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[ 18 October 2018 ] Temple Theaters puts on fall musical following the story of conjoined twins Features
[ 18 October 2018 ] Women’s Tennis puts forward strong showing in last fall event Sports
[ 18 October 2018 ] Fran Dunphy selected as Dean Smith Award Recipient Basketball
[ 17 October 2018 ] Homecoming Week headlining act cancels performance Around Campus
[ 17 October 2018 ] TUPD teaches extracurriculars in local schools Community

Respect everyone, people are not ‘illegal’

16 October 2018 Kerry Lyster

President Donald Trump held a rally in Kentucky on Saturday where he spoke about immigration — using his usual phrases like “criminal aliens” and “most vile, most vicious people on Earth” to refer to immigrants.

Free identification: a pathway to true democracy

16 October 2018 Rachel Berson

The cost of IDs and other documents create significant barriers for people in poverty.

Confirming Kavanaugh: a message to survivors

09 October 2018 Rachel Berson

By confirming Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the United States has shown little regard for survivors of sexual assault.

Restaurant Week experience sweeps away first-timer

09 October 2018 Christina Mitchell

A student shares her favorite dishes from the biannual event and urges others to take advantage of the deals.

Save money, experience more with bike riding

02 October 2018 Rae Burach

Students who bike on and around Main Campus can save money and get more out of living in Philadelphia.

#MeToo includes restaurant workers, too

02 October 2018 Tyler Perez

The restaurant industry needs to enact large change to its rape culture, and men can help make those changes happen.

Walking 500 miles alone

02 October 2018 Pavlina Cerna

When I told my family and friends that I was going to spend the whole month of July alone in Spain to walk the nearly 500-mile long Camino de Frances all the way from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port,

Don’t blame Ariana Grande for Mac Miller’s death

25 September 2018 Christina Mitchell

Women should not take the blame for the issues their male significant others face.

Nike’s newest ad campaign: ‘Just Do It’ for the money

25 September 2018 Rachel Berson

The Colin Kaepernick campaign shouldn’t be praised for its morality when Nike is profiting.

‘People of color’ is an unjust umbrella term

18 September 2018 Alvira Bonsu

Grouping together people with different experiences and struggles is problematic.