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A loss to the CWRU community Remembering facilities worker Chris Malloy

Late facilities worker Chris Malloy seemed like the happiest worker at Case Western Reserve University.

He couldn’t stop smiling, and it was contagious.

“He was always smiling,” said Matt

Dvorak, the Graduate Resident Mentor for House 7 of the Village at 115th who worked with Malloy at the North Area Office. “He was on the balls of his feet half the time; he’d just spring into the office.”

Dvorak, who has worked at the North Area Office for the past five summers, saw Malloy, the Housing facilities HVAC technician on an almost daily

basis during his time at CWRU. They even bonded outside the office too, when Dvorak’s apartment’s air-conditioning malfunctioned.

Malloy used to stop by every day to tell Dvorak that “we didn’t forget about you. We’re working on it.”

He took pride in helping his friends.

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While Malloy’s work moved him all over campus, staff at the North Area Office, located in Wade Commons, saw Malloy when he stopped by to get keys or discuss facilities work orders.

“He’d always say, ‘I’m looking out for you, I’ve got you,’” said department assistant Beth Emmelhainz. She smiled

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from Malloy | Front when she talked about him. “He always made it a priority, especially if he knew who it was for, to come back right away and tell you what he did to help.”

Malloy was a bit of a jokester.

That’s part of how customer service coordinator Erica Harrison earned her personal nickname.

“He always called me Diva,” she said. “He’d yell out ‘Diva!’ and I knew it was him. That’s one thing I’ll never forget about Chris.”

“He was a really good guy,” she added. “I just wish that he knew how good he was. He always smiled.”

Malloy is remembered for his smile, and people can’t help but smile when they remember him.

“He had an infectious smile,” said housing facilities plumber Charlsie Anderson. “A good laugh. A bubbly type of personality. He was my best friend.”

Anderson’s relationship with Malloy went beyond just work. She is an aunt to Malloy’s son, Chris Jr. “I’ve known Chris for over 25 years,” said Anderson. “I helped get him the job at Case, recommended him, 15 years ago.”

Well, almost 15 years ago.

Malloy, who held a number of positions in facilities, would have cel-

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On Sunday, Arlia rememAug. 31, Malloy Courtesy Charlsie Anderson bered his last died as a result of Pictured above: Chris Malloy conversation suicide.

The news came as a shock to the with Malloy crisply.

“Chris said, ‘Are we still doing CWRU community; Malloy was a that ride in September?’ and I said, seemingly happy soul lost too early.

‘Yes, we’re going to make a run of it.’

And he said, ‘Man, I’m really looking *** forward to that.’”

Though Arlia was never able to Harrison returned the nickname he gave her with one for his most prized take that ride with Chris, he still possession: his new Harley-Davidson wanted to honor their plan. After motorcycle complete with fire-paint- speaking at Malloy’s funeral, he rode ed sides. the 50-mile trip to the burial on his “He probably thought I was crazy, motorcycle. but when we walked back [to see it], “I was with him for his last ride I thought, you gotta name it,” said to rest,” said Arlia. “I got to keep my Harrison. “When I met the bike, I promise to Chris. We got that ride in September.” thought, this bike is ‘Flame.’”

Malloy planned adventures with *** Flame, bragging about his motorcycle to many of his co-workers.

Around thirty other CWRU work“He would come in and tell me about the trips he was going to take ers also attended Malloy’s funeral.

There, friends and family rememwith it,” said Emmelhainz.

Malloy’s supervisor Sam Arlia bered Chris’ hard work, kindness and said that he and Malloy planned to smile.

“There was probably one of the take a day trip together to Port Clin-

best representations of a community there,” said Arlia.

Such a large turnout from the CWRU community proved to Arlia, and others there, that the university’s community is bigger than just the students.

“We really need to look and realize that the Case community is big, and there are a lot of people in it, and any loss is a tragic loss,” said Dvorak.

“There are people who won’t know what he did, but then there are people who know all that he did.”

Anderson focused on Malloy’s kind and gentle spirit.

“He would give you the shirt off his back if you needed something,” she said.

Emmelhainz remembered Malloy’s giving nature, too.

“You wanted to help him just as much as he helped you,” she said.

For the people who really knew Malloy, it was easy to see that he wasn’t just working for a paycheck.

They knew how hard he worked, and how hard he worked to make it look easy.

They knew the sound of his laughter after every joke, and the catchphrases that he shouted from across the street.

They knew him like family, and they remember his smile.

Fight for $15 comes to Cleveland Home care workers protest for minimum wage increase Anastazia Vanisko Staff Reporter

Courtesy Workers Rising Protesters gathered at a McDonald’s to fight for a minimum wage increase to $15 per hour.

On Sept. 4, dozens of home care providers gathered outside the St. Clair Avenue McDonald’s at 7:00 a.m. to protest for a $15 minimum wage. Inspired by a protest outside of a New York City McDonald’s started just after Thanksgiving 2012, the Fight for $15 has become an international movement, finding success in some markets, including Seattle, who voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 last June.

Home care providers take care of the elderly and disabled, providing services including bathing, dressing and cooking meals. Local home care providers, who have no union in Cleveland, approached Service Employees International Union District 1199 (SEIU1199), a health care and social service union, with the hopes of working together to improve the wages and conditions of their work.

According to Anthony Caldwell, communications coordinator for SEIU1199, it

was clear that there was a systematic problem, and as workers gathered, they saw that collective action was their best option.

The new movement, the Health Workers Rising Campaign, is trying to raise awareness and gather people to its cause.

Caldwell says the goal is to, “organize [workers] and give them a real voice on the job when it comes to setting their hours and wages.”

For many, raising the minimum wage is a necessity. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that home care providers in Ohio make an average $8.39 an hour, barely above a living wage. Caldwell says that the highest he has heard of is $9.50 an hour.

In addition to the low wages, home care providers have no benefits. Their health care, vacation time and sick days are all taken out of their own pockets. Sometimes, they have to run errands, pick up medications or bring patients to appointments with little or no reimbursement.

Jasmine Almodovar, a Cleveland home care provider, says that she is reimbursed

$0.40 per mile for these trips, but she doesn’t cash the checks because having to pay taxes on them ultimately hurts her in the long run.

This struggle is nothing new to Almodovar, who has been a home care provider for 11 years, and hasn’t had a raise in four.

For her, a higher minimum wage is the difference between scraping by and living comfortably. It’s a difference that determines how often she sees her son and if she can afford to go to school.

After the protest, Almodovar is optimistic about the chances of raising the minimum wage.

“Even some guys turned up,” she said, a rarity considering how underrepresented males are in the home care industry.

Almodovar said that the more people who come to the events, the more likely it is that change will occur. A minimum wage increase, she said, would mean that she wouldn’t have to spend her days taking care of people only to go home and struggle to make ends meet for her own family.

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New study launched to determine immune response to bed bug bites Mark Patteson Staff Reporter Posted around campus are dozens of fliers, for everything from University Program Board’s Spot Night to advertisements for classes to information about student group events. Most of them blend together into an easily ignorable blob of information. One, though, stands out.

“Healthy adults are needed to allow bed bugs to feed on them and then provide blood and saliva samples. Compensation provided,” reads the nondescript, white poster.

Dr. Johnathan Sheele, assistant professor and director of research for the Department of Emergency Medicine, hopes that this posting will help him get participants for a study on the immune response that develops after being bitten by bed bugs.

Sheele first became interested in bed bugs when he found a way to kill them.

Sheele, assistant professor and director of research for the Department of Emergency Medicine, found that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin killed bed bugs, a discovery that landed him in the New York Times and the Huffington Post.

After that, “I was set on course,” he said.

Sheele again encountered bed bugs when he started work at Case Western Reserve University. He noticed them arriving on patients in the emergency department, an issue that often forced them to close treatment rooms and call an exterminator.

“It has gotten to be a big problem,”

Sheele said.

Though bed bugs usually only cause minor rashes, and, in rare cases, more serious problems like social isolation, depression or severe anaphylaxis, they present a serious problem because of how expensive they are to exterminate. Sheele estimates that bed bugs cost his department about half a million dollars in direct and indirect costs per year.

Bed bugs have had a huge resurgence since the 1990’s for unknown reasons, though the reduction of pesticide usage and new travel patterns may have contributed.

Ohio is one of the states most affected, with Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and the Cleveland area all listed among the top 10 worst infested cities.

According to Sheele, little is known about the clinical effects of bed bugs, and almost nothing is known about the human immune response to bed bug saliva. Sheele hopes to fill this gap in knowledge through his study, which he is doing in collaboration with Dr. Tom McCormick from the Department of Dermatology.

“An interesting thing about bed bugs is that they do not transmit any disease to humans,” said Sheele. “But they do cause a huge amount of fear.”

When dealing with patients who have bed bugs, Sheele is frustrated by the inability of medical providers to properly address the bed bug problem.

“Physicians ultimately have to discharge their patients back home to be re-bitten,” he said. Sheele hopes that his current study, combined with his previous work with iver-

Andrew Hodowanec/Observer Dr. Johnathan Sheele and Katirina Coppolino, lead research assistant, study the immune response to bed bugs. mectin, will give physicians new options to diagnose and treat bed bugs.

“When a bed bug feeds, it injects all kinds of things into your body, including proteins,” Sheele said. In response, the human body creates antibodies against the bed bug proteins. In his current study, Sheele hopes to identify the antibodies against bed bug saliva in order to develop a diagnostic test to determine if a person has been bitten by a bed bug.

“We expect that we will identify which

antibodies humans make in response to bed bug bites,” he said.

Sheele said they have “only just begun feeding bed bugs on study subjects,” and the two year study is still in its early stages. While the squeamish might wonder who would even allow a bed bug near them, Sheele has received a number of bites on his advertisements for research subjects.

“I am impressed at how many people have contacted me to participate in this study,” he said.

School of Law’s Intellectual Property Center receives $3 million grant Aquene Kimmel Contributing Reporter

Rohan Ramkhumar/Observer The Intellectual Property Center hopes to use their new grant to expand on already existing programs for students.

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The Intellectual Property Center at the School of Law will be able to expand and increase its programs after a recent $3 million grant from the Spangenberg Family Foundation (SFF).

SFF, a philanthropic organization based in Dallas, was founded by Case Western Reserve University Law School alumnus Erich Spangenberg, his son Christian and his wife Audrey.

The IP Center is part of the School of Law’s Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, which encompasses about 30 courses in intellectual property and a number of full-time and adjunct faculty.

With this donation, the center will increase its opportunities for both students and faculty researchers in intellectual property law.

“I think that the sustainabilities and expansion of existing programs is what’s really important,” said Craig Nard, the director of the center. “It gives the pro-

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gram a sense of security moving forward and the ability to enhance our offerings and accommodate more students who want to get into this space.”

The grant will allow for the expansion of FUSION, an interdisciplinary graduate program that aims to teach skills necessary for commercializing new inventions and technology. Following FUSION, students can participate in the IP Venture Clinic, where they use this interdisciplinary training to work with real businesses and entrepreneurs to monetize technologies, with the help of a faculty supervisor.

SFF has made multiple other donations to the School of Law, including a $2 million donation in 2011 to establish the Spangenberg Family Foundation Chair in Law and the Arts.

According to Nard, the IP Center fit the SFF’s interests because its combination of business and law closely fits the goals of the IP Navigation Group, a business founded and chaired by Spangenberg.

