By: Aquene Kimmel Taking over as the leader of a student organization is never easy. You have to clear out the booby traps the previous leader has planted around your … Read More “Editor’s note”
Editor’s Note
Editors Note
Tejas Joshi The end came, not with a bang, but with a buzz. In The Athenian office, we were happily engaged in our usual activities. JP was carefully embroidering matching … Read More “Editors Note”
Editor’s Note
Dear Readers, Thank you for taking the time to read our centennial issue of The Athenian: The Undergraduate Humor Journal of Case Western Reserve University. The Athenian is a completely … Read More “Editor’s Note”
Editor’s Note
Tejas Joshi No longer able to afford our own heating, The Athenian staff warmed ourselves on the embers from the fire we lit in The Observer’s office space, desperately thinking … Read More “Editor’s Note”

Editor’s Note
Dear readers, It’s been real. It’s been fun. So many feels, So many puns. This is an editor’s note, It’s where you say stuff About all the things you wrote, … Read More “Editor’s Note”
Editor’s note
Anne Nickoloff Editor-in-Chief I’ve been a member of both The Observer and The Athenian for four years, and it’s been an interesting combination. Sometimes it’s hard to juggle my current … Read More “Editor’s note”

Squirrels Illustrated
Annie Nickoloff, Editor-in-Chief
Dear editor, Grievances for this issue of “The Observer”
So my typical morning starts out like this: I wake up after tossing around on my queen sized bed, still chuckling at the memory of my freshman self hopping off … Read More “Dear editor, Grievances for this issue of “The Observer””
Letter from the Editor
Anne Nickoloff, editor-in-chief Ever since my freshman year, Case Western has hovered somewhere in the higher numbers of the Princeton Review’s “least beautiful campus” list. The photo accompanying said list … Read More “Letter from the Editor”
Editor’s Dedication
The recent events in Paris remind us that we are extremely fortunate to live in a country where the right to satirize has been fought for and defended. Satire reminds … Read More “Editor’s Dedication”
Letter from the Editor
Anne Nickoloff Burnout: It exists. It might not be recognized by modern psychology, and it might be dismissed by certain hard workers. But it has become an increasingly large problem … Read More “Letter from the Editor”
Letter From the Editor
The other day, I said a phrase I didn’t think I’d start saying until I was in my mid-fifties. “Man, those were the days.” (Which was immediately followed up with, … Read More “Letter From the Editor”
Editor’s Note – Issue 77
Anne Nickoloff, Editor-in-Chief Case Western is a geographically large school. Need proof of that? Just ask any student who’s lived on Carlton Road and had an 8:00 a.m. class at … Read More “Editor’s Note – Issue 77”
Letter From the Editor
It’s no secret that Case Western stands out from other schools. We’ve seen our spot in the yearly rankings, read the diversity reports and witnessed the strangeness that is Humans … Read More “Letter From the Editor”
Letter from the Editor
The first book that I really remember reading as a child was a 200-something page book about mythology. It was way back in the third grade when death gods may … Read More “Letter from the Editor”