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A 17-year-old male suspect was arrested at his home blocks from campus Nov. 9 and has confessed to three robberies of Drexel students, according to Drexel University's Department of Public Safety.
Bernard Johnson, the 47-year-old homeless man wanted for allegedly robbing three Drexel students at knifepoint was arrested at approximately 7 p.m. Nov. 14 outside the 7-Eleven at 34th Street and Lancaster Avenue according to Drexel Public Safety.
Campus domination could only be a click away. Drexel students will soon have the chance to play an online game similar to "Risk," in which players strategize for world domination, using the University's campus as the controllable territories. "Take a world domination game, spread it over an entire school, add online social interactivity and set the whole thing on a map of your own campus," Matthew O.
Voter turnout was at a record low Nov. 2 for the mayoral elections in Philadelphia this year. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, about three in ten registered voters cast ballots, the lowest turnout for a Philadelphia mayoral election in more than a century.
Drexel's free music download program, MusicSelect, signed with another music provider, eMusic, in addition to Napster Nov. 6. Drexel's Offices of Information Resources and Technology said they are confident that eMusic is a great replacement for iTunes, which recently withdrew its participation in MusicSelect.
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Bernard Johnson, a homeless man in connection with the October robberies of three Drexel students, University officials said Nov. 10. Johnson is wanted for allegedly robbing one student at knifepoint at the 33rd and Market Streets Trolley station Oct.
Although the seven democratic president candidates were in the spotlight during the Oct. 30 debate on campus, scores of others worked behind the scenes to make the event possible. Assistant Vice President of Administrative Services Kyle Kephart was one of those behind the scenes coordinating everything from light bulbs to security for the event.
Mayor-elect Michael Nutter calls for civic service Michael Nutter held his first press conference this week as the mayor-elect to emphasize that all city residents and suburban neighbors have a large role in making his administration successful for the next four years, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Drexel graduates received six awards in book jacket design, book design and packaging design in the 37th Creativity Annual Awards, an international graphic design competition. The selected designs were projects from the senior design courses, book design and senior thesis submitted by Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, E.
MAD Dragon Records released The Redwalls' newest CD Oct. 23. On Nov. 14, the band will perform at the Trocadero. The Redwalls are one of the more well known groups released by the label. Other CDs released this year have been: Andrew Lipke in February, Hoots & Hellmouth in April, and Unleashed in June.
Two teams of Drexel students competed in the regional round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest Oct. 27 at Washington University in Maryland. One team, the Drexel Hungarian Horntails, was made up of Jeff Patti, Minh Nguyen and Geetika Gupta.
(U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The funeral bell tolled for the stem cell research bill on Tuesday, leaving critics and supporters alike posing reasons as to why the issue did not pass. The bill, introduced by the New Jersey state government, would have allowed the state to borrow $450 million over a period of 10 years to fund stem cell research around the state.
Representative David G. Argall, who has won 11 straight elections since 1985 in Berks and Schuykill countries, spoke at Drexel Nov. 7. For the past two elections, he was also elected Republican Party Whip, making him the second highest-ranking Republican in the state House of Representatives.
Comedian Stephen Lynch will perform Nov. 30 in the Main Auditorium for the Campus Activities Fall Comedy show. Lynch was chosen form the list by a poll CAB posted on their web site. The poll asked whom the students wanted to see. "It [the poll] was open for one month," CAB President Nicole Martino said.
(U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio - Most students' parents went to the same college, met through a mutual friend or frequented the same hangouts. But this generation may be telling their children a different story about their first meeting It may begin with an online dating site.
(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Blockbuster and Coca-Cola want to be your friend. Earlier this week, Facebook launched an advertising application that gives Facebook profile pages to companies and allow users to identify themselves as fans of that company's products.
Since September 2008 Philadelphia restaurants have been prohibited from using trans-fat products. The law will make Philadelphia the second largest American city to pass a ban against trans-fat. On Drexel's campus, however, a trans-fat ban isn't changing much.
