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Cuyahoga County Council OKs absentee ballot mailing; Husted drops plan to block ballot applications The Plain Dealer: Secretary of State Jon Husted dropped his proposal to block absentee voting by using ballot applications sent at the taxpayers’ expense in Cuyahoga County. Husted said all voters sh...

Americana BBC: The handwritten letter has become a “sentimental inconvenience” around the world, especially in America, so Americana themes its episode around the postal service. Bill Marling, professor of American literature, modernism, popular culture and globalization, discusses James N. Cain’s ...

College rankings that aren’t ridiculous: Washington Monthly The Huffington Post: Case Western Reserve University ranked No. 7 in Washington Monthly’s annual rankings, the top 13 of which are listed here....

'Bridesmaids,' 'The Help' draw women audiences – and big box-office numbers The Christian Science Monitor: Female-driven films have been huge hits at the box office this summer, such as The Help and Bridesmaids. The success of Bridesmaids, said SAGES Fellow Brad Ricca, was partly due to the fact th...

Doctor shortage threatens U.S. and Ohio: The Changing Face of Medicine The Plain Dealer: A doctor shortage across the U.S. and in Northeast Ohio is occurring. To combat this, medical schools have agreed to grow enrollment by 30 percent by 2015—a difficult task for the schools, as classrooms and lab...

All interested students are encouraged to consider applying to the Emergency Medicine Research Division (EMRD) during the Fall 2011 recruitment drive. EMRD is a volunteer group dedicated to learning about research, doing research and publishing research, all centered around emergency medicine. This ...

The initiative in Promoting Health Across Boundaries (PHAB) announces one undergraduate and one graduate fellowship for the 2011-12 academic year. Fellows will work with a multidisciplinary team of senior faculty from all eight schools within the university. Each fellow will develop an individual p...

It is important for student groups to have adequate opportunities to publicize their events; it is equally important to maintain an attractive campus free of unnecessary litter. The following PostCheck 2011 guidelines are designed to achieve those objectives, while avoiding limitations to freedom of...

Case Western Reserve University now stands among the top 10 universities in the country, according to Washington Monthly magazine, which ranked the university No. 7. This is a 10-spot jump from last year, and marks the highest position the university has earned on the magazine’s list. The rankings ...

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will host an open house Sept. 1 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Thwing Center 309 for all faculty, students and staff. The open house is a chance to become familiar with the center’s location, learn more about what they do and meet the team. Food and beverages will be ...