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 [...]

Student-run venue gains popularity

Opened earlier this semester at 2000 N. Broad St., the Broad Street Lounge offers a venue for students and musicians to enjoy music for free. Upon entry into the Broad Street Lounge, the first noticeable trait is how long the room is. It’s something of a walk to get to the couch-filled main area where [...]

Gifted local youth hone skills at Boyer College

The Center for Gifted Young Musicians within Boyer College of Music and Dance offers instruction from university staff to improve musical skills. Ever since Mark Huxsoll, the director of music preparatory at Boyer College of Music and Dance heard the sounds of the pipe organ at his church as a child, he said he has [...]

City-wide Earth Day events encourage reducing waste

Columnist Marisa Steinberg offers advice on the various places to celebrate Earth Day without draining natural resources. Had society developed according to my plan, community farms would overtake this city instead of vacant lots. Whoever suggested bottling and selling water would have been promptly, yet politely, excused from that business meeting and from offering any [...]

Dunphy wears dunce hat for charitable evening

Big 5 coaches, former players and other acquaintances roasted men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy last week for Big Brothers, Big Sisters. “[This is] maybe the worst thing that ever happens to me,” men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy said at his roast on Wednesday, April 11. Despite this, Dunphy sacrificed himself as the subject of jokes [...]

Department, city observe National Public Health Week

April 2 marked the beginning of the 17th annual National Public Health Week, a nationwide effort to raise awareness of healthy habits. Monday, April 2 marked the beginning of a weeklong celebration for National Public Health Week recognized by public health majors. In 1995, former President Bill Clinton dedicated the first full week of April [...]

Main Campus pulls the plug on electricity for Earth Hour

On Saturday, March 31, residential life hosted the annual Earth Hour to raise awareness for energy conservation across the world. Who knew that dancing in the dark could be a sustainable activity? Temple’s residential life staff did, hosting their “Do it in the Dark: Lights out for Earth Hour” event last Saturday, March 31. Earth [...]

Trayvon Martin case exposes hypocrisy of “free speech”

Columnist Brandon Baker discusses the bigoted mindset surrounding the Trayvon Martin case. I need to stop wearing hoodies. Famous Fox News talk show host, and quite possibly the only thing (once) attractive about the conservative news network, has at last shoved his mustachioed head farther up his butt than even republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum can [...]

Tyler students exhibit sketches, sculptures

The Annual Student Art Exposition ended on March 31, which gave students the opportunity to exhibit their creativity and development. The paintings on the wall depict friendly faces, multicolored designs and the symbols of social movements from Kony 2012 to the DREAM Act. Tapestries and brightly colored sheets hang from the walls outside the glow [...]

Former Occupy tent camps out on Tyler’s front lawn

Alternative Knowledge Access, a structure built by junior painting major Amy Borch, sits on Tyler’s lawn. When Alternative Knowledge Access was under construction in front of Tyler School of Art, some students weren’t sure what to make of it. Throughout any day, the space has students inside, sitting around in a circle or in a [...]

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