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Why have you given up on Case? Because they demolished a house you wanted them to keep? By all accounts, Case is doing better than ever. Enrollment is up, the national profile of Case is much higher, and applicants are much higher than they were five years ago. Not to mention the new student center, the repurposing of the temple into an arts campus and all of the future expansion and construction plans. Sounds like they are going in the right direction to me. I have my reasons besides this. This is just emblematic. And I don't want to start another thread derailment.

My alma mater disgusts me. Whatever, in so many ways, I've given up on the entire institution. Babs isn't going to see another cent from me. Sometimes I wonder why I still fight for this institution at all. Oh and if you were wondering, there was a meeting. In typical Case fashion they told no one and slid it under the radar. They then told everyone after the fact in some vague gloating victory.

I'm a bit confused by that signage. It look super amazing! But is it painted directly onto structural members, not the previous facade? It sure looks like it when I walked past yesterday.

Maybe there's hope? Plans to destroy 100-year-old Cleveland Hubbard House stirs debate CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland City Councilman Jeffrey Johnson's receives numerous public records requiring review on his desk every day. A plan to destroy the more than 100-year-old Hubbard House on Juniper Road stuck out amongst his paperwork. "There's a requirement that the City Planning Commission send out their agenda. It's on their website, and every councilman gets it. I read through mine and when I saw that I looked at what was proposed," Johnson said. More: http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/plans-to-destroy-100-year-old-cleveland-hubbard-house-inspires-councilman-to-action I totally plan to raise hell at CWRU for this abomination.

Sorry to reappear from the dead, but here's more about the house in University Circle that CWRU wishes to tear down. An alumnus is attempting to justify it. You can read my super salty response in the comments. Clancy in response to the editorial board’s “CWRU’s new alumni center not best use of space” To the editor, As the former Executive Director of Case Western Reserve University’s alumni office and graduate of the university’s law school, I thank you for this opportunity to share some of the history surrounding the creation of the existing Alumni House and the decision to build a new Alumni Hall. The Alumni House itself opened in 2007 after decades of requests from Case Western Reserve University graduates that the university emulate its many peer institutions by offering such a space. Ultimately the Alumni Association Board established a task force to advance the initiative, and among the group’s top recommendations was inclusion of a large room to accommodate large functions. From there fundraising began. READ MORE: http://observer.case.edu/clancy-alumni-center/?fb_comment_id=1172232632791566_1175038285844334&comment_id=1175038285844334&offset=0&total_comments=3#faa51f97

I learned a thing today.

Don't know. I would think the United Bank building at W25 and Lorain. But the tweet came from @SOLODistrictOC so it could be anywhere along and south of Lorain. It looks like they are either sharing or taking over the JC Beertech spot. Related to the Hingetown moniker discussion, Platform/Beertech/Brew Shop are the only people who call it the SOLO District. They should stop trying to make SOLO District happen. Sorry had to. :p Anyway I'm ok with branding as long as it gives a sense of place ("Uptown") but I feel like the organic push isn't there for for "SOLO" but idk that might just be me. I'll go back to lurking now.

Hey everyone, I actually wrote an angry letter to the editor concerning this in The Observer a few months ago when Case students got a whiff of it: http://observer.case.edu/letter-to-the-editor-36/ In response to some Observer coverage: http://observer.case.edu/juniper-police-headquarters-to-be-torn-down-replaced-with-new-alumni-wing/ I'd encourage all of you to contact the Alumni Association: Case Alumni Association, Inc. Tomlinson Hall, Room 109 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7073 Phone: 216-231-4567 | Fax: 216-231-5715 | Toll Free: 1-866-385-CASE As well and voice your concerns. I did, and apparently according to the receptionist someone will be in touch with me soon to go over plans and things (?). We'll see. Also contact UCI: 10831 Magnolia Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 216-791-3900 I have and left a message. Mass numbers of calls and emails might stop this. After all, we stopped the destruction of Playhouse Square as the bulldozers reached the curb. We can stop this. (We can also try contacting the developer guy: http://www.linsalatacapital.com/professionals/)

As a person from the Subcontinent (heeeeyyyyyy!), I've never eaten at Mirch Masala. I really never had a reason to. I cook most of my own Desi food. Just made giant batch of samosas for a party. Anyway, Desi-Chinese is one of my favorite cuisine mashups. I look forward to eating it in Lahore whenever I visit family. I'll stop in one day and report my findings here.

