With each passing day, the 53rd annual Earth Day grows closer. In order to celebrate, this week’s article is dedicated to the history of Earth Day in The Forest and the exciting…
To close out the last week of Black History Month, this article, despite being published in March, will be dedicated to exploring the Black experience at Drew. This article will examine what…
Last weekend Drew Night Life hosted the annual Winter Ball, colloquially known as the “Ho Ball,” short for Holiday Ball, to the present-day students of Drew. Nearly 700 students attended the event…
On Oct. 5, 2017, investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey changed the course of American history with their bombshell New York Times article “Harvey Weinstein Paid off Sexual Harassment Accusers for…
In 2012, Drew University was featured on a short list of “The Top Ten Worst Campus Dining Halls” published by Medical Daily. Unfortunately, the ten-year-old list still comes up in conversation among…
“The beginning of any enterprise is in the nature of an adventure.” These were the first words to grace the pages of “The Acorn” in a letter to the editor published in…
Almost everyone on campus is aware that Drew University holds the title of the ninth most haunted campus in the US, at least according to College Consensus. Whether or not the ghosts…
Greetings! This year, as a part of The Acorn, I am hoping to bring the rich history of Drew University to light. My research will be conducted using public resources found in…
Drew University was founded in 1867. According to an article published by the University of California Press, a building or place is considered historic if it has existed for fifty years and…
The Drew University Participatory Archives (DUPA) has begun producing a 10 minute podcast, titled “Drew Archives in 10.” The new venture has a mission to “grow a decentralized grassroots digital collection of…