Next top cop a miss

Mayor-elect Michael Nutter has chosen Charles Ramsey, former police chief of Washington, D.C., as Philadelphia’s next police commissioner.
Ramsey has a long history as a police officer and chief, and helped lower crime in Washington. However, his record also has blemishes, which Philadelphia should recognize.
Ramsey has been accused of civil rights abuses in the past.
In 2002, [...]

Yo mom, thanks for my birthday this year

My birthday is coming, but I haven’t been thinking about presents.
See, I’ve been questioning when birthday celebrations, the way we are accustomed to seeing them today, with parties and gifts and cards and cake, even came into play in America? Why are birthdays supposed to be so fun and exciting?
I think the meaning of birthdays [...]

Pending Blue Horizon sale is only for looks

If you don’t involve yourself in Philadelphia boxing, then you’ll never find a boxer you’ve heard of fighting at the 1,200-seat Blue Horizon.
The money isn’t there.
Instead, you’ll find two fighters respectfully trying to beat the hell out of each other for a couple hundred bucks. For purists, there simply isn’t any other place like it.
If [...]

Tokyo Lost

Bruce Stronach sat alone in the Student Center yesterday. Stronach was asked there to speak to Main Campus students interested in whether he would be a suitable replacement for the retiring dean of Temple University Japan.
We suppose not so many were interested.
But, student apathy isn’t anything new. The exciting current of campus involvement that has [...]

Big Party

More students, more booze, more problems.
It’s a rather simple recipe.
And that distinct scent of alcohol wafting throughout campus at night is only getting stronger.
The amount of alcohol violations – disciplinary actions and referrals – on and off Main Campus increased significantly between 2005 and 2006, according to Campus Safety Services’ annual security report. Admission increased [...]

Morris nets career-high, but Owls can’t top Wolfpack

It was one of those gritty, hard-nosed performances that you see out of a Hollywood movie, but this time there was no happy ending for the women’s basketball team.
Senior guard Ashley Morris netted a career-high 28 points, but Temple fell to North Carolina State, 57-52, at the Liacouras Center Saturday. The Central High graduate carried [...]

Clark’s shot seals victory

Junior guard Dionte Christmas held his head down and tugged on his shorts with eight seconds left in the men’s basketball team’s home opener against Ohio Thursday.
He had just fouled the Bobcats’ Bubba Walther on a three-point try, giving Walther the opportunity to give the Bobcats the lead if he made all three free throws.
He [...]

A tale of two halves

Halftime speeches are underrated.
The women’s basketball team played a sloppy first half against Ball State Wednesday, and held a slim lead over the Cardinals at the break.
In the locker room, coach Dawn Staley tried to get her team focused.
“I think sometimes you need a wake up call,” she said.
After shooting 39 percent from the field [...]

After six games, Owls still searching for rhythm

The men’s basketball team appeared to be headed down a dark path two weeks ago.
After blowing double-digit leads in back-to-back losses to Providence and the College of Charleston at the Puerto Rico Tip Off Classic, Temple strung together two consecutive victories against Marist and Bowling Green to crawl within a game .500. Then, they lost [...]

Cowden recognizable despite missing uniform

If the volleyball team didn’t have so many freshmen, middle blocker Jacqueline Cowden would have to suspect her teammates of playing rookie jokes on her.
Before the Atlantic Ten tournament, the business major was sick, and coach Bob Bertucci had her nap instead of practicing. He assured her someone would wake her.
That never happened.
While she was [...]

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