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The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership held their Involvement Fair on Wednesday in the Campus Center.

As overdose rates rise across America, Philadelphia is moving to open a supervised injection site that will create meaningful change for the communities most affected by this public health epidemic. 

On April 12, two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. The men were not disobeying any laws, making any sort of scene or bothering anyone.  One of them, Rashon Nelson, asked an employee if he could use the bathroom upon walking into the Starbucks and was told it was for paying customers only. He tried to explain to the worker that he and his associate were waiting for their third party to start a business meeting and would not be there long, but the manager decided to call 911 after the men refused to buy anything or leave the store.

When an emergency call is put into the 911 system, it is expected that there will be someone on the other end of the line who can help the situation and that the police, ambulance or fire department will be dispatched to the scene of the emergency immediately. Recently, however, residents of the Fox Chase neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pa., found neither to be the case.