Spring Break
Bernard Johnson, a homeless man accused of robbing a number of Drexel students at knifepoint, was arrested outside the 7-Eleven right off campus Nov. 14. That's definitely good news - students who often walk alone at night near campus can breathe a little easier.
On Nov. 2nd, my colleague Sam Chenkin spoke of presidential primary debates as "lacking any real substance." Well, I have to agree with this observation; modern debates are not about the issues. They are, in fact, auditions. But they are hardly irrelevant to a candidate's viability as president.
In Oct. 19 edition of The Triangle, I wrote an article where I speculated whether humans have developed as much as we think we have. The title implied that social change is slow but steady; this was not what I was trying to say. I meant that social change isn't happening.
For several days now, those who pay attention have been watching a burgeoning crisis in Pakistan. On Nov. 3, President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. This, according to him, legally suspended the constitution of the government, and instituted what can best be described as military rule.
UWire) - Writers across the nation are fighting injustice as they bravely stand up to the evils of corporate America in their picket lines. Social Security is on the brink of collapse, the dollar is plummeting toward new lows, and Iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons - but at least celebrity writers are showing the nasty entertainment industry who's boss.
Watch the news and see what happens when you let long-gone European empires draw borders. Look at a map of Europe, and you see curvy borders that are established along linguistic and geographic lines - you see the same in most of Asia, and at least partially, in the Americas.
