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Posted on 13 November 2007 by admin
For the Spring 2007 semester, I went to both Mumbai, India and Salvador, Brazil through programs offered at Temple University. The programs were Destination India through the Fox School of Business and the other offered through the Department of Distance and Summer Learning.
I noticed after landing in India how hot and dry the weather was. [...]
Posted on 13 November 2007 by admin
I entered the United States on June 6, 2002, after being accepted at Temple University to do my bachelor’s in International Business Administration & Marketing. I’m the second in my family to move to the United States in order to pursue higher education. My parents didn’t want me to move so far away but understood [...]
Posted on 13 November 2007 by admin
From the moment you’ve clicked that seatbelt closed, the feeling of “oh… I’m going to be in Italy for four months” washes over you and you wonder, ‘am I really doing this?’
But then you get to Italy and you just know, “I’ve got this.” Italy has this great aura that you always hear about, and [...]
Posted on 13 November 2007 by admin
It was a Wednesday morning, early morning. I was frantically packing for a trip
that was to last three months. I had, of course, waited until the last minute to pack and remove all perishables from my home before the early flight out. I hadn’t slept since the night before.
During this journey I was to [...]
Posted on 13 November 2007 by admin
Cork was my introduction to Ireland, to Europe and to a unified, more organic way of life than I was used to growing up in northeastern Pennsylvania. Carbondale, a defunct little ex-coalmining town near Scranton where I grew up, is several decades past its prime. While it retains some of its Irish, Italian, and Polish [...]
Posted on 06 November 2007 by admin
Four progressive student organizations joined together last Wednesday to present information about Temple’s history that isn’t typically included in freshman orientation seminars or mentioned during class.
The program, “Temple DISorientation,” was the brainchild of the Black Student Union, Students for a Democratic Society, Students for Justice in Palestine and the Student Labor Action Project.
These groups - [...]
Posted on 16 October 2007 by admin
Artists, policy makers, students, educators, and criminal justice professionals from 29 states and six countries gathered for the first time ever in the heart of Philadelphia last month.
The different parties were in town to attend the Arts in Criminal Justice conference, which was hosted by the Mural Arts Program in an effort to “build momentum [...]
Posted on 25 September 2007 by admin
Many times it can be hard to find healthy eating options when you’re a busy college student. Luckily, Philadelphia is home to budget- and diet-friendly farmers markets.
Some are big, some are small, but all are friendly and accessible. Farmers markets are ingenious operations: they are cheap and people love buying from them. The local markets [...]
Posted on 18 September 2007 by admin
Senior kinesiology major Nicole Gillespie’s journey towards graduation has been a long one. She is now a sixth-year senior.
Since enrolling at Temple in Fall 2001, she has undergone surgeries for chronic pelvic pain, forcing her to take time off for recovery.
“I’m always worried that they’re going to kick me out,” Gillespie said. “If everything goes [...]