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Sue B. Workman named new Medical student develops app promoting Chief Information Officer and Vice President of ITS positive mental health Sruthi Meka Contributing Reporter Jeff Clark, a medical student at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, recently developed a free mobile app called CBT Keeper that teaches users techniques to combat depression and anxiety.

The app, currently available for download on Android devices, explains the basic principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, and shows users how to categorize their thoughts and address other behavioral health issues.

The app is designed to function as a game, which motivates users to reach goals and remain consistent in their daily practice of healthy behaviors. The goal is to teach users how to recognize and fight the negative thoughts that contribute to depression and anxiety.

CBT Keeper provides constructive goals that promote healthy mindsets about coping mechanisms, allowing users to maintain a more positive outlook.

Clark, a self proclaimed “behavioral health advocate and amateur developer,” first came up with the idea for CBT Keeper in 2013 while finishing a medical research project on child and adolescent psychiatry, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. During the last month of his research fellowship, Clark was inspired to find a way to make a positive impact while still in medical

school, and the idea for CBT Keeper was born.

Clark wrote, designed and coded the app, spending over 400 hours on the project while teaching himself the basics of software design. The app was officially launched in late August, but it has already garnered nearly 200 reviews and ratings and over 5,000 downloads.

CBT Keeper features include quick access to the National Suicide Helpline, complete control and privacy over everything written, and daily reminders that prompt users to practice. Users can also track their depression and anxiety using the same scales that are used by professionals in the medical field.

“There’s a big stigma attached to going to therapy,” said Clark. He hopes to make mental healthcare more accessible for people by creating more software products that help manage behavioral health problems and educate people about mental health issues.

Clark is currently working on fixing bugs in the Android app, but he hopes to eventually develop CBT Keeper for iOS, the Apple product operating system. After graduating this year, Clark wants to pursue a residency in psychiatry to further his current interests in behavioral health.

“It’s really exciting,” said Clark. “I’m going to be a doctor soon and I probably won’t see 9,000 patients in my career.

It’s really interesting to see how one little app can make an impact.”

Courtesy Indiana University IT Communications Office Workman comes to CWRU from Indiana University, where she served as the Associate Vice President for IT Client Services and Support.

Alexander Wheaton Contributing Reporter Sue B. Workman has been named the new chief information officer and vice president of Information Technology Services at Case Western Reserve University. Workman previously worked at Indiana University, where she was the Associate Vice President for IT Client Services and Support.

The position at CWRU opened up in the summer of 2013, when former CIO Lev Gonick left the university to lead an initiative to make high-speed broadband Internet more available in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

Workman, who takes over the position from interim CIO Brian Voss on Sept. 29, will be responsible for managing the deployment of IT services, working with campus customers and overseeing the overhaul of the infrastructure, security and web services CWRU provides for its students and faculty.

Before getting her job at Indiana University, Workman worked at Hewlett-Packard,

where she worked to network computers from different manufacturers, and a small software company where she oversaw research, development and business practices.

According to Cyrus Taylor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who led the search committee for the position, Workman’s business experience was among the qualities that made her the strongest candidate.

Workman began with an entry level position at Indiana University, but quickly worked her way up the ranks of IT administration.

“Many people see IT as a utility,” Workman said. “But today, IT at a university is in every aspect of people’s lives.”

She said that she chose to take a position at CWRU because she considers it to be a top tier university with a focus on teaching, learning and research.

Workman said she is most looking forward to “building the relationships and partnerships with various schools, deans and faculty to help them use IT resources to be most productive in their work at CWRU.”

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Researcher identifies gene that causes rare brain disease

Kushagra Gupta Staff Reporter It’s rare to find a complete explanation for what causes a disease, but, in some fortunate cases, researchers can identify a gene that contributes to the progression of the disease. Chair of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences Dr. Anthony Wynshaw-Boris was the co-principal investigator in a study that pinpointed three genes whose absence can promote hydrocephalus.

Hydrocephalus is a condition caused by the build-up of cerebrospinal fluid in parts of the brain. It can harm a person’s motor skills, senses and reading abilities.

Normally, the brain floats in a liquid that protects, regulates and removes waste. In obstructive hydrocephalus, though, the excess fluid squeezes the

brain, resulting in a number of problems.

Wynshaw-Boris found that the lack of three developmental genes, called the Dishevelled genes (DvI genes), changed the way cerebrospinal fluid moved in the brain by affecting the location of hair-like extensions on cells called cilia. When displaced, the cilia don’t move the fluid properly, resulting in build-up.

Wynshaw-Boris graduated from CWRU’s medical school with a medical and doctorate degree in 1987. He began work on this project while in California, where he found that, if the DvI genes in mice were removed before birth, the embryos would die.

He found that the absence of DvI genes changed cilia formation in gastrulation, a part of the mouse’s early development where cells begin moving to properly position themselves.

Normally, cilia form near the edge of the cell, where they can properly move the fluid. Instead, Wynshaw-Boris found that they were forming in parts of the cell where they couldn’t function properly.

He describes the misplaced genes as oars that aren’t properly positioned in water-- they don’t move the water, or the boat.

He found that if one or two of the genes were allowed to remain intact, the mice were able to develop, but with abnormalities. This proved that each gene alone could impact cilia formation.

Wynshaw-Boris then decided to expand his research to see if the DvI gene’s effect on cilia was responsible for hydrocephalus. He used mice who had a few DvI genes left, who had grown into seemingly normal adults.

However, through the study, he found

that that was not the case.

“The fluid is outside the brain, but also inside the brain in areas called ventricles,” he said. “When we looked, we saw that the ventricles were enlarged.”

Wynshaw-Boris hopes to continue to study hydrocephalus to try to find a treatment for the rare disease. Using data from previous cases, he’s helped to diagnose hydrocephalus. He sequences blood samples and compares it to the patient’s parents, or uses stem cells from the patient’s skin to study abnormalities in the cell that could be altered by current drugs.

“Let’s say we sequence, we make [stem cells], we do the drug screening, if we have any success in any one of those areas it’s good for the patients,” he said.

“Mostly if we find the gene and tell them this is causing your problem, that’s important.”

Fashion forward business wins top prize at StartUp Weekend Brian Sherman Staff Reporter Fifty hours after the start of Blackstone LaunchPad’s StartUp Weekend, student startup Trendenza emerged victorious. After a hectic competition where they had just one weekend to create an entire business idea and strategy, the four CWRU students presented their idea, called Moda, in front of a panel of judges who eventually chose them for the grand prize.

Moda is a program designed to assist clothing stores in finding clothing matches for their customers.

Trendenza, which is made up of global MBA student Aditi Murarka, senior mathematics and economics major Hayley Teng, senior finance and economics major Michael Martinez and sophomore mathematics and economics major Marcus Gutierrez, competed with a total of eight teams for the grand prize. The team was advised by Chris Wentz, a CWRU alumnus and CEO of Everykey.

“I like to shop for clothes, but waiting in lines in a department store is a problem,” said Murarka, Trendenza’s CEO. “The store experience is becoming less and less attractive.”

To prepare for the pitch, the team confirmed this hypothesis by surveying 56 shoppers in Beachwood Mall, Tower City and other shopping centers around Cleveland.

They found that 58 percent of those shoppers admitted to having trouble finding matching clothes, and 68 percent would consider another opinion when shopping for clothes.

With this in mind, Trendenza, a name derived from the French word for trends,

decided to design a product to help stores match their clothing options for their customers. Moda is designed to be a small kiosk where customers can scan the barcode of their clothing item, and then get recommendations for other articles of clothing that match well with it.

“This is also made to help those used to the online experience, as this type of matching is available online, but not in-store,” said Murarka. “The system would be easy and cheap to set up, and can feature matches made by designers and other people knowledgeable about fashion.”

When it came time to present their idea, the team was ready to go.

“Being there, the judges seemed a little intimidating,” said Martinez.

“But we had rehearsed it a lot,” added Gutierrez. “We wanted to be super concise and enthusiastic about our idea.”

Trendenza took home the first place prize, while Noteworthy, an app that allows students to share notes from class, and 10:04 ink, a web comic portal and hosting site, took second and third places, respectively.

“When the judges announced we were the winners, we all thought, this is too good to be true,” said Murarka.

Going forward, Trendenza plans to seek additional funding through the Innovation Fund from Lorain Community College, a fund designed to assist northeast Ohio startups with manufacturing. Based on a positive response from informal interview with local store managers, the team hopes to integrate Moda into stores throughout the area and eventually branch out to other regions throughout Ohio and the U.S.

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Professors start Kickstarter campaign to study effective leadership Adithi Iyengar Staff Reporter Professor Richard Boyatzis and associate professor Anthony Jack recently began a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for their research on effective leadership.

Boyatzis and Jack’s research focuses on the neural correlates of effective leadership. They look at two opposing neural networks, the Task Positive Network (TPN) and the Default Mode Network (DMN). The TPN is more analytical and focused, while the DMN is creative and focuses more on morality.

Both networks are critical for effective leadership, but, because they oppose each other, it is hard for many leaders to find the right balance between the two. Boyatzis and Jack hope to show that effective leaders utilize both networks, and are able to cycle through them quickly and efficiently to adapt to different situations.

After some difficulty accumulating funding through traditional methods, such as grants from the National Institute of Health, they decided to turn to Kickstarter, a more unconventional method.

The goal of the Kickstarter campaign is to find new ways of getting donors.

Boyatzis and Jack want to find a large number of people who can donate small

amounts to the research, which they hope will be easier than finding large donors.

Boyatzis, who teaches a Massive Open Online Course called Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence, promoted the campaign to members of his course. The purpose was to get the 10,000 people who took the course to donate at least $10 each, for a total of $100,000.

The total goal of the campaign is to raise $112,500, and so far, they have raised $13,245.

“The thousands of people we had hoped would materialize with a small donation each has not occurred,” Boyatzis said. “If we hadn’t set the bar so high and made the goal to be about $60,000, it probably would have been more successful.”

“It is still a viable option to raise money with a few changes to it,” he added.

The deadline for the campaign is Sept. 23. If they don’t reach the goal, they will have to consider other options for funding their research.

“We will continue to go out to foundations who announce topics that are close to this,” said Boyatzis. “Tony will take a lead to develop a National Science Foundation application. I am trying to work with the development people from Weatherhead. For people in leadership, it is a topic that they would like to support.”

CWRU Police Blotter, Sept. 2 to Sept. 9 Sept. 2: Robbery—Student pepper sprayed and robbed by two white female suspects, Mayfield/E. 117th.

Sept. 2: Criminal trespass—Two males stopped and cited, Bingham Building.

Sept. 3: Bicycle theft—Unsecured bike taken from bike room, Clarke Tower.

Sept. 5: Motor vehicle theft—Parked automobile stolen between Aug. 31 and Sept. 5.

Sept. 7: Burglary—Items gone missing from occupied apartment between Sept. 5 and Sept. 7, Triangle Tower #2.

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On the beat: Welcome back The Case Western Reserve University Police Department would like to welcome back all our returning students and faculty. While the summer abundance of parking spaces and short lines at Starbucks are always nice perks for the students and staff who remain, we’re glad you’re back. So let’s get started— as they say, “This is Sparta!” Or at least a midwestern university with a Spartan mascot—almost the same thing, right?

