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Drew Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow/Student Life & Arts/Volume 96 Issue 8

Drew Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Comprehensive History of “Winter Ball”

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

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…

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Opinions/Volume 96 Issue 8

“She Said” Movie Review

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

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…

Drew Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow/Student Life & Arts/Volume 95 Issue 7

Drew Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: The Revolutionary History Of Commons

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

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…

Student Life & Arts/Volume 95 Issue 6

Drew Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A History of “The Acorn”

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

“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…

Drew Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow/Student Life & Arts/Volume 95 Issue 3

Drew Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A History of Halloween in the Forest 

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022

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…

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Drew Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow/Student Life & Arts/Volume 95 Issue 1

Drew Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: The First Weeks on Campus

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

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…

Lead Editorial

LEAD EDITORIAL: Keep Up Drew’s Historical Campus

February 25, 2022March 4, 2022

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…

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Student Life & Arts

Drew Archives’ Podcast Talks Frederick Douglass for Black History Month

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

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…

I’ve Seen This Before: The Fallacy in Perceiving Historical Recurrences

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

By Jake Levine In understanding the complex relationship between past and present, Voltaire’s assertion that history is “nothing but a pack of lies we play upon the dead” is perhaps the most…

Student Life & Arts

Drew Archivists and Collectors Talk about the Life of Daniel Drew

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017

by Willy Nichter, Staff Writer At 4:00 on Wednesday, September 27, Drew University Archivist Matthew Beland and Professor Chris Taylor came together to discuss prominent university founder and historical figure Daniel Drew…

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The Drew Acorn is Drew University's student-run newspaper. Established in 1928, the Acorn covers campus life and news, as well as events in Madison and the surrounding area that are of interest to our student body. If you're interested in writing for the Acorn, get in touch at thedrewacorn@gmail.com, or on path.drew.edu
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The Drew Acorn is Drew University’s student-run newspaper. Established in 1928, the Acorn covers campus life and news, as well as events in Madison and the surrounding area that are of interest to our student body. If you’re interested in writing for the Acorn, get in touch at thedrewacorn@gmail.com, or join on path.drew.edu.

  • News
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