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We Belong Here In the wake of recent race controversies, CWRU’s African

American Society is leading a movement to ensure that all members are accepted on the CWRU campus.

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pg. 2 Dance groups seek space

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pg. 13 The problem with privilege

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Campus dance groups

petition for more practice space Aquene Kimmel Contributing Reporter They could dance all night, but first they need a f loor.

Case Western Reserve University’s 10 student dance groups are currently engaged in talks with the university over the lack of consistent practice spaces, an effort spearheaded by Swing Club President David Aghassi.

Negotiations began last April and are coming to a head now with the opening of the new Tinkham Veale University Center (TVUC).

Dance groups currently practice in a variety of locations around campus. However, because the university does not categorize them as athletic groups, they are often relegated to second-tier practice spaces or are kicked out of spaces to accommodate the sports teams’ changing schedules.

“We essentially have no power when it comes to locations,” said Daisy Wu, the president of Urban Elements. “If [sports teams] say we have to go, then we have to go.”

Prompted by inconsistent meeting locations and by injuries caused by unsafe practice floors, Aghassi and the Swing Club decided to create a petition to find a space for the dance groups. The document, signed by over 50 student dancers from seven signato-

ry groups, listed dance groups’ grievances and proposed a list of solutions.

On Sept. 18, Aghassi and representatives from other student dance groups met with Vice President of Student Affairs Lou Stark and representatives from TVUC’s management, Undergraduate Student Government and other campus facilities to talk about potential solutions.

“The nice part about this is that everyone is working together from a team approach,” said Stark.

Among the proposed solutions is making use of the Thwing Ballroom, which became more available due to the many events and programs moving to the TVUC. However, this is a complicated issue because of the structural instability of the ballroom.

Information on the ballroom’s potential for cave-in dates back to the 1990s. The university is currently conducting a new engineering survey of the space to learn the actual risk associated with dancing in the ballroom. However, for now, the ballroom isn’t a viable option.

Another potential location is TVUC’s ballroom, even though its carpeted floor would need to be covered by a removable dance floor. That would cost approximately $10,000, but renting out the space with the dance floor for events such as weddings

Students build cardboard creations at for Habitat for Humanity event

Ishaan Taylor/Observer Students perform in Wade, one of the few spaces on campus that dance groups are able to practice in. could result in profit in the long term.

For a more immediate solution, Stark said that the Office of Student Affairs is looking into renovating the workout space located behind the Village Starbucks. However, he noted that the small space makes it an insufficient long-term solution.

Towel trouble Costs rise as Veale changes towel rental policy

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Harsha Chandupatla/Observer Students hard at work at Habitat for Humanity’s anual charity event.

Aneeka Ayyar Contributing Reporter What could you build using only cardboard boxes, box cutters and duct tape? Attendees at Habitat for Humanity’s sixth annual Let’s Shack Up event on Sept. 26 found out.

The event, which fundraised $150 for the Cleveland chapter of Habitat for Humanity, asked students to build creations using only the materials provided. The finished products ranged from robots to boats.

The club’s executive board judged the creations, with the winners receiving free Habitat for Humanity t-shirts. Two winners were crowned, one for most creative and the other for most “home-y.” The winners were a twelve-foot tall dinosaur and a large shack.

“I really enjoyed the freedom of being able to make whatever we wanted,” said freshman Shang Chen, a member of the team that built the dinosaur. “We just randomly decided to make a dinosaur and then we won.”

The event, which was held on Van Horn Field, was deejayed by WRUW, CWRU’s campus radio station, and also featured performances from Case Jug-

gling Club and Case In Point.

“The juggling team actually taught me and my friends how to juggle,” said freshman Megha Mansey. “Even though we were terrible, it was a lot of fun learning.”

The event was advertised using table tents at the dining halls, and through Residence Hall Association and Facebook.

However, due to an overlap with Delta Gamma’s charity event, Anchor Splash, attendance was much lower than expected.

“We didn’t realize that it was on the same day as Anchor Splash, which is really popular for all of the Greek affiliated people,” said Karen Chen, treasurer of Habitat for Humanity. “If we had chosen a different date, I think we would have gotten a larger turnout.”

Despite the small turnout, the executive board was happy with the event, especially with the nice weather that allowed them to hold the event outdoors for the first time in years.

“The important thing was to raise awareness for Habitat for Humanity in a fun manner of building,” said Sarah Carbone, president of the club. “We hope more people will come next year.”

Looking forward several years, Stark said that the new Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center will eventually be able to provide a permanent solution to the dance groups’ problems. In the mean time, though, the dance groups are still looking for somewhere to go.

The soft comfort of drying off after a tough workout or a good swim has become a little bit pricier for the students at Case Western Reserve University.

Before this year, the Veale Center lent towels to students free of cost.

Now, the Athletics Department has changed its policy, requiring a $40 per year locker rental for towel service.

“The department wanted to offer members and users a better quality towel,” said Director of Athletics Amy Backus.

“In order to do so, the decision was made that towel service would be available to those users purchasing a locker.”

“One could equate this change with similar policies adopted years ago in hotels asking customers to reuse towels to help save water and detergent,” she continued. “The $40 per year for a towel and locker turns out to be approximately 11 cents a day.”

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However, the eleven cents a day figure only applies if a student were to rent their locker for the entire year, from July 1 to June 30, and use a towel every one of those 365 days.

However, a typical student is only on campus for roughly 238 days, calculated from three days prior to the start of both terms until one day after the end of exams. If a student worked out and used a towel every day, this price breaks down to 7 cents per day. If a student only worked out three times a week, which is much more likely with CWRU student schedules, the cost increases to 42 cents per day.

Faculty and staff pay $75 per locker, and facility card holders, such as alumni, family members and community members, pay $95, increasing the cost even more.

Thinking of waiting to get a locker until next semester? Working out three times a week, at the discounted one semester rate of $35, the cost would go up to 71 cents per towel.

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Lean into discomfort

CWRU African American Society hosts event to discuss race relations on campus

Julia Bianco News Editor

his ID. The student said that the security guard asked him why he was on campus, even though he was on public property. It was late, the student said, he was tired, and he just wanted to go home.

After some of the stories, there is loud applause, but after others, the room grew noticeably quiet. When Henton read aloud anonymous posts from the popular social networking app YikYak, many students turned away.

and secondly the property,” said Daberko.

“We put Sustained Dialogue in place to “If we see people on the property engaged in give students a way to be in dialogue about suspicious activity, we’re going to ask what the issues they are concerned about and “Part of me says that I’m used to this they’re doing. A lot of our crime, especially then presenting them to the leadership,” shit. But you never really get used to theft, is from people who don’t go here or said Mobley. “[The Diversity 360 training] being systematically excluded from the don’t work here… If we see something suspi- is so that we do a better job of educating spaces where you want to feel safe.” cious and we have probable cause to make the the campus community about our core valJunior M. C. Perrin’s words from their stop, then we’re going to do that.” ue of diversity. It’s one thing to say it’s a flash monologue reverberate throughout the *** core value, its another thing to be sure that Thwing lobby, hitting people with a weight Hayford’s notes, combined with the Yik- everybody knows what that means.” heavier than anything they expected to hear at Yak posts, inspired Henton to Afro Am also plans on promoting the UPB’s weekly Thwing Tuesday event. Many plan the race relations forum. Sustained Dialogue program more among “Remember that this is a of the gathered students watch with fascinaShe and the other Afro Am their members, as a way to discuss issues tion, but some turn their heads or stare at their members planned the discus- that are bothering them and work with admovement, not a moment,” phones. They’re uncomfortable with the subsion over one hectic weekend. ministration to fix them.

Noah Stefanos, a member ject matter. They’re supposed to be.

It is the start of a movement “I talk a lot about the importance of stu*** that they hope will lead to dents feeling that they are seen and heard, of Afro Am, said at the Perrin’s monologue is part of a largconcrete changes on campus. valued and respected,” said Naomi Sigg, didiscussion. “We’re here to er movement led by the CWRU African The group is promoting rector of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, spark change and the first American Society (Afro Am) about how three pillars: dialogue to Afro Am advisor and co-chair of the comunderrepresented student groups are teach people about different mittee which runs the Sustained Dialogue step to change is to make our treated on campus. races and identities, aware- program. “Seen and heard is the first step… voices heard.”

It’s theme: #webelonghere. It’s a simple ness to let people know that I connect students to others so that there are concept—we are all students at CWRU, we their actions may hurt oth- strong and important connections that they all belong on this campus, we should all feel “Filipino girls are effectively Mexi- ers and advocacy to make sure that people can use to get things done.” safe and welcome and accepted. A simple cans.” “When are people going to realize are standing up for others.

Henton said that Afro Am also wants to concept, but, for many, not a reality. that racism is about how you dress? No one “Remember that this is a movement, collaborate with admissions to address the As a transgender student, Perrin’s story is scared of a black man in a suit, but a not a moment,” Noah Stefanos, a member issue of the declining rates of African Amerof personal difficulties was one of many lot of people are nervous of a baggy hood- of Afro Am, said at the discussion. “We’re ican students enrolling at CWRU, which flash monologues hosted by Afro Am ie with pants at their knees, black, white, here to spark change and the first step to reached their lowest point since 1995 this which have been performed across cam- whatever.” “Quit being so sensitive.” change is to make our voices heard.” year. Through programs such as going out pus throughout this past week. *** Afro Am hopes to do that by working to Cleveland schools to recruit students and The monologues came from a discusOn Sept. 18, Afro Am member Make- closely with members of the faculty and bringing prospective students to Afro Am’s sion at Afro Am’s race relations forum, la Hayford attended a campus safety fo- administration, starting with represen- Ebony Ball event in December, Henton hopes which was held in the Tinkham Veale Uni- cus group organized by USG. She didn’t tatives from offices like the Flora Stone that these rates will start to improve. Afro versity Center on Sept. 28. leave the meeting happy. Her notes spread Mather Center for Women and the Office Am also plans to organize a kickball game for “Our campus is long overdue for this across campus like a wildfire. of Multicultural Affairs and stretching all students from local Cleveland schools, “to tell movement,” Afro Am President DestiHayford and three other students met the way up to CWRU Presinee Henton said, welcoming over 120 with James H. Clark, a Caucasian con- dent Barbara Snyder. students who showed up to the event, sultant hired by the university to analyze “The work is hard and la“I feel like when you which was planned in just three days. and improve security on the north side of borious and multi-layered, go outside of Case, you “As CWRU Afro Am exec, we are com- campus following the robbery at Wade especially given the history mitted to non-complacency this year.”

Commons over the summer. of race relations and white sustart to meet people and The tagline for the forum was “lean When asked what African American premacy in this country,” said you learn their stories, into discomfort.” Students came to students could do to avoid being frequent- Dr. Rhonda Williams, associand you’re inspired and talk about the topics that most people ly stopped on campus, according to those ate professor of history, who avoid—race relations, acceptance and at the meeting, Clark advised minority helped Afro Am plan and fomoved by the different inclusiveness. They gathered to talk students “to be known” by CWRU police, cus their movement. “That’s people you meet. That’s about changing the things that plague and to go out of their way to introduce why it’s important to have many students at CWRU.. themselves to campus security. diversity and inclusion initiahow I fell in love with At the event, students were split into Clark said that he could empathize tives that deal with issues imCleveland.” small groups and were asked to write with Hayford because, from his time mediately as they arise, make down any negative experiences that they working at the predominantly African proactive educational and polpersonally, or someone they knew, had American Howard University, he “knows icy interventions and address with their race or identity. Then, they what it’s like to be a minority.” systematic racism.” them that they do belong here as well.” anonymously shared their stories.

Clark did not return requests for comment.

