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Music

Street Sounds: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Influenced by hardcore punk acts like Fugazi and modern rock groups like The Jam, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists produce songs about modern warfare (“Bomb. Repeat. Bomb.”), eating disorders (“Me and Mia”) and the demise of the third-wave ska movement (“Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?”).

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Street Sounds: Dangerous Ponies

Eight crazy friends from South Philadelphia play in a band together called Dangerous Ponies. They’re known for their colorful clothing, crowd interaction and ability to make people have fun.
The woman behind it all, Chrissy Tashjian, started playing music as a young child.

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People You Should Know

Temple Tweets

It is pretty obvious most people are self-absorbed, and I am afraid Twitter has become an outlet for the arrogant. I really don’t like to preach because I want to sock it to people who tell me to do things their way. But since I am the Twitter expert, I have earned the right to say a lot of people are making a mockery of my Internet companion.

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People you should KNOW

With a résumé that can speak for itself, Sarah Z. Salem, a senior architecture major, hardly needs an introduction: She’s a former chapter president of the American Institute of Architecture Students at Temple, former intern for Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, an award-winning Philly-based architectural firm, and the team captain and a founding member of student-run philanthropic architecture organization Freedom By Design, which just completed its first project – an in-home ramp for a disable Navy lieutenant.