Original Campus Tour

The forwards campus tour is as follows:

Main Building, including a brief introduction of guide
- Campus Stats: About one sq. mile from Chestnut to Powelton, 30th to 34th
- Total 17,000 students on 3 campuses; 12,000 undergraduates.
- Waterboy Statue: Question of the Day
- Ryder Clock: Question of the Day
- Current offices include: President, Provost, SRC, Admissions, Financial Aid, Comptroller

Creese Student Center
- Question of the Day: Began construction in 1963 after an elevator shaft collapsed in the old student center and destroyed the complex.
- Information Desk: Info, laptop rentals, SEPTA tokens, SmartCard purchases, daily events
- Behrakis Grand Hall: speakers, Blood Drive
- Dragon Card Office: ID gains access to library, health center, residence, DAC, shuttle
- Creese Cafe-- salads, sandwiches, smoothies

Mandell Theatre
- The Drexel Players -- all aspects of theatre performance
  - Acting, directing, design, costumes, lighting, sets, sound, publicity, box office
- 6-10 productions a year, at least 1/term
  - Theatre, Musical Theatre, Jazz Band, Gospel Choir, Choir, Dance Ensemble
- 424 seat capacity
- Underneath is Mad Dragon Recording Label: the only college recording label

MacAlister Hall
- Writing Center
- WKDU 91.7 FM, entirely student run radio station
- CAB Office -- Campus Activities Board
  - Friday night flicks
  - Comedy week: Jaime Kennedy, Dane Cook
  - Phillies tickets

Handschumacher Dining Center
- Glass Atrium leads to the dining hall
- Newly renovated $3.7 million
- Mandatory meal plan for freshmen -- unlimited access to dining hall, $200 flex
- Commuters/Upperclassmen have 3 options: 5/week, 9/week, unlimited meal plans

Newman Center
- Religious resources at Drexel for all faiths
- Game room
- Meeting room in the basement

W. W. Hagerty Library
- Houses over 1.3 million books, preriodicals, microfilms, government docs., movies and software
- Interloan with Penn
- Access PA network
- Electronic learning center
- Study rooms
- College of Study specific librarians

Daskalakis Athletic Center
- Athletic Center
  - 3 Full size Basketball Courts
  - Olympic-sized Swimming Pool and Diving Well
  - Activity Rooms
  - Free Weight Room, and Wellness Center
  - Squash Courts
- Need your Drexel Card to enter
- Locker Rooms, Equipment rental window
- Teams, Division I, Colonial Athletic Assoc., Intramural and Club Sports
- Planned to have a 3-story addition added which will include an indoor track and a rock wall.

Lancaster Walk
- Welcome Days
- New Law Building and School
  - Over $13 million construction
  - Inaugural class of 185
- 34th Street is Drexel's western boundary
- 7/11 is the highest grossing on the eastern coast

Academic Building
- "One of the best kept secrets"-- Academic Bistro on top floor
- Le Bec Fin, the only 5-star restaurant in Philadelphia donated furnature and fixture to provide the Bistro with a grand ambiance

Buckley Field/Buckley Green
- 2005 returfed with state-of-the-art Sprinturf
- Intramural and Club Sports
- Beach Volleyball courts-- the only ones in Philadelphia

Armory
- One of the largest and oldest armories in the commonwealth, housed the 1st regiment
- Currently the home of the ROTC program
- 2010 planned conversion into a 5,000 seat basketball arena much like the palestra

Dragon Shuttle Bus Stop
- Three routes: Gold, Blue, and Dragon which serve University City and Center City Hahnemann
- Run in 15 minute intervals.
- Drexel students also have access to Penn Transit

Mario the Dragon
- Named after an Alum of 1945 who never missed a basketball game
- We are the Drexel Dragons, but we used to be the Drexel Engineers and the Drexelites
- Question of the Day: Great place to meet people, since it's an easily visible landmark

Pearlstein Business Learning Center
- $15 million facility, opened September 2003
- Wall Street Ticker
- Wireless Classrooms, including lecture and board room style
- Faculty
  - Active in their field of study
  - Accessible - Required office hours, Contact information

Paul Peck Alumni Center
- Previously Centennial Bank, built in 1876 and designed by Philadelphia architectural legend Frank Furness
- Has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.

Bossone Research Center
- Lunch truck lane -- Philly culture
- $37 million research center
- Houses College of Engineering, Biomed engineering, Science and Helath systesm, Drexel Research resources center, Nanotechnology Institute, and Center for Telecommunications and Information Assurance

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