Spring Break
Jocelyn Kirsch always had a smile on when she worked as a camp counselor at Camp Cheerio. "She was a very friendly and outgoing person, very nice to everyone, and I didn't really see much other than that," Megan Rahn, a member of Camp Cheerio, said. Kirsch was her camp counselor.
Construction on a café in the Main Building will begin over winter break in order to be complete by early spring term, according to James N. Katsaounis, Executive Director of Communications and Marketing for Student Life and Administrative Services. "Café on Main" will stand where the unused information booth is closest to the Chestnut Street entrance of the Main Building.
As Drexel University senior Jocelyn Kirsch prepares to face charges relating to an identity theft scheme, staff at Drexel have their own claims of fraud to level against Kirsch. She allegedly claimed to be an adjunct professor in order to get a free parking pass and used University computers at Drexel's Language and Communication Center staff said Dec.
This January, Drexel University will be host to the first Olympic trials competition in the United States for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Drexel will be hosting the Table Tennis Trials at the Daskalakis Athletic Center from January 10-13, 2008. The University was chosen through a competitive bid between five other cities, including San Diego and Chicago, according to director of Athletics Eric Zillmer.
First snow of year hits Philly Philadelphia recorded its first measurable amount of snow for the season this week. The snow started late in the morning and built into a steady snowfall by evening. According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the reported totals ranged from 3.
Drexel students Patrick Hoffman and Carly Litfosky were announced the winners of phase one of the Smart House competition Nov. 30. The first phase of the competition was to design the renovation on the house. It focused of five major areas: Energy, Environment, Interaction, Health and Lifestyle.
Drexel University has taken first place for the second year in a row in the CAA Blood Challenge, donating a record 875 productive pints of blood. Drexel had 942 actual donors, easily eclipsing second and third place finishers The University of Delaware (678 donors) and Virginia Commonwealth University (325 donors).
Drexel Public Safety and the Undergraduate Student Government Association have announced a new walking escort program to begin Dec. 6 in which public safety officers will actively seek students in need of escorts at the Hagerty Library. The program will require security officers in the library to ask students if they need an escort every hour.
(U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. - Forget the fancy suit and posh haircut. The secret to success is just a few whitening strips and a few minutes of your time away. According to a survey conducted by Strategy One on behalf of Listerine, Americans believe that having white teeth plays a crucial role in making a good first impression.
Drexel University's Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society hosted an AIDS Awareness dinner Dec. 5, featuring speaker Dr. Andrew Steenhoff. The event was part of an effort by the honors society to spread AIDS education efforts across the country. The society decided to hold this event after the freshman University 101 classes at Drexel stopped bringing in speakers on AIDS, according to President and Drexel student Ahmed Saliem.
(U-WIRE) MEDFORD, Mass. - The words "fraud" and "embezzlement" bring to mind former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay or Martha Stewart's five-month imprisonment resulting from insider trading charges. But after former Tufts Director of Student Activities Jodie Nealley was fired and accused of embezzling approximately $300,000 last month, students were exposed to embezzlement within the context of a university setting.
One unique fad has just gone from hobby to competition. On Dec. 1, eleven Drexel students gathered to "cube". Cubing is the term for solving a Rubik's Cube, and those who cube are called cubers. The cubers assembled on Saturday as part of the newly formed organization, Drexel Cubers, who came together this fall term.
(U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. - A Christmas shopping scene turned into a bloody nightmare Wednesday at an Omaha, Neb. mall. Robert A. Hawkins, 19, of Bellevue, opened fire in Westroads Mall in west-central Omaha on Wednesday afternoon, killing eight people, then himself.
