SPORTS CALENDAR

Saturday, Dec. 2
Duke 93, Men’s basketball 68
Villanova 60, Women’s basketball 55
Men’s gymnastics Second Place at Massachusetts Invitational
Tuesday, Dec. 5
Villanova 69, Men’s basketball 62
Saturday, Dec. 9
Penn State 66, Men’s basketball 60
Women’s basketball 80, St. Joesph’s 64
Track at Princeton Invitational
Tuesday, Dec. 12
Women’s basketball 70, Fairleigh Dickinson 56
Thursday, Dec. 14
Men’s basketball vs. Wisconsin, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 21
Men’s basketball [...]

OWL DEFEAT KNIGHT’S TO IMPROVE TO 5-1

A strong inside presence by Temple doomed Farleigh Dickinson on Tuesday night. Temple improves to 5-1 on the season with the 70-56 win.
Junior college transfer Athena Christoforakis led the way with 18 points and ten boards and fellow post player Lisa Jakubowicz added 11.
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THE OWL’S OUTMUSCLE PENN BY 16

Like a war general watching over her troops before they go into battle, Dawn Staley sat atop the rafters, in the highest row, to observe her team during pre-game warm-ups.
The first-year head coach of Temple women’s basketball must have liked what she saw as her new-look Owls defeated the University [...]

BLAME THE TEENS

An 18-year-old man walks down Spring Garden Street on an extremely dark and cold winter evening. The teen, clad in a black hooded sweatshirt and studded leather jacket adorned with punk rock pins, minds his business and walks swiftly. He is waiting on a street corner when a middle-aged businessman with briefcase in [...]

TEN MORE ANNOYING THINGS

In several days we will all be enjoying our month-long winter vacation, and I’m sure we’re all thankful for this much-needed break. This article deals with 10 things that most of us could probably do without, and find extremely annoying. Back by popular demand, it’s “Ten More Annoying Things.”
1. Florida voters- They can play 15 [...]

GABE’S SOAPBOX

I am saddened by the present role of journalists in America. Today’s journalists are caught up in trying to remain objective while not taking a stand on social issues.
Newspapers report the news and magazines shell out sex tips, while myriad problems are affecting millions of people. Though these problems [...]

‘TIS THE SEASON

The shopping malls are filled with children screaming for toys, disgruntled parents looking for the closest possible exit and mall employees wishing everybody would die … or at least leave their store.
Mothers are trampling each other to get their hands on the hottest items this year like Playstation 2 [...]

EDITORIAL

As the semester comes to a screeching halt and the New Year fast approaches, the Temple student body is left to reflect upon the events of the past months. For the freshmen and the first-semester transfer students, it was an unforgettable introduction to Temple. For the rest of us – the returning students [...]

HOROSCOPES

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Take some time to recuperate. You certainly deserve a break. You may, however, need a little help with something. Don’t be afraid to ask. Others will be glad to give of themselves.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 -Jan. 19) The significant person in your life is about to show [...]

THE FAILED JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE

There was something rather creepy about the way Brett Scallions of Fuel announced to the First Union Center, “Tonight we’re celebrating the death of one of rock’s greatest songwriters, John Lennon.”
Celebrating? Isn’t that a little…er, twisted? Apparently the crowd of this year’s Y100 Feastival didn’t think so, since they erupted [...]

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