Local University Loses All Credibility

On Saturday, the Inquirer ran an article about Drexel’s new Second Life campus. Drexel’s new Second Life campus! I brushed it off, figuring either the citizens of the tech or Philadelphia blogosphere (shoot me) would have made fun of it immediately and so I didn’t have any obligation to post over the weekend making fun of it.

Then what do I see when I wake up this morning and search? Nothing! Somebody saying he was jealous of the move! Somebody else calling it interesting! And a blog post titled “Depression on Drexel Island” — oh, yeah, the campus is called “Drexel Island” — is actually about students learning about depression in a virtual classroom! Intentionally!

Need I mention this is about how Drexel opened a campus in fucking Second Life, home of the flying penis?

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