College Headlines

Two students perish just weeks before 2008 graduation

The College Voice, Mercer County Community College, NJ

16 hours ago by Alex Hough and Chris Villano

With only weeks to go until graduation, Mercer lost two students in two separate stabbing incidents. Carla Diaz and Shane Kinney died withing days of one another. Students mourn and administrators test out new M-Alert notification software for handling crisis situations.

Formerly homeless student to enter Penn

The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, PA

6 days ago by Alissa Eisenberg

When Elizabeth Murray joined the Harvard class of 2003, her story became a national sensation. She lived on the New York City streets for years after being born to drug-addicted parents and eventually found inspiration in education after her mother's AIDS-related death - a story that was turned into the Emmy-nominated Lifetime movie, Homeless to Harvard.

Rape in dorm at 37th and Spruce

The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, PA

6 days ago by Anthony Campisi

A rape was reported involving two 17-year-old high school students on Penn's campus, according to Philadelphia police.

The rape was reported to have occurred in a dorm on the 3700 block of Spruce Street at about 6:20 p.m. on July 23.

According to Capt. John Darby of the Special Vitims Unit, the two students knew each other and have both given statements to the police.

Philip Rocco | Preparing for college (admission)

The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, PA

59 minutes ago by Philip Rocco

Penn's pre-college programs offer SAT tutoring and Ivy campus tours instead of an independent, intellectual experience.

Undergrad to open for Coldplay

The Triangle, Drexel University, PA

6 days ago by Alysson Cwyk

Every year, Drexel students repeatedly excel in academia-related competitions around the world, but this summer, one music industry junior has rocked-literally. Singer/songwriter Jonah Delso won a contest to open for the popular British group Coldplay July 25 at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center.

DU to upgrade DragonFly across campus

The Triangle, Drexel University, PA

6 days ago by Marshall Fleming

Drexel University will soon complete a project that will upgrade its wireless network across its main campus.

Aruba Networks was selected to take on the project that will fully upgrade DragonFly, Drexel's wireless network, for the first time since 2004.

"Last year we knew we would be starting the replacement cycle," Ken Blackney, associate vice president of IRT, said.

Final Fantasy game for Wii trumps Playstation version

The Triangle, Drexel University, PA

6 days ago by Brett Fischer

Very rarely has the Final Fantasy franchise ever created a game that was a disappointment, but one of the worst video games ever created in the franchise was "Chocobo's Dungeon 2" for Playstation.

Even though it was not too terrible of a play, Final Fantasy games are of another breed, and always lend themselves to high expectations.