A publication of the Department of English & Philosophy at Drexel University

Springtime at Drexel
by Teresa Lopez
There ‘s a certain point during Spring term when deadlines of papers and projects begin to [...]

Academy of Natural Sciences and design
by Anna Clay
Drexel’s partnership with the Academy of Natural sciences has created a lot of awesome opportunities between [...]

Drexel Copy Center’s Men in Black and 24 parody videos
by Ari Melman
The Drexel Copy Center created two awesomely camp promotional videos since 2008, serving as a model [...]

Choo-Choo Trains
by Margo Jones
I rather take rail where ever I go. When traveling from Baltimore to Philly and back, [...]

Drexel Junior year dilemma
by Lindsey Fratz
It’s May, which means (for most people) graduation time. I already attended my friends’ graduation at [...]

Sweat out the Heat; here comes Summer
by Nichole Hulse
As if summer classes weren’t unappealing enough, the staggering muggy heat waves promise at least 4 [...]

Drexel, not so bike friendly?
by Olivia DiPasquale
Before I bought my bike sophomore year I thought of Philly as a place that encouraged [...]

Spring Jam
by Makane George
Did anyone notice it is Spring Jam this weekend? Well in case you didn’t know it [...]

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Music Reviews in the Age of Technology

There is little doubt the music industry has drastically changed in this age of technology. Besides new sounds, there is the endless debate about downloading music as evidenced by the government’s recent efforts to stop it with acts like PIPA and SOPA. The internet has definitely altered several facets of the industry. Read More


Memories of Bosnia

My first memory of Bosnia and Herzegovina is neither the guard who half-glanced at my US passport nor the rows of vineyards and plum trees in every yard, but rather a yellow house and the smallest hummingbird I have ever seen. Read More


My Life is Theatre

Everyone has that one thing in life that defines them, tells everyone else who they are. For me, that one thing is theatre. Ever since I can remember, theatre has been a part of my life. Whether I was watching a theatrical production on TV at home, from the audience, or on the stage itself did not matter. Theatre has been a constant, a thing to lean on and rely on, my entire life. Read More


Emotional Levers

For the longest time, I was convinced that words only gave great orators their ability to evoke emotion from their audience. It is one of the reasons that I read voraciously when I was a child. I was convinced that if I read enough, I would have the appropriate vocabulary to be a good orator myself one day. That changed when, during a trip to play hockey for my high school, St Andrews College in South Africa, I learned about the other important skill that great speakers have. Read More


Wiki’s
by Makane George
So I recently let Netflix take over my life again by starting to watch Heroes. It’s [...]

Storycorps beautifully animates 3 min. American stories
by Ari Melman
Storycorps was created earlier this year to record American’s heartfelt stories of our shared humanity, our [...]

Schadenfreude
by Olivia DiPasquale
Like the Avenue Q song says, “…it’s human nature.” But ever since I was little I [...]

This American Life “Live”
by Teresa Lopez
Since, technically speaking, this is a “word” blog, I’m going to discuss something different. Rather than [...]

Handmade
by Margo Jones
Well, Mother’s Day has come and gone. I don’t know how other people celebrate the second [...]

The art of interpretation
by Michelyve Petit
The other day, I had an experience that I won’t soon forgot. No, I didn’t have [...]

Puzzling quotation marks
by Anna Clay
I’m traveling to Glasgow this summer and decided to look up concert venues there. Above is [...]

Words as an Offering
by Rebecca Ingalls
My daughter is a week away from being 3, and she is quite small “for her [...]

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