Owl Cards’ design to comply with voter identification law

The new student ID cards will feature a vertical layout and  expiration dates. Temple will issue new Owl Cards to students and faculty during the 2012-13 school year to better accommodate the new state voter identification law. Upgrades include expiration dates and new electronic features. “We expect we will probably reissue returning students during the [...]

Commencement: Colin Saltry

As a wedding singer, Colin Saltry frequently has to pander to the audience. At the request of his 93-year-old grandmother, he often finds himself singing the Frank Sinatra standby “My Way.” While at Temple, Saltry normally held the microphone as a member of Temple Student Government. Moving up the ranks from TSG senate clerk to [...]

Home robbery linked to drug possession

Suspects robbed students’ house on the 1500 block of Page Street Sunday. Philadelphia Police reoprted an armed robbery that took place in a private apartment on the 1500 block of Page Street at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Five Temple student occupants were robbed at gunpoint, but did not report any injuries, according to a TU [...]

TU Nation members hand off roles to TAP executive officers

The now-former TSG executive office stepped down, giving its role to Temple Advocating Progress. Temple Student Government executive officers and cabinet members were inducted at a ceremony today, April 23. Colin Saltry passed a signed megaphone, referred to in TSG as the “Voice of the Students,” to his successor, now TSG Student Body President David [...]

Conference brings center upgrades

The Liacouras Center is seeing upgrades as a result of Temple’s Big East admittance. Temple will replace the scoreboard in the Liacouras Center, as part of a series of upgrades to the arena and other athletic facilities. While Temple awaits new contracts and sponsorship deals as it readies to join the Big East Conference, officials [...]

Documentary about Virginia Tech shootings held at Reel

On the five-year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech, students gathered to watch “Living for 32,” in rememberance. Temple Film Collective hosted a screening Monday, April 16, of the documentary “Living for 32,” about the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, 2007, on the five-year anniversary of the massacre. Temple screened the film in [...]

General Assembly directors chosen at meeting

General Assembly directors were picked at the meeting yesterday. The General Assembly voted for Temple Student Government cabinet positions at its meeting yesterday, April 16. Candidates gave short speeches before ballots were cast. Candidates for the TSG directors of academic affairs, campus life and diversity, local and community affairs, recruitment and retention and university pride [...]

TSG meeting opens floor for General Assembly, cabinet nominations

Now that next year’s executive office has been elected, TSG is turning its focus to filling remaining positions. Temple Student Government began taking nominations for cabinet and General Assembly positions at the meeting yesterday, April 9. Candidates could nominate themselves or be nominated by at least two people. “This will be the first year ever, [...]

Studio hopes to target vacant lots, urban farming

Urban Apps and Maps seeks to enagage college and high school students. From Fox School of Business’s Design Challenge, the university’s Urban Apps and Maps Studio has garnered ideas for transforming vacant lots into urban farms, creating a North Broad Street Association, and a “community connector” among students, residents and businesses. Temple’s Urban Apps and [...]

Small decrease in TSG election turnout

A new ticket is ready to assume the TSG executive office next semester. The new Temple Student Government executive office, Temple Advocating for Progress, was announced the winner of this year’s TSG executive elections Wednesday, April 4. TSG Student Body President-elect David Lopez, TSG Vice President of External Affairs-elect Ofo Ezeugwu and TSG Vice President [...]

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