Index Ed-Op 10 Datebook 13 Sports 14 Classifieds 22 Entertainment 24 1HE1RIANGLE Showdown on 33rd Street Volume 72. Niin»bef 13 See page 14 n^iljdplpht.!. Onnsylvjnij January 17,1997 The Student Newspaper at Drexel University Copyitght 010^7 Th«» Tfiaiujle WUa i f l w v r ^ Men's Basketball: Life On The Road Team piles u m f on road trips Noah Addis team was at 9:00 p.m. Because of The team, along with a sup­ PHOTO EDITOR icy weather, the flight did not get port staff of managers and As the men’s basketball team off the ground until after mid­ coaches, finally arrived at their waited at the Philadelphia night. hotel at 3:00 a.m. Airport Thursday evening, the Once it finally took off, the Such is life on the road. The players had a lot to think about. plane experienced severe turbu­ players and their staff, who travel On yet another road trip, they lence. “I fly quite a bit,” said head to 15 of their 26 games this sea­ were heading to Boston to face coach Bill Herrion, “It was very, son, are quick to point out that Northeastern on Friday night very scary. The plane was going the trips aren’t as glamourous as and Boston University on all over the place.” many people think. “I think Sunday. Freshman Bryant Coursey is everybody kind of thinks that we They had a lot of time to new to the road trip experience. go away on these trips and it’s a think. “I thought we were going to go vacation,” said Herrion. “It’s The team ’s 6:30 p.m. flight down,” said Coursey, “that was more like work.” was canceled, and the only other my worst experience on the road After a short night’s sleep, the Noah Addis The Tfiiingle flight with enough room for the so far.” See Road Trip on page 3 The men's basketball team warms up before the game at Boston University. T e n a n t s Drexel cars on display at A uto Show f i l l i n g 3 2 0 1 A r c h S t . Jonathan Poet MANAGING EDITOR As far as buildings go, 3201 Arch Street is one of the more inconspicuous ones on Drexel’s compact campus. Sitting at the northwest corner of 32nd and Arch Streets across from Buckley Field, the four-story building, which has a view of Center City, is owned by Drexel and managed through Academic Properties Inc., a University subsidiary. Director of Administrative Services Charles Jefferson has recently been appointed director of API and is the new point man for the building. According to Jefferson, API recently inked a lease with SpectaGuard, the company currently under con­ Noah Addis The Triangle tract with Drexel to provide cam­ The Drexel SunDragon is on display at the Philadelphia International Auto Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. pus security. In addition to SpectaGuard’s NEWS DESK The models on display are the titions this spring and summer. SunDragon V will compete in corporate office, Drexel’s Public The Drexel University 1996 LandDragon and the 1992 LandDragon will race at the the 10-day interstate solar car Safety office will move into the SunDragon solar car and SunDragon, which was modified Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan race from Indianapolis to See 3201 Arch on page 2 LandDragon formula car are fea­ for the Grand Solar Challenge in against 90 other collegiate teams Colorado Springs against 40 tured at the Philadelphia Inter­ Japan last August. on May 14-16. other collegiate teams in Sun- national Auto Show through Both the SunDragon and The Formula SAE race is an rayce ’97. The race is sponsored Sunday, Jan. 19 at the Pennsyl­ LandDragon teams are currently annual formula car competition by GM, EDS Corporation and vania Convention Center in fabricating new models to be sponsored by the Society of the U.S. Department of Energy Center City Philadelphia. tested in national racing compe­ Automotive Engineers. from June 19-28. M arriott to open store in Kelly Hall RishiChadha to dorm residents from the Kelly The North Side facility will this spring, hopefully no later Anh Dang Hall facility. have two entrances — one inside than mid-April.” Dale said, “We TRIANGLE STAFF The Kelly Hall convenience of Kelly Hall and one outside fac­ had hoped to have it open in the Marriott and the University store and dining facility will be ing Race Street. Its menu will fall. are in the final planning stages located on the south side of its focus on pick-up items, but there The project has been delayed for a Kelly Hall convenience main floor. will also be a dininig area. for much longer than we’d have store and dining facility called Mailboxes, bicycle racks and According to Senior Vice liked.” North Side. offices are being relocated in President and Dean of Students Dale said North Side will be Marriott, Drexel’s food service anticipation of the