Many administrators suggest that diverAnother change that Henton wants to see Uncomfortable with many of sity training should be mandatory for all on campus is greater community involvethe statements that Clark made, students, faculty and staff. ment, especially through community service A student told of how he Hayford sent her notes to the other “I think that we need to be working to- and volunteering organizations like CCEL. joined a fraternity. During members of Afro Am, as well as wards having policies that are in place that “We need to get students who wouldn’t Greek Week, one of his members of university administra- mandate cultural sensitivity training, di- normally do community service to go out brothers suggested that he tion. On Sept. 22, Vice President of versity and inclusion training, unconscious into the community,” said Henton. “I feel should be on the basketball Student Affairs Lou Stark informed bias training for the whole campus commu- like when you go outside of Case, you start team. When he said he Henton that the security consul- nity,” said Shannon Lundeen, the director to meet people and you learn their stories, didn’t want to, the brother tant’s contract was terminated. of the Center for Women. and you’re inspired and moved by the difresponded by saying “it’s “[The notes] showed that he Lundeen stressed that, in order for ferent people you meet. That’s how I fell in called ‘blacksketball’ for a wasn’t the best person to be here,” these trainings to be effective, they can’t love with Cleveland, not just by staying on reason.” said G. Dean Patterson, Associate just be a one time thing.

Case’s campus and hearing about it, but goVice President of Student Affairs.

“This is about changing culturally in- ing to Cleveland and experiencing it.”

In one story, a student told of how he Patterson stressed that the feelings expressed grained habits of thinking,” she said. “If we *** joined a fraternity, something that he had by Clark were not reflective of the feelings of want to change people’s prejudices and steAfro Am’s movement was shown this been looking forward to on campus. During the CWRU Police Department. reotypes, it takes more than just one training. week through the flash monologues, but Greek Week, one of his brothers suggest“The police commander, the chief and It takes practice. We need to find the time and it won’t, and can’t, end there. Most of the ed that he should be on the basketball team. another officer came to the program on create the time on a university level for people stories told at the flash monologues end When he said he didn’t want to, the brother Sunday, because they really want to be in- here to take those trainings.” with #webelonghere, but some don’t. responded by saying “it’s called ‘blacksket- volved,” said Patterson. “They are invested Dr. Marilyn Mobley, the vice president for “Understand why, even though I want ball’ for a reason.” None of the other brothers in helping our campus be more sensitive to Inclusion, Diversity, and Equal Opportunity, to stand here and say, #Ibelonghere, I said anything. The student only lasted in the the needs of all of our students.” said that some solutions are already being question every single day whether I acfraternity one semester before dropping out.

However, Sgt. Jeffrey Daberko of the planned. One training in the works is called tually do,” said Perrin.

In another story, an African American CWRU PD said that there are still security Diversity360, and is based off of discussions student talked about walking home from concerns that need to be addressed. held at the Sustained Dialogue program, a - Alexander Wheaton and Mike McKenna the library late at night and being stopped “Our job is to ensure the safety of the cam- program which gives minority students a way contributed reporting. by a security guard and asked to show pus community, first and foremost the people to get their voices heard on campus.

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Spotlight on research

Cancer drug’s mechanism helps explain why some patients don’t clot

Kushagra Gupta Staff Reporter What if you were given chemotherapy drugs to fight cancer, but knew that those drugs could increase the likelihood of blood clots? A recent five-year long study by Dr. Lalitha Nayak of University Hospitals found that, unlike most cancer drugs, Bortezomib will reduce cancer, but will not increase clotting.

Nayak found that Bortezomib signals DNA to increase the expression of Kruppel like-factors, or KLF, a type of transcription factor which lowers the chance of blood clots forming.

Bortezomib is normally used to treat

patients with multiple myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. As a hematologist and oncologist, Nayak saw patients with bone marrow cancer on the drug and took note of the fact that they were not experiencing increased clotting. The question was how Bortezomib did this.

To begin her study, Nayak took to the laboratory under her mentor, Dr. Mukesh Jain. First, Nayak injected mice with Bortezomib. She then studied the amount of clotting in the carotid artery, the blood vessel that supplies the brain with blood.

The process is a complex modern marvel, involving dissecting a mouse after they put it to sleep.

On the beat

Alert, Alert

As we settle into our fall routines, history tells us that, at some point, everyone’s phone will start to quiver, bark or play whatever ringtone you have.

When you look to check it out, you will see a Case Western Reserve University alert staring back at you. So what are security alerts, and why do we send them? I’m glad you asked.

In 1990, Congress passed something called the Clery Act, named after a student who was murdered in her dorm room in 1986. The student’s parents went on to lobby for campus safety legislation. The act created the Annual Security Report that all U.S. universities have to publish every Oct. 1. They created the requirement that universities put out emergency notifications and timely warnings, which CWRU has labeled as security alerts.

Emergency notifications are just what they sound like—immediate notices put out through the RAVE emergency notification system about hazards such as fires or tornadoes.

Timely warnings are put out whenever a crime has occurred. Here at CWRU, this is usually defined as a crime against a person, such as robbery or assault, as opposed to property crimes like auto theft.

Alerts generally consist of the date, time and location of the incident, a brief description of what occurred and suspect descriptions based on the information gathered from victims and witnesses. This is to make the campus community aware of descriptions of potential suspects who may still be at large in the area and who pose a danger to community members.

There is always a balancing act between ensuring safety and not bombarding people with alerts and information.

CWRU’s timely warning policy is spelled out in this year’s Annual Security Policy, available on the CWRU PD website.

So, the next time an alert pops up in your inbox, take a minute to read it, and realize that they are sent to keep us in compliance with federal law, but more importantly to make the community feel safe and informed. Let’s look out for each other.

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

121 Fitness offers free yoga and zumba classes Tara Tran Staff Reporter As a continuation of their successful program from last year, 121 Fitness is offering free yoga and Zumba classes for Case Western Reserve University students. The sessions are available weekly for the entire semester, with yoga running on Sundays from 6 to 7 p.m. and Zumba on Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m., both in The Spot. The sessions are free, and no registration is required.

The program began last year when Edwin Mayes, the director of First Year Experience and Family Programs, reached out to 121 Fitness in an effort to

partner with them.

“It is really important for students to have a balance in their busy schedules,” said Sarah Ziance, associate director of 121 Fitness. Ziance said that the classes were a huge success during orientation, and she hopes that the momentum will continue so that students “will want to make it a part of their weekly routine.”

Junior Erin Collard said that she enjoyed the sessions. Collard is a member of 121 Fitness, but found that the sessions were even more enjoyable, saying “there were tons more people that I knew.”

According to Ziance, past classes ranged from 20 to 40 people, but she expects that the numbers will rise.

“We anesthetize the mouse and isolate the artery,” said Nayak. “We then place a probe under the vessel.”

The probe sensed the pulse in the artery and recorded when there were clots forming. At the same time, Nayak used a microscope to see the clot as it formed.

By doing this, she saw that, compared to normal mice, Bortezomib decreased clotting to below normal levels.

“The next thing we want to do is study the drug’s effects at the molecular level,” said Nayak. To do this, she studied the effects of the drug on cells. Nayak was already familiar with KLF from her work in the Jain laboratory, and so she decided to look there. She found that the

drug increased the expression of KLF, something that cancer and other cancer drugs usually decrease.

Because of drugs like Bortezomib and studies like Nayak’s, cancer fighting has gotten a lot smarter over the years. The archaic practices of large amounts of chemotherapy and radiation are a thing of the past.

Bortezomib only attacks cancer cells that have a particular pathway, which is extremely active in cancerous cells, but not active in normal cells. The drugs cause a controlled cell death, which stops the cancer from spreading, without affecting healthy cells.

“That is why it’s such a favorable drug,” said Nayak. “It has such few side effects.”

Inamori Ethics Prize awarded to doctor for work with sexual assault victims Julia Bianco News Editor Ten years ago, Denis Mukwege spoke before the United Nations Security Council about the use of sexual violence as an act of war. One of the members of the council asked why they had to talk about it.

Mukwege’s life’s work is dedicated to showing people why the issues of sexual violence and war are important, important enough to warrant discussion at the UN. Mukwege was awarded the the Inamori Ethics Prize on Oct. 1, an honor that is given away annually to a person who has made a significant ethical contribution to the world. Mukwege was given the award because of his work with the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Panzi Hospital has treated more than 40,000 women who have suffered severe gynecological problems as the result of sexual violence. The hospital tries to help its patients with their medical, psychological, legal, and social and economical issues.

Mukewege would particularly like to focus on social and economical help in the future.

“We notice that women remain in the state of victims if they remain economically dependent,” Mukwege said at the Academic Symposium, held on Oct. 1 at the Tinkham Veale University Center. “When they gain economic power, it’s the community that looks to them, not the women that look to the community.”

Mukwege talked about one situation in which he trained victims of sexual violence to make soap, which was a good not available locally in their community.

When they started contributing economically to the community, Mukwege said that their stigma of being sexual assault victims started to go away.

Mukwege was joined at the talk by Katie Hanna, executive director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence; Laura Hengehold, associate professor of philosophy; and James Kazura, professor of international health, medicine and pathology and director of the Center for Global Health and Diseases. The talk was moderated by Shannon E. French, the Inamori Professor of Ethics.

Mukwege’s work has been instrumental in helping to increasing international discussion about the use of sexual violence as an act of war. Recently, the United Kingdom held a conference attended by over 150 countries that discussed how to end rape in war.

Mukwege wants to propose sanctions and other measures against countries that use rape in war, treating sexual violence with the same seriousness that countries treat chemical and nuclear weapons.

“To me, that conference was a conference of hope,” Mukwege said. “That was a start, a beginning of something that would launch a wake-up call around the world.

What we wished to see after that would be concrete and strong action, and that is the part that remains to be seen.”

CWRU Police Blotter Sept. 23 to Sept. 30 Sept. 23: Felony theft—plumbing equipment taken.

Wolstein Research Building.

Sept. 25: Warrant arrest—male found on campus property with outstanding arrest warrant with Cleveland Police Department. Area of Fribley Commons.

Sept. 29: Bicycle theft—bike taken from rack outside of Constantino’s. E. 115th St. On the Beat can be contacted at policecolumn@case.edu.

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ZBT gives back

Fraternity volunteers at new low-cost housing nonprofit Gabrielle Buffington Staff Reporter The Transplant House of Cleveland (The House), a new nonprofit organization that temporarily houses hospital patients, is opening in University Circle with a little help from the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at CWRU. The House offers free or reduced-cost hospitality housing to those undergoing organ transplants. The goal of the House is to provide a stress-free environment where patients, friends and family can find comfort and support in a home away from home.

Twenty-five ZBT brothers volunteered on Sept. 27 to help spruce up The House’s location by weeding gardens,

painting the entryway, moving and assembling furniture, putting together electric recliners donated to the nonprofit and installing curtain rods and handheld showerheads in the available apartments.

The House’s first transplant patient and her mother moved into the first furnished apartment on July 20, and more apartments have opened to new patients since. There are currently five apartments available, with guests occupying three. There are seven apartment suites, along with a community suite, that should open in less than a month.

The House will be hosting a grand opening on Oct. 9, which will require many hands to ensure that the suites are ready for future residents. Refurbishing apartments can be a tough task for a nonprofit organization, especially when they are a bit short on staff.

“We have just one part-time staff person and the rest of us are volunteer board members,” said Elaine Turley, The House’s secretary. “So you could imagine how setting up eight apartment units is overwhelming for us. We were very thrilled to have all that hands-on help.”

The brothers of ZBT received an outpouring of support one month ago when an airplane crash claimed the lives of two of their brothers. The support they received from the community, along with their own life experiences, encouraged the fraternity to reach out to The House. “[The brothers are] very tuned into organ transplantation because one of their brothers is a kidney transplant recipient,” said Turley. “And as Marcus [Dempster, ZBT president] said, the community reached out toward them a

month ago when they needed it, so they wanted to turn around and do the same for someone else in the neighborhood.”

The ZBT brothers were eager to serve the University Hospitals community while getting their hands dirty. They were the House’s first set of volunteers, but Turley hopes they won’t be the last.

