros (Purple) trounced The Sports Fiesta by a 53-22 final. Monstars earned an easy 47-27 win against A.R.C. CREW, while Tune Squad eked out a 56-50 victory over The Stripes.

THE All Night Samplers emerged victorious against The Wolfpugs 55-46, while

Flint Tropics prevailed over Dirty Dental Dump by a 55-34 score. You Know Why We’re Here romped Free Riders 80-24.

Veteran Presence handled their business against The Retractors, winning 58-37.

BeGreat.com prevailed over Team Guenther 48-37. Finally, I Get Buckets cruised to a 67-43 win against Hung Jurors.

In the Open Self-Officiated League, Ball is life defeated No Casualties 43-21. Swim and Dive held off The Business Fraternity by a 41-36 score, while $ad boyz prevailed over ChemE Grad 57-40. TiP TOE WiNG JAWWDiNZ (Purple) defeated Bearsley and the Boys by virtue of a forfeit. Vinculum Juris defeated K540 by a final of 45-35.

Eastern Reserves (Green) eked out a 27-24 win over Tippit Tipsy Turtles. Hemoglobin Trotters received a victory when Money Team forfeited the contest. Basketball Team defeated Norton Hears a Who in a thriller 25-22. #TeamGetSwole emerged victorious against MSA 37-22, while ChemE Grad beat Dream Runner 30-23. House4 earned a 35-31 win against Runnin’ Gunners (Black).

Took ur Gma to Applebee’s prevailed over BME SunDevils 33-26. M4evah defeated Ball is life by a 36-22 final.

With the playoffs in all leagues slated to begin as we get back from spring break, there is plenty of exciting action on the Veale Athletic Center hardwood just around the corner. You won’t want to miss next week’s playoff recap.

Winter wrap-up JP. O’Hagan Sports Editor As the cold begins to retreat from campus, most students are excitedly awaiting the start of spring. However this also brings the end of the winter sports season as the basketball, swimming and diving and wrestling Spartan teams wrap up for the year. While we here at The Observer took two weeks off, with most final games and meets occurring during finals week or over spring break, the Spartans remained dedicated. Here is a rundown of their final competitions of the season.

Men’s basketball The Spartans hosted archrival Carnegie Mellon University for the final game of the season back on Feb. 28. The visiting Tartans were looking for revenge after the 80-46 route they endured at the hands of the Spartans at the start of University Athletic Association (UAA) play. The Spartans were unable to catch up after the Tartans jumped out to a 3528 lead at the half and fell in the season finale 82-71. The Spartans were led by senior Dane McLoughlin, who posted 20 points and eight boards in his final game as a Spartan along with his fellow four seniors, who were honored before the game for senior day.

Women’s basketball The women’s basketball team followed their skid-breaking win over New York University with a victory over the visiting Carnegie Mellon Tartans. The Spartans were led

by Amanda Germer, who posted a careerhigh 16 points in her final game in Spartan blue and white. The Spartans played a high octane offense and put away the Tartans by a final of 82-66. The Case Western Reserve University squad honored their seven seniors and will have a dramatically different look next season, but were able to earn a bittersweet ending to their season.

Swimming and diving The men’s swimming and diving squad are sending five Spartan athletes to the NCAA Championships. Junior diver Connor Farrell already competed at the NCAA Division III Region I Diving Championships. Farrell competed in both the threemeter and one-meter dive competitions, having qualified for each. After 11 dives, Farrell was 11th overall in the three-meter dives with, 489.20 points and 435.85 points after the 11 dives in the one meter event, placing him 16th.

The other four Spartans are four of CWRU men’s swimming team who will be able to compete in 10 events at the 2015 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Shenandoah, Texas.

Freshmen Drew Hamilton qualified for the 500-yard free and 400-yard IM and will also be swimming in the 1650 free. Freshmen Oliver Hudgins will be swimming in the 200 yard backstroke, while junior Aaron Tam will swim the 100- and 200-yard butterfly races. Finally senior Eric Haufler will join Hamilton, Tam and Hudgins to swim in the team 200-yard free, 400-yard free, 800yard free and 400-yard medley relay races.

Unfortunately none of the swimmers or divers from the Women’s team were invited to swim at the NCAA Championships and finished their highly competitive season with the UAA tournament.

Wrestling Finally the wrestling team stepped off the mats for the last time this season on March 1. The Spartans finished their season at the NCAA Mideast Regional in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. That Spartans struggled and ended the year in a 18th out of 18th finish at the meet.

