Edward Barrenechea

Members of the state House of Representatives heard recommendation testimony in favor of creating a statewide alcohol education and medical amnesty program Thursday morning in Shusterman Hall. Testimony was made by Mary Ciammetti, the founder of alcohol poisoning education program Don’t Stall Just Call; Dr. Robert McNamara, the emergency medicine chair at Temple University Hospital; Dean of Students Stephanie Ives and Drexel University’s police chief Eileen Behr. Rep.

Beer-themed decorations from Schmidt’s of Philadelphia fill the walls of Lucky 13 Pub. Schmidt’s — a brewing company originally in Philadelphia — has been a hallmark of the city’s beer scene since it was founded by Christian Schmidt in 1860. William Pflaumer bought the brewery in 1976, and by the early ’80s, it was producing more than 3 million barrels per year, making it the ninth-largest brewery in the country. Schmidt’s was sold to a Wisconsin company in 1986.

For immigrants involved in the legal system, finding an adequate court interpreter from an online roster might seem like an easy task, but others may gasp at the low number of translators for their native language. For example, certain Chinese languages like Cantonese and Shanghai Wu have only one interpreter available on the roster, while Cambodians do not have any interpreters listed.