Turley said that the House is looking for volunteers that can make a oncea-week commitment for two or three hours to help Cassie Rosenbaum, the Operational Manager. Volunteers are needed to help with office work, assist Rosenbaum with checking families in and out, prepare rooms for new guests, and even bake muffins to serve to guests as part of the continental breakfast. The House is also looking for donations of paper towels, Kleenex and laundry detergent.

Spirit Wall to be rebuilt in new location Adithi Iyengar Staff Reporter The new Tinkham Veale University Center (TVUC) has brought many new things to the university, but it has also taken some away. The Spir-

it Wall, a large billboard that student groups could use to advertise campus events, was virtually unused during the building’s construction, and, over the summer, it disappeared completely, removed to make space for the walkway between the center and the Kel-

vin Smith Library. However, student groups will be happy to know that the Undergraduate Student Government is currently working on finding a new location for the Spirit Wall.

Although the construction is still early in the planning stages, Jacob

Ma, the vice president of Student Life on USG, said that the new wall will be built on the north east side of Thwing, facing TVUC, but closer to the Mather Quad. Construction costs are still being determined, but Ma said that construction is expected to start soon.

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Horoscopes Aries

You will get a cold if you don’t wear a jacket.

Taurus

Buy a wide-ruled notebook, it’ll change your life.

Gemini

The things you can’t let go of are things that still have something to teach you.

Cancer

Stay inside and away from surprise rain showers.

Leo

Deputy Leo D’Amato is your spirit animal. If you got this reference, look forward to a great life.

Virgo

The Wyant Center opens this week, time for one last long walk to Veale?

Libra

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Creepy

You’ll accidently get tackled by a zombie during HVZ, although you are not playing.

Scorpio

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arts & entertainment CWRU alumni return to direct and design Eldred’s upcoming show Temi Omilabu Contributing Reporter I’m going to be honest: Even though I am a self-proclaimed patron of the arts, I haven’t actually seen a show at Eldred in a while.

I know, on-campus theatre is easily accessible to students, and yes, the prices are quite affordable. However, I find that I am always swamped with homework or dashing to and from meetings, mixers and social events.

I know that there are many of you who are just like me—you want to watch a good play, see a fun musical or listen to some quality live music, but you just cannot find the time.

Well, we’re in luck, fellow arts-loving Spartans. Eldred’s latest play, “Waiting For Lefty,” debuts on Oct. 3 and closes on Oct. 12. If you are like me, and you are constantly making excuses for why you are not as involved with the arts on campus, I have comprised a list of reasons why you should make your way down to Eldred for this play: 1. “Waiting For Lefty” was directed and designed by Case Western Reserve University alumni.

Director Timothy Koch (CWRU ’08) and scenic designer Cassie Dorland (CWRU ’10) have returned to our beloved campus after spending some time working on different individual projects in cities like Los Angeles and New York City, and they have brought with them new insights and skills.

Once upon a time, they endured the horrid hell weeks before midterms and finals, they stayed up all night writing papers, they lived in the campus dorms and they experienced CWRU and all it has to offer.

However, they decided to return to the campus that prepared them for their careers in theater, and that speaks volumes about our CWRU community. Go and see the

show because you will be further supporting CWRU alumni who were once in your shoes—people who did it all before you and came back to tell the tale. How cool is that?

2. The plot is riveting.

If you’re a history buff like me, this is the show for you. “Waiting for Lefty” is set in 1935 and revolves around a group of dissatisfied cab drivers; the storyline is comprised of seven vignettes related to a meeting where the cab drivers decide to strike.

The script tells the stories of six drivers who come from varying backgrounds but have one thing in common: They were all forced into the job because of economic decline. Come to the play to join in on the meeting and find out what led each cab driver to go on strike…and who Lefty is.

3. “Waiting For Lefty” has some themes that are still relevant.

Koch summarizes the main theme of the play clearly: “There’s an exploitive economic cycle. Coming out of college, students have massive debts, and we have all felt exploited by the system. This play is about waking up to a system every day and having the odds stacked against you.”

Dorland adds that “students need internships to get experience, but those internships often treat students unfairly” and “the power structure takes advantage of young workers.”

Sure, none of us CWRU students were taxicab drivers during the Great Depression, but we’ve all felt discouraged by a system that seems to be holding us down. We have all experienced—or will soon experience—unfair wages in industry-based jobs, student debt and discouragement as we try to forge our own paths. Although “Waiting For Lefty” is set in 1935, come to the show for insightful, relatable content.

4. You’ll have fun.

The bottom line is this: Theatre is fun.

Courtesy Keli Schimelpfenig Paige Klopfenstein rehearses for her role as “Edna”.

Nothing is better than having a story told right in front of your eyes. There is just something magical about how a small group of people can take some lines off a page and bring them to life right in front of you.

Actress Paige Klopfenstein, who plays the role of Edna, believes her role goes beyond her stage presence. “I have the opportunity to bring someone who only exists in words to life. By giving the character life, I’m able to touch other lives,” said Klopfenstein.

Come for an intellectually stimulating, yet fun night. Actor Jason Sleisenger, who portrays the role of taxi driver Sid, says the play will reveal that “imaginary situations that are based in truth can be so powerful.”

Mostly though, come and see the show because it won’t be your typical weekend entertainment.

“These days theatre can seem antiquated and outdated…come to the show and see why humanity continues to express itself and examine itself through theatre,” said Koch. “Slow down, listen and participate.

Experience someone else’s story and experience yourself in that story.”

“Waiting For Lefty” will be running at Eldred Theatre on Oct. 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 8 p.m., and Oct. 5 and 12 at 2:30 p.m. Single tickets are $10, tickets for adults 60+ and CWRU faculty and staff are $7 and student tickets (with ID) are $5.

Juicy J announced as replacement Fall Concert performer Students have mixed feelings on selection Enio Chinca Staff Reporter

Courtesy Juicy J Facebook Juicy J will be replacing Neon Tress for CWRU’s Fall concert.

The University Program Board recently announced that Juicy J will be the replacement performer for Case Western Reserve University’s 2014 Fall Concert. Juicy J, a rap musician, is famous for songs such as “Low” and “Bounce It.” Neon Trees was originally scheduled to perform, but canceled after their bassist underwent open heart surgery.

UPB said they would choose someone from the original list of potential performers, including acts such as M.I.A, Timeflies and Walk the Moon, to replace Neon Trees.

With such a diverse list of potential performers, students had mostly negative responses to the ultimate decision.

“I really hate Juicy J,” said sophomore Barry Teich, furious with the new performer. “His rap has no meaning. Bring Wu-Tang Clan instead.”

Yoofi Mensah was also concerned with the decision. “As the producer of Satellite Beats, I have to say that some of his pro-

duction is good but I don’t like the way he raps. He’s not what you would call a chip off the old block.”

Freshman Spencer Sharp was less upset with the replacement. He was only disappointed because “Neon Trees would have been better.”

He was not the only student that felt this way. Junior Jonathan Parks felt similarly.

“No. I was happy with Neon Trees.”

Not all students were upset however. “It will be interesting,” said freshman Yii-Ru Yeh. “I don’t know Juicy J except for his thing with Katy Perry.”

The new performer is not the only change UPB made to this year’s Fall Concert; in past years, student attendees could bring one guest free of charge. This year, for $10, students are able to bring up to four guests with them to the concert.

With mixed feelings regarding the upcoming concert, UPB’s concert hype hinges on Juicy J’s ability to perform. The question remains if his show will stand up to past acts, or fail to impress.

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Urban Herbs Cleveland Botanical Garden hosts annual Herb Fair

Maria Fazal Staff Reporter

A visit to the Cleveland Botanical Garden typically entails several elements, including breathtaking fountains, vivacious florae and intricate sculptures. Despite its location in the notoriously gray and dreary-weathered Cleveland, the garden somehow manages to wrap itself in an idyllic ambiance.

Long known for its eclectic nature, the garden is continually changing and renewing its assemblage. Indeed, each visit to the Cleveland Botanical Garden seems to divulge a previously hidden gem. The garden is once again honoring this tradition with its annual Western Reserve Herb Society’s herb fair.

This will mark the 69th year of the fair’s existence. However, according to members of the Western Reserve Herb Society, this year’s fair will be unlike any other. In fact, this year’s fair will be so unique that has been given a new name altogether: “Herban Garden Market.”

To go along with its punny name, the fair will offer products to Cleveland’s shoppers.

The members of the Western Reserve Herb Society don’t just line their kitchen windowsills with herbs. Rather, they’ve found fascinating and exciting uses for them.

For example, one particularly interesting craft – and big seller – is called a “soup wreath,” which is literally an herb wreath that is made to be tossed into a pot of soup.

The wreaths can double as ingredients and decorations.

The herbs offered at the fair also go beyond the traditional green bundles. The fair is selling colorful, radiant wreaths and decorative arrangements for the home. There will also be

unique treats, including savory hibiscus salads and candied violets.

“Our herb fair products are one of a kind and handmade in the U.S. from our own gardens. What could be better? Learn more about herbs from us and share our passion,” Western Reserve Herb Society member Kathleen Gips said.

Other than the market-aspect, the fair is also offering a learning experience. The Artemisia is the International Herb Association’s “Herb of the Year,” and the Western Reserve Herb Society will be educating visitors on this herb, guiding guests on a tour to view the herb in person and show how the herb is used in bouquets, potpourri and wreaths.

Artemisia is an herb surrounded as much by folklore and magic as science. While the early Chinese believed the plant to have charm-like qualities, various species of Artemisia are now used to make mint tea, wine and the most rapid-action drug to treat malaria.

The fair will also feature guest speakers Will Lynch of Lynch Floral Designs, Beth Schreibman Gehring of Stirring the Senses and Olympic Ski Team Chef, Robin Blair.

They will be dishing out advice on entertaining and decorating for the holidays.

The proceeds from the fair will go to funding the Western Reserve Herb Society scholarships to students and to maintaining their herb garden located in the Cleveland Botanical Garden.

The herb fair will take place at the Cleveland Botanical Garden on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Admission to the fair is free with admission to the Botanical Garden. Admission for adults is $6, and tickets for Case Western Reserve Students are free.

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CWRU’s EMBA program makes friends for life Child art auction assists South Africa nonprofit

Anne Nickoloff, Arts & Entertainment Editor After an unforgettable trip abroad, Case Western Reserve University’s graduate students in the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) class of 2015 found a creative way to give back to South African communities in need.

Every summer, members of each EMBA class travel to different nations and learn about business in an international context. Small groups of students are responsible for organizing two to four visits with different businesses in the area, which are meant to highlight that area’s business context. Oftentimes, the visits are comprised of meetings with CEOs and administrators of local organizations.

However, one group of students chose a meeting that was a little different from speaking in a board room.

Student Don Henderson chose to bring the class to Friends for Life, a nonprofit organization which serves those suffering from HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Henderson, who has now taken six trips to various locations in the the nation, believes that all business is intertwined with poverty and other issues which touch the poor.

“While we were travelling to South Africa to understand international business, I believe you can’t understand the business environment without understanding the

culture in which it operates,” said Henderson. “Poverty is rampant across the African continent, so I believed that it needed to be a critical element of our visit.”

Angela Brandt, a student who went on the trip, recalled the experiences of visiting four different homes of people who were assisted by FFL. “Even recalling it now makes me want to return and do more,” said Brandt.

“This business visit was life changing for me, personally.”

According to Brandt, all the people she visited lived in homes without electricity or running water. However, whether they were small children or grandmothers, their conditions did not squash their spirit. “There was laughter and hope; amazing, given the challenges and struggles,” she said.

At the end of the FFL visit, the EMBA group was given a stack of original artwork created by the children assisted through the program. These paintings were displayed at the George S. Dively building for two weeks and sold through a silent auction.

Many themes in the artwork involved HIV/AIDS awareness, but, after all, they were made by kids. Other paintings featured dolphins and families, all drawn clumsily by little hands.

