I don’t know about you, but the 1990’s were a time of great importance in my life. They were my childhood; a time when I learned up from down, right from left, and right from wrong. As much as my family and friends influenced my sense of morality, I tend to recall another vital driving [...]
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The Tao of The Mighty Ducks: The Influence of Sports Movies
By Katrina GaudierFriday, February 19th, 2010
NBA vs. College Basketball
By Matthew StricklandFriday, December 11th, 2009
Sports fans know what time of year it is whenever they turn on the TV. Basketball means the winter has finally come. The problem that I have with this form of menology is that most people associate basketball with March, more specifically March Madness.
Google “college basketball” and you will find thousands of message boards claiming [...]
R.I.P., Drexel Shaft
By Emily HomrokFriday, December 4th, 2009
“Good Christ, I’ve done it,” you think. “I’ve really done it.” Your mother cries and your father is appropriately gruff as you scan your acceptance letter again and again, searching for some nasty pinch to wake you from this dream. But no pinch comes, because you have succeeded. Drexel University has invited you to partake [...]
My Name is Matt… and I’m a Hipster.
By Matthew StricklandFriday, November 20th, 2009
I was eating breakfast when my girlfriend, Katie, dropped an atomic bomb. I was just sitting there semi-ironically extolling the virtues of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, when she looked up from her bowl of Count Chocula and said, “God Matt, you’re such a hipster.”
Whoa. W-H-O-A. A hipster? I don’t think so, I [...]
Horror Movies You Should Have Watched But Probably Didn’t
By Matthew StricklandWednesday, November 11th, 2009
Another Halloween has come and gone. What did you guys do? I curled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn, and proceeded to scare myself silly. The horror movie is no better appreciated than in October, and with so many great horror movies out there, how many of you wasted your time watching [...]
The Poetry of Lynn Levin — Perfectly Fitting, Graceful Jigsaw
By Julia PerchFriday, October 30th, 2009
“What finer thing is there than to pour out/your thoughts and have someone drink/of your meaning?” proclaims Lynn Levin, Drexel University adjunct associate professor in the Department of English and Philosophy, thoughtfully and accurately in “I Wanted to Tell You,” one of many enjoyable poems in her latest poetry collection, Fair Creatures of an Hour. [...]
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