It's a mostly sunny and hot Father's Day, and a heat wave is on the way. Let us introduce you to Delco's viral dad joke master. Plus, why change is scary at Gwynedd Mercy amid higher ed turmoil.
Another Catholic university in the region is struggling with a budget crunch: Gwynedd Mercy University is planning staff cuts and an academic restructuring — it will go from three colleges to two — amid operating losses of about $5 million over the last few years. Full-time enrollment has dropped by more than a third.Don’t forget your water on this mostly sunny Sunday. The high will climb to about 86 degrees.
To compare Gwynedd to its counterparts, The Inquirer requested an independent review of the school’s finances covering the last three fiscal years.A 17-year-old girl was killed and four other teenagers — an 18-year-old woman, a 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys — were injured in a shooting in East Fairmount Park on Friday night. Police said it happened near the city’ssection around 10:50 p.m. among a crowd of about 100 juveniles. As of Saturday, officers had not made any arrests.
Twenty-five public pools are expected to open in Philadelphia this week. Others are expected to open on a rolling basis, but 10 will not open at all this summer
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