Spring Break
The University has been named by the New York Attorney General's office as receiving "kickbacks" from the student loan industry as part of a probe into the practice of schools recommending lenders to students.
Many people have noticed a building on the corner of 34th and Chestnut St. slowly progressing since the end of 2005. While there is no question that the building is there, some questions arise as to what the building is for.
Pete's Lunch Cart on 33rd and Market, in front of Hagerty Library, is closing after having served the University campus for many years. A "For Sale" sign was placed at the cart window earlier this week. The cart has been at the location for 21 years and is very well known to the University students, faculty, staff and other members of the city community.
Drexel student Jonathan To was sentenced Mar. 30 to four years probation and 100 hours of community service on a single charge of computer criminal activity.
The incoming Dean of College of Law Roger J. Dennis was recently subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury, in Trenton NJ on Mar. 22. The subpoena was issued due to the controversial hiring of Senator Wayne Bryant as a guest lecturer for law students at Rutgers, Camden.
The 16th annual Philadelphia Film Festival returns to University City this week. From April 5 to 18, over a third of the event's screenings will be presented at The Bridge Cinema de Lux at 40th and Walnut St. and International House Philadelphia at 37th and Chestnut St.
Students at St. Joseph's University student newspaper The Hawk are in the hot seat after articles published in the April Fool's Day issue offended administration and students. Fake articles in The Squawk, the annual satire issue of the paper, included a report that Cardinal Justin Rigali was gay, and of a murder of the "lone women's basketball fan.
In a fleet of mini-vans, Habitat for Humanity students went down to Laurinburg, N.C. to participate in the Collegiate Challenge with the groups Scotland County, N.C. branch, Mar 24 to Mar 31. The group consisted of eleven Drexel undergraduates, and Brad Kenny, the coordinator for community development in the Office of Campus Activities, acted as the advisor on the trip.
The United States Census Bureau recently released new population figures that show Philadelphia has dropped from its place as the nation's fifth-largest city. Philadelphia slipped to the sixth place, while Phoenix rose to fifth, and the figures imply that this might have happened as early as 2005.
More than 1,200 high school students put on their thinking caps in the Dakalaskis Athletic Center March 29 through 31 for the Philadelphia Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. The University hosted students from over 40 high schools, some coming from as far away as California.
Mardi Gras has come and gone in New Orleans. Less than two months have gone by, leaving behind a taste of the festive French quarter after the city's maintenance crew picked up all the beads and remnants.
University freshman Agastya Arya was honored by public safety officials for his role in thwarting a theft of a fellow student's cell phone Jan 20. Arya was volunteering to monitor the University's security camera system as part of the DragonVision program.
