How to improve your class experience
When you come to college, you are often times placed in classes with students you may not be familiar with. It can be scary and uncomfortable to be surrounded by strangers, and for many people, this...
View ArticleSticks and stones and confusing messages
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” We all know the familiar chant. We’ve been hearing it for years — on the playground, in the classroom, from older siblings or...
View ArticleFAQ’s of Drexel students and appropriate responses
As Drexel students, we’re prone to a list of frustrating questions asked repeatedly by friends, family, and others. These questions become exhausting and repetitive when our answers fall upon audiences...
View ArticleSlam, Bam, Thank You Ma’am!
What do improv writing, poetry sharing, uncontrollable laughter, and awesome people have in common? If you attend the poetry slam tonight, February 25th, you’re guaranteed to experience all of these...
View ArticleLet’s talk about sex! Because you can’t read about it in Virginia
SEX. There, I said it. And you read it. Still with me? We can all agree that sexual content has been, and continues to be, a hot and controversial topic in the education system. What content should...
View ArticleWhat was Rebecca Black really singing about?
As Thursday of week nine slowly chugs along, students are preparing for the glorious two days of freedom – away from school, away from professors, away from classrooms or co-op – that come at the end...
View ArticleWhat they don’t teach you in high school
It starts as early as Pre-K; the continual grooming for the next step. From Pre-K to Kindergarten to elementary school to middle school to high school to college – we are thrown into a constant and...
View ArticlePhilly, I love you; but I will never…
I’m a New Englander. I grew up in a tiny town in southern New Hampshire. When I say tiny, I’m talking less than 800 people. I drink my coffee iced year-round, and anything above 50 degrees is t-shirt...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Sex: Sex Education in America
When I was nine years old, my sister had a hilarious idea for an experiment to see how much I knew about sex. She sat me down at the computer and I stared blankly at one sentence typed into Notepad:...
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