Englert plans to stay on for the rest of the year

The provost’s contract was extended six months in order to ease the transition to a new president. As Temple prepares to welcome a new president this summer, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard Englert has agreed the suspend his departure from the head of faculty until December 31, 2012, in order to [...]

GLBT climate survey yields generally positive results, leaves room for improvement

University officials plan to create an internet “clearinghouse” of resources in response to the lack of a central source of information. About a year after Temple administered a survey measuring the climate of the GLBT community on Main Campus, university officials released the results of the Gender and Sexuality Climate Assessment. The results showed a mostly [...]

Second, but not final, hearing held on neighborhood improvement district

The second hearing on the NCNID featured many of the same voices, but more hearings will be held on it. Philadelphia City Council held its second hearing on bill number 120020, the North Central Neighborhood Improvement District, yesterday, May 4, at City Hall, in what proved to be another tension-filled meeting. During what was supposed [...]

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 [...]

Golf team finishes 10th at the Atlantic Ten Conference tournament

The golf team finished in 10th out of 11 teams at the rain-shortened Atlantic Ten Conference men’s golf championship held in Coral Gables, Fla. Leading the way for the Owl’s was freshman Paul Carbone who carded a five-over-par 149 (73-76), which was good for 31st overall. Following Carbone were sophomore Matthew Crescenzo who finished tied for [...]

Men’s tennis focuses moves to offseason

Men’s tennis coach Steve Mauro and junior Kacper Rams have one common goal heading into next year’s tennis season, win an Atlantic Ten Conference championship. This goal though will not be easy to achieve as they lose four seniors from the team that was recently eliminated from the A-10 tournament in the first round by [...]

High school scout generates a following

As a high school senior he has been in Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post and made an appearance on The Today Show. College basketball coaches from around the country know him, or know of him and he has over 20,000 followers on Twitter. But Alex Kline is not a basketball player. “I’d say I’m more [...]

Bringing national attention to the program

Despite the loss to Saint Louis during the weekend, the softball team has remains optimistic about its talent and looks to prove one loss can’t hurt them. Sophomore catcher Stephanie Pasquale and senior outfielder Samantha Schoell are both members of the softball team who are nationally ranked and enjoy the exposure it is bringing the [...]

Clean water advocate lectures at final teach-in

Teach-in lectures end with a discussion on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The Dissent in America Teach-In series wrapped up another year Friday, April 20, with a visit from Brady Russell, director of Eastern Pennsylvania Clean Water Action. Russell led a compelling discussion on the controversial “fracking” process and its effect on Pennsylvania’s environment. Fracking is [...]

Islam conference, hosting controversial speakers, sparks protest

A group’s speakers on campus brought about a protest. Dean of Students Stephanie Ives foreshadowed the inevitable contention in Kiva Auditorium at the Islamic Apartheid Conference, sponsored by Temple University Students for Intellectual Freedom, yesterday, April 23. “I ask you all to keep the principles of free speech and civil discourse in mind tonight,” Ives [...]

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