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Harsha Chandupatla/Observer Children’s art was on display in Dively Building to fundraise for Friends for Life. cording to Brandt, the idea of selling the children’s art was a matter of common sense. “It was the most organic way we could think of to increase awareness for the program [and] the business, and to celebrate our journey,” said Brandt.

Ultimately, through selling children’s paintings, the EMBA Class of 2015 raised around $900 for FFL. While the money raised doesn’t seem high in the United States, in Africa it will go a long way to help

with FFL’s humble mission to assist those with HIV/AIDS. In Brandt’s mind, the visit to FFL helped her life as well. ”If our visit helped any one of the individuals we met with to seek help, stay in school or obtain one of their dreams, I can’t imagine a more meaningful impact,” said Brandt. “Friends for Life made a lasting impact on us. I think that the gift they gave us will outlast the monetary gift we will be able to share with them.”

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Let art engage your senses

MOCA’s fall exhibition takes new look at everyday objects

Tiffany Cheung Contributing Reporter This year’s Fall Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland features two exhibitions: Ferran Adrià’s “Notes on Creativity” and Kirk Mangus’ “Things Love.”

Both of these exhibitions feature a new look at contemporary art. Jill Snyder, the executive director of the museum, said that the exhibits are trying to “expand the definition of contemporary art.” But, it’s not often that food or ceramic works would be considered art.

The food that was portrayed at this exhibit was realistic enough to want to eat. Ferran Adrià, a Spanish chef often called the best chef in the world, used plasticine molds for handmade repetitions of the foods he made.

Looking around the room of the “Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity” exhibit shows the mindset of Adrià. He drew everything with precision, and although his sketches did not involve colors, the dishes were easy to imagine.

Simply looking at the sketches would make any foodie’s mouth water.

Wandering into a dark room showing the documentary “1846,” one would immediately notice the screen with high definition closeups of the dishes that Adrià made and the sounds in the room. Brett Littman, the curator

of this exhibit, wanted this video to “conceptually give us the final product.”

Each sound in the video was carefully chosen to give the effect of a real restaurant visit. There are the sounds of Adrià’s actual kitchen, the dining room of Adrià’s restaurant, water lapping on the cove near the restaurant and an opera that someone wrote after eating Adrià’s handcrafted dishes.

Littman tried his best to give the feel of Adrià’s food. He tried to engage all our senses except, of course, taste.

Littman wants students to go to this exhibit and realize that they could connect with Adrià and his precision-based dishes.

While Adrià was creating his dishes, he needed to adopt many different disciplines and innovative ways of thinking. He hired scientists, industrial designers and other professionals to help with the process.

Adrià didn’t want his food to appeal specifically to taste. Through his unique techniques, he wanted his food to appeal to all the senses.

“It’s way more than art,” said Julius Barkley, gallery attendant for the MOCA Cleveland. Barkley noted how the exhibit aims to change the way people interpret and look at food. Food is not only about taste; it is about what we see, smell, feel and hear too. Adrià’s restaurant wasn’t a mere restaurant with fancy

dishes; it was a platform of creativity.

The ceramic pieces of the “Kirk Mangus: Thing Love” exhibit is in the next room.

This exhibit features a different perspective of ceramic pieces. After all, one would expect a coffee mug to be a certain shape and size. However, the mug that Mangus creates is filled with color, uneven edges and fingerprints from where he pushed and pulled the clay. The finger imprints aim to show movement in the pieces. Mangus didn’t create rigid, everyday, mundane objects. Instead, he created pieces of art.

Rose Bouthillier, the curator of this exhibit, notes that the unpolished and unique pieces show “the return to the hand.”

Mangus wanted art to be human and full of life. All his ceramic pieces, from start to finish, were purely created by his own hands— he even dug for his own clay locally and built his own kilns. Bouthillier also notes that the ceramic pieces on the right wall were placed in no particular order. Instead, the pieces aim to show a stream of consciousness.

Most people put things in contact with fire to destroy them. In this case, however, both food and ceramic pieces used heat to create final products that aim to engage our senses.

The Fall Exhibition at the MOCA Cleveland will be held from Sept. 26 to Jan. 18, 2015.

Reasons to write

Zadie Smith visits campus for engaging talk Jessica Yang Social Media Editor Attendees of novelist Zadie Smith’s Sept. 30 lecture as part of Writer’s Center Stage series weren’t surprised at the mix of topics featured in her talk: racism, creativity and being provocative, though they may be surprised to learn that she’s guilty of watching “New Girl” and “Key and Peele” just like the rest of us.

Both Sari Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, and Case Western Reserve University President Barbara Snyder delivered the welcome and remarks, respectively.

Their speeches brought attention to the Cuyahoga Library’s dedication to literature and the local community and pointed out CWRU’s new space, made possible by the Kelvin Smith Foundation and Tinkham Veale. Professor Mark Joseph introduced Zadie Smith, praising her for her uncanny observation, fearlessness and attentiveness to details, joking that Smith was a “superhero.”

While much of Smith’s lecture dealt with themes that readers of her works are familiar with—race, social issues and a desire to be real, Smith’s presence made the event resonate.

Smith read a lecture titled, “Why write?

Creativity and Refusal.” Throughout the essay, Smith jumped from historical references of the Romantics and etymology, to pop culture—citing Kanye West and Oprah as creatives.

Yet, the core of Smith’s essay wasn’t in so much about the pop culture references or the humor but rather the idea that writing isn’t for an audience, but rather for a purpose that it is new. She talked about the hipster culture who may be more in love with the mirage of the idea of the writer hunched at cafes typing away, than the act of writing itself. Smith also railed against writing as an act which satisfies an existing audience. Instead, she believed that creating and cultivating a new audience and risking displeasure, was the way to true art.

Smith also talked about racial issues such as rappers who make it, only to stand behind a white starlet who seems to legitimize the rapper and to give him approval.

She says of the idea of “selling out” in her generation becomes the “consolidating of a brand” in this generation and how nowadays, the idea of creativity becomes a brand or a product to be sold. This causes people to become products, which pushes them into slots in the existing world rather than unexplored grounds.

“What else does a writer have other than sentences?” Smith asked.

She said that the act of writing, paying careful attention to sentences, is proof of our abilities, ideas and means that are uniquely our own in a world where we tend to delegate actions to others, whether it be our consciousness to activists or creativity to television writers. Writing, Smith says, “enables us to see the end of our actions – at least here, on this page.”

During the question and answer session, Smith brought up the idea of relative normality—how it’s easy to gloss over differences and have a mentality of “this is how things are”, encouraging attendees to instead always be aware of differences and to speak out about them.

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Playlist of the Week

A conversation with comedian

Hannibal Buress

Signature standup coming to Cleveland

Teddy Eisenberg Staff Reporter

“Is This How You Feel?” — The Preatures After generating some buzz in their home country of Australia, The Preatures have thrown their hat into the ring of new music this week with their debut album, “Blue Planet Eyes.” With some production help from Spoon’s Jim Eno, “Is This How You Feel?” shows that the members of this quintet are already masters of crafting irresistibly catchy, punchy guitar pop evocative of Haim and The Strokes.

“Wow” — Prince Feat. 3rdEyeGirl The artist formerly and still known as Prince is back after a successful legal battle with Warner Bros. Records with not one, but two new albums.

“Wow” is the first track off of “PlectrumElectrum,” the second of those records, a collaborative effort that features the all-girl trio 3rdEyeGirl. This tune finds Prince channeling his classic blend of rockmeets-funk swagger into a tight jam that closes with a face-melting guitar solo, as if to remind listeners just how good he is at playing the guitar.

“Millions” — Gerard Way The cover art and title of Gerard Way’s new solo album, “Hesitant Alien,” both seem like a deliberate yet sly nod to the glam rock of David Bowie; an artistic admission of Way’s obsessions with an art-punk tradition far older than he. While the former My Chemical Romance frontman does channel Bowie’s interstellar swagger on “Millions,” the dirty emo pomp of this track feels firmly original and should be comforting for fans of Way’s earlier work. This mixture of the new and old makes “Hesitant Alien” a vibrant triumph for one of emo music’s founding fathers.

“Wondering How” — Pieta Brown “Wondering How” is a delicate canvas of a song, displaying the raw power of Pieta Brown’s organic and graceful voice. Accompanied by smoky lines of electric guitar and warm production, every syllable of Brown’s lyrics carry weight thanks to her grainy delivery. For the student craving a stressfree studying soundtrack, Pieta Brown’s new album, “Paradise Outlaw,” is highly recommended.

Modern folk music doesn’t get much more stunning than this.

“Urban Soul” — The Commonwealth “I need a new urban soul!” cries Andrew Kuhar, voice desperate for recognition in the murky fog of this track’s production. Released on Cleveland’s own Cellar Door Records, “Urban Soul” is The Commonwealth’s latest album; a record hell-bent on proving that Cleveland still rocks. The trio will be performing live at the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern’s free concert “On The Road Again,” a celebrating of the completed road construction in the Waterloo Arts District. Doors open at 7 PM, and The Commonwealth are on at midnight.

“Can You Travel in the Dark Alone”— Gandalf Trailblazers in the genre of baroque-psychedelic space pop, Gandalf are one of the late-60s strangest groups, but also one of the most enjoyable. “Can You Travel in the Dark Alone” is the best original song in their limited body of work; a sunny piece of Beatle-esque pop, at least until the unsettling whirs of the chorus hit and instantly transport the listener to another world. For understanding the origins of psychedelia, Gandalf are a necessary stepping-stone in the musical patchwork of the 60s.

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

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Julia Bianco News Editor

Hannibal Buress is on his way to becoming a comedy legend. With two Comedy Central hour specials, writing credits on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” and a new headlining stand-up tour under his belt, Buress is one of the biggest names in the business. I called in to Buress to talk about his stand-up, his dream collaborator and his kickboxing classes to preview the Cleveland stop of his Comedy Camisado tour, which will hit the Ohio Theater in Playhouse Square on Oct. 12.

Q: Tell me about your Comedy Camisado tour.

A: The Comedy Camisado tour is a revolution, Julia. It’s just people coming together to get a spiritual experience. I like to consider myself sort of a Tony Robbins type figure in the comedy game, so people leave my show with their lives being changed and being motivated. And a little bit drunk, but mostly motivated. So that’s what I’m doing. I’m just taking this around the country and just trying to change lives and get people to try to achieve their goals and also get them to be more sexually active and drink more water.

Q: What made you decide to start doing stand-up?

A: Boring, Julia! Next question.

Q: Next question, okay. So you wrote for “30 Rock,” what was that like?

A: It was a lot of fun. It was cool. It was one of my favorite shows before I started working there, so to get a job writing there, it was pretty amazing. I got to work with some Emmy winning writers and actors, and learn from them. It was an awesome experience.

Q: Do you think that writing for TV affected your stand-up act in any way?

A: It’s helped me focus on word economy and knowing how to end a joke and rewrite a joke and make it better and make it punchier. It’s helped my efficiency.

Q: What was your favorite job that you ever had?

A: Stand-up comedy. I really never had any other jobs. I started stand-up when I was

19, and I’ve done promotional work or parttime things, but, you know, mostly stand-up.

One of my favorite jobs within stand-up is the “Oddball Tour.” I’ve been on it the past two summers. You perform in front of huge crowds, like 18,000-20,000 people. So that was my favorite job within stand-up.

Q: If you could work with any person on the planet, who would it be?

A: I would work with Waka Flocka [Flame], the rapper. We would do a duo stand-up. Both of us on stage at the same time. We’d be called Flocka Burress or Hanni… Hanniwaka. That’s H-A-N-N-I-WA-K-A. We’d just crush it. We could tour. Me and him have different energies. He’s a high energy guy, and I’m low energy most of the time. The comedic chemistry would be crazy. We’d just tell jokes, and he’d crush it, I’d crush it. He’d close with songs. It would be just an amazing experience.

Q: What are your upcoming projects?

A: I just finished up a movie called “Band of Robbers.” That should come out early next year. It’s based on a Mark Twain book. I’m excited for that. It’s like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in current times.

