As students, we’ve all been in the situation before: the stress of end-of-the-year papers, projects and upcoming finals is exacerbated by those annoying group projects. There’s that one member who bails every time the group gets together, and the other who can only get together on Wednesdays between 2 and 5 p.m. Even if […]

With all the publicity about Temple’s explosive student growth, along with all the new construction on campus, students often wonder how housing could possibly be keeping up.
After all, before the surge in students, Temple didn’t even guarantee housing to juniors and seniors. And in the midst of all this comes the move of Tyler students […]

Spring Fling has been a Temple tradition for three decades. Upperclassmen can’t wait, freshman tingle with anticipation and teachers shrug their shoulders when most of their students don’t show up to class.
The tradition comes down to planning. After 30 years, Student Activities, Main Campus Program Board, Facilities Management and Campus Safety Services all feel as […]

Better than a third of Pennsylvania’s energy is nuclear, far above the national average. Columnist Morgan Ashenfelter wants us to lead the way.

A few weeks ago around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, I found myself in Temple University Hospital’s emergency room with two roommates and a sick friend. While waiting to see the doctors, a middle-aged woman wandered over to us and asked my friend what she had.
“I looked just like you this morning,” the lady said, referring […]