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 [...]

Messy habits require eco-friendly spring cleaning

Columnist Marisa Steinberg analyzes her untidy habits, and offers insights to safe dumping facilities. While I did not have a very restrictive upbringing, I did relish in several newly granted freedoms that came with my transition to college a few years ago. The ability to wander around at all hours of the night and sleep [...]

Bucket list

We’ve all dealt with Student Financial Services’ waiting room, Johnson and Hardwick’s questionable food and all-nighters in the TECH Center, but below you’ll find The Temple News’ bucket list of things every student should do before the “Pomp and Circumstance.” 1. Listen to the “Acres of Diamonds” speech Perhaps the most-delivered speech in history, Russell [...]

Documentary reveals local insights on TU expansion

In its third documentary, “Generation TempleTown,” The Temple News spoke with Temple students raised in the surrounding communities. Looking out any Main Campus building window, the surrounding local community appears to be intact. Yet what is not visible to the naked eye is how drastically these adjacent neighborhoods have evolved in the 125-plus years since [...]

Commencement: LaToya Stroman

Coming to Temple, LaToya Stroman didn’t have what most would describe as a “normal transition.” Though she did attend La Salle University immediately after graduating high school, a slew of jobs, obstacles and hurdles crossed her path before she came to Temple in Fall 2010. At the May 10 commencement ceremony, she’ll be recounting that [...]

Columnist encourages canvassers to stop hassling broke college students

Columnist Victoria Marchiony writes an open letter to canvassers on Main Campus. The weather is warm, the trees are in bloom and the canvassers are back for another round of harassment. In response to the 40th activist who tried to accost me for money this week, I have written up my feelings – and, to [...]

Philly boasts tight-knit GLBT culture

Columnist Brandon Baker reflects on two years of “QChat” and living in Philly. Two years ago, I moved to Philadelphia from a small, quiet, gay-repellant town in South-Central Pennsylvania. Like any small-town boy leaving home, I waved goodbye to my own mini-metropolis I’d known for so long in favor of a city that promised me [...]

Commencement: Kathryn Knauth

Graduating senior Kathryn Knauth said she did not know what to expect during her first few interviews when applying for a position with Amazon’s A2Z Research and Development group. The mathematics and computer science major said that it took time to get over her nervousness, but received great advice from the professors and mentors who [...]

Columnists suggest friend zone exit: start being a friend

Columnists Alexis Sachdev and Meghan White reflect on the myth of the “friend” zone. Meghan once worked with a boy named George. He was perfectly sweet and nice – a great guy – however, she was not romantically interested in him. He proceeded to tell her best friend about his feelings for Meghan in hopes [...]

Commencement: Colin Saltry

As a wedding singer, Colin Saltry frequently has to pander to the audience. At the request of his 93-year-old grandmother, he often finds himself singing the Frank Sinatra standby “My Way.” While at Temple, Saltry normally held the microphone as a member of Temple Student Government. Moving up the ranks from TSG senate clerk to [...]

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