Uhhh, what? Got this email: Commuteralerts [email protected] via case.edu Dec 4 (2 days ago) RTA's popular feature, Commuter Alerts, is not working, and it appears that it will be down for the foreseeable future. We apologize for this unfortunate news. We are doing everything we can to locate the issue and correct it. In the meantime, we are looking at ways that we can offer you similar information. Please look for another e-mail from us with some alternatives you can do to stay informed. Commuter Alerts began Oct. 11, 2010. We are glad that you found it useful, and we thank you for your on-going support. Which explains a lot of why I am getting no service delay texts but what is going on?

I have a lot of feels on this whole thing. And white-hetero-cis-capitalist-patriarchy (ANGRY NOUN MASHUPS, YEAH!) in general. Anyway, that NEOMG article was just AWFUL. Like, how does that make it past ANY editor? Uuuugghhhh.

IDK Tinkham Veale is no incentive for me to drag myself outta bed, but it's not exactly a great building. That's kinda off topic on my part, though. :p

But forreal, heat and serve... Restaurants require hotels to have a lot more infrastructure. It also means guests will eat and other Downtown establishments, which is good.

Nitpick, but concrete buckets are actually pretty huge.

Is that wood paneling...?

heh, Joe knows me by name now, I've ribbed him at all the meetings I go to.

Okay so here's the short version of my time at the meeting: There were about 3 people who said the stations should move, me included. RTA still seems to be bowing to pressure from CDAs and such. There was encouraging talk of, at least at 34th, to create a Trolley connection to Tri-C and Downtown. Also the Reverend was there. She's always a treat. Also Joe had "no comment" because he'd "never heard" of the rumors around the Shaker Rapids.

I went. Studying for an exam now, will fill in details later.

All thanks to my friend Gabby, for the great reporting she did!

Here it is, according to RTA, the rumors are untrue. http://observer.case.edu/rta-discusses-plans-for-future-of-public-transportation/ However, the fates of the stations mentioned are still able to influenced! Don't forget about that meeting on the 5th!

Hah, well I have a select few for Tink, including "Tinkler." And Sacstroker is my home base. >.> Sorry 4 am.

They'll just use the Square as a roundabout (square-a-bout?), won't they?

Perhaps a few well placed emails to the right journalists --- and maybe even a CWRU Observer piece -- need to happen. Whelp apparently an Observer piece may happen, after the phone call I just got. Stay tuned?

Damn, unless my alma mater has changed even more dramatically than I thought, you're used to dealing with people of a more politically conservative nature. Pretty much anyone to the right of Michelle Obama rejects the ideas of male/white "privilege", not to mention "patriarchy". Those are concepts that will get your arguments tuned out. Allow me to do a "Judge Mulready" (character in my favorite West Wing episode) and say that when you are discussing things with a right leaning or ideologically mixed group, you want to focus on respect for the individual, regardless of race, creed, gender, preference, etc. You want to talk about going after the influences that make some people think this is acceptable behavior. The norms of society aren't going to change within the two year time frame we have before the national spotlight turns on us, and let's not forget exactly who will be bringing that spotlight with us. If it were the Democrats, who value "inclusiveness and sensitivity" a lot more, it might be different. But it's people who value a certain degree of order, and social norms that don't include random shouts of "Hey baby!" (or for that matter more disparaging comments at men they don't respect for whatever reason) in public places. Damn right I'm used to dealing with conservative ideas, that doesn't mean they're immune to privilege and intersectionality. Privilege and patriarchy are very well-studied concepts that have plenty of observational and research backing. I'm a Civil Engineer by degree, but it wasn't what I wanted to do with my life, I'd rather be in anthropology and linguistics (socio-linguistics!). I find the way people and society interact fascinating and worthy of scientific discourse. I realize bringing up patriarchy, privilege, and intersectionality tunes out the right, who'd rather bury their heads in the sand and claim no problems exist within American society. What you are proposing is only temporary, and usually comes as part of the package during big events anyway. It's not going to solve the problem over the long term. We can police and segregate all we want (and will during the RNC 2016) to look good, every city does. But to solve the larger problem will involve digging deep and looking hard at the ideas and social structures that allow it to continue. Increasing police, hiding "undesirable" people, and creating a "sanitized" space is not going be a long-term solution. Also this is way off topic.

Oooh, can we get Cleveland Clinic to that? >_>