Drexel University’s annual convocation ceremony was held Sept. 27 to celebrate the start of the 2011-12 academic year. President John A. Fry spoke at the event about the University’s future in many capacities and elaborated on the benefits of Drexel’s affiliation with the Academy of Natural Sciences. The ceremony, held in the auditorium of the [...]
Archive | September, 2011
New master’s program will be offered at CoM in fall
Drexel University College of Medicine recently launched a Master of Science degree program in drug discovery and development to inform students about the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, as announced in a CoM press release Sept. 9. The program, which is being offered through the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, encourages students to pursue a career [...]
Women’s soccer off to hot start in conference play
Senior forward Jenna Lindsay makes a move past the opposition’s defender during a home game at the Vidas Athletic Complex last season. The New Jersey native has started all 10 games this season and leads the Dragons in scoring with nine points overall — four goals and one assist. Update: The women’s soccer team lost [...]
Crew comes home with first place
Beads of sweat dripping down the coxswain’s face, oars splashing violently in and out of the water, boats neck-and-neck in a sprint for the finish line — and in the end one team prevails: the Dragons. The Drexel men’s and women’s crew teams stroked their way to a victorious season opener on the Navesink River [...]
Natural gas: The best alternative?
Maxwell Balbin The likelihood of natural gas to improve our energy outlook continues to garner fierce debate. On one hand, supporters argue that mining natural gas makes use of an abundant domestic resource. Additionally, burning natural gas is easier on the environment than other fossil fuels. Furthermore, exploiting a domestic resource could jolt our [...]
European recession may spread
Shawkat Hammoudeh Fears of a developing sovereign debt crisis in Europe started in late 2009, but the situation became particularly tense in early 2010. Crisis Europe included eurozone members (Greece, Ireland and Portugal) and also some European Union countries from outside the eurozone. In the EU, particularly in countries where sovereign debts have increased [...]
An award-winning beer, not for the faint of heart
In my quest to try as many different beers as possible, I’ve periodically gone on English beer kicks. These have varied from drinking every IPA I could get my hands on to searching all over in an attempt to find a decent session beer. One of the few styles of beer that I have not [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ back to legendary schematics
Season 7 of “How I Met Your Mother” premiered Monday, Sept. 19, and I must say, it was legen-wait for it-dary! With back-to-back episodes, the show came back with a bang. Episodes “The Best Man” and “The Naked Truth” take off right from where season 6 left us: Barney’s wedding. Barney is scared that his [...]
Sadie Says
Got a question? Send it to me at Sadie@thetriangle.org! Dear Sadie, I’m really, really shy and not so good at making friends. I just don’t know what to talk about with other people I guess, which wasn’t a problem in high school when I had the same group of friends since elementary. Now, though, none [...]
Cooking with a K
Vanilla French Toast with Apple Syrup & Candied Pecans This recipe was a beautiful mistake that I created this past Christmas morning. On Christmas Eve I purchased a beautiful loaf of Challah for French toast the following morning. As I dipped the bread into the batter I realized we didn’t have any maple syrup on hand (and of [...]
Union Transfer opening successful
Union Transfer, a new live music venue to rival long-beloved Philadelphia hotspots, opened its doors Sept. 21. The headliner, Philly and Brooklyn-based Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, played a flawless set that definitively established the new venue as both a technical masterpiece and a homey new haunt for Philly’s lively indie and up-and-coming music scenes. [...]
The Shins, Pretty Lights’ shows unaffected by last-minute move
POPPED! Music Festival, which took place Sept. 23-24, did not occur under ideal circumstances. While the event was originally slated to take place in Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park, which had room for a planned three stages, stand-up comedy and many food vendors, poor weather conditions forced the planners to move the festival to Temple University’s [...]
Convocation Promises
A hot, crowded auditorium crammed full of students and faculty in their heavy robes is not the most ideal place to be during a gorgeous fall day, but the new and exciting information revealed during this year’s convocation more than made bearing the heat worthwhile. President John A. Fry spoke extensively about the benefits that [...]
Philly Festival spotlights underground artists
Let me introduce you to the Philadelphia Film and Music Festival. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s something like the underground cousin of Chicago’s Lollapalooza or Los Angeles’ Coachella. It’s one of the reasons Philadelphia is being pushed to be a top East Coast spot for entertainment festivals of all kinds. So naturally, I [...]
J. Cole makes way off the ‘Sideline’
Courtesy of Adulis Mokanan J. Cole’s debut album “Cole World: The Sideline Story” was released Tuesday, Sept. 27. The album includes features from Trey Songz, Drake, Jay-Z and Missy Elliott. Over the past 10 years, hip-hop has changed drastically. Signing a deal no longer means anything unless you have the fan base to gain the [...]
What’s Happening in Philly
6th Annual Midtown Village Fall Festival The Fall Festival will feature international cuisine and beverage tents from your favorite Midtown Village restaurants such as El Vez, Fergies, Time, McGillin’s, The Corner, Vintage, Raw, Barbuzzo, Lolita and more, product booths by retailers, all types of live music, Little Villagers Family Section, “Pooch Parade” at noon and [...]
University hosts squash tournament
Drexel University will host the 2011 U.S. Open Squash Championships Oct. 1-6 at the Daskalaskis Athletic Center, which will feature internationally ranked players for both men’s and women’s squash. With Delaware Investments as the title sponsor, the tournament offers $175,000 in prize money and the most prestigious squash title in the country. For the second [...]
Police investigate related robberies
After conducting an investigation, police now have a person of interest who they believe might be responsible for the two robberies that took place Sept. 23 in Powelton Village. Three consecutive DrexelALERTs regarding the robberies, which occurred at the corner of 33rd and Pearl streets and on the 3700 block of Spring Garden Street, were [...]
Fleischut the one starring for field hockey
Junior midfielder Amanda Fleischut dribbles the ball up the turf against VCU at Buckley Field last season. She has 16 points this year. With the help of leading scorer junior midfielder Amanda Fleischut, the Drexel field hockey team is now 7-3 through 10 games, the same record they had through 10 games last year. What’s [...]
Pivonka leads women’s tennis
The Dragons of Drexel Tennis kicked off their fall season at the Cissie Leary Invitational this past weekend, Sept. 24-25, and are jumping back into action Sept. 30 for the annual Saint Joseph’s Invitational tournament. The women made a short trip over to the University of Pennsylvania’s campus to get their 2011 fall season underway. [...]
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