The start of the academic year is a busy time for everyone, especially for our freshmen students. The first six weeks of college are sometimes called

the Red Zone, as university students experience higher levels of crime and other issues during this period. Here are some tips to help you settle in.

CWRU PD is a resource for you to try and make your time here as safe as possible, so call us when you need us.

Have our 24/7 dispatch number, 216368-3333, programmed into your phone, and download the CWRU Shield safety app on your iPhone or Android device.

Call us if you need help or if you see suspicious activity or dangerous conditions on campus. There are thousands of students here, and we could use your

Family of plane crash victim files court document requesting information about circumstances of crash Julia Bianco News Editor The family of Abraham Pishevar, one of the four students killed in the Aug. 25 plane crash, is considering suing the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and the flying club that rented the plane to the students, according to court documents filed on Tuesday.

Afshin Pishevar, Abraham Pishevar’s father, believes that the flight may have been part of ZBT recruitment, according to the court document, which named both the local and national chapters of the fraternity. Afshin is looking to receive any communication about and financial receipts for ZBT’s rush activities.

“Our family is seeking the truth about the circumstances of their f light and their participation in recruitment and rush activities of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Case Western Reserve University,” said Afshin in a statement.

According to Afshin, there are discrepancies between the official statements from the fraternity and the text messages and Snapchats that Pishevar sent to friends the night of the crash, which made references to rushing.

“If there is a connection to rush, then we want to help implement strong safe-

guards to help prevent this tragedy from happening to any other family again,” Afshin added.

Representatives from ZBT said that there was no record of the flight being a part of rush activities.

“The four men killed in the plane crash on Aug. 25th were friends outside of the fact that two of the four men were brothers of ZBT and three of the four were members of the University’s wrestling team,” said Laurence Bolotin, executive director for the national ZBT fraternity.

“We have heard from family members and friends of some of the men killed in the plane crash that the rush to sensationalize and litigate this tragedy is painful to them,” added Bolotin.

Representatives from the local ZBT chapter could not be contacted in time for publication.

Afshin has also filed for information from the T&G Flight Club and its owner, Laurence Rohl. He wants records of the pilot, flight instructors, and safety inspectors.

A representatives from T&G Flight Club did not want to comment at this time.

The court document is merely a petition for information, but in the future, Afshin may choose to file a civil lawsuit.

help. You are now part of the larger CWRU community, so let’s look out for each other and the university. If you see something, say something.

Many issues at the start of the year involved alcohol. Remember that hard liquors like rum are not meant to be drunk like milkshakes, and you will pay for it if you do.

If you are turning to alcohol because you miss home, you’re stressed out or you f lunked your first quiz, there is also a counseling center here where you can find someone to talk to. University Counseling Services can be reached at

216-368-5872. They are a resource that is here to support you, so use them if you need them.

When moving around the University Circle area late at night, use the shuttle bus system, the Safe Ride vans or walk with friends.

On the Beat is a weekly safety column written by Sergeant Jeffrey Daberko & 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 honors fallen classmates at memorial

Courtesy Chenghao Peng Members of the CWRU community gathered together in the Tinkham Veale University Center’s new ballroom on Friday, Sept 5. to honor the memories of the four students killed in the Aug. 26 plane crash: sophomore Michael Felten, sophomore Lucas Marcelli, freshman John Hill and freshman Abe Pishevar.

Foundation donates $2 million for creation of new EECS chair Gabrielle Buffington Staff Reporter The Parker Hannifin Foundation has endowed $2 million to Case Western Reserve University’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at the Case School of Engineering to create the Arthur L. Parker Endowed Chair. Kenneth Loparo, the current chair of the EECS department, will be the first person to hold the position.

The Parker Hannifin Foundation, one of the world’s leading manufacturing companies for motion and control technologies, typically sees annual global sales of more than $13 billion.

The chair is named for the company’s founder, Art Parker, who graduated from the Case Institute of Technology in 1907 before going on to create the Cleveland-grown company. At just 33, he invented an air-filled braking system for buses and trucks.

Parker has sponsored multiple univer-

sity events for CWRU, and continues to donate to scholarships and innovation in a variety of fields. The company’s current chairman, Don Washkewicz, believes that working with students inspires more ideas and advances in the engineering field.

“This endowed chair reinforces our company’s connection to Case Western Reserve and furthers our goal to support education in the communities where we do business,” he said in an interview with The Daily.

Endowed professorships are key in attracting more distinguished faculty.

“The endowment provides not only salary support, but discretionary funds to kick-start special initiatives and opportunities, support graduate student travel to student conferences and more,” said Loparo.

Loparo joined the university’s engineering faculty in 1979, and became the chair of EECS in 2013. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Courtesy Chenghao Peng “Unfortunately there is one question that we can’t answer. And that is why. Why does this happen to our friends and our teammates? Why does this have to happen to such great people?”

“At the height of Sparta’s power, it was said that one Spartan was worth several men of any other state. I think we can see the work of these men by the amount of people they affected and how everyone continues to ask ‘why?’.”

-CWRU wrestling coach Mark Hawald (left).

Lucas Marcelli, Abe Pishevar and John Hill were all members of the wrestling team.

“I understand that some of you guys are still mourning, I understand that, it’s a tragic loss. There is no way we can describe the things that we have lost in the past two weeks. Some of my best friends’ name are on the [memorial] board besides John. But I want to use his memory to do something. I want to use his memory to propel me to do great things. And I want to use his memory to do what he did for other people, just make people happier day to day.”

-Freshman Travis Alexander (right), John Hill’s roommate.

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Horoscopes Aries

As week three comes to a close, so will your hopes and dreams for free time.

Taurus

Open your mind, take it easy, take a deep breath and consider watching that show your friend recommended.

Gemini

You will see a cloud in the sky that vaguely resembles Steve Buscemi.

Cancer

Ivory Tower

Beware the ides of September. And midterms, especially midterms.

Leo

If you don’t attend at least one sporting event this week you will fail your next exam.

Virgo

Forgive your roommate for drinking all your milk. It’s a lot easier to live with someone when you’re talking.

Libra

Congratulations on making it through week three. It’s probably best if you don’t count how many are left.

Scorpio

Remember that thing you thought you’d regret doing? Well good news, it’s going to turn out totally fine.

Sagittarius

You’re the special. The prophecy states that you are the most important, interesting person in the universe. That’s you, right?

Capricorn

Across 1. Backside 5. A loose coverall 10. Vipers 14. Bears’ hands 15. Dining room furniture 16. Fellow 17. Alteration 19. Scrabble piece 20. Ear of corn 21. Humorous 22. Bounded along 23. Trap 25. Shade of white 27. Autonomic nervous system 28. Backpack 31. Bit of parsley 34. Indications 35. Caviar 36. Part of a foot 37. Rejects 38. Countercurrent 39. Buffoon 40. Answer 41. S S S S 42. Overtures 44. American Dental Association

45. Part of a stair 46. Sharp-cornered 50. Not those 52. A sudden forceful flow 54. Former boxing champ 55. Habit 56. Magazine 58. A single time 59. Lazybones 60. Mend (archaic) 61. Observed 62. Electrical pioneer 63. Poems

13. Hurried 18. Exaggerated nasality in speech 22. Cuts off 24. Found on a finger 26. Campers 28. Slays 29. Cypher 30. Lock openers 31. Store 32. Sweet gritty-textured fruit 33. Cite 34. Preempt 37. Formally surrender Down 38. Brother of Jacob 1. Quickly 40. Ploy 2. A radioactive gaseous 41. Nosed (out) element 43. Be attentive to 3. Mops 44. Domestic breed of rabbit 4. Clairvoyant’s gift 46. Disney mermaid 5. Steps 47. Twined 6. Not glossy 48. Winged 7. Death notice 49. Angers 8. In an overly sweet manner 50. 2 2 2 2 9. Barbie’s beau 51. Sharpen 10. They play roles 53. Website addresses 11. Drydocks 56. A sizeable hole 12. Wan 57. Nigerian tribesman

Kevin Yong

Crossword Puzzle

Watch out for the Healthline.

It ain’t stoppin’ for anyone or anything today.

Aquarius

Don’t let Cleveland’s heavy rains wash you away! Never leave without an umbrella.

Pisces

Please stop it with the rain dances.

Now.

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arts & entertainment “Squashing the Mantis” Cedar Point reconsidering rider comfort with rollercoaster changes Alex Clarke Contributing Reporter Early last week, amusement park Cedar Point released a cryptic, overdramatic video featuring a lot fake crying and the sounds of an old film reel, with lines that read “Goodbye is never easy / But in this case, it is.”

Then after a grim reaper (scythe and all) makes it way up the stairs to the roller coaster train station, the screen fades to black with the words: “Take one last stand.”

Cutting to pictures of the roller coaster in black and white, the logo for the Mantis ride comes up on the screen and says “The Mantis gets squashed Oct. 19.”

So they’re closing and dismantling the ride? That’s some of the speculation, but Cedar Point worker Will Hollingsworth doesn’t think so.

Hollingsworth has worked at Cedar Point for one and a half years, and throughout his time there, rumors of the Mantis closing have circled the park. He said “A lot of the people in the park didn’t see it as a big surprise.”

From talking to people in the park and “higher-ups” he said the big speculation is that the ride will transform into a sit-down roller coaster, where riders’ feet will dangle

over the track. “I don’t think you will see the ride being taken down. The ride is only 18 years old,” said Hollingsworth.

The stand up roller coaster was a big, unique attraction in the ‘80s and ‘90s. When the Mantis opened in 1996, it set several stand-up roller coaster records for height (145 feet), speed (60mph) and steepness.

But since then, the stand-up roller coasters have become very rough, and the CEO of Cedar Fair, who joined the company two years ago, seems to want to redo the rides that have become uncomfortable for the riders. Cedar Fair’s theme park in Canada, Canada’s Wonderland, announced in the beginning of August that they will be taking down the standup roller coaster there.

Asking around for theme park fanatics at Case Western Reserve University, students have noticed the ride’s discomfort.

Michael David, senior at CWRU, said, “[My friend mentioned] how glad he is to see it go. Apparently, the ride never sat well with his stomach.”

Some riders said that Mantis created headaches. Others noticed that the ride made their legs sore (there is a center bar between your legs, but it moves a little bit more than it should. This makes riders rely on leg muscles

to keep stand-up straight).

Yeah, no wonder they’re re-doing this ride.

The Mantis, built by the same company who built Raptor and Gatekeeper, will be converted with new trains and rebuilt sections of track. Hollingsworth said it seems that Cedar Point is going to market the Mantis as a new ride without actually making it a new ride: new paint, name, etc.

When asked about the “King James” rumor (Cedar Point tweeted that if Lebron James came back to Cleveland, they would rename a roller coaster “King James”), Hollingsworth said that he didn’t think (and hoped they wouldn’t) name the ride King James. The park takes out trademarks on the names for their roller coasters.

One of the names they do have a trademark for, but no ride with the name, is the French name for werewolf: rougarou (pronounced roog-a-roo).

Maybe it would make sense with the oldfashioned horror theme of the video Cedar Point released. Or maybe it’ll just add to Cedar Point’s ever-growing thrills. Regardless of Mantis’ new name, many Ohio roller coaster lovers will warmly welcome its anticipated changes.

Courtesy Will Hollingsworth Mantis will be revamped for Cedar Point’s next season.