I also did a movie “Flock of Dudes” with a bunch of people, Kumail Nanjiani, Eric Andre, Chris D’Elia, a lot of people in that movie. “Broad City” season two is coming out in January, Eric Andre show season three in November. And just trying to stay alive, trying to get in shape. I’m going to get in great shape. I’m about to start going back to kickboxing class, I haven’t been going as much. But when I did go it was a good class, and you burn a lot of classes. So that’s my upcoming project, kickboxing class.

Q: Why should Case Western Reserve University students come see your Cleveland show?

A: I don’t know, because it’s a good show.

Listen, people should come if they want to come. If they don’t, then I’m not here to pull their leg. Case Western students should come if they like my comedy and they want to come. If they don’t, then they definitely shouldn’t come.

Merry wives and plenty of food Great Lakes Theater brings feast to stage Ellie Rambo Copy Editor Before you head to the Hanna Theater to see “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” be sure to eat a large meal.

If you don’t, don’t expect to forget your hunger any time soon—food plays such a major role in this production that it’s almost a character in itself. Popcorn is prepared on stage, in a risque scene whipped cream is squirted on breasts and during a moment of defeat, the gluttonous Sir Falstaff pulls out a turkey leg for a snack.

Much of the food in this production, as well as much of the action, revolves around Falstaff (Aled Davies), a character rotund enough to have his own orbit. In this production, Shakespeare’s comically overweight knight is a director who has come to Windsor, Wisconsin. to shoot his next film.

He’s low on money, so he devises a plan: he will seduce the two richest women in town, and they will fund his movie.

Unfortunately for Falstaff, and fortunately for the audience, the women he chooses are not flattered by his attention.

Instead, they vow revenge when they receive identical love letters (written on the back of Davies’ actual headshot, found in the show’s program) and comedy ensues.

The wives are the true stars of this show.

Mrs. Ford (Laura Welsh Berg) and Mrs.

Page (Jodi Dominick) outwit their husbands as well as Falstaff, and are easily the cleverest characters in the play.

Mrs. Ford is the more seductive of the two, and the main object of Falstaff’s lust.

Berg does a fantastic job entertaining the audience as well as the knight, and gives her housewife role a pinup girl vibe.

Dominick is also excellent as the slightly loony director of “Mrs. Page’s Dancing Academy.” The two wives have good chemistry as both collaborators and competitors, and they occasionally pinch and bicker as their pretended interest in Falstaff gets the better of them.

Although many productions of Shakespeare change the setting, this one takes modernization further. The laundry basket Falstaff hides in becomes a dumpster-like garbage can filled with food; Mr. Ford disguises himself as a film noir villain; Falstaff references Ava Gardner and B movies.

Unlike in many productions, here the script has been noticeably changed in places, a move that might bother purists.

However, the changes work well for this lighthearted play, and successfully bring the Renaissance work into the American 1940s.

For an evening of laughs, food fights and fat jokes, Great Lakes Theater’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” will not disappoint. Just don’t show up hungry.

opinion Editor’s note

Check your privilege I’ve always considered myself to be an incredibly lucky person. My family is completely supportive and non-judgemental, I stumbled into a career field that is actually interesting to me and I somehow acquired valuable skills while making the choices that seemed easiest at the time. I have it pretty good. At some point, though, I came to believe that I live a normal life. That the “average person” could have similar experiences and opportunities. But through my experiences here at Case Western Reserve University, especially those of the past few weeks, I have realized that this is not the case. I have been privileged my entire life by factors I have learned carefully to ignore.

By virtue of my race, nationality, age and plenty of other factors, I am given unearned benefits every day. We all are. It’s easy to believe that the notion of privilege is something that only applies to those who are wealthy or influential. But, if you think about it, there are circumstances and environments where we all have come to expect special treatment that is anything but a normal occurrence.

If you think that getting pulled over is just an inconvenience, you are in a class separate from those who have reasons to fear interactions with authority. If you grew up thinking about what your major or career would be, you are advantaged over the many children and young adults in our society who are not given any opportunities to change their given path. If you can reasonably expect most of the people you interact with every day to treat you with respect or, at best apathy, you are in a better position than the multitudes of others who have come to expect the worst.

My own personal privilege has come into an uncomfortably sharp focus as this week as I had the opportunity to attend the #webelonghere forum sponsored by the CWRU African American Society on Saturday. There are people on this campus who are treated with distrust and disrespect daily. They have to wear backpacks to show they’re students and not thieves. They are urged to tell strangers “what” they are. They are made to feel like they’ve been transported to a foreign environment, despite the fact that many grew up minutes away from our campus.

At the beginning of the semester, I was so excited when I realized that most of my classes would be taught by women. I’ve always enjoyed seeing women in positions of power and it helps to know that I’m a part of community that supports the advancement of people, regardless of gender. However, what does it mean that I haven’t had any African American professors in my time at CWRU? What does this say about our ability to show all of our students what they can personally aspire to? We have an incredibly diverse faculty in terms of gender, nationality and experience. But are there really so few opportunities for persons of color in academic positions?

CWRU is a campus right in the middle of an urban environment with trains and express buses running day and night. So what does it mean that many members of our student body are worried to leave campus because it seems dangerous to ride the train

or walk around downtown? What does this say about our university, which claims community involvement?

I’d used to think that these are just events or trends taken out of context. But I’ve learned that I can’t take anything for granted anymore. I can’t ask others to not take it personally when they aren’t being represented in positions of power on this campus and I can no longer say that it’s something the majority doesn’t experience, so it must be atypical. We have to confront our privileges head-on. Without seeing these unearned advantages for what they are, we can’t acknowledge that there are others who aren’t so lucky, but who are equally deserving of the opportunities, availability of representation and respect that we receive every day.

To start this process, I’ve listed a few of the unearned privileges I’ve received these past few days. This doesn’t cover everything, but it’s a start. I urge you all to take some time to think about your own, and think about those who are hurt by this inequality. We all must work harder to make CWRU the campus community that we can all proudly belong to.

1. When I smile at strangers in greeting, they usually acknowledge me.

2. People aren’t surprised when I speak in my normal voice.

3. I don’t have to feign gratitude at being an exception to the normal stereotypes of my race or nationality.

4. I can watch TV and not think about the representation of race.

5. People don’t cross the street when they see me.

6. I can expect to see lots of people who look similar to me in positions of power anywhere I go.

7. I don’t have to wonder if my name makes me seem unprofessional.

8. I don’t have to consider that those I need to deal with have unfounded prejudices towards me.

9. I haven’t had to show my ID at night when I’m walking around campus.

10. I feel like my community acknowledges my individual identity and accepts me as a member.

Katie Wieser Executive Editor & Publisher

A racy topic Sophomore slump Stephen Kolison I never thought that we had a race issue here on campus. But like all great moments in history, you never notice the underlying problems until something kicks it into the spotlight.

About a week ago, the transcript from a focus group that discussed crime on campus was released and gradually made its way through parts of the student body.

Portions of the transcript highlighted the words of a security contractor on the north side of campus.

Some of the things he said were, “We have to be more sensitive as we recognize who does not belong here,” and “my advice to you and other black students is to be known.” He then proceeded to suggest to the girl that was taking notes that she introduce herself and her other minority friends to campus police. What struck a chord with me was that minority students are now held to higher expectations in order to receive equal treatment by the campus police.

For campus security to decide who belongs on campus and who “the street kids” are, they have to factor in the time of day and the person’s age, behavior and appearance. This is where my confusion comes into play.

I am a black kid who grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, so I’ve spent the past twenty years trying to understand

both the majority and minority point of view. Yes, demographically, this area has a high percentage of minorities. Yes, a lot of our security alerts describe the suspect as a “black male”. I also know that three out of the five days in the school week, I dress like I belong in a J. Crew catalog, making me unlikely to be mistaken for some random hoodlum. However, some days, I don’t try at all. All of midterm and finals week last semester, I wore nothing but sweatpants and a Badger’s hoodie and regularly left KSL at 2 a.m. Is it really fair to me that I have to dress like a model every day in order not to be stopped by a cop? In my mind, I don’t look like a street kid; I look like Stephen.

Of course, if it’s 2 a.m., I can appreciate why the thought, “That doesn’t look like a street kid, that looks like Stephen” won’t cross the mind of an officer who doesn’t know me, which might be why the now fired north side manager of security suggested that minority students become familiar with Case Western Reserve University security personnel. But if that officer doesn’t have the same “street kid” suspicion about, say, a white kid in a hoodie, then that is racial profiling.

I also understand that the minorities on campus are not hated. It may look like we are being overly sensitive and taking what just a few people have said too seriously, but what has to be understood is that comments like the ones made by the security manager cannot be taken lightly anymore.

Even saying that you are “color-blind”

or “don’t see race” is not an option. To ignore someone’s race is to ignore their experiences, identity and knowledge that they can bring to the table. We cannot expect to knock down theses racial barriers if we choose to remain ignorant of the differences that we have.

I had the pleasure of attending the CWRU African American Society’s event Race Relations at CWRU: Time to Change on Sept. 28. It was great to see representatives from the administration, Greek Life, and student organizations who were all of different ethnicities and backgrounds.

In the Tink ballroom we discussed how to have a constructive dialogue. In a constructive dialogue, everyone is empathetic, shares airtime, honors confidentiality, challenges themselves to say what they mean and listens harder when they disagree.

What I would like to add to those requirements is that you accept that you may be uninformed about certain issues.

As a male, I may not understand a typical woman’s struggle. Even as a black kid, I am willing to accept that I may have some ignorant opinions that could be changed by with someone helping me identify the flaws in my logic or perspective.

So I accept that a straight, white male may not see things the way that I see them, but that does not mean I am any better than him. He may actually surprise me with what he has to say, and I am prepared to consider his perspectives, just as I would hope that anyone

discussing race is prepared to give serious consideration to any and all perspectives presented to them.

What I love most about this generation is that we try. Every day we try our hardest to be a little better than our ancestors and not be such crappy people. We try to enlighten the world through our articles, statuses, blogs and even hashtags.

But in the words of Shonda Rhimes, creator of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” and a bona fide queen, a hashtag is not a movement. The hashtags that bring awareness to our causes, in my mind, are no more popular than “#turnup, “#blessed”, or “#pumpkinspice”.

We want the world to know that we aren’t happy with the current condition.

Dialogues and hashtags only get us so far.

It is our job to get out there and actually do something with the long lives we have.

I really don’t think that any social issues are truly about race, gender or sexuality themselves. They all boil down to respect.

There is a lack of respect for different perspectives on campus and no one wants to face the awkwardness of talking about it.

But I challenge my CWRU community to do better than we have been doing and talk about race constructively.

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

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10/3/14

Letter to the editor Dear Observer staff, In a time long since forgotten, the 2010-2011 school year, the students eagerly awaited news of the new student center to be built on campus. The whispers of its wonders spread across campus like a wildfire. At the beginning of the 2011-12 school year, I was among the fortunate few to attend a luncheon with the architecture company slated to build the Tinkham Veale University Center, Perkins & Will. While I lack the physical documentation of the meeting minutes, I have fond memories of a few of the promises they made to students, including a bike path “through” the building (where the second floor would shield a walkway underneath the corner of the building), and having the entire Green Roof accessible to students (they must have realized the safety risk.)

Some of my favorite promises, however, were those revolving around the space available for student groups and the especially amazing ballroom. While I do not remember the figure that was provided in my 2011 meeting, a Daily

article from this past October stated that there will be room for 150 student groups—a seemingly impossible number when you consider that there are only six rentable spaces (according to the Tink’s website) and the only main student groups are shoved into a back corner of Tink. I, of course, am referencing the pitiful office spaces of the Undergraduate Student Government, Class Officer Collective and Graduate Student Services, who share a common space with Greek Life.

This beautiful point pairs well with the original guarantees for the ballroom.