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Editor’s choice

Through the cold Observer’s choices for Top 10 winter sports stories

JP. O’Hagan Sports Editor

Records shatter

Winter 2015 edition

Spartans stood on top

Skid stopped

Bringing Home the Obelisk

Hamilton named UAA Rookie of the Year

Return to Success

The men’s basketball squad jumped out to their best start ever, putting together 12 wins in their first 14 games of the season.

The hot start was capped by a six-game winning streak including three straight University Athletic Association (UAA) conference wins. While the team slumped down the stretch, they still brought a buzz of excitement to campus amidst the cold and snow and earn this season’s top moment.

The women’s basketball team showed a lot of promise at the start of the season and was looking strong heading into UAA play. Standing at .500 entering UAA play, the Spartans lost back-to-back contests by a single point before scraping out a win over Brandeis University. However the Spartans were then unable to answer the UAA competition, dropping the next nine games, often by extremely narrow margins. Nevertheless the Spartans didn’t give up hope and rallied to win their final two games of the season, breaking the skid against the University of Rochester by a score of 79-72.

Kulinski flies higher

Faster each time

Spartans honored

Every February the Spartans compete against arch-rival Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on the track and on the field (indoors of course) in the Battle of the Obelisk. The Spartan women’s and men’s squads beat their CMU counterparts to reclaim the traveling Obelisk trophy for the first time since 2012. The women put up a score of 81-55, while the men posted a narrow 70-66 victory to seal the meet victory by a grand total of 151-121.

The CWRU swimming and diving squads were led by a legion of student athletes this season, mixing newcomers and veterans for success in the pool. However Drew Hamilton immediately took his spot amongst the Spartans, as he swam his way to three school records and earned the UAA Rookie of the Year honor, the first such award for a CWRU swimmer or diver in program history.

The men’s wrestling team overcame adversity to post their best season in years. The squad, two years removed from a zero-win season, put together six victories in dual meets on the mats, the highest win total under current head coach Mark Hawald. While the team struggled down the stretch, they for awhile stood at .500, showing promise of what is to come and the potential for a return to greatness in one of Case Western Reserve University’s most historic sport programs.

Throwback weekend

McLoughlin not done yet

The swimming and diving teams broke 10 school records this season in a wide variety of events. The impressive lengths to which the program has come in the past few years suggests the continued improvement as 11 current men’s records and three women’s records are held by current and likely returning Spartans. Get out the erasers.

Senior captain of the men’s track and field team Mark Kulinski soared to new heights as he earned a spot to compete at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in the pole vault. Kulinski made it over the bar at 4.91 meters, a new school record back in February, for an unforgettable field performance.

The Spartans won’t slow down. The men’s indoor track team fielded the fastest 4x200 relay team the school has ever seen.

The team, made up of junior Jonathan Freeman and senior Josh Malone along with sophomore Nathaniel Wahner and freshman Andrew Ibibo, set a CWRU record of 1:33.23 in the 4X200 relay. That record lasted for all of a week as the quartet then bested that the following weekend finishing in 1:30.76.

Four women’s basketball players earned All-UAA Honors. Senior Brooke Orcutt earned her second straight All-UAA recognition and was joined on the list by fellow senior Berit Eppard, along with junior Laura Mummey and freshman Kara Hageman. Three men’s basketball members were also named All-UAA selectees, all seniors: Dane McLoughlin, alongside Julien Person and Brian Klements.

The Spartans continued their annual tradition of a weekend dedicated to the history of CWRU. The men’s squad played their weekend games in the red jerseys of the Western Reserve Red Cats and then the white uniforms of the Case Institute of Technology Rough Riders. The women donned the bright yellow of Mather College, as the fans backed Adelbert gymnasium for the fun. Despite dropping three out of four matchups, fun was had by all in attendance.

While his final season as a Spartan may be over, Dane McLoughlin hasn’t stopped receiving accolades for his outstanding play on the basketball court. McLoughlin has been named to the NABC All-District First Team, was in the running to play in the Recess Division III College All-Star Game and is a finalist for the Jostens Trophy, a national award given to an outstanding Division III basketball player who excels both on the court but also in the classroom and in the community.

H:Honorable mention All photos Observer archives from Andrew Howdewanec & Harsha Chandupatla

sports Spring break blues Baseball looking to bounce back from disappointing UAA Tournament outcome

JP. O’Hagan Sports Editor For some teams, the .500 mark is a goal, a good indicator for the season. The Case Western Reserve University baseball team is not most teams.

The Spartans return from the start of their 2015 campaign and stand at 4-4 and are tied for second in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Conference. With such a high standard of play to uphold, having won the previous two UAA tournaments, the Spartans were obviously disappointed with their showing in the tournament.

