The Powelton Village Civic Association will vote May 19 to extend the Powelton residential permit parking hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through 8 a.m. tthrough 8 p.m. "Complaints about difficulties finding parking caused us to revisit the current situation with permit parking," Tony Dominick, president of the PVCA, said.
Congratulations to Kristen Smith, Undergraduate Student Government Association president for 2008-2009, and the rest of the elected officials in the USGA. You are in a unique position to affect change at Drexel. The potential and ability to do great things is there for you; the only requirement is that you act.
Not even rain could stop the Drexel crew team from finishing its season on an impressive note at the Dad Vail Regatta.
I usually judge a brewery by their IPA --- it's a good measuring stick. Dogfish Head and Bell's Brewery have excellent IPAs, and the rest of their lineup is just as good. I reviewed the Wild Goose IPA not too long ago. It wasn't good, and neither are the rest of their beers.
Antonia McMenamin, better known as "Toni," a long-time faculty member of the Pennoni Honors College, died early May 13 after a long-time battle with cancer. McMenamin, who suffered from leukemia and became prone to infections in recent months, was removed from life support May 10, according to Mark Greenberg, dean of the Honors College.
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was due to publish an article detailing the torture and kidnappings in Chechnya based on witness accounts and photographs of tortured bodies that she had collected. But mere days before her article was supposed to see print, she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment.
Last week I wrote a commentary on how the book that was the 2008 men's lacrosse season ended all but too quickly. Therefore, I won't recap the entire season. However, here are a few items to note - mainly those from a historical and statistical standpoint, which I thought should be brought to your attention.
You probably recognize her from past roles in "The Horse Whisperer," "Ghost World," and "Lost in Translation." Or the fact that she has been voted in numerous magazine publications as "Sexiest Woman" or on the "Hot 100" list since her career took off in the early 2000s.
WASHINGTON-Mars is a dangerous place for NASA spacecraft. Twice in the last decade, they have failed to safely reach the red planet. But NASA officials hope the aptly - named Phoenix spacecraft, set for a May 25 touchdown, can reverse the curse and provide scientists with a chance to test whether Mars could support life.