impending Dianna Dale, the new facility useful to Drexel students, espe- 3201 Arch Street. provider, will offer pizza delivery construction. should be “ready for sometime See Convenience Store on page 2 University The Trian^e • January 17,1997 Kelly Web challenge returns THE TRIANGLE Established 1926 Ronald Lefferts Jr . Stanford University and Rice board, said of last year’s Hall to Sandra A. Lewman University are partnering with Challenge that it was very, SPECIAL TO THE TRIANGLE local Andersen Consulting impressive to see the integrated Editorial Andersen Consulting, the offices to hold their own WWW teams, with members from a Editor-in-chief Patricia O’Brien world’s largest management and Challenges. wide range of academic back­ Managing Editor Jonathan Poet get food technology consulting firm, is Patrick Callahan (business grounds, coming together to News Editor AnhDang again partnering with Drexel Administration ’93), a consultant deliver solutions. Entertainment Editor BradWible Sports Editor Larry Rosenzweig University to sponsor the second at Andersen and co-developer of “I found the experience to be Photo Editor Noah Addis the idea of the Challenge, said, so great,” said Donna Ryzhinsky, store annual Drexel/Andersen World Eminence Grise John Gruber Wide Web Challenge — a design “This just shows that the Drexel a sophomore computer science competition open to undergrad­ community, including alumni, student at Drexel and team Convenience Store from page / uate and graduate students from are at the forefront of technolo­ member of last year’s second gy. In the future, we hope to have place project. all academic disciplines. Administration The decision to repeat the intercollegiate competition with “I learned more about the daily those who stay on campus Business Manager Jay Kimball during holiday weekends and the Challenge this year was due to the Challenge.” Web, I learned more about Advertising Manager Venu Gaddamidi summer. the success of the first WWW This year’s Challenge will be working in a team, and I learned Classifieds Manager Jonathan Mullen New Towers resident director Challenge, held in the spring and similar to the first year’s. Teams a lot from the Andersen mentors. Distribution Manager Ryan La Riviere Stephanie Marks said, “[North summer terms of 1996. of three to five students repre­ ... I will be doing the Challenge Side] is a really good idea for Gary Fink, a senior manager senting two or more of Drexel’s again this year,” said Ryzhinsky. Drexel students, especially stu­ at Andersen Consulting, said, colleges will compete in design­ “If people like the Web and dents on co-op, because they "We set out to give back to ing an innovative use of the Web. want to get into it, the Challenge Staff Writers usually cannot make it back by Drexel by devoting our time and Each student team will have two is a great experience because you Nick DIFranco, Stacy Lutkus, 5:00 p.m. or so from their work. ideas and the result was a Andersen Consulting mentors learn so much. There is the expe­ Sean Murphy, RIshi Chadha and a Drexel faculty mentor. rience, there is the contest, and And with this facility they’ll feel rewarding learning experience Columnists very comfortable and flexible.” for all involved that far exceeded Final projects will be reviewed there is the challenge,” said Michael Busier She further added that North my expectations.” by a panel of judges, which last Ryzhinsky. Photographars Side will be an asset to off-cam­ Dr. John Morris, director of year included Steven B. Petchon, The 1997 WWW Challenge Christine Fitts, pus students. the Architectural Engineering Andersen Consulting Partner in will begin with a kickoff meeting Michael Lawless Marriott surveyed students Program at Drexel and WWW Charge of Technology, Andersen on Monday, Jan. 27 at 4:00 p.m. Graphic Dtsignars last year regarding its services Challenge Steering Committee Consulting Technology Partner The location of the meeting and Jason Jensen and concluded that it wants to member, agrees. “The first John Edelblut, and the technolo­ more information will be avail­ cater the area of campus where Challenge exceeded all of our gy columnists of The Philadel­ able from the Challenge Web site Cartoonists Don Haring, Jr., Milbourne T. Monkey, the residential halls are located. expectations in the number of phia Inquirer. Prizes will be at http://avlab9.coe.drexel.edu Ian Rickert M arriott began its five-year students participating, the num­ awarded to the best projects after Jan. 19 or by calling the WWW Challenge information Busintss Staff renewable contract in the fall of ber of Drexel faculty participat­ based on content, technical Sachin Shah, John Wackes, 1995.