“There were a lot of mental errors,” said head coach Matt Englander. “We don’t expect perfection, but we didn’t play enough defense and we had a lot of chances that we didn’t cash in.”

The Spartans started the tournament strong, going four for five in their first five games down in Florida. The Spartans bested the Washington University Bears 8-5, Brandeis University Judges 9-2 and crushed the Rochester University Yellowjackets 12-0 in seven innings of play and finished the streak with a high octane offensive win against UAA Baseball newcomer New York University, 13-12. The 12-0 win over Rochester was highlighted by right-handed pitcher Neal Krentz’s no-hitter.

“A few things did go well,” said Englander, “Neal (Krentz) threw a no-hitter,

Tony (Antonio) Damiano was great in the outfield and Jordan Swisher was great at the plate.”

However after the 13-12 victory over the New York University Violets, the Spartans dropped the next three games to fall into a second-place tie. The Spartan’s bats dried up as they managed only 10 runs in their final three games, while giving up 24 runs to their opponents. The Spartans left lots of men on base, and a few fielding errors cost them some of the closer contests.

“We made a lot of small mistakes. Those are the things that separate good teams from great teams. We are in a strong conference; we can’t make those mistakes,” said Englander.

The Spartans will be returning to the diamond on Saturday, as they travel to Pennsylvania for a trio of games. The Spartans will take on Ursinus and Pitt.-Bradford on Saturday and follow that up with a rematch with Pitt.-Bradford on Sunday, before switching the schedule on Sunday.

The Spartans then play their first games in Ohio, as they face off against Otterbein Tuesday afternoon and then finally return to campus for the home opener on Wednesday in a rematch with Otterbein.

“The field should be all ready for the home opener,” said Englander. “We will be out there for practice, and it should be ready for the game.” The action starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, and the home opener is at 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.

Arianna Wage/Observer Archives Senior Jordan Swisher waits behind the plate during a game last season. Swisher’s hitting performance at the UAA tournament was a bright spot for the Spartans amid a disappointing outcome.

Baseball

Brandeis CWRU

1 0 0

2 2 1

3 6 0

4 3 2

5 0 1

CWRU Pos. #

Player

AB

6 0 1

7 0 0

8 0 0

9 1 3

Final 12 8

H 17 10

E 2 1

Brandeis

H R RBI BB SO

AVE

Pos. #

Player

AB H

R RBI BB SO AVE

CF

3

A. Damiano

6

2

1

1

0

1

0.000

CF

6

C. Shaw

1

0

0

0

0

0

RF

1

A. Cain

5

1

1

0

1

0

0.375

CF

1

L. O'Connor

5

0

1

1

0

1

0.322

1B

29

R. Winemiller

5

1

0

0

1

2

0.219

SS

15

N. Falkson

3

1

1

0

0

0

0.421

RF

42

C

12

J. Swisher

5

5

1

4

0

0

0.364

2B

11

A. Capetillo

4

2

1

0

1

0

0.300

LF

7

J. Neal

4

1

2

0

1

0

0.263

3B

4

K. Cain

5

3

1

1

0

0

0.303

DH 36

A. Gronski

4

2

1

1

1

0

0.214

PR

N. Glasser

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

DH 31

R. Healy

5

1

2

0

0

2

0.286

R. Pocock

4

2

2

1

0

1

0.300

1B

5

T. McCarthy

4

2

3

1

0

0

0.200

3B

18

G. Heineman

2

1

1

1

0

0

0.244

0.000

LF

11

R. Tettemer

4

0

2

0

0

2

0.318

27

C. Doyle

4

1

0

4

0

1

0.162

10

R. Trenk

5

2

0

1

0

1

0.273

9

0

8

SS

9

D. Souza

1

0

0

0

1

1

0.000

CF

2B

14

Z. Tobias

3

0

0

0

0

0

0.000

2B

Totals

42

17 8

7

6

4

Totals

CWRU Pitching # 20 31 35 28 16

Pitcher

H

R

ER

K. Johnstone 2.1 E. Abramson 1 D. Sondag 3.2 N. Krentz 1.2 A. Rossman 0.1

8 0 1 1 0

8 3 0 1 0

1 1 0 1 0

0 3 3 1 0

1 0 6 1 0

0 0 0 0 0

8

7

6

4

42 17

37 10 12

Brandeis Pitching

IP

Totals

0.250

BB SO HR

ERA 2.89 13.50 3.86 1.04 0.00

#

Pitcher

IP

22

S. Miller

31

R. Popcock Totals

H

R ER BB SO HR

ERA

8.0 15

5

5

3

2

0

3.92

1.0

3

3

3

2

1

10.80

8

8

6

4

1

2

9.0 17

Softball finishes fourth at UAA JP. O’Hagan Sports Editor

Observer/Archives The Spartans are off to a strong strong on the season having won 10 of 15 and were 5-5 at the UAA tournament.

