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March 17, 2008
Case Spotlight: Michael Benning
When you think of the members of a short-form improvisational comedy troupe, you probably think theater majors. However, Case breaks the mold with IMPROVment: out of its 17 members, half of them are pursuing other majors. For example, when not performing in the Black Box Theater, junior Michael Benning is a management major with a marketing concentration and an English minor.
“Marketing manages to take some of my strongest interests—design, writing and music—and combine them into a career,” he says.
Michael has helped with the promotion of the troupe around campus and has used his improv skills to improve his impromptu public speaking. This helped him and his partner to place second out of 20 when they represented Case in the University of Arizona’s Eller Ethics Case Competition. Besides IMPROVment, Michael keeps busy in the Peter B. Lewis Building as part of the Case Marketing Association and the American Advertising Federation.
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March 14, 2008
Teach a class, learn a skill, meet new people: What are you doing on Saturday?
Saturday College, or SatCo, is a special program that offers non-credit, non-tuition classes that are open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members. These classes can be taught by anyone who has a special skill or hobby that they want to share.
SatCo takes place one weekend each semester and always includes a variety of subjects. This semester, classes include rock climbing, jewelry making, personal financial budgeting, juggling, and volunteering with Habitat for Humanity or the Domestic Violence Shelter of Cleveland.
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March 11, 2008
Case Spotlight: Lois Rouzer
Junior Lois Rouzer decided to double her options while at Case with a double major in chemistry and dance, with plans to continue on to medical school.
“Double majoring in two completely different fields of study is an opportunity not many universities offer and I am grateful for how accommodating Case has been,” says Lois. In fact, Case is so accommodating to students who double major, that the majority of students complete both of their majors in only four years of study.
As a double major at Case, Lois doesn’t just spend all of her time studying alone in her room.
“I like all of the opportunities Case has to offer,” she says.
From Greek Life, to research opportunities, Mather Dance Collective, to Cleveland’s culture, Lois agrees that everyone can find some way to get involved at Case.
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March 07, 2008
Case Spotlight: Jason Cairns
Jason Cairns has been doing research since his first year, but he’s never worked with chemical beakers, mice or germs. Jason is a junior economics major with minors in political science and sociology and, like many arts and sciences students at Case, spends just as much time performing research as his engineering and pre-medicine counterparts. Jason’s research was an economic experiment that examined the impact of emotions on inter-temporal choice and altruistic behavior. In his own words, “we wanted to study if individuals became more impatient and more altruistic when they experienced negative emotions, such as disgust.” Jason was involved in this study every step of the way, from developing and running the experiment, to collecting and analyzing the data. In addition, research is such an integral part of the Case community because of the close connections that students and professors form. Jason states that “[the professor I research with] and I have developed a peer relationship where I feel comfortable getting his advice on topics beyond academics.”
Outside of the classroom, Jason is the president of the pre-law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, a member of Mock Trial, and a part of the economics honor society, Omicron Delta Epsilon. Like all college students, however, he doesn’t spend all of his time on campus. Jason loves attending punk-rock concerts in the area and hanging out with friends. Jason even plans to take a year off after graduation to travel and play music before coming back to attend law school.
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March 03, 2008
The Celluloid Campus
Case Western Reserve University is no stranger to the big screen. In fact, a 2008 applicant said he first learned about us from a scene in the 1999 movie Being John Malkovich. Case was also mentioned numerous times in the indy flick The Oh in Ohio, and a number of Case students were cast as extras in the film, some with minor speaking roles. Some of our buildings—including Thwing Student Center (above)—can be seen in Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford.
If you choose to attend Case, there’s no guarantee that you’ll see celebrities and film crews on your way to class (though you might spy members of the Footlighters rehearsing scenes on the quad). However, international stardom isn’t entirely out of the question. A group of engineering majors will appear on the Discovery Channel later this month for their work on Dexter, Case’s robotic vehicle.
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Are you a film buff? At Case you won’t be the only one. The Case Film Society offers screenings throughout the semester, as well as special events like the 36-hour Sci-Fi Film Marathon. Case students frequent the renowned Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, located just a few steps from the North Campus residence halls. Also, the Cedar Lee Theater is close to campus and shows first-run independent features.
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