Tag: women
Nov. 5, 2015
Empowering the female engineer
Elisabeth Wagner is in a large lecture hall in Main Building at Drexel University. The junior mechanical engineering major is one of around 40 to…
Oct. 23, 2015
ROAR for good: accessorizing against assault
ROAR for Good, a young start-up company working out of Drexel University’s ExCITe Center, opened pre-orders for their new smart defense jewelry called Athena on…
Jul. 10, 2015
Fighting eurocentric beauty standards one afro at a time
Being a teenage girl is difficult. Puberty sucks. Getting your period sucks. You have no idea if Timmy likes you because last week he said…
May. 23, 2014
Overcoming discrimination in IT
In a land of infinite opportunity, within a city of strong-minded individuals, in an institution that promotes diversity and forward thinking, resides a young lady…
May. 2, 2014
W. lacrosse misses CAA tourney
It was a bittersweet final game for the Drexel women’s lacrosse team: Sweet because the team honored Amanda Norcini and Kelly Palace on Senior Day,…
May. 2, 2014
Sweep in Charleston ends softball team’s quest
The Drexel softball team traveled to Charleston, S.C., with a chance to make up ground in the Colonial Athletic Association standings and get closer to…
Apr. 18, 2014
Sorority ‘Takes Back the Night’
Sigma Psi Zeta held their 10th annual “Take Back the Night” event April 16 on Race Lawn as part of an effort to spread awareness…
Mar. 7, 2014
‘The Vagina Monologues’ empowers through words
Drexel faculty, staff and students joined together to take an active stand to end violence against women and girls Feb. 28 and March 1 with…
Mar. 7, 2014
Women and American politics
Recently on his show, Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly pondered the downsides of electing a female president. While he maintained a comically light atmosphere with…
Feb. 24, 2012
The Vagina Monologues matter
William Lukas Last week on MSNBC, Foster Friess, Rick Santorum’s billionaire sponsor and bigoted growth-stockpiler said, “Back in my day they used Bayer aspirin…