Drexel University Public Safety officials have linked three strong-arm robberies to the same suspect, prompting a campus alert issued July 19. The robberies were committed in the late evening and early morning in the area bound by 34th to 36th streets and Powelton Avenue to Spring Garden Street, according to a University-wide e-mail.
The Triangle Editorial Board is pleased to congratulate Drexel University for placing first in Pennsylvania and ninth in the nation for partial campus recycling programs. The award comes from a program called "Recycle Mania" and is sponsored by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
The Drexel concrete canoe team recently won the Tony P. Crest Award for demonstrating superior and creative use of technology and materials in the construction of their canoe. "It feels excellent," Pat Perhosky, a member of the team, said. "We put a lot of hard work into this project this year.
Last October, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones announced during a performance at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City that the title for his next album was going to be "N****r." Immediately, buzz snowballed, and as the controversy spread, Nas was the object of lavish praise and trifling condemnation.
Dr. Nihat M. Bilgutay, 56, a professor and former head of Drexel's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, died July 1 at his home in Wallingford, Pa., after a two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. During his 26 years at the University, Bilgutay was a driving force in the ECE department's success and growth, according to Moshe Kam, ECE department head and professor.
In his June 27 letter to the editor, Lux Gurusamy wrote: "Marriage is not just a religious symbol or social status or even a spiritual status. It is an identity. It is an identity that has been present ever since time began. … Our ancestors, who were relatively smarter than us, never fooled with that identity.
Just as Drexel was beginning to dominate the conference, lacrosse competition will only get stronger. UMass and Penn State will be joining the Colonial Athletic Association's men's lacrosse conference in 2010. My initial reaction, like many others, was to jump to the conclusion that their additions would be purely beneficial to the CAA.
Open your mind. Have you ever encountered something out of your comfort zone, but grown to love it after it was done? Or maybe jumped to conclusions too early in the game, only to find that your initial thought just pulled a 180 on your mind? One might experience this phenomena if they attend the 14th Annual Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, taking place at venues across Center City July 10-22.