When I questioned the ballroom before the plans were even finalized, I was told that the university wanted to have a place to gather an entire class, or have somewhere for the Greek community to convene. While this is a lovely thought, it falters when you consider the ballroom caps at 800 for a reception event. If you wanted to have a lecture, you could seat 750 (only slightly better than Strosacker’s 587), and 450 if you decided to host a Bon Appétit catered banquet. You may

have noticed that those numbers are significantly lower than the average class size or Greek community gathering.

One last change was promised, and it was the slight movement of the Turning Point statue which once rested in the location of the now building. Currently in storage and remembered by few current students, this statue marked the intersection of the old Western Reserve University campus, the Case Institute of Technology campus, and the planned Mather Quad. It was a valuable piece of history that was supposed to be a focal point of the new building. Perhaps one day we will see its return, but certainly not now.

Last week, I greatly enjoyed your editorial on Bon Appetit’s food restrictions, and the sentiments within it stirred my memory. For your consideration, my friends, many of which are still undergraduates, and I provide this list.

Tink: Beyond the Possible A List of Things You Cannot Do In the New University Center

1. Eat a meal catered by someone other than Bon Appétit.

2. Get legitimate food at 2 a.m.

3. Walk on the actual roof.

4. Go through the front entrance on a rainy day without being hit by a waterfall.

5. Assemble an entire class or the entire Greek community in one place.

6. Host a full Undergraduate Student Government meeting in the USG office.

7. Post student group fliers without checking with a single specific person.

8. Find a comfortable seat, despite there being close to ten different kinds of chairs.

9. Write on the spirit wall (because they tore it down).

10. Find privacy in the LGBT Center. Or anywhere, for that matter.

11. Book any section of the ballroom for less than $100.

12. Call it a student center.

Casey Stoessl Recent graduate

An unknown problem of staggering proportions The meaning of Spartan life Jacob Martin The elephant in the room Andrew Breland Last year, students were denied access to Senior Week events. The planning committee failed to purchase enough tickets due to a lack of funds. A similar problem occurs every year in Undergraduate Student Government when mass funding requests are denied. The funding for these and other activities comes directly from your student activities fee.

Along with the $42,766 you pay for Case Western Reserve University tuition, undergraduates are charged .08 percent of that number as a “student activities fee.”

This year’s total fee comes to over $310.

These funds are given to the Student Executive Council to distribute among select university organizations—University Program Board, USG, University Media Board, Greek Life, Class Officer Collective, Senior Week, Springfest, and Thwing Study Over.

The Student Executive Council is composed of the heads and treasurers of each of these organizations, the president of the Residence Hall Association, the non-voting secretary and two advisors, the vice president and associate vice president of Student Affairs, so 10 students and two administrative advisors are responsible for allocating the approximately $1.65 million to these groups this year. This body makes up about 0.2 percent of the student body, yet allocates the equivalent of 40 students’ tuitions.

If this itself is not troubling enough, it is important to remember that this money comes directly from the student body at

CWRU, not a grant from the university or from university endowment. This year, every undergraduate student will pay nearly $350 into a fund managed by the CWRU-equivalent of the mafia don.

This system could be all right. Indeed, the “grant of power” the university gives the SEC would be acceptable if the organization acted within its own rules.

Per the SEC constitution, the organization must announce all of its meetings as they are open to student observers. However, the SEC has failed to announce their meeting for the semester. Interested students who would like to attend SEC sessions are unable to because of the group’s demonstrated lack of transparency.

Beyond that, the SEC has failed to publicize their decisions, again in violation of its own constitution.

As of this publication going to press, the SEC website fails to have any of the minutes from their 2013-2014 meetings, and it has failed to provide the breakdown of funds for the 2014-2015 academic year. In fact, its entire website has gone unchanged since April 2014.

The SEC Constitution states, “The approved set of allocations shall be promptly made available to The Observer and on the website of the SEC and shall take effect the semester following approval.”

This information, again, is nowhere to be found.

The organization responsible for policing and controlling our largest student organizations and for distributing studentprovided funds is acting in egregious violation of its own rules.

As with many unjust governments though, the SEC provides a method by which students can overturn its rulings.

Again, like unjust governments, the method here seems to be entirely for show.

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Its constitution also provides that students may trigger a referendum on an SEC decision by submitting a petition with signatures from 10 percent of the student body. However, one will find it incredibly difficult to petition against decisions that are not published or announced.

Moreover, even if an interested student were to learn what the mysterious organization does, submitting a petition would be an incredibly difficult endeavor. SEC meetings seem to go unannounced and their locations go unmentioned. In what might sound like an awful refrain at this point, the SEC is violating its own rules.

The far worse consequence, though, is that decisions made by the SEC affect every student on the CWRU campus.

For example, every semester all student organizations go through mass funding. Inevitably, every student group gets denied funding for one or more of their events. The USG Finance Committee bemoans a lack of funding for student organizations while SEC provides all of the funding for USG. SEC wields tremendous power in funding organizations. This year, a one percent change in the way SEC allocates funds gifts or revokes nearly $16,500, enough to fund at least four large student organizations, another publication, or feed, seemingly, the entire campus.

Above, we mentioned that SEC will allocate approximately $1.65 million in total this year alone. Now, we do not know how that money will be allocated (because of missing meeting minutes and a lack of records), but the records we do have give us some idea.

We have the SEC allocations for the 2013 calendar year. There are no more recent numbers publicly posted. In that year, SEC allocations were as follows:

$467,411 (35 percent) to UPB, $353,598 (25 percent) to USG, $254,680 (18 percent) to Media Board, $90,010 (six percent) to Greek Life, $86,556 (six percent) to COC and a collected $135,745 (10 percent) to Senior Week, Springfest and Thwing Study Over.

These allocations, again, are unilaterally imposed by an infinitesimally small minority of the campus; the entire process for these funds is shrouded in darkness.

And as we’ve already seen, the public notice or ability to influence these allocations is nonexistent because of SEC’s refusal to follow the rules.

It is not an uncommon thing to hear how “the costs of college are at an alltime high.” Many writers, in addition to chastising high tuition rates, will blame this on extra fees colleges charge to unsuspecting students. The Student Activities Fee is one of those charges. Frankly, we would not have a problem paying it if it weren’t for how it was allocated.

Instead of allocation by the administration, a virtually unchecked group of students wields control of this $1.65 million fund, and apparently this group cannot be trusted to obey their own rules, let alone allocate money fairly and appropriately.

SEC’s behavior is a gross mismanagement of funds for which there is no excuse. There is no transparency, no record, no public input and no oversight. SEC has skirted around rules and broken others for long enough. Our money is too important to be trusted to this organization. The SEC should be abolished and replaced with an organization more concerned with transparency, fairness and openness.

Seniors Andrew Breland and Jacob Martin are The Observer’s weekly opinion columnists.

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Sports Standings Wins

Losses

Ties

Percentage

Brandeis

Men’s Soccer

8

0

0

1.000

Emory

9

0

1

0.900

New York U.

7

1

0

0.875

Washington

5

2

1

0.625

Carnegie Mellon

6

3

0

0.667

Rochester

5

2

2

0.556

Case Western Reserve

5

3

1

0.556

Chicago

6

4

0

0.600

Wins

Losses

Ties

Percentage

Carnegie Mellon

Women’s Soccer

8

0

0

1.000

Washington

8

0

1

0.889

Brandeis

8

1

0

0.889

Chicago

8

1

0

0.889

Emory

6

0

2

0.750

Case Western Reserve

5

1

2

0.625

New York U.

6

3

0

0.667

Rochester

4

3

2

0.444

Volleyball

The Observer: So, what does the Jolly Scholar have going on this year?

The Scholar: A lot. We want to let freshmen and sophomores know that they can eat here. We don’t bite! Plus, we have milkshake happy hours and events that are open to all. With that being said, we still have a lot for the upperclassmen who are fully aware of what The Scholar is up to.

The Observer: We hear that there might be a monumental announcement coming soon… Do you want to announce it today?

The Scholar: I think we know what you are talking about, but we are going to wait a few more weeks.

The Observer: So, walk us through these events that the Jolly Scholar is putting on.

The Scholar: Monday: Legendary Bingo – Imagine bingo with your grandmother, then you wake up and it’s with all your friends that your grandmother doesn’t approve of.

Tuesday: Trivia Night – Corey and Erik have been doing this for two years now, and we are just about at capacity each time.

Luckily we can drag furniture off the patio to acommodate. This would make your grandmother blush, so if you offend easily, don’t bring your grandmother.

Wednesday: Lady Like Night – We have been told to quit catering to the men with a lot of our events, so we created a night exclusively for the ladies… but somehow the boys heard about it and still show up.

Thursday: Graduate/Senior Happy Hour is going into its fifth year and is a good time to relax, network, and talk loud with med, law, business, and all other graduate level students. Then, at 9pm, it kicks into another gear for Late Night Karaoke, which is a monster all in itself.

Friday: Jolly Late Night – This night is packed and everyone on campus seems to be here at some point. We have good specials and great music which seems to pack the place out all night long.

Saturday: Jolly Charity Late Night – We try to do themed events to cater to charities on campus and help them raise funds for their cause.

If you want to plan a night, contact us at mpv3@case.edu, and let’s arrange an event!

Sunday: All You Can Eat Wings & NFL – Sundays have become an awesome day to watch all of your favorite teams (the Browns) and scream at your fantasy football team.

The Observer: What is it that the Jolly Scholar is trying to accomplish each year?

The Scholar: That even when a group graduates, we are still the place that CWRU wants to be at year after year. March will be 10 years at CWRU, which is a great run, and we hope to continue it.

With that being said, we always want to be better and continue to improve every year.

The Observer: Any bits of wisdom that you want to share for free?

The Scholar: Be willing to do the extra work. Be kind and considerate to others. Get Jolly!

Wins

Losses

Percentage

Emory

18

2

0.900

Washington

17

2

0.895

Carnegie Mellon

11

3

0.786

New York U.

14

6

0.700

Chicago

15

7

0.682

Case Western Reserve

10

5

0.667

Rochester

9

9

0.500

Brandeis

5

9

0.357

Football (UAA) Case Western Reserve

Conference

All

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent

1

0

1.000

2

1

0.667

Chicago

0

0

3

0

1.000

Washington

0

0

1

3

0.250

Carnegie Mellon

0

1

1

2

0.333

Football (PAC)

0.000

Conference

All

Wins

Losses

Percent

Wins

Losses

Percent

Bethany

2

0

1.000

3

1

0.750

Thomas More

2

0

1.000

3

1

0.750

St. Vincent

2

0

1.000

2

2

0.500

Washington & Jefferson

1

0

1.000

3

0

1.000

Case Western Reserve

2

1

0.667

2

1

0.667

Waynesburg

1

1

0.500

3

1

0.750

Carnegie Mellon

1

2

0.333

1

2

0.333

Grove City

0

1

0.000

0

3

0.000

Geneva

0

2

0.000

1

3

0.250

Thiel

0

2

0.000

1

3

0.250

Westminster

0

2

0.000

0

4

0.000

Weekly Calendar Varsity Sport

Friday

Saturday

Football

Sunday

Bethany Home 6:00 PM

Volleyball

At Emory 12:00 PM, vs. Carnegie Mellon 4:00 PM

vs. Rochester 10:00 AM

Men's Soccer

At Brandeis, 11:00 AM

Women's Soccer

At Brandeis, 1:30 PM

Cross Country

All Ohio Intercollegiate Championship

Women's Tennis

Varsity Sport

Middlebury Invite 10:00 AM

Monday

Tuesday

Middlebury Invite 9:30 AM

Wednesday

Football Volleyball Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Cross Country Women's Tennis

At Oberlin 7:00 PM At Wooster 4:30 PM

Thursday

15

16

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10/3/14

Deadlocked Spartans unable to finish off overmatched Blue Streaks

Taylor Fletcher Contributing Reporter The Case Western Reserve University women’s soccer team fought crosstown rival John Carroll University to a 0-0 standstill on Friday night. The Spartans dominated play on both ends but unfortunately were just unable to finish their multitude of chances. The result extends their unbeaten streak to six games and moves their overall record to 5-1-2.

