Med student dies after attack

A 25-year-old woman was taken off life support 24 hours after a fellow medical student allegedly beat her with a bat, police said.

Lea Sullivan’s parents pulled her off life support around 1 p.m. Monday at the very hospital where their 25-year-old…

Able to inspire

Whether he’s on his way to work or outside of his gym, Frankie LaMacchia can almost always feel the eyes on his back.

Some people will walk up to him and ask the 29-year-old why he’s in a wheelchair, while others will stare and draw their own conclusions.

Great feet

When Melchizek Bryant reflects on his freshman year of track and field, there isn’t much worth talking about. “I was terrible,” the Audenried High senior summed up.

The 16-year-old athlete always considered running secondary to basketball.

Parsing the polls

Poll workers let it be known when they were manning the voting booths last Tuesday: Citizens were out in full force.

The statement was repeated so often that it seemed to prove the trend, even before the official numbers were in.

Fellini Café

Famed movie director Federico Fellini’s father was a spaghetti salesman. The young Fellini loved spaghetti and sitting alone in the dark at the movies.

“Life is a combination of magic and pasta,” he declared.

Team of two

True friends are there through both good and bad, as best pals Raisa Jones and Glory Epelle well know.

The juniors at Masterman High share plenty of fun times, including shopping trips at The Gallery and hanging out at each other’s houses.

Sports briefs: 11–11–04

The Bok Wildcats football team will travel to Great Valley High in Malvern tomorrow night to play in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class AAA subregional game. Kickoff is at 7:30.

Tapas, not fracas

Francis Hogan said that every time he would walk through the charming East Passyunk area, he would envision a Mediterranean-style wine bistro there.

“I thought it would bring a sense of community and spark life into the neighborhood,” said the 23-year-old Hogan.

Presidential purge

Go ahead, get it all out of your system. I did (well, never all of it), so it’s only fair that you get your chance.

Hence, the extremely expanded op-ed section that follows includes your reactions to the presidential election, or to my last Editor’s Note on the…

Bright spot on the horizon

The promo posters for After the Sunset depict Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek doing their best to look dangerously cool, while Woody Harrelson and the other stars just look dangerous.