Anything goes at Studio-a-Rama Sunny Kalidindi Contributing Reporter

Studio A’s day of music rocked Mather Memorial Courtyard.

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Were you terrified by the loud screaming coming from Mather Quad on Saturday, Sept. 6?

If you said yes, chances are you’re probably not alone. No, it wasn’t a bizarre ritual, and no, it was not some weird initiation event. It was WRUW’s semi-annual music festival, Studio-A-Rama.

This year’s co-headliners were punk rock band Bleached and the eclectic poppunk, palindromic group, Tacocat. Although the headliners are national acts, the rest of the bands were from the Cleveland area, giving the festival a unique and local feel.

One such act brought a whole new meaning to the “you scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream” phrase. Punk band Cruelster delighted and confused the crowd with a spirited performance that involved the lead singer screaming into the microphone while rubbing ice cream all over himself. Case Western Reserve University alum Ben Witoff thought the stunt was in the same vein as what he expected from the festival and enthused that “it was great!”

Before Cruelster’s ice cream extravaganza, fresh-faced brothers Emmett and Cullen O’Connor (13 and 16 years old respectively) took the stage as Archie and the Bunkers. The band was influenced by the group The Screamers which shows in their punk rock sound but also maintained a jazz feel with their inclusion of organ music. They were excited to perform at Studio-A-Rama after going to the festival last year and hope to come again.

For first timers on the other side of the stage, it was also a night to remember. Freshman Paige Yepko noted, “It seems like a great eclectic group and it’s something that you

don’t normally see on CWRU’s campus.”

Fellow CWRU student Sonya Mehta agreed and added that although they had not come to see a particular band, they were excited to see what the festival had to offer. The uniqueness of the concert was also the reason that Witoff keeps coming back.

He summed it up perfectly by saying, “It’s a musical experience that you can’t find anywhere else.”

For WRUW members, it was finally a chance to see their hard work pay off. For Connor Swingle, co-host of “Video Kills,” it was all about the local bands. “It’s great to some Cleveland bands with the headliners,” he said. In contrast, Tessa Greene, who cohosts “Girls Club,” was looking forward to catching the headliners. “My radio show is all female led bands or bands with a focus on women. So the fact that we have two headliners that are mostly comprised of women is really exciting.”

The headliners, in turn, did not disappoint. With a thick group of students, kids, adults and some dogs, Tacocat and Bleached took the stage and rocked the crowd. Tacocat won crowd favor with quirky character, catchy songs and fun dancing.

Keeping with the anything-goes theme of the concert, the band performed songs of various topics including urinary tract infections and contraception. In fact, lead singer Emily Nokes, introduced one song by saying, “This song is about periods. So if you’re on your period or know someone who’s on their period, this song is for you.”

Bleached, however, was a little less eccentric, and had a nostalgic vibe to their music.

Their song, “Love Spells” stood out for its throwback punk sound.

This meeting point of different yet similar bands showcased the strength of Studio-ARama. It has a rare ability to bring together different people together for one cause: music.

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Style spotlight

MBA blogger brings fashion and business together

Oksana Pelts’ unique style features bold clothing.

Allison Duchin Contributing Reporter Oksana Pelts, a current MBA student at the Weatherhead School of Management, is bringing a new voice to fashion in Cleveland and to Case Western Reserve University by association. Approximately six months ago Pelts started her blog “Style Moment” as a creative outlet, but since its creation Pelts may have bigger plans for the future of her blog and love of fashion.

As the blog and range of network expands, Pelts is utilizing the masters program to “marry the business side with the arts side” in order to be in a field that is more creative.

After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University with her Art History degree, Pelts wanted to move to New York to pursue a career that would allow her creative side to blossom. Due to certain circumstances however, Pelts has remained in Cleveland and now says she appreciates the Cleveland style she sees every day.

It is this “Cleveland street style,” as well as her Ukrainian heritage, that best describes Pelts’ own personal style. Pelts said she believes the essence of Cleveland’s street style is simplistically trending looks, but with an effortless feel.

Granted, Pelts said she spends most of her time outside of the CWRU sphere because she is working on her masters parttime and doesn’t see the swarm of students in sweats on a daily basis. However, she believes the essence of Cleveland street fashion exists in nearby areas of Cleveland such as Tremont, Little Italy and downtown.

Fashion icons have also helped shape how Pelts views her sense of fashion, which could be described as “understated elegance” or as subtly stylish. These icons include women who Pelts believes embody this kind of style: Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Kate Middleton. A style trait that Pelts attributed to all of these women was that they always had a sense of looking put together, but with a sense of ease.

It’s no wonder these women inspire Pelts’ sense of style, considering her devotion to the “one bold piece” rule. The rule suggests having one stand-out piece that is somewhat different and using the other garments in an outfit to complement the standout piece instead of competing with it. One of her examples is a floral dress.

In trying to promote her own style throughout and beyond the Cleveland social sphere, Pelts also made a point to mention other style havens that have an influence on the Cleveland fashion scene,

Courtesy Oksana Pelts

like The Wandering Wardrobe.

This hidden gem is not only an ingenious retail shop, but altogether a fantastic business model. The store looks almost like a food truck and allows shoppers to walk inside and then see a beautiful retail store.

Pelts highly recommends this outlet to anyone looking for a good deal on amazing fashion finds from L.A. and New York. Pelts elaborated that not only does the owner get top quality trends from the two largest fashion hubs in the country, but also that she admired the owner’s business intuition that has allowed her to eliminate large portions of overhead costs by driving her store around.

Pelts has no interest in halting her creative path. If nothing else her blog has spurred her forward to create more business opportunities. She specifically mentioned that she loves designing patterns and hopes that one day she can sell the prints or design small accessories and supplies such as paper or even phone cases.

Pelts credits a lot of her fashion identity to her Ukrainian heritage (she moved to the states when she was 15) because she says there is a different culture in relation to one’s appearance between Europe and the United States. She mentioned that in Europe, appearance is taken more seriously and is something more commonly addressed throughout a country rather than just in metropolises.

Pelts says she likes to honor her heritage by adding in elements of traditional Ukrainian fashion to her wardrobe. Luckily for her, the beautiful embroidery and loose bohemian peasant tops that are trending now are iconic pieces of Ukrainian fashion, and she exemplifies this with her favorite white embroidered blouses.

Her advice is to not buy clothing that is cheap just because it is affordable. If you are just going to have to replace it, then you should value the slightly more expensive goods (especially classics) for the quality it will hold, as it lasts longer.

Dressing well provides Pelts with a little bit of savings and a daily boost of positive energy. It also provides others around her with a positive impression of what she thinks of herself, her work aesthetic and ethic. The one key piece of advice Pelts gives to undergraduates is that people don’t understand how important clothing is.

“A person forms their opinion of you within a split second, and you want to give yourself the best chance. I think it’s very important for students, because you’re building your network and your career while you’re in college,” Pelts said.

Cleveland bustling with Hispanic Heritage Month activities Maria Fazal Staff Reporter Sept. 15 marks the start of the 26th annual Hispanic Heritage Month. Originally Hispanic Heritage Week, it was extended by Ronald Reagan in 1988, and since then, it has covered a 30-day period: Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

The commencement of the national event is also the independence day of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, and the month also contains the independence days of Mexico, Chile and Belize. Additionally, Columbus Day also serves as Día de la Raza, literally “Day of the Race,” for Latin Americans.

Although Hispanic culture is rich and includes several different African, European, Asian and Indigenous influences, the common underlying factor is the close relation to Spanish—and by some definitions, general Iberian—culture.

In the United States, Hispanics comprise the largest and fastest growing minority group, so naturally Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated nationwide. These celebrations often include festivals, gatherings and educational activities.

Cleveland is not excluded from the festivities, and throughout the month there will be several events celebrating and honoring Latin culture.

The Ohio Hispanic Heritage Coalition kicks off the month early, with their third Annual Lorain Hispanic Heritage Parade & Mi Familia Picnic on Sept. 13 at noon.

Additionally, the Cleveland Public Library will be celebrating Cleveland’s Hispanic culture throughout the month with music, crafts, dance and more.

Hispanic artists are also enjoying the spotlight this month. The Beck Center for the Arts and Hispanic Cultural Center is presenting their Hispanic Heritage Exhibit from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5. Artists included in the show are of Hispanic background and have strong connections to Northeast Ohio.

There was an opportunity to meet with

the artists on Sept. 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in a special reception. The Collaboration Corridor in the Beck Center Main Building will also be displaying work by young artists who participated in the Esperanza summer program, which was instructed by professionals from American Greetings.

Not shying away from embracing culture, Case Western Reserve University will also be partaking in Hispanic Heritage Month. The university is hosting an art show, which opens with an artists’ reception on Sept. 12 from 5 to 8 p.m. It will be held at the Kelvin Smith Library.

The featured local artists are Puerto Rican, Cuban, Guatemalan and Mexican. The artists include Puerto Ricans Linda Ayala and Bruno Casiano; Cuban Augusto Bordelois; Guatemalan Teresa Martinez; Ecuadorian Rafael Valdivieso; and Dante Rodriguez, who will represent both Puerto Rico and Mexico.

The artists’ talents are diverse and intriguing. The show will include an array of paintings, puppetry and photography. It will also be the first campus Hispanic art exhibition in recent memory to present local artists, according to research assistant and Alianza Latina/Latin Alliance member Edna Fuentes-Casiano.

Fuentes-Casiano also remarked, “It is an excellent way to start the Hispanic Heritage Celebration by displaying the richness of our many Hispanic cultures for all to enjoy.

It also serves as a way to reach out to the Hispanic community in Cleveland and to our CWRU community.”

Fuentes-Casiano is one of the organizers of the art show, along with CWRU Assistant Professor in Modern Languages and Literature Damaris Punales-Alpizar. The show’s sponsors are Alianza Latina/Latin Alliance, La Alianza and the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity.

Photo identification is needed to enter KSL, but the reception and art show are both free. The art will remain displayed throughout the month during normal library hours and will end on Oct. 22.

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Playlist of the Week: Sept.

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“Nowhere/Dead Alive” — Nowhere

Nowhere is not only one of Cleveland’s hardest working bands, having just announced the release of their new album “Diamonds” this week, but they are also one of the best psych-pop bands currently playing in the United States. The warm synth blurs, galvanizing bass and distorted guitars that permeate these tracks are so good that Tame Impala should be jealous. This pick is a two parter by necessity; “Nowhere” and “Dead Alive” are perfect compliments, flowing seamlessly into each other. Nowhere will be playing at the Grog Shop’s upcoming free 22nd anniversary concert on Sept. 13.

“Call Me in the Day” — La Luz Harsha Chandupatla/Observer J&L Country Market offers fresh produce to the campus community.

Ellie Rambo Staff Reporter Warm sunbeams fall on the potted flowers decorating the front of a small open air market on the side of Euclid Avenue. Behind the streets filled with traffic, customers enter through the old, paint-chipped door. Despite its rough exterior, the inside of J&L Country Market hides a selection of vibrant (and local) fruits and vegetables, as well as a section for various common student needs.

“Anywhere” — Interpol

above the fruit laid out on tables in the middle of the store. Opaque white walls surround the store, trapping inside the cool air that keeps the food fresh. The produce is scattered around, which can make it hard to navigate at first. However, an assortment of basic fruits and vegetables line the back walls.

