Month: April 2024
Nov. 18, 2011
U.S. should invest in education
Maxwell Balbin A CBS News poll conducted Oct. 19-24 revealed that 57 percent of those polled cited the “economy and jobs” as the “most…
Nov. 18, 2011
Oscar winner Payne returns to the big screen with ‘Descendants’
Filmmaker Alexander Payne’s penchant for quirky characters on introspective missions culminated in an Oscar win for his adapted screenplay of “Sideways” in 2004, after which…
Nov. 18, 2011
What’s Happening in Philly
First Person Arts Festival It’s story time in Philadelphia. In celebration of First Person Arts’ 10th anniversary, the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary…
Nov. 18, 2011
Roots honored with mural
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has created over 3,500 murals and works of public art since 1984, earning Philadelphia the title of the…
Nov. 18, 2011
‘Immortals’ offers thrilling action, violence and visuals
A gold-barred cage embedded in the vast bowel of Mount Tartarus contains the Titans, a vanquished group of seething former gods defeated in a battle…
Nov. 18, 2011
Conflicting Resonance undergo many changes to make album
Relatively unknown back in India, Conflicting Resonance is an alternative rock band that came into being back in 2006. When asked how the band came…
Nov. 18, 2011
Urban Playground puts on an MP3 Experiment
As part of the Drexel Campus Activities Board’s comedy week, the Urban Playground organization gathered over 100 people to participate in a quite-interesting MP3 Experiment.…
Nov. 18, 2011
The President, cops gone wild
Robert Zaller The police crackdowns on the Occupy Wall Street movement have thrown a glaring new spotlight on a law enforcement system that seems…
Nov. 18, 2011
Wrestling splits opening weekend
Drexel wrestling returned with mixed results Nov. 12-13 at the DAC. The opening weekend saw them split their homestand of matches against Franklin & Marshall…
Nov. 18, 2011
Marriott executive offers advice to Goodwin students
If the United States doesn’t open itself up to international travel, its economy and hotel businesses will suffer, Marriott president and managing director of international…