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In the wake of the Jocelyn Kirsch scandal, claims of cheating have surfaced and Drexel University officials are speaking out about what policies exist to prevent academic misconduct. Security measures during exams have increased in the past few years at Drexel, according to Paul Deroo, instructor of chemistry at Drexel.
Three officials from Placer County, Calif., where Drexel is considering building a satellite campus, will come to the University City campus Feb. 11 and Feb. 12. The visit from County Supervisors Rocky Rockholm, Robert Weygandt and Jim Holmes will come following Placer County Chief Executive Officer Tom Miller's visit to Drexel in late January.
Students and professors will gather in Behrakis Grand Hall Feb. 5 for the Super Tuesday watch party hosted by Drexel Votes 2008, the Drexel Democrats and the College Republicans. Activities for the watch party include prizes and student analysis on specific candidates and issues as the 21 Republican and 23 Democratic primary results come in on a giant screen TV.
A group of students are trying to organize an "Undie Run" in University City May 3, where students will be invited to donate their clothes to charity and then run around a predetermined route in their underwear. The organizers said they plan to invite all Philadelphia college students, especially targeting Drexel and the University of Pennsylvania communities, to show up at midnight on May 3 wearing clothing they no longer want.
Three secret service agents spoke to Drexel students Jan. 31 at the Criminal Justice Program and the College of Information and Technology's secret service career forum. The special agents Brien Graveline, Michael Sullivan and Kelly Fincher, provided students with an informational session on what the secret service is all about and informed them of the hiring process.
Giuliani, Edwards quit race; who benefits? Democrat John Edwards and Republican Rudy Giuliani have both withdrawn from the presidency race, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The withdrawls have left the Democratic Party with only two contenders: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
Think back to those childhood games of Monopoly, when shelling out $100,000 for Boardwalk was a no-brainer, and imagine having the opportunity to invest that much money in real life. Ten undergraduate students, as part of the Dragon Fund Investment Committee (DFIC), were given that chance.
A Holocaust survivor who escaped Nazi persecution in 1939 spoke Jan. 25 to 20 Drexel University students in a program co-sponsored by the Commuter Student Programs and Services (CSPS) and Hillel. The speaker, Kurt Herman, now 78 years old, was nine years old when he became one of 49 children rescued to the United States by an American organization called Brith Sholom, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The following are crimes that occurred on or near campus and were reported to The Triangle by the Drexel University Department of Public Safety. All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement or DPS incident reports. January 25, 2008 DRUNKENNESS 11:26 p.
In November 2007, the Federal Trade Commission released a survey showing that 8.3 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2005. Though not as common on college campuses, identity theft is clearly a serious crime. There are a variety of levels of technology and practices involved in stealing an identity, and methods of catching criminals of this nature are also varied in technology.
According to Robert D'Ovidio, an assistant professor of culture and communication at Drexel, there are a variety of measures students can take to protect themselves against identity theft crimes. The first step in the case of such a crime is to notify local security at Drexel, according to D'Ovidio.
Identity theft crimes are classified in two categories, "simple," and "complex," being as simple as opening someone's mailbox, to using special software to steal personal information, Murugan Anandarajan, a Drexel Management Information Systems professor, said.
