Englert plans to stay on for the rest of the year

The provost’s contract was extended six months in order to ease the transition to a new president. As Temple prepares to welcome a new president this summer, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard Englert has agreed the suspend his departure from the head of faculty until December 31, 2012, in order to [...]

GLBT climate survey yields generally positive results, leaves room for improvement

University officials plan to create an internet “clearinghouse” of resources in response to the lack of a central source of information. About a year after Temple administered a survey measuring the climate of the GLBT community on Main Campus, university officials released the results of the Gender and Sexuality Climate Assessment. The results showed a mostly [...]

Second, but not final, hearing held on neighborhood improvement district

The second hearing on the NCNID featured many of the same voices, but more hearings will be held on it. Philadelphia City Council held its second hearing on bill number 120020, the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District, yesterday, May 4, at City Hall, in what proved to be another tension-filled meeting. During what was supposed [...]

Freshman shaves her head on campus to honor young boy claimed by cancer

A freshman shaved her head in honor a young boy from her hometown. Paul Matthews shaved his son Eli Seth Matthew’s head, and then Eli shaved his father’s head. Yesterday, Paul Matthews stood on Liacouras Walk shaving the head of a young woman he had met less than two months earlier. Eli Seth Matthews, a [...]

Owl Cards’ design to comply with voter identification law

The new student ID cards will feature a vertical layout and  expiration dates. Temple will issue new Owl Cards to students and faculty during the 2012-13 school year to better accommodate the new state voter identification law. Upgrades include expiration dates and new electronic features. “We expect we will probably reissue returning students during the [...]

Survey release a longtime coming

The GLBT needs survey, administered last Spring, is set to be public within a week. After nearly a year and a half of waiting, Main Campus is set to see the results of a survey measuring the GLBT climate at Temple. William Bergman, vice president and chief of staff, said that the survey results will [...]

Neighbor relations a multi-level effort

Community concerns have prompted many attempts to improve relations and the area. As students increasingly pursue a more traditional college experience, Main Campus finds itself in the middle of accommodating an expanding university’s needs while maintaining a cordial relationship with those who call North Philadelphia home. The university estimates that the number of students living [...]

Home robbery linked to drug possession

Suspects robbed students’ house on the 1500 block of Page Street Sunday. Philadelphia Police reoprted an armed robbery that took place in a private apartment on the 1500 block of Page Street at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Five Temple student occupants were robbed at gunpoint, but did not report any injuries, according to a TU [...]

Dropping the ball

The Temple News explores the university’s place in the Big East from 1991 to 2004, what led to its 2001 exit and Temple’s recent re-entry. Part 1 of 2: John Chaney had never spoken at a Board of Trustees meeting before. The legendary coach who led the men’s basketball team for 24 years was called [...]

Clean water advocate lectures at final teach-in

Teach-in lectures end with a discussion on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The Dissent in America Teach-In series wrapped up another year Friday, April 20, with a visit from Brady Russell, director of Eastern Pennsylvania Clean Water Action. Russell led a compelling discussion on the controversial “fracking” process and its effect on Pennsylvania’s environment. Fracking is [...]

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