J&L makes some effort to cater to the students and faculty of Case Western Reserve University. J. Londrico describes the store as “open to student suggestions for new items to sell in the store.”

Since enacting this policy, he has picked up new student-driven items like ramen and snacks. Since they do sell locally grown food, prices may be slightly more than grocery stores, but that doesn’t say much for Cleveland’s fresh produce prices. But the Londrico brothers always consider the college student budget, and in an effort to compensate for slightly higher costs, they

Timothy Kuo/Observer J&L Country Market and Garden Center opened over 50 years ago. It started as a family business, and remains one to this day. The two owners, brothers Joseph and Anthony Londrico, can usually be seen standing in front of the store to meet-and-greet customers, and the chances are that if you go, you will see at least one, if not both of them.

Standing right across the street from Con-

stantino’s, J&L offers food for cheaper prices, but it also has more limited hours. The market stays open from the last week of April all the way until Halloween, and its selection of produce changes seasonally. According to J. Londrico, the fall season is when they get most of their locally grown food. While the selection of fruit may not be as big as a super market, the fruits and vegetables are consistently fresh.

The inside of the store is mostly lit with natural light. Dull fluorescent lights hover

Working its way into a relaxed groove of doo-wops and reverb-heavy guitar, “Call Me in the Day” is a shimmering and steamy pop tune. La Luz, Seattle Washington’s premier surf rock band, will also be playing in Cleveland this upcoming week; they’re headlining a show at the Beachland Tavern on Sept. 17.

Also on the bill are local favorites The Insurance Salesmen and The Village Bicycle. Tickets are $8, and doors open at 7:30 p.m.

offer a 10 percent student discount on all purchases of $10 or more.

While the outside of the store may not seem friendly, the inside is quaint. The staff circulates the inside and outside of the store, in an effort to converse with you and show you around. Since the store is small and family owned, J. Londrico said that being friendly with customers is something they value very highly. If you are craving something more locally grown than what you can find at a grocery store, try J&L for a fresh start to the new academic year.

“Needle and a Knife” — Tennis

Worthy successors to the moody guitar work and solemn lyrics of Joy Division, Interpol are back with their latest album “El Pintor,” released Sept. 9 on Matador Records.

“Anywhere” is a short tune that boasts a single-worthy hook, driven by a lethargic and beautiful wall of guitar. Above all, this track shows why many crowned Interpol the new kings of post-punk revival back when they debuted in 2002. As evidenced by the regal tone of “Anywhere,” they won’t abdicate the throne anytime soon.

“Needle and a Knife” is a groovy piece of pastoral poetry from Tennis’ latest album, “Ritual in Repeat,” released on Communion Records Sept. 9.

The layered vocals of Alaina Moore melt beautifully into the organic piano and acoustic guitar work of bandmate and husband Patrick Riley, basking this track in musical sunshine. This album is a must-listen for fans of indie music; you’re not likely to hear a better work of dream-pop this year.

“Never Catch Me” — Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar

“Step inside my mind and you’ll find curiosity, animosity, high philosophy…” promises Kendrick Lamar on Flying Lotus’ latest single “Never Catch Me.” Based on the game-changing track records of these two titans of West Coast hip-hop, we shouldn’t doubt it. Flying Lotus’ new album, “You’re Dead!” is set to come out Oct. 7 and this song is a tantalizing preview that melds Flying Lotus’ immaculate jazz production with spitfire verses that evoke Lamar’s stellar debut album “Section.80.” Anyone convinced hip-hop is dead need just listen to this track. They couldn’t be more wrong.

Retro Pick of the Week: “Introduction”— Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (later renamed Chicago due to legal action from the actual CTA) put out their self-titled debut album in April of 1969, forever changing the sound of rock music. “Introduction” is a monumental piece of jazz-rock fusion that combines the brass attack of a marching band horn section with virtuosic soloing from the mighty guitar of Terry Kath. As far as debut albums go, few possess such an eclectic songwriting approach or adventurous track listing, as the group samples excerpts from the 1968 Democratic National Convention and lifts lyrics from the Beatles without missing a beat. Put on a pair of headphones and enjoy the wildest public transportation of your life.

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 a.m.-10 a.m. and co-hosts the variety talk show Max and Teddy in the Morning at Night (Sometimes) on Mondays from 5 p.m.-6 p.m. The crackle of vinyl warms him on cold Cleveland nights.

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Music professor discusses music in terms of Jewish stereotypes Lily Korte Staff Reporter Anyone who has ever watched a silent film or an old cartoon knows that the soundtrack is a vital component of the story.

A few bars of a melody could indicate anything from where the action was occurring to a character’s physical or emotional state, with the tune itself frequently serving as a punchline. While this might seem harmless enough if the joke being made was that a character had fallen in love or was a bit tipsy, what happens when the musical snippets are being used to reference or mock a particular ethnic group, as was often the case in the early 20th century? This was the key issue addressed by Associate Professor of Music Daniel Goldmark in a lecture delivered last Friday afternoon.

The lecture, entitled “Musical Stereotyping: American Jewry in Early 20th Century Mass Media,” was part of a colloquium series presented by the English Department, and addressed the role of music in creating or perpetuating Jewish stereotypes from the 1890s through the 1930s by focusing on topics both specific—how a seven-note musical phrase became the media’s go-to musical indicator of Jewishness—and broad—the development of Tin Pan Alley as an industry, and the pop cultural depiction of various other ethnic groups in music, either alone or in relation to one another.

In the modern era, where copyright enforcement is rampant, sheet music sales are non-existent and accusations of racism usually destroy a performer’s career, it becomes all the more fascinating to study the infancy of the music industry. One of the highlights of Dr. Goldmark’s multimedia lecture was seeing the sheet music covers and lyrics to many of the songs he discussed, as well as hearing recordings of some of them (Who could’ve guessed there were so many songs written about Jewish cowboys?). The lecturer himself even gave a vocal-and-banjolele performance of a song at one point.

During that era, there were multifarious songs published on assorted stereotypical themes as music publishers desperately searched for a new hit, for if one publisher had found success with a song about, say, an Irish-Jewish wedding, the rest were content to piggyback on its success by coming out with suspiciously similar substitutes.

Even composers and lyricists who are wellregarded today did their share of ethnic joke songs.

One interesting revelation of the lecture was that Irving Berlin, of “White Christmas” fame, wrote a wide variety of songs on every nationality imaginable in his earlier days in the business; the fact that he was Jewish himself didn’t stop him from penning a ditty entitled “Cohen Owes Me 97 Dol-

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You need Ed, but he don’t need you Jeniece Montellano Staff Reporter One man plus one loop pedal plus three guitars plus 14 LED screens multiplied by thousands of screaming fans equals one amazing concert experience. Last Thursday, Sept. 3, Ed Sheeran rocked the Wolstein Center on his X (pronounced multiply) album tour and filled the stadium with sound, light and color—all as a one-man band.

Upon entering, the two different fivepeople-thick lines looped around the whole stadium, blocking the way. Everyone was in line to buy the $35 t-shirts, $55 sweatshirts and $20 posters. Some chose to wear homemade X and + shirts, matching with their friends. Others opted to wear more typical concert clothing, rocking the crop tops and lace dresses.

Opening for Ed Sheeran was Rudimental. A fun, upbeat electronic band from England, composed of what appeared to be eight members. They combined rapping and electronic sounds with trumpet and with powerful singers of both genders. The drummer stood throughout the entire set, banging out a sick beat as the bass guitarist bounced riffs off of the keyboardist. Rudimental’s high energy was contagious, and managed to get the majority of the stadium singing along with parts of their songs.

Although it seemed like a lot of the audience had no idea who Rudimental was, the entire floor section was standing for their set, a rare occurrence for unknown openers.

The act was pretty hit-or-miss, though, with

Ed Sheeren’s one man show wowed the crowd at Wolstein. some songs falling flat and forcing the audience to awkwardly stand still, while others pumped up the crowd, as evidenced by the bobbing heads and waving hands in the air.

Once Sheeran came on the stage, the

screams of thousands of fan-girls immediately erupted. He kicked off the show with “I’m a Mess.” He started off using only four of the LED screens, each one showing different angles of him playing. The back-up

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bodying the one-man band.

He then stopped to talk to the crowd, encouraging everyone to sing along if they knew the words—even to make up the words if they didn’t know the actual lyrics.

“There’s only one of me up here—I’ll need all the help I can get,” joked Sheeran. Naturally, the crowd exploded into cheers, infatuated with the British singer-songwriter.

The concert took a slower start, with “Lego House” from his first album “+.” The crowd sang along, with all 14 LED screens playing an animation of Lego pieces. He then immediately sprang into “Don’t,” a bitingly harsh song with the f-bomb multiple times in the chorus, and from there the concert took a faster pace. All the LED screens stayed out, flashing bright colors and animation.

The crowd was predominantly female, with the age ranging from as young as 11 to as old as 50. Daughters brought friends while mothers chaperoned, but everyone knew the words to at least one song, regardless of age. Couples cuddled cutely to Ed Sheeran’s more lovey-dovey songs, and rocked out together to his fast-paced songs.

When Sheeran sang “Take it Back,” he showed off his rapping, which was wellreceived, especially when he rapped “I’m a singer that you don’t want to see shirtless.”

Thousands of girls screamed at that line, protesting and insisting that they would love to see him without a shirt.

“One” brought the concert down to a mellow state. Sheeran asked everyone to turn the flashlights on their phones and wave it in the air throughout the song, and the whole stadium was instantly filled with light. The LED screens played an animation of a cartoon couple falling in love, adding to the sweetness of the performance. Even with the im-

all the voices singing along, and all the lights revealed the outlines of couples embracing and swaying along with the music.

Sheeran then started playing “Bloodstream,” a song that showed off the effectiveness of the loop pedal he had. He recorded and played back the different parts of the song in real time, building the end of the song into a huge jumble of overlayed sound, riffing for longer than the studio version.

The crowd swayed and jumped around, bathed in the red and blue lights from the LED screens.

He slowed down the concert with another ballad, “Tenerife Sea,” and then brought back his more pop-inspired sound with “Runaway.” However, Sheeran also showed his emotional side with “Afire Love,” a touching song about the love between his grandfather and grandmother, detailing his grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s and subsequent death.

Before “Afire Love,” he stopped to talk to the crowd, asking everyone to please remain quiet and to not sing along for the next song. He waited for everyone to stop screaming, while some very insistent fangirls continued to randomly scream, exasperating the rest of the audience as a chorus of “SHUT UP!” followed every outburst.

After telling the crowd to ignore the screamers and riffing the same chord for a few minutes, the arena finally fell silent.

Sheeran then started singing, with very simple white lighting and only four LED screens on, showing different angles of the singer and his guitar. The light from the cell phone screens recording his performance added to the ambiance, and nearly everyone remained quiet throughout the entire song, watching Sheeran sing. He kept his eyes closed, even when a few people couldn’t

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Next up was another romantic song, “Thinking Out Loud.” He followed with “Give Me Love,” a song off of his first album, “+.” He started off playing the guitar, then used the loop pedal to continue the sound, setting his guitar down as he started vocally freestyling the bridge, repeating “give me love now, love now.” The screens focused on him before showing the audience as he continued with his repetitions.

