Spring Break
Two weeks have passed since the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee originally released its allocations for the 2008-2009 school year. Every undergraduate at the University contributes to the pot of money SAFAC distributes. Therefore, it is important that the student body be assured that these funds are distributed in a fair way.
Rising gas prices and environmental concern have brought energy policies to the forefront of many people's minds, especially in an election year. The need for a smart energy policy is of the utmost importance because, as Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico and former Democratic presidential candidate explained in his May 19 lecture, "Energy: A Flashpoint for Change," energy policy is connected to everything else we do.
Newspapers across the nation reported May 16 about California's legalization of gay marriage. Instead of "domestic partnerships" or "civil unions," gay couples can now officially call their relationships "marriages." The news was met with great enthusiasm among same-sex couples across the state.
Dear Fellow Students, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you. My name is Kristen Smith, and I am the student body president-elect for the 2008-2009 school year. I have been a part of Drexel's Undergraduate Student Government Association for three years as the archivist, personnel director and government operations assembly chair.
Kevin Phillips' new book, "Bad Money," details what he calls the "financialization" of the American economy in the past generation, by which lending instruments, whose purpose is - or ought to be - to facilitate productive investment, became themselves the principal source of investment and profit in the economy.
