A Drexel University shuttlebus caught on fire on the night of Jan. 23, at the corner of Market and South Juniper streets. The occupants, two students and the driver, escaped unharmed. The bus was traveling the usual route at 10:30 p.m. when it caught on fire. According to an eyewitness… Continued
History professor Robert Zaller recently wrote on the impropriety of Drexel University’s new pension plan (The Triangle, Nov. 21), and the way it was not properly designed in consultation with the faculty senate — a body, it seems, greatly troubled by a lack of openness and expressed jurisdiction, much like… Continued
There were flashes of possibility, but in the end, it was for naught. Junior guard Damion Lee struggled with foul trouble and the Drexel men’s basketball team fell to the University of Colorado, 65-48, Friday night. Lee managed 12 points in 29 minutes, a performance limited by picking up his… Continued
It’s a gray day in early October and Lauren Stollar is signing backpacks. Vidas Field sits a dozen blocks from Drexel University’s campus. The field is named for Vince Vidas, an alumnus who played on the Drexel football team that hasn’t existed in over four decades; today, the field played… Continued
Driving back from the University of Delaware on a hot day in mid-May after a nine-goal defeat wasn’t how the Drexel men’s lacrosse team had hoped to end its 2014 season. The Dragons had toppled high-profile teams in Hofstra University and the University of Pennsylvania in successive games, pushing expectations… Continued
The Brookings Institute, one of the nation’s most influential and quoted nonprofit public policy think tanks, named University City an “innovation district” in its May report. Brookings is dedicated to high-quality independent research and is based in Washington, D.C. According to the Brookings Institute, an innovation district must contain three… Continued
Drexel University and the Democratic City Committee presented the last of the Pennsylvania gubernatorial primary debates May 12 in Mandell Theater. Candidates Rob McCord, Katie McGinty, Allyson Schwartz and Tom Wolf are vying for the Democratic nomination to take on Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett. The debate was moderated by… Continued
I don’t remember why I first approached The Triangle, but reflecting on the past two and a half years, I’m glad I went to the first meeting of the fall term back in September 2011. During that meeting I met sports editor Alex Falk, and the following week I was… Continued
Hopes were high as the Drexel men’s soccer team took the field in the first round of the NCAA College Cup. The Blue and Gold stood between the lines Nov. 21 just after the clock struck 6 p.m. and stood face to face with the Monarchs of Old Dominion University.… Continued
There was some excitement to be found from the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams following their performance Nov. 22-24 in the Frank Elm Invitational at the Rutgers University Aquatic Center. The Dragons didn’t come home with a first-place finish, but they have proven themselves valid competitors in the… Continued
