From nightclub portraits to shocking gadgetry, prepare to experience the arts like never before at this month’s First Friday. The exhibits at three glamorous galleries - 222gallery, Painted Bride and Projects Gallery - promise unbeatable, unmatchable shows.
Emotion is sure to run wild for “Ecstasy and Devotion,” a series of pencil and charcoal drawings by Ellen [...]

Halloween in college is a big deal. Every year rules change about when and where the parties are, but never is it a one-night celebration.
This year, some students may be in trouble. Halloween falls on Wednesday, smack in the middle of the week. And you know what that means - double the celebrations.
“House parties this [...]

Bilenky Cycle Works looks like a run-down shack stuffed into a small forest on a dead-end street. This is probably because this custom bike shop, located at 5319 N. Second St. in Olney, is not the retail-style bike store most people are used to.
While most shops are neatly filled with bikes and racks of accessories, [...]

With a tight budget while in college, most students have trouble affording computers. Thanks to Temple’s own Computer Recycling Center, located on the third floor of the TECH Center, students can get their own for just $50.
The CRC offers refurbished computers and monitors for $25 each, as well as assorted software and scanners it receives [...]

“Right now you’re at the Bell Tower,” said sophomore Owl Ambassador Courtney Clarahan. “It is our tallest monument here on campus. Anyone wanna take a stab at how tall it is? Anyone?”
The prospective students and their parents gazed from the Bell Tower to one another, internally calculating its height.
“One-hundred-forty feet,” a tall boy finally said [...]

During the past few years, Philadelphia’s trends in music, art and countless other areas developed almost too quickly to keep track of.  One interesting trend in fashion gets better with every wave: eco-friendly clothing. Philly has gone green.
Shops that are full of bamboo shirts, hemp wallets and skirts made from organic cotton have sprouted up [...]

Move-in time is 1 p.m. It’s the first day of college. You’re worried about everything: whether you brought the right fridge, the right kind of shower shoes and enough winter clothes. You’re already planning your first trip home.
At the same time, you hope you’ll like it here enough to cancel that trip. You’re ready to [...]