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As countless law enforcement officials stood watch over the candidates at the Drexel University debate, reports are emerging of a police officer shot at 22nd and Chestnut streets.
As the Oct. 30 Democratic Debate at Drexel approaches, various organizations in the University community will lead voter registration drives. The Drexel Election Task Force will include members of the Powelton Village Community in its effort to promote voter registration, and the Drexel Democrats are hosting voter registration drives for students.
Democratic Presidential candidate Mike Gravel was forced to withdraw from the Oct. 30 Drexel debate after being unable to meet the required criteria for polling and fundraising. The criteria to participate are set by NBC news and include sufficient and polling requirements, as well as an actively documented campaign.
With the starting salary of a public interest lawyer not even half that of a corporate colleague, Drexel University joined with the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Oct. 23 to support and recruit minority public interest lawyers. University President Constantine Papadakis has pledged to support the work of minority attorneys by donating $5,000 to two Martin Luther King fellows for two years as well as putting Drexel's technology resources at the disposal of the MLK fellowship and internship program, Tobey Oxholm Drexel general counsel said.
Eight robberies, four involving guns, have occurred near or around Drexel's campus since Oct. 5, prompting public safety officials to increase patrol and seek assistance from the Philadelphia Police Department's Special Investigations Unit, according to Drexel's Department of Public Safety.
10,000 Called to Action to Fight Violence Nearly 10,000 men in Philadelphia participated in "A Call to Action" event to help fight crime and violence in the city that was held at Temple University's Liacouras Center. According to event officials, between people who attended and people who registered online, over 12,000 total are set to participate.
After some students were turned away from the Oct. 18 Convocation Drexel University administrators are speaking out about the causes and lessons learned. Freshman honor students were required to attend Convocation but some who arrived were told the Main Auditorium was full, according to students interviewed.
Drexel alum Christopher Ferguson will once again be part of a NASA flight as Commander of the Endeavor mission, in September 2008. Ferguson was previously the pilot of NASA's Atlantis mission to renovate the International Space Station in September 2006. Ferguson revealed a lot about his career and his time at NASA in a telephone interview with The Triangle.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The brainchildren of two of Harvard University's most famous dropouts - one conceived more than three decades ago, the other three years ago - united Wednesday in a deal that places a $15 billion value on an online experiment launched from a Kirkland dorm room.
The new Dining Services Committee at Drexel plans to come together with students this year to improve the quality and variety of food and retail services across campus. Run by Sodexho, the committee is a University-wide imitation of Sodexho's own student board of directors.
After being suspended over the summer and reorganizing their chapter, Delta Sigma Phi returned to campus this fall with new rules, a new executive board and a renovated house, according to Tim Tomalavage, the public relations chair of the fraternity. The fraternity underwent major changes this summer after fourteen brothers who were part of the Alumni Corporation Board (ACB) took disciplinary action against the chapter according to the Office of the Dean of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Tomalavage.
HONOLULU - Students who are on financial aid and are caught smoking marijuana could see their federal assistance go up in smoke. The Higher Education Act was established in 1965 to provide educational resources for college students through financial aid programs.
(U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. - Ask most women what they will dress up as for Halloween this year and you will probably hear: "I'm not sure yet; something sexy." Sexy female costumes have become synonymous with the traditionally spooky holiday, providing a day for women to unleash their inner vixen while clad in costume.
Drexel students are about to embark on a large scale renovation of one of campus's abandoned properties. The former Pi Lambda Phi fraternity house was donated to the Smart House program by Senior Vice President of Student Life and Administrative Services James Tucker and the Division of Student Life and Administrative Services.
