Posts Tagged ‘Drexel’

DAILY GRINDER: Drexel U. Attacked for ‘Abortion Clinic Escort Service’

Our dear friends at Life News have a new boogeyman: Drexel University. (All those engineering students in one place? Sounds fishy.) The school has a service in which students can escort women to abortion clinics, protect them from potential anti-choice protester harassment, observe protesters and make sure none overstep their bounds. This is terrible, according...

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DAILY GRINDER: Drexel Student Arrested in Egypt Protests

One of the Americans arrested during the Egypt protests, Gregory Porter, is a Drexel University student and resident of Glenside. He and two other Americans were accused of throwing firebombs from a rooftop within the university compound near Tahrir Square. ‘International and area studies’ probably doesn’t sound like one of those majors where you could...

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DAILY GRINDER: Green Party Endorses City Commissioner Candidate

The Green Party of Philadelphia have endorsed Richie Antipuna for Philadelphia City Commissioner. Antipuna was recently profiled by PW writer Tara Murtha in a story about the group Kenzo Pride. “I honestly want to run for City Commissioner to show other regular people that anyone can run against the corrupt Democrats who control this city,” Antipuna told...

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Daily Grinder: ALL HAIL VICK (For now)

Daily Grinder: ALL HAIL VICK (For now)

First up: McFadden’s was in court yesterday. They say they’re not owned and have “no connection” to East Coast Saloons, a supposed parent company based out of New York – and therefore are looking to get the company dismissed from the discrimination lawsuit. They also say they ended the Wednesday program which “attracted African American patrons”...

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