Monday, February 25th, 2008

Last week the RIAA sent out 401 pre-litigation letters to different colleges, including 33 at Drexel University, in a new wave of lawsuits to attack illegally downloading files.

Cara Duckworth, Director of Communications, RIAA: “The future of music is brimming with innovation,” said Duckworth. “For those who choose to ignore all the content-rich alternatives and get music the wrong way, they run the risk of legal action, potential disciplinary enforcement from a university and crippling both their computer and the university network.”

Source: RIAA: Filesharing growth has “stabilized”
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Drexel University College of Law students are helping high school students at the West Philadelphia High School start a newspaper. Students from the Pro Bono Program at Drexel Law are learning about constitution laws such as free speech and passing this knowledge on to high schoolers who want to be journalists. It is expected to be a long term relationship.

Source: KYW Article
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Drexel, in an effort to recruit students from the Sacramento-area (including Placer County) and to create “ambassadors” for the school, have established a $1 million scholarship fund for students from that area interested in attending Drexel in Philadelphia.

The scholarship will be $10,000 a year per student and renewable if certain requirements are met. According to Joan McDonald, the scholarships are being offered as an attempt to show “Drexel’s strong interest in serving the students and families of Sacramento and Placer counties” and for these students to “become our ambassadors, returning to the Sacramento area and spreading the word about the excellence of a Drexel education.”

Source: Drexel Press Release
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