The New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk practices are back in the spotlight. Again. It’s been a little more than a year since U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered the NYPD to change its […]
Month: October 2014
Is CBS’s Streaming Service The Beginning of The End For Cable?
CBS recently announced that it will begin streaming its programming live online via a subscription service in selected markets. The move is certainly a victory for cable-cutters –those who eschew cable service in favor of […]
The Mystery of Drexel’s Rare David Bowie Recordings
Rare finds from David Bowie’s personal archives of handwritten lyrics and stage costumes are currently shown at the “David Bowie Is” retrospective exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. But which ones are stored away in […]
College Dropouts and College Grads: Completing a Degree Means Getting a Better Job
By Neeta Fogg and Paul Harrington If you decide to go to college, stick with it. That’s the message of a story just published in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “A Bit of College Can […]
How Do You Get to Antarctica? …Study…Study…Study
The Earth’s polar regions are holy lands for environmental researchers. Relatively pristine and preserved by their remoteness and shielded from many of humanity’s atmospheric impacts, the Arctic and Antarctic are environmental samples as close to […]
The Soundtrack of Giving: WKDU’s Electronic Music Marathon
For the first time in seven years, Drexel’s student-run radio station WKDU 91.7 FM is bringing back its Electronic Music Marathon (EMM) fundraising event for this upcoming Columbus Day weekend. Drexel DJs will host local […]
What Do Cyber Attacks Against Major Companies Mean for Consumers?
JP Morgan Chase & Co. confirmed last week that hackers managed to access personal data for more than 83 million customers, including 76 million households and seven million small-business online accounts. As The New York […]
Five Questions You Should Ask When Choosing a Therapist
Seeking care for behavioral health concerns, whether for yourself or your child, can itself cause some stress – especially if you don’t know what to look for in a therapist, or if your insurance coverage […]
Obamacare’s Healthcare.gov Roll-Out: One Year Later
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the controversial launch of HealthCare.gov, the federal government’s health insurance marketplace, and the beginning of enrollment in Obamacare. So how are the embattled health care law and its website […]