Triangle Test

Drexel Law named for alumnus

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Drexel University's College of Law was reintroduced May 1 as the Earle Mack School of Law in a ceremony including a series of remarks from dignitaries, as well as an unveiling of the new sign above the doors of the law school.

Guest speakers included former Gov.

Graduate degrees save jobs

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A higher education provides a buffer against unemployment, especially when the economy is on a downturn, according to data released this month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Census Bureau.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a branch of the United States Department of Labor, unemployment rates continued to rise in March 2008, increasing the amount of jobs lost this year to 232,000.

Editorial: USGA needs to engage student body

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Undergraduate Student Government Association elections are just around the corner.

A year ago, then USGA President-elect Jeff Gardosh told The Triangle, "A year from now I'd like to have 3,000 to 4,000 votes in the elections, not 1,200."

In the past three years the number of voters in the USGA elections seems to have plateaued.

Saddam Hussein: The only kind of ruler that could keep Iraq together

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Let's get the bad part out of the way first. Saddam Hussein was a tyrant - a man who ruled ruthlessly, crushed opponents without compunction, waged aggressive war, erected palaces and monuments to himself on a scale that would have made Stalin blush, and wrote execrable fiction and verse.

M. Lax just one win away from NCAA Tourney

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Colin Ambler and the men's lacrosse team are just one step away from an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament.

Ambler scored three goals and tallied two assists, leading Drexel (No. 11 Nike/Inside Media Poll) past city rival Villanova for the second time in as many games, winning 11-5 in the semifinals of the CAA Championship April 30 at Vidas Field.

Drexel wins five straight on final homestand

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The women's softball team finished off their last few home games of the season at Drexel Field as well as they could have hoped. Drexel ended its home schedule with a tight three-game sweep over the Towson Tigers and a two-game sweep of the Farleigh Dickinson Knights.

Brews Clues: Troegs' Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Somewhere between the bitter pale ales and the malty black stouts lies the brown ale. Like a stout, the brown ale gets most of its character from malts, but its color is not as dark. They generally have more malts than their pale counterparts, but more hoppiness than their stout cousins.