Spring Break
According to a Drexel University press release, Drexel civil engineering students will use the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge to gain a real-world experience in improving and enhancing safety in tangible situations. Crossing the Delaware River, the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge connects northeast Philadelphia with Palmyra, New Jersey with 3,659 feet from abutment to abutment.
As the term draws to a close, we all surely are beginning to resent our professors and classes and just want to be heading home for the holidays. But if we step outside the stress of finals for a moment, how well have our professors really done this term? Our opportunity to give them a grade is coming up in our final course evaluations.
Record breakers and winning teams; it's what people want to read about. So read. The Drexel women's basketball team travels down to Richmond, Va. for a Nov. 20 matchup with the well-rounded Spiders. The Spiders are returning all five of their starters from last year, while Drexel (1-1) comes in with momentum after its win over neighboring rival Penn 56-42 Nov.
The Drexel University Campus Activity Board hosted their 10th annual comedy show at the auditorium of the Main Building Friday Nov. 13. The show has become a tradition at Drexel and has featured some of the top names in comedy including Dane Cook, Jim Gaffigan and Stephen Lynch.
Drexel University's Constantine Papadakis Integrated Science Building's groundbreaking ceremony occurred Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. The innovative structure, built on the corner of 33rd and Chestnut streets, will be the new home of many of the University's science programs and is named for the University's late president, Constantine Papadakis, who passed away earlier this year after complications from lung cancer.
When it comes to sustainability, Drexel often seeks to position itself at the forefront of the movement to "go green." Yet there is one issue where Drexel now lags dangerously behind its university peers, an issue affecting not just sustainability but animal welfare and student health as well: the decision of Drexel Dining to continue purchasing battery cage eggs.
Even if everyone else seems to be dwelling on his team's 0-2 start, Bruiser Flint, head coach of the Drexel men's basketball team, certainly isn't putting much stock into it. Plagued by early inconsistency on the offensive end, foul trouble and some very bad luck, Flint's team dropped its season opener to Saint Joseph's 77-67 in overtime Nov.
When Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer stepped on stage to open his set during The Cheap Date tour, he did so without his band. He headed for the drums, and after setting a beat, he let it play as a loop. He proceeded to play the guitar, bass, and keyboard, letting each instrument record and the sounds repeat before he approached the microphone and added vocals.
