With recent incidents of violence, including the brutal beating of Timothy Lynch only a few blocks from the University City Main Campus, the question returns: "Are students truly safe in the areas surrounding campus?" Over 75 percent of Drexel's student population are commuters, many of whom live near campus in the Powelton and Mantua communities.
The upcoming New Jersey gubernatorial election pits Republican Doug Forrester against Democrat Jon Corzine, as the two part candidates. In my opinion, however, neither of these candidates are viable choices, so for my vote I have to look elsewhere. These candidates don't even seem that different to me.
I write to correct a serious misunderstanding, voiced in The Triangle, that will unnecessarily upset students and detract from an effort about which we all should be justly proud. Your editorial, "Coercive Culture" attacks a condition that does not exist.
He has a town in Pennsylvania named after his family. His family's historic property is now part of a university. His name is Bill Scranton. He's running for governor of Pennsylvania, and he came to Philadelphia last Tuesday and spared some time out of his schedule to sit down with The Triangle.
"The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects, beyond which it cannot extend its jurisdiction." - James Madison
Very shortly, the American death toll in Iraq will reach 2000. It stood at 139 the day George W. Bush played Captain Marvel on the flight deck of the Abraham Lincoln and announced that "major combat operations" in Saddam Hussein's erstwhile republic of fear were over.
The tragic events of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the associated death toll of both, brought sadness to the entire nation. When such a menace as a hurricane is approaching, methods of preventing human casualties must be a priority. After a disaster of this nature occurs, the goal should be to save as many people as possible.