Softball

1 5 1

CWRU NYU

2 1 0

3 0 1

4 3 0

5 0 1

CWRU Pos. # CF

Player

AB H 4

2

6 1 0

7 1 0

Final 11 3

H 13 9

E 2 1

NYU R RBI BB SO

AVE

3

0.395

CF

7

2B C

21

K. Wede

0

0

0

RF

8

A. Parello

4

1

2

1

1

1

0.460

RF

23

A. Filliez

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.167

DP

12

G. Roberts

3

1

1

1

1

1

0.426

P

25 A. Wennerberg

4

4

3

4

0

0

0.469

3B

18

G. Tritchler

2

0

1

0

1

0

0.289

PH

4

M. McMahon

1

1

0

0

0

0

0.500

1B

15

R. Taylor

4

1

0

1

0

0

0.357

Pos. #

Player

AB H

R RBI BB SO

AVE

C. Tarsitano

4

1

1

0

0

0

0.283

13

R. Fulton

3

0

0

0

0

0

0.243

5

V. Schwein

4

3

1

1

0

0

0.349

SS

8

K. Bonsignore

3

2

0

1

0

0

0.357

P

12

S. Scheiwiller

4

1

0

1

0

1

0.325

3B

24

M. Webber

3

0

0

0

0

0

0.275

DP

16

L. Parnaby

3

0

0

0

0

2

0.000

10

N. Evans

3

1

0

0

0

0

0.115

C

27 A. Groseclose

3

0

0

0

0

0

0.227

LF

LF

7

K. Klemmer

4

1

0

0

0

0

0.143

RF

3

M. Bella

3

1

1

0

0

1

0.156

2B

2

L. Robinson

4

2

1

0

0

0

0.400

1B

9

C. Ryan

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.100

SS

24

E. Dreger

0

0

0

0.167

P

27

J. Tremblay

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.500

Totals

30

9

3

3

0

4

Totals

33 13 11

0

0

0

7

3

2

CWRU Pitching #

Pitcher

IP

30 A. Wennerberg 7.0 Totals

H

NYU Pitching

R ER BB SO HR

ERA

#

Pitcher

IP

H

R

ER

30 35 35

S. Scheiwiller N. Evans J. Tremblay

0.0 4.0 3.0

4 4 5

5 4 2

5 3 1

9

3

2

0

4

0

4.33

7.0

9

3

2

0

4

0

Totals

7.0 13 11

BB SO HR

ERA

1 2 0

0 2 0

0 0 1

7.82 15.00 6.74

9

3

2

1

The Spartan softball team has a strong 15 games under their belt and have brought home the win in 10 of them.

The Case Western Reserve University softball squad has put together a strong start to the season, putting up a .667 winning percentage bolstered by their team batting average of .344 an on base percentage of .415 and 20 home runs on the young season.

The Spartans travelled to Altamonte Springs, Florida over break to take on their University Athletic Association (UAA) rivals in the UAA Championship. The Spartans started strong and strung together a four-game win streak after dropping the first game of the tournament to Washington University 8-5.

The Spartans were then able to win the next four matchups by two or three runs each game.

However a few injuries and sickness hurt the team on the back end of the week, as they fell in four straight games, losing for the second time to Washington University, this time by a score of 5-2, then a six-inning slaughter

loss to the Emory Golden Eagles 13-3 and a pair of losses to Brandeis University and the University of Rochester 5-2 and a narrow 4-3, respectively, on Saturday. However the Spartans rebounded to .500 in the UAA with a big win over New York University before coming home on Sunday.

The Spartans have been led thus far by sophomore Annie Wennerberg, who has put together a 5-4 record on the mound and in the final game of the tournament helped her cause with a double and a home run. The Spartans also have a pair of batters with batting averages over .400 and over 30 at bats, senior Ashley Parello (.460) and Wennerberg (.469). The two of them have also combined for 13 of the team’s home runs thus far this season.

The Spartans return to CWRU for their home opener this weekend, as they host a pair of doubleheaders against Geneva College on Saturday and against Baldwin Wallace University on Sunday. Following the quartet of games this weekend, the Spartans continue their homestand on Wednesday with a late after doubleheader against the University of Mount Union. The action starts at Mather Field at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.