Both teams looked evenly matched to start the game, but by the end of the first half, the Spartans clearly had the better portion of legitimate chances to score. By the second half, the Spartans barraged the Blue Streak’s back line and goalkeeper. The Spartan’s aggressive play lead to a 26-9 advantage on shots, 12 of which were on frame. Senior forwards Caitlyn Mcgillis, Christine Straka and Jessie Sabers accounted for 15 of CWRU’s 26 shots. Mcgillis paced the squad with a total of nine shots.

The Spartans’ midfield showed their dominance by bullying and pressuring the opposing team’s midfielders to cough up the ball. Their aggression in the midfield allowed the Spartans to create chance after chance. JCU was content to sit back and try to counter-attack against the overwhelming CWRU attack. However, JCU’s game plan made it hard for the Blue Streaks to alleviate pressure and forced them to concede all three corner kicks on the night.

The defense continued their great string of performances and limited the opposition to nine shots with only three on goal. Ab-

bey Smith made three saves in the match and recorded her third consecutive shutout of the season. Smith and the defense have only allowed four goals in eight games on the season. With her 10th shutout, Smith moved to fourth place all time on the school’s shutout list.

The Spartans returned home for a match on Thursday at DiSanto field against Kenyon College. The game occurred after the Observer went to print. For a recap of the game visit observer.case.edu.

The Spartans will open UAA conference play tomorrow, Saturday October 5th against nationally ranked Brandies University. The UAA conference is amongst the strongest soccer conferences in the nation and will prove to be an extremely difficult challenge for the Spartans.

Currently five of the eight teams in the UAA are nationally ranked. The Washington University at St. Louis Bears are the number two team right now, immediately followed by the Carnegie Mellon Tartans at number three nationally. Emory University Eagles fly in at the number six team and the University of Chicago Maroons stand at 13.

Lastly Brandies is the 24th best team right now, proving that winning the UAA will be an uphill challenge for any of the eight teams in the conference. Washington, Carnegie Mellon, and Emory all have yet to lose a game with Emory tying two of their match ups and Washington one of their games. The Spartans shutouts and play this season point to the ability to make a run for the top of the UAA but the challenge will be large.

That run begins Saturday.

New standard of success Indians season hints at new era of baseball prowess David Hoffman Staff Reporter What a difference a year can make. Just a year ago, the Indians’ recently completed season would have been considered a great success. After last year’s run to the American League wild card game, though, this season doesn’t quite stack up. Nevertheless the Tribe enjoyed a respectable campaign, finishing with a win-loss record of 85-77. The last two seasons mark the first time the team has posted consecutive winning seasons since the glory days of the late 90’s and the turn of the millennium, when they recorded eight straight winning campaigns from 1994-2001. There were plenty of highlights to go around, and a couple of breakout seasons from young players beginning to come into their own.

Perhaps the biggest revelation of the year for the Tribe was the emergence of starting pitcher Corey Kluber. Kluber, who also goes by the nickname “Klubot”, overcame a subpar defense behind him to win 18 games over the course of the season, which placed him in a three-way tie for the American League lead.

He also finished second in the major leagues with 269 strikeouts and third in the American League with 235.2 innings pitched, helping to preserve the bullpen for another day when he toed the rubber. With the season now in the books, Kluber possesses a legitimate case to take home the American League Cy Young Award, with his main competition coming in the person of Seattle’s Felix Hernandez.

Ironically Kluber’s best start of the season came against Hernandez and the Mariners at Progressive Field on July 30, when he fired

a complete game shutout on just 85 pitches, 69 of them for strikes, in a 2-0 Tribe victory.

The Klubot gives the Indians something they haven’t had since the days of Cliff Lee: a legitimate ace in their starting rotation. Moving forward, he should be one of the major building blocks of the team as they attempt to remain playoff contenders.

The other significant breakout star was outfielder Michael Brantley, who made the proverbial leap from a solid player to an allstar. He posted career-best numbers across the board en route to his first All-Star Game selection, hitting 0.327 with 20 home runs, 97 RBI and 23 stolen bases. Additionally, he also recorded 200 hits throughout the season, becoming the first Indians player to reach that plateau since Kenny Lofton in 1996. Brantley also came up clutch for the Tribe at times, smacking a pair of walk-off home runs this year. On the other side, he played sound defense in left field for a team that led the major leagues in errors. After coming to Cleveland as a secondary piece in the CC Sabathia trade in 2008, Brantley has emerged as the best player acquired by the Tribe in that deal. Seemingly entering the prime of his career, he should have several more All-Star caliber seasons ahead of him.

The Indians have opened the Terry Francona era in impressive fashion, posting consecutive winning seasons and proving to have several key cogs on the roster who can lead the team back to relevance. Even though they reside in the same division as the perennially contending Detroit Tigers and the up-andcoming Kansas City Royals, the Tribe’s future appears rather bright. Cue the drumbeats by John Adams up in the bleachers.

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Together we can

Case Western men’s tennis grows together, on and off the court Aaron C. Shang Contributing Reporter The weather in Cleveland is slowly but surely getting colder with each and every morning; midterms are almost upon us, and the Spartan men’s tennis team just wrapped up a rewarding fall schedule.

Here on Case Western’s campus, time flies by. Coming off a historically successful 2013-2014 season that saw the Spartans reach the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever, the men’s tennis team has experienced—and hopes to continue experiencing—great growth on and off the courts.

Participating in a few select tournaments to kick off the year, the Spartan men racked up quite a list of impressive

performances. At the predominantly Division I Purdue Invitational, junior Christopher Krimbill advanced all the way into the semifinals of Flight A (the topmost level of competition). Sophomore Josh Dughi also burst onto the scene, capping off a stellar one-loss fall season with a first-place finish in Flight E of the Purdue Invitational. Dughi subsequently advanced to the quarterfinals at the USTA/ ITA Regional Tournament this past weekend, and went undefeated record in challenge matches. For head coach Todd Wojtkowski, these recent performances have signified a gradual maturation and process of growth for his squad. “The positive signs of learning and growth…. has shown through the improvement of [the team’s] results through the past few

weeks,” he said.

The growth that the current CWRU team has undergone is nothing short of remarkable. For the past several years, the Spartans have relied on upperclassmen leadership to achieve success in the University Athletic Association (UAA) and NCAA tournaments. With a very large influx of new talent joining only two returning starters (Krimbill and senior Will Drougas), the current squad has worked very hard to achieve the cohesiveness required of them in order to be successful.

According to Coach Wojtkowski, these efforts are not only “measurable as wins in the tournament…. [but also] measurable within our practices and scrimmages.”

Off the courts, the Case Western men have continued their tradition of being

positively involved with the local community. In addition to holding a tennis clinic for visiting foreign doctoral students, the players plan to continue volunteering and community service efforts through events similar to “Case for Community Day.” This sense of involvement extends throughout our campus: President Barbara R. Snyder writes, “We are a community committed to increasing knowledge and deepening understanding. Faculty and student, staff and alumni—we all come together here with a shared sense of mission: to improve the lives of others.”

For the Spartan men’s tennis team, this coming offseason and subsequent spring schedule will be about working together, building cohesion and coming together as a group.

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Cavaliers still Kyrie Irving’s show Cavs point guard a weapon LeBron James never had

Joey Arko Contributing Reporter While the Cleveland Cavaliers had far and away the splashiest off-season of the NBA—signing two perennial allstars and a host of solid, veteran supporting cast players—perhaps none of it could have been possible without their initial, less heralded move: re-signing Kyrie Irving to a five-year, $90 million contract extension.

It’s not often that a team has the luxury of signing a blossoming young talent like Irving’s and have the move be referred to as the “less heralded” of their off-season signings. After all, the kid is only 22 years old, and boasts one heck of a resume: 2012- Rising Stars Challenge MVP, NBA All-Rookie First Team, NBA Rookie of the year 2013- Three-Point shootout winner, NBA All-Star selection 2014- NBA All-Star Eastern Conference Starting Point Guard, NBA All-Star Game MVP, FIBA Basketball World Cup gold medalist, FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP Any player with those kind of accolades could consider his career a massive success. What makes Irving so impressive is that he’s compiled these awards in only three NBA seasons, and as he is so young (he is now the youngest active player on the Cavaliers roster) he only has room to grow and improve his overall game.

That’s just plain scary.

What’s even scarier than that? The fact that Irving may be the third scoring option for the Cavs.

With Lebron James returning to town and Kevin Love joining the team, many predict that Irving will be the third-leading scorer on the squad. But don’t think for one second that just because Irving is

no longer the primary scoring threat that he isn’t just as, if not more valuable to the Cavaliers this year than any other year— and in a multitude of ways.

For starters, although James has made it very public that his desire to return to Cleveland was mostly rooted in his deep hometown connection to Northeast Ohio, he has also acknowledged that he made his return in part to play alongside the offensive weapon that is Kyrie Irving.

“I’ve never played with a point guard like Kyrie Irving, a guy that can kind of take over a game for himself, when we need it.”

That’s pretty big praise, especially coming from a four-time league MVP and two-time NBA champion; not to mention the current best player in the world.

And such praise is warranted, considering the point guards King James has played with during his 12-year career.

Players such as Eric Snow, Jeff McInnis, Mo Williams and Mario Chalmers have been at the helm of the offense for James’ teams over the years.

No disrespect to them as players, but none even come close to having the talent level that Irving has.

That being said, it’s no mystery as to why James is eager to pair up with the likes of Irving—he simply hasn’t played with a player quite like him before. James now has a player who can handle the ball and create offense on his own from the point guard position, meaning James won’t have to be the primary ball handler at all times.

Irving also has the deadeye accuracy from the 3-point range needed to knock down the open jumpers that will surely be available to him when either James or Love are double-teamed. These attributes only add to Irving’s value to the Cavaliers, as he already has helped draw James back to the city of Cleveland.

Kyrie Irving’s Trophy Case:

2012 Rising Stars Challenge MVP 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Award 2012 NBA AllRookie First Team 2013 Three-Point Shootout Winner 2013 NBA All-Star NBA Live 14 Cover Athlete 2014 NBA All-Star 2014 NBA All-Star Game MVP 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold Medalist 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP That fact might be Irving’s greatest value to the team, and also his greatest assist as the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard.

After James announced his return, Kevin Love decided to follow suit. Irving’s signing led to James’ signing which lead to Love’s signing—and just like that, Cleveland found themselves with a potentially historically-great “Big Three.”

Case in point, without the initial resigning of Irving, none of this may have

been possible.

The dominos fell the right way for the Cavaliers, and Irving provided the primary push—just like he will do this season on the court for the Cavs as their mercurial point guard with seemingly unlimited offensive capabilities.

After everything that has happened for Cleveland this offseason, the Cavaliers are still Kyrie Irving’s show, even if he’s no longer the main attraction.

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Spartans battle back Football rebounds from loss to grab program’s 200th win

JP O’Hagan Sports Editor The return to their home turf was a challenge for the Spartans as the Case Western football team beat the Thiel Tomcats at DiSanto Field Saturday afternoon.

The Spartans captured that elusive 200th win in program history by a score of 23-16. We at The Observer expected a 28-21 final and though we were slightly off, we had the correct margin between the two teams and are going to chalk that up as a victory, putting us at 1-2 on the season with the Spartans standing at 2-1.

As expected, the Tomcat’s starting quarterback Ryan Radke’s ability to run for big gains when flushed out of the pocket hurt the Spartans, as Radke led any rusher on either team with 61 yards on the day.

It wasn’t enough, however, as the Spartans were led by quarterback Billy Beecher who threw for 174 yards on the day. His top target, freshman wide receiver Luke DiFrancesco caught four passes for 75 yards and a touchdown, earning him the honor of UAA offensive player of the week.

