They started popping up in your Facebook newsfeed and your text message inbox over the past week or two, as they do every year - the unavoidable cries of jubilation as a large chunk of the college population ended its school year, while we at Drexel remain indoors and amidst textbooks.
After the budget cut last year in which Mayor Nutter allowed 11 of 54 of Philadelphia's free public libraries to be shut down, the question of the quality of Philadelphia's education, and where the City is going with it, has been on the tip of everyone's tongues.
A few weeks ago Hulu signed a deal with Disney. This agreement means that ABC will soon join FOX and NBC by providing content on Hulu.com. CBS is still holding out on what many believe is the future of television. As more services are migrated to the Internet, net neutrality will play a large part in the evolution of the Internet.
They say crocuses are the early signs of spring. When this metaphor is applied to the U.S. economy, some people are now calling the economic crocuses the "green shoots" of the economic recovery. Admittedly, when I wrote the first version of this post in March I said it was premature to write about an early recovery in the United States' economy, but now in May the situation has strengthened and reinforced the theme of the first version, pointing to a faster than expected modest recovery in the coming months.
Gym class. The words bring a shudder to students of all ages and bring back memories of tiny black shorts and awkward moments in the showers - and that's just the guys. Yet as more funding is given to schools across the board, and as schools are being held to a higher standard of intellectual prowess, we must compare the effectiveness of our physical education.
Dear Editor, The first 100 days of Obama's presidency seem to be as far-fetched as humanly possible according to almost every 24-hour news program. Thankfully, last week when CNN reviewed the opinions on the coverage, they found that most people felt that the media was overbearing and did not cover what the viewers wanted to see.
