Transparent Pockets

Students should be able to expect a detailed invoice when tuition’s due. Each full-time matriculated student at Temple pays $295 as part of the University Services Fee. Out of that lump sum, $45 dollars is allocated to the General Activities Fee. The GAF is collected each semester and distributed to “umbrella organizations,” which are put [...]

Opening Up

Temple needs to embrace its characteristics as a public institution. This school year, Temple has faced some setbacks, to say the least. Beyond facing sizeable financial setbacks when Gov. Tom Corbett proposed to cut slightly more than 50 percent of the university’s commonwealth appropriation in March, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Temple Japan Campus and forced [...]

Science Matters

The accomplishments of researchers at Temple deserve recognition. On any given week, Temple researchers flood the headlines in local and national publications, explaining, often in scientific terms, the influential projects they’ve undertaken. While The Temple News might not always recognize Temple research with featured stories on the front page, we acknowledge and support the important [...]

Obtaining Justice

Added transparency legislation will only be effective if sexual assault survivors report cases. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) recently introduced the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE) in an effort for universities to have more transparent sexual assault policies. The Temple News applauds Casey’s efforts, as well as Temple administrators for preparing for increased accountability. But [...]

Empty Bank

Temple needs to examine each sector – including athletics – closely, as it tries to spend less. The muscle of Temple athletics has strengthened over the past few years. Unfortunately, the costs to maintain the athletics program have only risen. In 2004, the median total expenses of a Division I school was $28,991,000. In 2009, [...]

Census Sense

Students should be mindful of Temple’s effects on  North Philadelphia. According to recently released 2010 census data, the area directly west of Main Campus has experienced a significant change in racial makeup, as both census tracts show an increase in the percentage of people who identified as races other than black and Native American since [...]

Liason First

When TU Nation assumes office next year, it should act as a strong student voice. On April 7, Temple Student Government announced the winner of the 2011 election. TU Nation, the winning ticket, is comprised of current Senate President Colin Saltry as student body president-elect, Elliot Griffin as vice president-elect of external affairs and Ugochukwo [...]

Major Oversights

The benefits of collapsing the interdisciplinary programs do not outweigh the damage. Last week, College of Liberal Arts Dean Teresa Scott Soufas announced to collapse five interdisciplinary programs into existing CLA departments. The Temple News speculated what sorts of changes that might mean for those programs’ faculty and students. But this week, after Soufas met [...]

Post Quake

After experiencing disaster in Japan, the university should improve its planning process. The world today is unpredictable, but contingency plans are all the more necessary because of it. When a 9.0 magnitude quake devastated Japan on March 11, university officials began to evaluate the safety of its TU Japan students. By the time the United [...]

Academic Priorities

As the university determines where it should cut costs, it should remember its title. In response to budget cuts, the College of Liberal Arts will officially collapse its interdisciplinary programs – Jewish studies, American studies, women’s studies, LGBT studies, Asian studies and Latin-American studies – into existing university departments as of July 1, according to [...]

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