Editor:
The candidacy of Barack Obama has excited a whole new generation of previously disinterested young Americans. And though this large and swelling involvement of youth should send Democratic Party members singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” some regular and older members seem averse to joining the movement and instead expect these young people to temper […]

Editor:
As the “the paper of record for the Temple University community,” I am disheartened by the lack of political coverage afforded by this paper, especially regarding the student vote.
Youth have mobilized in record numbers all over the country, yet there is no mention of these efforts, even though they are occurring on our campus. In […]

Editor:
I was almost too afraid to go to class today. Not because I hadn’t prepared for my math test or because of the latest crime statistics in Philly. It was because the door to my building opened so easily.
No one so much as glanced my way as I walked into my classroom full of students. […]

Editor:
Is this really a hate crime [“Students arrested in connection with hate crime,” Morgan A. Zalot, Feb.26, 2008]? Or is this one brother trying to defend his little brother? It appears that the younger brother was beaten up by a member of the Jewish frat house. This is what started the whole thing. The older […]

Editor:
It never ends.
We live in a country, in a city, at a school where diversity is embraced. For the victim of last week’s anti-Semitic attack, I doubt that notion provides any consolation. Jews are no strangers to being hated, persecuted and physically attacked. However, it never occurred to me that it would stir up violence […]