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This isn’t the first time Philadelphia Police have been after shooting suspect Marshall Thomas.
Thomas was arrested in June 2007 on nine separate charges, including carrying firearms in public and recklessly endangering another person.
All charges were dropped, however, in October 2007.
Police are still searching for Thomas, 19, after naming him […]

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Read the criminal history of suspect Marshall Thomas here.
Temple has released a statement about last night’s shooting at 15th and Norris streets.
The statement, sent through e-mail by Vice President of Operations William Bergman, addresses Temple’s decision not to use the TU-Alert system to notify students, faculty and staff about the incident.
“Because […]

A 19-year-old non-Temple female was shot in the chest late Tuesday night at 15th and Norris streets.

Columnist Jeff Appelblatt is graduating. One thing he has learned is that networking is important, but he says it goes beyond just important people who can help with your profession.

Students enrolled in summer courses will get a brief break and then head straight back to the classroom from May to July.
The first summer session begins only five days after the last date of final exams for the Spring 2008 semester.
Students enrolled in both sessions will have 16 class-free days from May through September, excluding […]

More than 100 Philadelphia school students participated in the city’s first 24-hour chess tournament last weekend, aimed at providing an alternative to violence.
Half of the participants spent Friday night playing informal games in the Howard Gittis Student Center, while the other half arrived Saturday morning for the tournament.
Temple hosted theevent, which saw a brief […]

Dawn Staley is leaving Temple University to become the coach of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team.

A jazz trio played as guests and winners filed in to room 200 of the Student Center for the third annual Diamond Awards Ceremony last night, where 25 juniors and seniors were awarded for their superior leadership, academic achievement, service to the university and impact on the community.
“Our Diamond Award recipients are willing to take […]

Temple Student Government announced Friday that Owl V.O.I.C.E.S. won the annual executive elections.
Nadine Mompremier is next year’s president, Farzad Firoz is the next vice president of services, and Nexus Cook is the vice president of external affairs.
TSG was forced to have a run-off election because their new elections code states that the winning slate must […]

History professor Morris J. Vogul has accepted a positition as president of The Tenement Museum in the Lower East Side in New York City.
Vogul will begin his term as president starting this summer. He has taught American history at Temple for the last 30 years, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer article. He served as […]