Excited cannot even begin to describe how I felt about this year’s Spring Jam. The main act was N*E*R*D, which meant that Pharrell, along with Chad Hugo and Shae Haley, performed at Drexel. Ever since the Campus Activities Board (CAB) made the announcement of the line-up, I’ve been ecstatic. To see Pharrell, a slim, skateboard-type [...]
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La Fontana Della Citta: A Review
By Sonal PatelMonday, April 12th, 2010
A large group of friends decided to go out to dinner at one of Philadelphia’s famous bring-your-own (wine, beer, tequila) restaurants. The 15 friends chose Italian for the theme of the night. They scoured a list of Philly’s best BYO’s for a week and finally agreed on one. The group arrived at La Fontana Della [...]
Growing Up bin Laden: A book review
By Giby GeorgeWednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Osama bin Laden recently claimed responsibility for authorizing yet another terrorist attack – the 2009 Christmas Day bombing attempt on the Northwest Airlines flight en route from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan. This attack, among others including the 9/11 attacks on the U. S. World Trade Center and the Pentagon, made me wonder whether bin [...]
Cream and Sugar
By Kathryn GardnerTuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Surrounding the busy pedestrian traffic that thrives in the arteries of University City is a neat jumble of restaurants, cornerstore markets, apartment complexes, and prosperous businesses that make their living from the disposable income of college students. Some, well actually most, shops feel that if the average college student wants something, they’ll buy it with [...]
A Work in Progress: Philadelphia Fashion Week 2009
By Jordan SchillingMonday, November 23rd, 2009
When I think of Fashion week, cities like Milan, New York, Paris come to mind, but what about the city of brotherly love? Philadelphia celebrated fashion week with a series of runway shows on October 8th, 9th, and 10th. As an event series, Philadelphia Fashion Week (PFW) provides a forum for designers to showcase and [...]
Where the Wild Things Are: Melancholy + Nostalgia = Indie Goodness
By Matthew StricklandMonday, November 16th, 2009
I’m surprised that in the last two decades, when every retro TV show, comic book, and even toys were being bought up by film studios to adapt into crappy movies, that it took this long to adapt one of the most beloved children’s books of the last century. Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things [...]
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