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Temple’s Top Model selected last month

13 March 2012 Priscilla Ward

On Feb. 28, Residence Hall Association hosted Temple’s Next Top Model in the Student Center to encourage being bold and true to oneself. Society often gets caught up in the vanities of life: being skinny

RAIR founders present recyclable art in Tyler

28 February 2012 Amy Stansbury

On Thursday, Feb. 23, Recycled Artists in Residency, a nonprofit that connects artists with recycled materials, spoke to students on Main Campus. For years, recycling has suffered from a bit of an image problem. For

Temple SMASH members reinstate status

28 February 2012 Lauren Hertzler

After losing studio space, Temple SMASH launched an electronic petition to salvage the future of the show. Students involved in Temple SMASH were shaken when they received word that they wouldn’t be able to continue

Columnist advocates for cooperation not judgment

28 February 2012 Brandon Baker

Columnist Brandon Baker reflects on his experiences at the White House’s LGBT Conference on Health and on strides the Obama administration has made for GLBT rights. There are many things that can be said of

‘STEPS’ taken to spread suicide awareness

21 February 2012 Shanell Simmons

On Feb. 16, students, faculty and administrators gathered to raise awareness in light of the suicide on Main Campus earlier this month. Students pass hundreds to thousands of unknown faces each day on Main Campus,

Broadi Gras celebration falls short of expectations

13 February 2012 Luis Rodriguez

Year-long plans for the Feb. 18 Broad Street party are not as big as once thought. Last year, sophomore sports management major Dan Pulse came up with the idea of Broadi Gras. The idea was

‘Vagina Monologues’ combats negative feminist stereotypes

13 February 2012 Jenine Pilla

As part of the global V-Day Movement, students and faculty are putting on performances of the play during the week. Often, ‘V-Day’ is a term many associate with the holiday during which significant others are

Recyclemania kicks off for eight weeks

31 January 2012 Amy Stansbury

Last Wednesday, the Office of Sustainability and members of the community gathered to celebrate the beginning of the national competition. The swish of the silver pom-poms could hardly be heard over the deep vibrato of

Editor suffers ups and downs of life in 1940

24 January 2012 Alexis Sachdev

Living Editor Alexis Sachdev recounts getting stuck in a 1940 residence hall elevator. Last Thursday, I was saved. One minute, I was lying on my back, accepting my impending fate. The next moment, bright lights

2012 predictions

16 January 2012 Alexis Sachdev

2011 was an emotional year for the Owls. We prayed for our fellow students abroad who were effected by the earthquake in Japan. We joined forces to rally against state budget cuts in Harrisburg. We