He ended the concert with “I See Fire,” a song that he wrote for “The Hobbit.” When he left, incessant screaming followed him out until he came back out for his encore. As soon as Sheeran came back onto the stage, the screams intensified as he spoke: “I’ve got an encore for you all now.”

Sheeran started with “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You,” and while the studio version is only a little under four minutes long,

from Music | 13 lars.” More alarming still was the revelation that Berlin may have unintentionally plagiarized the melody to “God Bless America” from an older song called “When Mose With His Nose Leads the Band.”

While the larger cultural context was helpful to keep in mind, it was in the examination of minutiae where Goldmark most clearly demonstrated how stereotypes could grow so pervasive as to be mistaken for authentic representation. Thanks to the nearly non-existent copyright laws at the turn of the last century, songs from Europe could be published in the United States without authorization from their creators.

One such song, entitled “Khosn, Kale Mazl Tov,” had been a wedding song from a Yiddish theatrical production in the 1890s.

Upon reaching America a few years later, it was widely reproduced and became popular enough that it began to be incorporated into other songs, or used in musical scores for silent films with Jewish themes. The original context of the composition was soon lost as its popularity skyrocketed and it became associated with Judaism in the culture at large.

Even in recent years, this musical cliché still had enough cultural ubiquity about it to be billed as a “traditional Hebrew wedding song” in songbooks, despite being barely over a century old. It’s a phenomenon perhaps comparable to the musical link that the “snake charmer song” has to the middle or far east in popular culture; that melody dates to the 1890s as well.

The original songwriter wouldn’t have made a penny from the tune’s proliferation, and yet, in America, many Jewish songwriters and others appeared to feel few qualms about exploiting it and similar musical stereotypes. It is admittedly a rather complex situation, but it was clearly and engagingly explained by the lecturer, and it certainly left a lot of food for thought long after the discussion had ended.

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he sang the chorus a few more times at the end and even bust into some freestyle rapping. Sheeran then taught the crowd a few different harmonies to sing back to him before going back to the freestyle rapping.

All 14 LED screens displayed bright red patterns and an animation of a hand emphasizing the chorus—it may sound weird in writing, but Sheeran made it work. The song easily reached eight minutes in duration, with the crowd echoing the chorus at one point and Sheeran leading a chant of “O-H-I-O!” The end of the encore brought “A Team” and “Sing,” his most popular songs. When he reached the end of “Sing,” he had everyone sing the famous “oh’s” in the chorus, and said to keep singing those oh’s well after the concert, and to wake up singing them the next day. He then ended the song and ran off the stage, with the audience still singing the “oh” melody long after he was gone.

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New university center: Not all it’s cracked up to be Two weeks after President Barbara R. Snyder dedicated the Tinkham Veale University Center, the glitz and glamour have worn off.

We are hoping our first impression will prove misleading, but unfortunately, “the Tink” appears to prioritize aesthetics over functionality. The university center is a beautiful building, surely an exclamation point made for brochures, but we remain unconvinced it will have a strong impact on fostering the university community, which is what it’s meant to do.

The problems begin with lunch. The setup of the university center has made the simple meal a source of division among students, instead of a community building opportunity.

Despite boasting a strong lineup which includes Melt University, a smaller version of the Cleveland-based grilled cheese restaurants; Naan, a modern infusion of classic Indian food; 8twenty6, a vegetarian option; Pinzas, a pizza option; and Cool Beanz, a coffee and refreshment station, most of the campus won’t be eating at the Tink since none of the eateries accept meal swipes, a frustrating fact considering Bon Appétit, the campus dining management company, runs each station.

The problems continue with the politics of space and its availability. The ballroom remains closed during the day when not being used for an event. Additionally, students are required to pay a $75 per hour rate to use the otherwise wasted space. Students should not be priced out of using campus resources.

And what is the purpose of the super expensive Xbox Kinect screen? It’s a fun toy, but how does the university benefit? Surely the novelty will wear off in the coming weeks. Donation money could have been better spent somewhere else. It’s for nothing more than for show.

Furthermore, at first blush, it seems that more needed space for student organizations was added to campus through the Tink, but this is not necessarily true. Considering a number of meeting spaces in Thwing have become classrooms, there wasn’t much of a net gain in room for student groups, if any. Sure the Tink is a cool place to hang out, but we hope the university finds ways to use the space to strengthen our community.

The Tink is an impressive structure. Students have more room to study and come together, but choices regarding building usage, equipment, pricing and meal swipes have made the space unwelcoming.

The Tink would become an infinitely better building if the campus officials had put a sharper focus on the entire campus community.

Offering meal swipe options and sponsoring more all-campus events would fulfill the mission its name implies, rendering it a center of university happenings. Currently, the setup does little to foster community, and it doesn’t earn its title of a “university center.”

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A tragedy the university missed Recent staff member’s death not acknowledged by university officials Mike McKenna Director of Print During these past few weeks, Case Western Reserve University has seen an outpouring of community.

Support in the wake of the plane crash tragedy was given with outstretched arms. Individuals came together, and university officials responded, quickly informing students that help was available and that they were not suffering alone.

It was a tall task for CWRU’s Marketing and Communications Department, one that they worked through with taste, tact and compassion. But in the midst of their trial, they failed to cover another tragedy—the death of long-time facilities worker Chris Malloy.

The HVAC technician died as a result of suicide on Aug. 31.

Malloy had worked on campus for nearly 15 years, touching colleagues and co-workers with his bright personality. Needless to say, his death came as a shock to those who worked directly with him, or even just saw him come into various offices on a daily basis.

And that news was delivered in the worst of ways. The university never alerted the campus community to what happened, and many of those who knew him found out via posts on the anonymous gossip app Yik-Yak or 100-word blurbs on Cleveland.com.

As of press time, no note from the president was sent to student inboxes, no university statement was released, no article in The Daily was posted, no message about services was distributed, no memorial was set up and the availability of counseling services was never mentioned. Many students, including customer service assistants who worked with Malloy, were left frustrated with the university’s response. Over 10 days passed

without a word from the university.

To put it simply—CWRU’s Marketing and Communications Department screwed up.

Big time.

The first step to fixing a problem is admitting one exists; at least the department has done this.

“We did not respond how we should have,” Vice President for Marketing and Communications Chris Sheridan noted. “It’s something we deeply regret for his loved ones and the Case Western community.”

Sheridan explained that typically before the campus is notified of an employee death, the university likes to wait for services to be scheduled so they can send out that information in their university release.

Services for Malloy took longer than expected to schedule, she said, and her office did not check in adequately with the situation. Malloy’s funeral was held on Wednesday, Aug. 10.

Nothing was sent out regarding this either; university officials were not aware the services had occurred.

“We, being my office and others, just totally dropped the ball,” Sheridan said. “There is absolutely no excuse, we should have [responded better].”

According to Sheridan, after hearing about the student’s concerns, the university would release a message soon.

“We always planned on doing this, but we kept waiting, and we shouldn’t have,” she said.

Sheridan says she hopes a mistake like this will never happen again.

I hope so too. If we’re going to build a strong community, campus officials can’t forget about any member of the university.

Mike McKenna is The Observer’s director of print. A junior biology and psychology major, he has served in prior years in multiple capacities for the paper, including the news editor.

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It feels like November The meaning of Spartan life Jacob Martin Opinion Editor It feels like November. Not necessarily in temperature or temperament of students, but I feel like I’ve been on campus for three months rather than three weeks.

I must admit, I feel old. I see the 1200-something freshmen running around, the embodiment of frantic anticipatory reverie in a daydream I once had. I see the sophomores with slightly more laid-back demeanors with their thirst for life and curiosity still intact.

I see juniors living the college dream, not quite seniors ready to embark on the journey of life, but in possession of enough experience to be happily situated upperclassmen. I see seniors stratified: a third in a harried frenzy of worry about the future, a third with plans all set, a third under a spell of confused apathy.

I remember the carefree attitude I once had. Everything in college was planned for me, I knew my next step. As the years pass, that security passes too.

In fact, the wise student realizes what

he or she had wasn’t security at all, it was illusion.

I remember being a freshman. I can recall a number of memories in my dorm (Storrs), in classes with upperclassmen, the first “A” I received on a college paper and even the first time I saw my name in print under an article in this paper. I have a vivid recollection of many memories Case Western Reserve University has afforded me the luxury to make.

But the real world is an anarchic place ruled by chaos and disorder. Scientists call it entropy, philosophers call it human nature. Pick up any good piece of literature and this is inevitably a major motif. Character starts in world with some semblance of order; something causes disorder; character tries to restore order and either succeeds or fails; character is left in world despite efforts; futility tortures or fulfilment satisfies.

In “As I Lay Dying,” William Faulkner’s character Darl says, “How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home.” As I begin my final approach to graduation in May, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about home.

But where is home? And what is the purpose of nostalgia, what does it achieve?

Personally, I’ve never liked indulging in nostalgia. The etymology comes from the Greek nostos, “a return home,” and algos, “pain, suffering.” The word literally means homesickness and implies a longing for something in absentia. More simply, it always leaves me feeling empty.

I consider CWRU to be one of my homes. Lately though, CWRU doesn’t feel the way it used to: I feel like I’m lying beneath a solitary rain cloud that has opened up above the roof I’m lying on, only the roof is my own.

But maybe that’s the purpose of nostalgia, to remind us that things change.

CWRU has changed since my arrival in 2010, and I have changed with it. I am not the same person I was as a freshman, yet I desire to hang on to the novelty and wonder of that previous time.

We become aware of memories like we become aware of a leaky faucet.

When we’re constantly moving about making noise, we don’t hear the dripping. When we take a moment to bask in the solace of silence, the droplet of

water becomes audible as it lands in the tiny puddle around the drain.

This is the essence of life, the passage of time. But the fact of the matter is not important. What’s important is how we spend that time.

On Hessler Street there are a couple of benches adorned with art. One of them has an unattributed Lewis Carroll quote written inside a heart: “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Each time I walk by that bench I smirk and chuckle at its absurdity. I think to myself, “Sure, you begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end. Naturally you stop at the end. What then?”

The end of my CWRU beginning appears nearer than May for me, and I have begun a search for a new one. However, change is not inherently bad, it’s merely inevitable. Until I find my new beginning to sustain this year, I may submit to silence and resolve to hear the ceaseless drip—drip—drip—drip…

“Though I know I’ll never lose affection for people and things that went before, I know I’ll often stop and think about them in my life.” —The Beatles

Grey men Looking back, and forward Ted Howard When I ask my fellow students—an odd and much appreciated relationship and as I am fifty years older than most—why they are here at Case Western Reserve University, almost always the answer is: “To get a great job.”

I respect that. Given the cost of a college degree, it is absolutely necessary to validate the time and expense of the investment with an extraordinary return.

(Whether the cost of higher education is justified is well-discussed in the September issue of “The Atlantic.”) When I went to undergraduate college, I and most of my classmates would have answered: “To learn what kind of life is worth living.”

The two answers are quite compatible. It is not an either/or situation. In my situation, the issue of getting a great job was predetermined the day I arrived on campus. And the cost was affordable.

With a good summer job, a good parttime job during the school year, some penny-pinching and shared housing, I was able to pay my way through Cornell, the most expensive of the Ivies at

the time. That option is not available today, so getting a great job on graduation is a worthy goal.

