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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

GLBT movement should foster education

Columnist Brandon Baker compares the GLBT rights movement of the 21st century to the Civil Rights Movement, and asserts that members of the GLBT community should embrace their message. Snoozing away and robotically twiddling my thumbs in my Mosaic class – yeah, you know what I’m talking about – an intriguing thought crossed my mind [...]

Community benefits from Lynda resources

Implemented earlier this semester, Lynda.com provides various technology tutorials at the fingertips of students, professors and faculty members. Lynda.com arrived on Main Campus and has been welcomed by those who have taken advantage of it. The self-defined “online software training” service offers on-demand, 24/7 access to more than 1,300 training videos. The subject matter covered [...]

Theater dept. responds to Barton demolition

The Temple News follows up with its coverage of the exclusion of rehearsal space for theater students in the 20/20 plan. Since then, no solution has been proposed. While walking through the third floor of Barton Hall, one may be surprised to hear laughing, crying and maybe even barking. Aside from the crying, these are [...]

Ambler thrives as commuter campus

Ambler Campus, though no longer a residential campus, still boasts an active student life through 30 different student organizations. Ambler Campus acts as an extension of a prime research university, offering a safe haven for students seeking a condensed community atmosphere with close teacher-student interactions and hands-on campus involvement. A branch campus of Temple, Ambler [...]

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