Drexel's administrative leaders gathered Jan. 28 for a University Assembly that outlined the current state of the University and plans for its future. The presentation, which was delivered to a mixed group of students, faculty, and administration, covered a wide variety of topics from the effects of the recent economic hardships on Drexel's finances to a look at the University's enrollment increases throughout the last decade.
Our University will create 250 full tuition scholarships for city graduates over the next five years. These scholarships are expected to cost around $28 million. Announced in the wake of widespread calls to ameliorate the education system across the board in Philadelphia, some have met this announcement with unwavering approval.
As a member of the Romanian Under-20 National team, Gabriela Marginean averaged 19.5 points and seven rebounds per game and was named a team captain. Sounds like an international talent that should be highly touted. Fortunately for Drexel, Marginean was relatively unknown and turned out to be a great discovery for her coach, Denise Dillon.
To get away from the stress of school, I headed south of Walnut St. in hopes of finding a hidden getaway that many had raved about online. I made my way in the blistering cold until I spotted the quaint La Citadelle at the corner of 16th and Pine in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood.
Drexel University's College of Medicine and Hahnemann Hospital are recruiting for a phase two clinical trial of Prochymal, a stem cell therapy developed by Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. The therapy is designed to treat patients with recent heart attacks to minimize scar formation and promote cardiac function by infusing patients with stem cells capable of differentiating into heart muscle cells.
The start of spring training for the new baseball season is less than two weeks off, leaving only the minor distraction of the Super Bowl remaining on the winter sports schedule. So with what Commissioner Bud Selig has told us, the steroid era is behind us.
Freshman Chris Fouch continued to light up the scoreboard during the Drexel men's basketball team's 97-55 thrashing of Towson at the Daskalaskis Athletic Center Feb. 2. Fouch dropped 28 points on the Tigers, including a ridiculous 6-of-7 from beyond the three-point arc.
As a 22-year-old male, my first inclination of a movie to go see would not be the romantic/drama "Dear John." I have nothing against the genre, it just isn't my thing. Having said that, I really think that films of this genre can prove preconceptions wrong and thankfully "Dear John" really caught me off guard with the caliber of the filmmaking.