However, fellow classmates, there is some humor in your angst. CWRU is one of the great universities in the USA and the world: Graduates are considered premium hires. Companies flock to CWRU every year to hire grads. From my perspective, and my experience as a recruiter, every CWRU grad will get a great job, some will have multiple offers and others may be hired even before they graduate. All that is necessary is to graduate, preferably in the allotted four years. It was predetermined for you the day you arrived on campus that you would also get a great job.

Now it may be that the zeal to get a great job contributes a great deal to the result. So I am not suggesting that anyone lighten up on the academics. The better your performance, the better the offers. What I am suggesting is that you look a bit beyond “great job” in preparing for the day after graduation.

Looking back on my career, particularly the 25 years I spent in the executive search domain, I encountered many, many people 10 or 15 years into their post-graduation employment, who were

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1) still in that great job, 2) wretchedly miserable, living lives of quiet desperation, trapped in a stultifying employment prison and who were now 3) not promotable. They would look around themselves and see younger people being promoted; they would see a younger boss, and a younger boss’s boss. And they would ask me: “What happened?”

They were legion in number.

There is a phenomenon in industry, especially in the larger companies, called “the grey man,” which now applies equally to women. Such a person is in his early forties; he has a spouse who has either a significant job or significant attachments to the local community; he has several children who are established in local schools; he has two cars, a mortgage, a cat and a dog etc.

On the surface he is living the American dream. But mostly what he has is the same job he started at, with minor title changes, a few early raises, a lot more work and no future. He is trapped. The company knows that he cannot up and leave. They know they have him for the duration. They know there is no reason to offer him any sense of a future. At age fortyish his hair is starting to turn grey, hence the moniker “grey man.”

What happened?

Maybe he was seduced by an above average starting salary. Maybe he bought into the perquisites offered to new hires. Maybe after he arrived he paid too much attention to winning contests, to pleasing his immediate boss.

Maybe he spent too much energy learning how to do some job and not enough energy in learning how to take control of his career. Maybe he got so good at his job that the company simply left him there, rather than turn the work over to a new hire. So now the company just loads him up with work and enjoys the bargain he has become.

What happened is he bought the booby-prize of employment. He took the great job without looking past that job toward what would constitute a great career.

Ted Howard is retired from a career in Executive Search. He is a husband, a father, a dancer, a pilot, a golfer, a gardener and a student of Latin and Greek and their respective cultures at CWRU. He majored in English (BA) at Cornell and took an MBA at Clark. A good day includes a morning of Latin, an afternoon of golf and an evening of Tango.

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It’s never too late The elephant in the room Andrew Breland This one goes out to the seniors.

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of discussing summer experiences with several friends. We shared stories of working in offices, the promises of careers in our respective fields, and the realization that what we did this summer is probably not the work we will be doing after graduation in May. Yes, graduation. Most seniors balk at mention of the g-word. Some are excited; they cannot wait to move into better and more “adult” parts of their lives. It seems some have even started adult life early. Students are accepting and sometimes working in full-time jobs already, others have gotten engaged or married, a few already have children. It’s incredible what a few minutes perusing Facebook will tell you.

This is not to say that any of these are the only indicators of adulthood. They are just some of the obvious ones. The incredible and perhaps startling realization is that as seniors we are preparing to enter this part of our lives. It might seem like it is too early to talk about these issues—graduation, of course, is more than eight months away. But it is time to start thinking now.

Two weeks ago, Case Western Reserve University experienced a shock

that made students begin to realize the sort of gravitas I am proposing. A tragic accident took the lives of four CWRU students on Aug. 25, 2014. In response to that event, Stephen Kolison, another writer here at The Observer wrote a piece about the dark humor in growing up. He wrote, “Life needs to happen because it makes us stronger. Life needs to happen because it makes us human.” This was, of course, in response to a tragedy that awoke the deepest and most empathetic parts of our community. I joined in Kolison’s sentiment, and posited that such a tragic event could be used as an impetus for community building on our campus.

However, there’s even more than that. Kolison’s statement echoes a larger theme in growing up and moving on.

In May, college, let alone formalized education, will end for much of the CWRU Class of 2015. Of course some will move on to further education in graduate, medical or law school. Some will decide in 10 years that they want to come back and pursue further education. Even more will make that decision sooner or later. But does graduation, the symbolic act of growing up, make us more human?

On Tuesday, David Brooks published a piece in the New York Times on this same issue. In a pseudo-review of William Deresiewicz’s “Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful

Just do you (sometimes)

Sophomore slump Stephen Kolison I always hated taking other people’s advice growing up. I’m hardheaded, and I have already convinced myself that I am stubborn from womb to tomb.

Part of me is sure that this is because I was always this Type-A kid who always knew what he was doing. There probably is a good chunk of people at CWRU who just cruised along until they got here. Of course, that’s when the people who are always sure of themselves start to question themselves and everything.

While I do not believe that yelling should be used to get a point across, I do it anyway when uttering my favorite phrase: You do you. Usually that expression is followed by a sassy, “girl,” “boy,” “honey,” “dawg,” etc. when in all actuality I am being very serious. But sometimes, just doing you is not helpful whatsoever.

To anyone who may have read my work from last year, I wrote many articles talking about the importance of staying true to yourself and doing what is best for you, not others. It became such a staple of my work that I could go door-to-door selling leather-bound journals with “Just Do You” engraved in them. But let’s be real for a moment here. Sometimes listening to just yourself is a bad idea. Half of the ratchet things I did freshman year were from my a) lack of sleep and b) lack of seeing the repercussions down the road.

Occasionally someone will know better than you. Whether it is your RA, your advisor, or even your mother. They have the tough job of making sure your life does not end up in complete shambles. With their training and experience, you can assume that they actually know what they’re talking about. Still, there is this fine line that we students must walk. Yes, our own judgment is good to go by. Yes, professional guidance

is also very good to go by. How do we know when it’s proper to turn a blind eye to an advisor or when to follow our hearts?

That question is probably why I avoided speaking to advisors my entire freshman year. If I messed up in any situation, I would take full responsibility for all my mistakes.

I never liked doing what others told me to do because it all turned into this huge blame game. It’s so easy to blame someone else for your troubles if it was his or her advice that got you in a crappy situation. You always hear those horror stories about that one senior who got crud advice, followed through with it, and is now the only college senior in a high school sex ed course. I am honestly kidding about the latter part of that scenario, but you do from time to time hear Greek tragedy about The Senior Who Got Crap Advice.

That does nothing but make me panic. I start asking myself if it’s all too late. Because I didn’t take statistics freshman year, does that mean I’ll be a hobo? Does not taking anatomy mean I’ll never understand human physiology and therefore die? The shoulda, coulda, woulda’s will always haunt you.

Maybe sometimes all you can do is blame yourself when a mistake is made. You chose to listen to him instead of yourself. Or sometimes you chose to listen to yourself rather than your advisor. Maybe walking the fine line between complete dependence on others and independence is more of a waddle.

A waddle that has one foot in independence and the other in dependence. That awkward shuffle between the two may even eliminate this “blame game.” In fact, the blame could easily be eliminated because frankly, shit just happens. If shit does happen, then maybe all we can do is make the best of it.

Stephen Kolison is a sophomore psychology major and pre-unemployment student.

He is a jack of all trades and master of none in training, a member of IMPROVment and knits while watching Downton Abbey. He hopes to be a talk show host.

Life,” Brooks suggests that the book’s portrayal of college as a growth experience is overplayed. College is not the Aristotelian Lyceum that Deresiewicz expects. Brooks explains this, citing the work of Harvard scholar Steven Pinker.

“Perhaps I am emblematic of everything that is wrong with elite American education, but I have no idea how to get my students to build a self or become a soul.” Brooks concludes that Pinker and Deresiewicz are not arguing mutually exclusive phenomena. Deresiewicz is positing what college education was.

Pinker is simply saying what it is.

What if college education were neither though? What if, instead of being about building the better human, or being the commercial enterprise which Pinker bemoans it to be, college was another rite of passage along the way to becoming human. We actually experience humanity with the choices we make upon graduation?

College is not about making us ready to do a job or launch a career. Even engineers will explain the long hours of on-the-job training and orienting they go through after getting hired. In other disciplines they are less spurious with their “real skills” education. Some, including my own degrees, don’t promise real skills but instead the ability to think, read and speak critically on subjects.

In this way then, college is not the commercial enterprise or the modern

Lyceum. Students attend class in order to gain a knowledge base that is hardly useful while still enrolled, and that will only benefit them marginally upon graduation. This is, of course, dependent on your career. The future college professors in the graduating class will disagree with me.

The humanity of growing up—the self-explorative part of becoming an adult—has largely become the goal of post-graduation activities, jobs, training and lifestyle. Some seniors, myself included, worry about the looming spectre of the mortarboard. A common line among students is “I’m not ready to grow up.” In fact though, we are. Everything you’ve done the last four years has led to growing up. We attended college not to grow up but to prepare for it.

Maybe this is why it seems strange that our classmates are approaching adulthood so readily. My first reaction to a classmate’s wedding is not “congratulations” but instead an introspective and silent rendition HAL’s oft-quoted line from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?” Growing up, becoming human, is an after-college adventure. Right now we are simply getting dealt the cards.

Maybe we should wait to play them.

Andrew Breland is the Observer’s senior opinion columnist. Contact him at awb69@case.edu.

Yickety-yak, stop talking back Across the CWRUniverse Kassie Stewart If you have been anywhere on Case Western Reserve University’s campus the past few weeks, I’m sure you’ve read the news. Bad news though: It’s not news at all. It’s gossip (mostly espoused by people who don’t know what they’re talking about). We are apparently cool enough to have our own thread on the new app “Yik Yak.” What is primarily an anonymous Twitter has taken the CWRUniverse by storm and everyone is spending their precious study time scrolling through 160 characters of mysterious rude comments instead. Though I must admit that some have been clever, most of what I have seen has just been degrading, belittling and outright immature.

Many have been using the app to spread rumors through the CWRU community and attempt to damage reputations in the process.

The free app, which has caught the attention of higher organizations on campus, has been the cause of much dismay around the university. The use of this application was even brought up in Panhellenic Council this week and has been discussed in numerous student meetings around our university.

But it’s not just a topic of discussion here at CWRU. Throughout the country Yik Yak has been making waves with backlash about the culture of bullying anonymously that has been embraced with open arms.

Let’s be real here: CWRU is not a typical school. We have some of the best classes in the world, and we are all

super smart, but we aren’t the schools you see on TV. Our football game tickets are not hundreds of dollars a game, and we do not throw raging parties on the quad.

But this is not a bad thing. In fact, we often pride ourselves on the amazing community CWRU is.

It’s nice to know that the girl who lived across the hall from you your freshman year will stop and chat when you see her at Denny’s. Or that a professor whose class you dropped last semester will still smile and wave to you on the quad. Embrace that we have the opportunity to experience this amazing institution instead of attempting to pass out stereotypes.

The app is just that: an app. It is not a gateway to self-expression or a chance to change the world. It’s not going away but we can change the negative effect it has had thus far. Stop using it. Delete it from your phone. Stop wasting your time scrolling and revert back to the days of tweeting with an @ sign and posting on walls.

This community does not need to be treated as if it is in some bad teen movie. This is not the college version of Mean Girls. So get off your phones and talk to some real people. Yik Yak is an anonymous domain full of those who have no other outlet to speak, so go talk to them. Make a new connection in real life instead of trashing the beautiful community we live in.