However, the two teams struggled to get going offensively, especially in the first half, and both teams had poor third down conversion rates, the Spartans converting three of their 16 attempts and the Tomcats managing only two of their 17 attempts.

The two teams were sloppy at times, with penalties and turnovers leaving the game wide open for most of the game.

The Spartans started the game receiving the kickoff and then marched downfield for a strong drive before being forced to punt it away. That first drive was really the only drive of substance the entire first quarter as the two teams spent the rest of the 15 minutes unable to string together a drive and resorted to punting the ball back and forth.

This routine was ended less than a minute into the second quarter when the Spartans fumbled at their own 10-yard line, allowing the Tomcats to recover and to run the ball into the end zone for the first points for either team. The Spartans responded with a big return off the restart and found themselves at midfield when Beecher broke through for what would have been a 56-yard touchdown run, but it was called back due to a false start on the Spartans.

The Spartans managed to score the next 16 points however, off a 37-yard field goal off the foot of kicker Nick Bavaro, and with 3:59 left in the first half to make the score 3-7 at halftime. This was followed by a 35-yard touchdown run by Adam Hochman for the only score of the third at the 8:59 minute mark.

Then in the fourth quarter the Spartans went up 16 to 7 when Zech Medved scored off a 12-yard pass from Beecher. The touchdown was set up by the play of the game, an interception by the Spartans’ Jordan Esteban, which he returned 72 yards before being pulled down by the Tomcats.

The game wasn’t over however, as the Tomcats rallied to tie the game off a touch-

Case Ice Hockey Club skates into new season JP O’Hagan Sports Editor Are you a big hockey fan? Waiting for the NHL season to start up again?

Or are you just looking for something different to do this weekend? Then the solution is to go to the Case Ice Hockey Club home opener.

The Case Ice Hockey team opened their regular season on the road against top rival Carnegie Mellon, losing a hard-fought game by a score of 5-2. As a club sport the team plays in the College Hockey East Conference, a Division III club sports league rather than the UAA of the varsity teams. However, this in no way detracts from the excitement of collegiate hockey.

Forward Jonathan Greenberg, led the Spartans offensively with both a goal and an assist in the loss. Goaltender Patrick Thomas played a strong game in holding off the CMU attack stopping 63 of the 68 shots he faced.

The first period saw the Tartans pounce following the face-off from center ice as a Carnegie Mellon forward found the back of the net a mere 46 seconds into the game. This was followed up by a score off a misdirection to make the game 2-0 after just five minutes of play. The Spartans were able to settle down however and climbed back into the game with five minutes left in the pe-

riod. Greenberg took a quick shot from the right circle, which rebounded off the right pad of the Tartan keeper before landing on CWRU forward Mark Lewandowski’s stick. Lewandowski buried the puck into the back of the net for his first career goal. When the period ended, the Spartans found themselves behind by a mere one goal.

However, the Tartans firepower continued to test the Spartans and extended their lead to 3-1 two minutes into the start of the new period. Greenberg capitalized on a Tartan turnover only one minute and 30 seconds later and scored his first goal of the season to return the Spartan deficit to one. The Tartans continued to push offensively and found the back of the net two more times to bring the game to the final score of 5-2.

The Spartans will be looking to rebound in their home opener Saturday night at 8:00 PM against the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg, the reigning conference championship. The Case Ice Hockey Club competes at the Cleveland Heights Rec Center a short drive or walk up Mayfield Road from campus. Those without a car who still want to attend the game can catch a Greenie from Fribley, which will leave at 7:40 and 7:50 for the 8:00 game. With that in mind, there is no excuse to not come out and support the Spartans.

down at the 9:58 mark of the fourth quarter and a field goal with just 2:54 left in the game to make it 16-16.

The Spartans responded with a four play 62-yard drive, capped by Beecher’s 23-yard touchdown toss to DiFrancesco, giving the Spartans the 23-16 victory.

The Spartans stay at home this week and will face off against PAC conference leader Bethany College, who stand at 3-1 on the season but are 2-0 in conference.

The Spartans will be challenged by the Bison’s quarterback, sophomore Brian Vales. Vales is 83 of 115 this season for

753 yards. This will be a challenge for the Spartan secondary, who were exposed in the Case Western loss to St. Vincent two weeks ago. Furthermore, like Thiel’s Radke, Vales has the ability to run with 226 yards and three touchdowns of his own.

This versatility will pressure the Spartans and could be their Achilles heel this week.

With this in mind, The Observer predicts our mighty Spartans to fall to Bethany in a close 24-21 final. Here is to hoping we are wrong! The game begins Saturday at 6:00 p.m. at DiSanto Field.

Andrew Hodowanec/Observer Spartan wide receivers wait for snap during last weekend’s 23-16 victory over Thiel College.

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Cuyahoga River no match for Spartans Case Crew Club brings home four first place finishes in latest regatta

JP O’Hagan Sports Editor The Case Crew Club opened its season two weekends ago with a strong showing in the Head of the Cuyahoga Regatta.

The Spartans competed in 10 races in the daylong event and won four of them. The Regatta is the annual event of the Cleveland Rowing Foundation. The foundation is supported by eight rowing programs including Case Western’s team. In addition to Case, the member programs include the Cleveland State University Rowing Team, the John Carroll University Rowing team, the Western Reserve Rowing Association (an adult program), the Cleveland Youth Rowing Association, the Saint Ignatius High School’s crew team, Saint Joseph Academy Girls Crew and the Shaker Heights High School Crew.

The regatta brought together over 1,300 rowers to compete on the 4800-meter course and has been run annually since 1996.

This year, the Spartans came in first place in the men’s 8+ varsity race, the men’s 1x varsity race, the men’s 4+ novice race and the women’s 4+ novice race. The Spartans also has a second place finish in the men’s novice 8+ race, a fifth place finish in the women’s 4+ race and a pair of third place finishes in women’s varsity 1x and women’s novice 8+ races.

For those unfamiliar with rowing, the race name is the number of rowers per boat with a plus “+” indicating a coxswain, or simply the cox, on the boat.

The cox steers the boat and coordinates the rowers.

The Spartans had strong times in their wins. The men’s 8+ varsity race that brought home first place was comprised

of Jack Ingles, Gavin Brown, Liam Hoye, Luke Fakult, Chris Ryu, Evan Laneese, Lucas Vroege, Masato Miyagi and their cox Sarah Nia Coleman. They raced a 17:01.10 minute race finishing a mere 31.36 seconds in front of the number two boat. The men’s 4+ novice race team was comprised of cox Josh Zuccala and rowers Phil Smith, Matt Hoffa, Bill Tomaszewski and Clay Inman, they raced a 18:09.59 with the second place

boat clocking in at 19:32.70.

The victorious novice 4+ team of Elizabeth Tobin, Grace Karabinus, Ilana Roth, Julia Asjes with cox Dylan Brown finished with a time of 26:39.24 crushing the second place boat that finished at the 31:01.94 mark.

The Spartans will be looking to continue their success this weekend as they compete in the Head of the Ohio Regatta in Pittsburgh PA.

Courtesy Colleen Kennedy Top: Case Crew Club Women’s Varsity 4+ team of Colleen Kennedy, Abby Sevier, Steph Merlino, Maya Monroe and cox Josh Zuccala finishing their race. Bottom: First place Men’s Varsity 8+ boat coming in to the finish line manned by Jack Ingles, Gavin Brown, Liam Hoye, Luke Fakult, Chris Ryu, Evan Laneese, Lucas Vroege, Masato Miyagi and cox Sarah Nia Coleman.

Browns’ success is one for the history books Western Reserve Historical Society hosts Title Town exhibit Anne Nickoloff Arts & Entertainment Editor With the Browns currently standing at fourth in the AFC Northern Division (as of press time), with two losses and one win under their belt, it seems as though every Clevelander is thinking the same thing: Hey, it could be worse.

Of course, Cleveland isn’t exactly waiting for its next Super Bowl win anytime soon. After all, it’s been 50 years since the Browns had a championship win.

To represent this depressing milestone, the Western Reserve Historical Society has put together an exhibit to keep Browns fans’ hopes up. Titled “1964: When Browns Town was Title Town,” the exhibit pulls together memorabilia from this exciting game, including gear worn by football legends Lou “The Toe” Groza and Jimmy Brown.

If that’s not exciting enough, the exhibit also runs clips of never-before-seen game footage and has an interactive display allowing visitors to play an indoor version of football, one-on-one. Football fans will geek out at the Browns taking the front page of Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine and many famous newspapers.

“1964: When Browns Town was Title Town” is open to anyone with admission to the rest of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Tickets to the museum are free for Case Western students, and adult tickets are $10.

Anne Nickoloff/Observer The Western Reserve Historical Society’s latest exhibit is called “1964, When Brown’s Town was Titletown” and remembers the NFL Champion 1964 Browns. The temporary exhibit is on display through February 2015.

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DiSanto Field magic Men’s soccer snaps losing streak by winning two at home

Chenghao Peng/Observer Michael Balog receives a pass during the Wilmington College game last weekend. Top middle: Forward Matt Zembas sends the ball into the opposing box. Top Right: Joshua Prosser beats out Quaker defender on run on goal. Bottom: Chris Cvecko celebrates goal with Brandon White and Michael Balog, all three scored in win over Wilmington College.

JP O’Hagan Sports Editor The Case Western Reserve University men’s soccer team snapped a two-game losing streak by defeating the Wilmington College Quakers 3-0 last Saturday night.

The Spartans tallied all their goals in the second half. Freshman Michael Balog, junior Chris Cvecko and sophomore Brandon White all found the back of the net.

The Spartans and the Quakers traded a flurry of shots for the first 45 minutes of play with both teams trading possession and making strong runs into the box. No one was able to find the back of the net, despite the 13 shots in the first half between the two teams.

Balog broke the scoreless tie in the 49th minute, breaking down the right side of the field unassisted and driving home his fifth goal of the season, giving him the team lead in that

category. Balog now has six goals on the year including Wednesday night’s game where he added another, and has three assists to add to his already impressive freshman season.

Balog’s six goals come off of 25 shots and he has done a great job selecting shots.

“Michael has started well, is very talented and has benefited tremendously from the work of the players around him,” said head coach Brandon Bianco of the freshman’s quick success. He went on to cite junior forward Matt Zembas as an excellent role model for Balog, and credited the team’s second line for providing the forwards so many scoring opportunities.

Balog added offensively when he assisted on Cvecko’s goal at the 72:03 mark. Cvecko followed Balog’s example of an assist following his goal and helped White pound the final nail in Wilmington’s coffin when White found the back of the net just over six minutes

later at the 80:48 minute mark.

Balog and Cvecko were the hot feet again the following Wednesday; both tallied a goal in a 2-0 win against Hiram College, with Balog scoring one and assisting on the second.

Much like the previous match, the Spartans went into halftime tied 0-0. Balog broke the hard fought tie for the second straight game on an unassisted shot and found the back of the net in the 47th minute. Cvecko finished off the Terriers with his own strike just over nine minutes late. The Spartan’s ability to mentally and physically outlast opponents has been crucial to the team’s late-game success throughout the year and was seen in full force this past week.

Case’s freshman goalkeeper Calvin Boyle now has five wins on the year. Boyle notched five saves in the Saturday night shutout and needed only two saves in Wednesday’s match. Also, the squad remains undefeated on

their home turf; they are now 4-0 on the year at DiSanto Field.

All but one of the Spartans six victories this season have been shutouts with only one opponent finding the back of the Spartan’s net at home this season.

The Spartans, who are now 6-3-1, will open University Athletic Association play on Saturday, Oct. 5 on the road against nationally fourth-ranked Brandeis University. The Spartans will be hard pressed to advance in the highly competitive UAA, with three conference opponents in the top 25 teams in the country. For Bianco, weekly continuity will define their success in the pursuit for a conference championship.

“We need to improve our collective consistency from game to game. This boils down to our approach and preparation before the game as well as our mindset and attention to detail during the game.”