Josh Fernandez: De-gendering passivity and toughness

Society must do it’s best to undo gender associations with toughness and passiveness to help prevent future youth violence. On the morning of Jan. 14, a fight near the 46th Street Market-Frankford station resulted in the stabbing of five students from the Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School and one student from West Catholic High. [...]

Monitoring Policy

Students must keep an eye on the ongoing health care debate. On Wednesday, Jan. 19, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the new legislation that, among other things, allowed young adults up to age 26 to receive health insurance from their parents’ plans. The 245-to-189 vote, which included three Democrats [...]

Foundation recognizes community engagement

Temple’s integration of community needs and curriculum receive classification. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently recognized Temple, among another 115 colleges, in its 2010 Community Engagement Classification. The classification required institutions to provide descriptions and examples of community engagement practices that “showed alignment among mission, culture, leadership, resources and practices,” according to [...]

Student NAACP bridges generational gaps

The Progressive NAACP is organizing events for Black History Month. The lives of African-American men and women who have left their marks on the world are being celebrated as Black History Month kicks off next week. The Progressive National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at Temple plays a key role in galvanizing future [...]

Temple Student Government makes plans to ‘rally’ for higher education

At last night’s State of the Campus Address, members discussed state funding. On Jan. 24, Temple Student Government held its fourth State of the Campus address in which the university’s commonwealth appropriations and the upcoming Rally for Higher Education were discussed. TSG members said the university currently receives $172 million from the state and is [...]

Jenks’ world meets Temple

Filmmaker and star of the MTV show “World of Jenks” shared his own story with students. Andrew Jenks, 24, has lived in Japan, moved into a nursing home and spent a week homeless on the streets of San Francisco. He’s traveled the country to befriend a martial arts fighter, a young man with autism and [...]

Four years of sweet prints on display

Three senior printmaking majors display their artwork in “Good Night, Sweet Prints.” As clever art show names go, “Good Night, Sweet Prints” is a pretty good one. And while the name of a showcase isn’t always indicative of how good the art is, in this case, it is. On Jan. 21, Tyler School of Art [...]

Crime Coverage: Robbery update

Though no suspects have been named in the armed robbery cases that warranted two TU Alerts last semester, the cases aren’t yet dormant. We’ve identified several individuals in a few of the incidents,” Campus Safety Services Director Carl Bittenbender said. “We anticipate investigations going forward.” Bittenbender could not offer specifics as to which cases could [...]

Professor says schools unprepared for cyberbullies

A new study suggests school social workers are unequipped to handle cyber bullying. Almost half of elementary-, middle- and high-school social workers are not prepared to handle cyberbullying, according to a recent study published in the journal “Children & Schools.” Social work professor Jonathan Singer, who co-authored the study, said while school social workers viewed [...]

Despite Wyatt’s surge, Owls stumble

Sophomore guard Khalif Wyatt has emerged, but the team has regressed. In a 30-game regular season, there are bound to be stretches where the wins are hard to come by. Right now, it seems like the Owls are in one of those stretches. The men’s basketball team is 1-2 over its past three games with [...]

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