Kassie Stewart is a junior political science major. Self described as Amy Poehler and Joe Walsh’s love child, her mantra is “no day but today.” She enjoys napping, sarcasm and peanut butter.

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Spartan women shine in home tournament Volleyball goes 4-1 in strong second week of season

Jacob Martin Opinion Editor Case Western Reserve University cohosted the 2014 Marcia French Memorial Volleyball Invitational at Horsburgh Gymnasium with Baldwin Wallace University last Friday, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 6.

The Spartans decimated the opposition going 4-0 in the tournament.

On Friday, Case won 25-21, 25-15 and 25-17 against the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. After losing the first set against Muskingum University 25-19, they rallied for wins of 25-12, 25-15 and 25-13. On Saturday, the Spartans swept both Westminster College and Capital University 25-11, 2523 and 25-22 against the former and 26-24, 25-16 and 25-20 in the latter match.

Friday’s highlights were impressive in each match. In the Pitt-Bradford contest, junior Robyn Marks led setters offensively with 16 assists, while sophomore libero Kristen Mitchell led defensively with 19 digs. In the Muskingum bout, sophomore hitters Marian Barton and Kayla Plaff spearheaded the Spartans’ performance with nine kills and five block assists each, while Marks recorded 17 digs.

Saturday’s highlights were just as impressive. Against Westminster, juniors Ka-

tie Best and Marks led offense with 10 kills and 15 sets respectively. Junior middle hitter Haley Kauffman led the attack with 12 kills, while Mitchell again led defense with 14 digs.

Despite going undefeated, nearby John Carroll University also went undefeated but maintained a perfect 12-0 in sets to win the tournament. But Best earned an all-tournament nod with a total of 27 kills and 31 digs.

It was the fourth consecutive season Case and Baldwin Wallace have sponsored the Invitational together, and the Spartan volleyball team arrived with power and grace. While their undefeated performance was just short of total victory, they established an early record of 6-2.

Wednesday’s contest against No. 8 Mount Union was a harsh return to the loss column as the Spartans dropped three straight matches by scores of 25-17, 25-15 and 25-15. Plaff lead the offense with four kills but four other Spartans had three kills apiece. Defensively Mitchell slowed the bleeding with an outstanding 21 digs.

The Spartans will return to the court on Friday, Sept. 12 against Kenyon College as part of the John Carroll Invitational and then play Mount St. Joseph University in the second game of the tournament on Saturday afternoon.

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Women’s soccer wins back to back games by one goal JP O’Hagan Sports Editor After splitting their opening weekend, the women’s soccer team advanced to 3-1 on the season and won two hard fought games over the week.

On Saturday, the Spartans edged out Wittenberg University for a 1-0 at DiSanto Field as the opening game of the doubleheader of Spartan sports on Saturday with the football opener. Sophomore forward Alexa Williams delivered Case Western Reserve University from the hands of overtime by being the only player on either team to finally find the back of the net.

The game was close through 88 minutes of scoreless play as both teams battled for any real lengthy possession. The teams traded a total of 18 shot attempts but only the final one found its mark. Senior forward Christine Straka collected a loose ball on the right sideline and crossed the ball to Williams, who fired a shot past the Wittenburg keeper for the deciding and only goal of the match.

Senior goalkeeper Abbey Smith needed just one save to earn her second shutout and second win of the season.

In Wednesday night’s game, the Spartans battled back from an early deficit to best SUNY Buffalo State. The Spartans were led

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by senior captain Jessie Sabers who scored both of Case’s goals.

Saber’s heroics came on the heels of the early goal by Buffalo State’s Brenna Knight, who took advantage of a penalty kick at the 6:22 mark and beat Smith. The Spartans were left fighting from behind for the rest of the half and were unable to tie the game until midway through the second half.

In the 73rd minute, sophomore midfielder Amy Lindberg forwarded a beautiful pass to Sabers who sent a solid shot from the corner in between the posts for her first goal of the 2014 campaign.

Her second goal of the season came just a little while later after the teams headed into overtime to break the 1-1 tie at the end of regulation. Sabers captured the game for the Spartans in the second minute of overtime as she dribbled past the Buffalo State defenders and drilled her shot into the back of the net.

The pair of goals increases Sabers’ career goals total to 18 and moves the captain into a tie for third in program history for most goals and her second goal was her ninth game winning shot, which is a Case record.

The Spartans return home for a pair of home matches beginning with a Sunday, Sept. 14 against Center College at 1:00 in the afternoon.

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Wide recievers Luke DiFrancesco (right) and Ethan Albers celebrate their opening game victory against Carnegie Mellon University.

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Carnegie Mellon no match for mighty Spartans JP O’Hagan Sports Editor After expecting a close game, the Spartans were simply far superior to archrival Carnegie Mellon University last Saturday.

The kickoff for the 2014 football season had a lot of promise to be an excellent game, but the Tartans seem to have lost their game plan somewhere on the drive from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. The Observer’s 24-21 prediction was far off from the 30-0 outcome, but we were not expecting such a poor showing from Carnegie Mellon in the 29th Annual Academic Bowl.

However, we realized that the Tartans had basically given up after the Spartans had that amazing blocked field goal, so the Spartans

Andrew Hodowanec/Observer The Spartan’s offensive line prepares for the snap.

decided to add the 21 points expected to go to CMU to their own score and simply ran out of time. The Spartans have a bye week this weekend and so we will run our predictions for their next game next week after we tweak our methodology.

The Spartans were led offensively against senior quarterback Billy Beecher, who passed for a career-high 301 yards and two touchdowns both to junior wide out Ethan Albers.

Beecher also ran the ball into the end zone himself to account for three of Case’s four touchdowns. Sophomore running back Anthony Bianco rushed in the fourth touchdown late in the game to cap the Spartans’ scoring.

Beecher completed 24-of-37 passes, leading the offense for their 498 yards while the defense held the Tartans to a mere 184 yards. The defense looked strong, much improved over last season and added four sacks and a forced fumble to their strong stat line. Junior linebackers Everett Dishong and KJ Pederson each set career high tackle count with 13 and 12 tackles respectfully, and Pederson forcing the fumble.

The Spartans received the opening kick-off but were unable to do much and punted the ball to the Tartans, who found themselves on the edge of the red zone before turning the ball over on downs. Case then took over and marched 75 yards on 11 plays to get themselves onto the scoreboard.

Beecher hit Albers for his first of two touchdowns, a nine-yard strike and place kicked Nick Bavaro tacked on the extra point and the Spartans had a 7-0 lead with just over

four minutes to play in the first half.

The Spartans added to their point total late in the second when Beecher ran the ball in himself on a well executed QB draw that would put the Spartans up 14-0.

Carnegie Mellon threatened to score at the end of the half, and was very much still in the game, but their 19-yard field goal attempt as time expired was blocked by Spartan junior linebacker Gavin Sandidge and freshman safety Cody Calhoun scooped up the loose ball and made it to the opposite 29-yard line before being dragged down to end the half.

The Spartans opened the second half with a spectacular drive into the Tartan half which was marked by big passes from Beecher to Albers and sophomore tight end Zech Medved for 22 and 23 yards respectfully.

The drive set up Bavaro to hit a 33-yard field goal to make the game 17-0 with just over 10 minutes to play in the third quarter.

The Spartans wouldn’t add to the scoreboard until the fourth quarter, when Beecher found Albers in the endzone again and connected for a seven-yard touchdown pass at the 12:19 minute mark. Bianco punched in his first career score five minutes of play later to punch the Tartans’ ticket back to Pittsburgh, bringing the final score to 30-0.

The win marks the 13th opening weekend victory for the Spartans in a row as well as its eighth straight win against Carnegie Mellon, and we at The Observer have heard rumors that the Tartans consider Emory their biggest rival. This rumor, while disrespectful to us, the victors, is likely true due

Andrew Hodowanec/Observer Tight end George Darany returns to line after big play. to Carnegie Mellon’s ability to easily beat Emory’s football team, considering Emory doesn’t actually have a football team.

After such a satisfying win the Spartans will have a bye week this week before playing a PAC conference game at St. Vincent College on Sunday Sept. 20.

arts & sports entertainment Spartans rebound for three wins

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Chris Cvecko, the hero of Wednesday’s game, takes the ball up field in this photo from last season.

JP O’Hagan Sports Editor After struggling in opening weekend of games last week, the men’s soccer team turned around and won both of their games at the Fred Meyers Adidas Invitational hosted

by Ohio Wesleyan, and then pulled off a wet victory in their home opener on Wednesday night. The Spartans now stand at 3-1-1 on the season.

Four different Spartans sent shots between the posts in the opening game of the Fred Meyer tournament last Friday night against Guilford College. Their combined efforts lifted the Spartans to their first victory of season.

The Spartans opened up the floodgates early, taking advantage of their corner kick opportunity in the ninth minute.

Sophomore Joshua Prosser sent in the high ball, which midfielder Chris Cvecko directed into the box with a strong header and freshman forward Michael Balog

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buried into the back of the net to put the Spartans up 1-0.

Less than 14 minutes later, the Spartans added another as Matthew Zembas beat the keeper for his second goal of the season with the help of Balog, who connected with Zembas with a strong cross from the goal line.

The Spartans were largely subdued in the opening of the second half but then found space between the posts to bury insurance goals within mere minutes of each other.

Prosser blasted in a goal of his own from the middle of the box with 75:37 on the clock off an assist from Logan Glosser, and midfielder Slater Jameson put the final nail in the Guilford College in the 77th when he added an unassisted goal of his own. The Spartans dominated offensively holding a 21-11 shot advantage and took nine more corner kicks over the course of the match.

Defensively, sophomore Thomas Nolan made three strong saves to earn the win in his first career match. Nolan was helped on the backline by Ryan Meyer who put in the first

of two stellar performances over the weekend.

In the second game of the weekend, the Spartans bested the University of Mary Washington with a 2-0 final. Case was again offensively lead by Balog, who netted his second goal of the season, as well as senior defender Taylor Fletcher who found the back of the net for the second time in his collegiate career.

Neither side could get past the opposing defense through the entire first half and the draw continued until the 52nd minute of play, when Fletcher broke the tie by collecting and burying the deflection of the Mary Washington keeper following a corner kick taken by Prosser. Balog expanded the Spartans’ lead with an insurance goal in the 77th minute, giving the Spartans a 2-0 lead and the eventual second win in as many days.

Freshman keeper Calvin Boyle worked the shutout in his first career start and stopped both shots on goal by Mary Washington, again with the defensive help of Meyer, whose stellar play earned him the Dick Gauthier Award as tournament MVP. Balog, Cvecko and senior

midfielder Bairdy Hansen were also named to the all-tournament team.

Cvecko lead the Spartans in the the wet game that played out on DiSanto Field Wednesday night against cross-town rival Baldwin Wallace University. Through a scoreless first half, the teams battled both the other team and the weather as a storm brewed over Cleveland.

After a tough battle on both sides, the Spartans were finally able to take advantage of the slippery playing surface as Cvecko received a well placed cross from junior Zembas and fired a shot through the hands of the Yellow Jackets goalkeeper.

The Spartans were able to hold off the other Baldwin Wallace advances and Boyle worked his second consecutive shutout with three spectacular saves in the tough conditions.

The Spartans will stay at home this weekend and look to continue on the winning streak by facing off against Capital at DiSanto Field at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

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