Temple Student Government has a slogan – It’s all about you. But really, who is it all about? Who does the group represent?
The inclusion of three slates in his year’s TSG elections is a welcome hange, a shift toward democracy. Last year’s vote was essentially a formality. Only one slate, Owl Potential, ran for election.  [...]

If you’re underage and out for a night of drinking, it’s best that you drink to the point of hospitalization so that you won’t be punished by Temple.
That’s what Temple’s amnesty clause outlines in the student behavior code.
Of course, Temple would never endorse drinking to the point of hospitalization, but it’s not what an institution [...]

Philadelphia has seen a wave of grassroots action in recent months. The tepid 10,000 Men organization held a community action fair this weekend in an effort to cut crime in the city’s most dangerous areas, as The Temple News reported today [“A renewed call for local action,” Brittany Diggs, April 8, 2008]. While men signed [...]

On Main Campus, long criticized for low levels of interest in student government, TSG has postponed their elections, scheduled for next week, as reported by The Temple News today.
Moving the dates from April 8 and 9 to April 22 and 23 risks further depleting involvement in the election. The delay was said to allow potential [...]

Finding rent control is difficult these days. Despite national trends, real estate in Philadelphia is hot, and off-campus housing is no exception.
Temple students living off campus are facing rising rent due to the demands of a growing student body. Now the Board of Trustees has re-evaluated the university’s rental properties – the residence halls.
The board’s [...]

In 2009, Temple will spend more than $41,000 on scholarships for four Philadelphia School District students as part of the new Temple University Philadelphia Scholars program.
Since beginning its capital drive in 2002, the university has raised more than $253 million in the school’s largest fundraising campaign in history.
The university deserves praise for creating this program, [...]

Call us old fashioned, but we think paper paychecks are a pretty easy, efficient way to receive our work payments.
Clearly, Temple doesn’t think so. According to them, paper is nothing but bad news.
That’s why by mid-2008, both full- and part-time Temple employees who are not signed up to receive payment through direct deposit will no [...]

A lot has changed since 1971.
Temple has seen four university presidents, the rise and fall of the John Chaney era, and the complete metamorphosis of the university into a residential campus.
But one thing that’s remained the same is Temple Towers, the not-so-aptly named residence at 13th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
But the Board of [...]

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., told several thousand at a rally in McGonigle Hall last Tuesday that no state better deserved to decide who would be the next U.S. President than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as reported by The Temple News [“Clinton stresses job experience at campus rally,” LeAnne Matlach, March 11, 2008].
It stung with the [...]

We’ll avoid the casual and compulsory references to Philadelphia’s long history of constitutional conventions.
On Sunday, Temple Student Government held a seven-hour meeting to rework its very foundation, for the first time in 25 years, as reported by The Temple News [“TSG discusses Constitutional Convention,” Rebecca Hale, Feb. 26, 2008].
And at its helm was TSG President [...]