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South Philly cookie truck to join Main Campus next month

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According to Uwishunu, Cookie Confidential has plans to renovate Sugar Rush and join Main Campus’ fleet of lunch trucks by mid-March.
To add to the already vast array of food trucks on Main Campus, South Philly cookie shop Cookie Confidential has announced plans to open a corresponding cookie truck next month.…

Alumna returns to North Broad for pro game

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Fatima Maddox will return to North Broad Street, but this time wearing a Harlem Globetrotters’ jersey.
For the first time since 2007, Fatima Maddox will play on the court where she helped the Owls win their third consecutive Atlantic Ten Conference Championship.…

People you should know: Bettye Collier-Thomas

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Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas is no stranger to receiving awards. Former director of the Temple University Center for African-American History and Culture and a professor in the Department of History, Dr. Collier-Thomas is a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, founder and first executive director of the Bethune Museum and Archives in Washington, D.C.…

Temple SMASH members reinstate status

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After losing studio space, Temple SMASH launched an electronic petition to salvage the future of the show.
Students involved in Temple SMASH were shaken when they received word that they wouldn’t be able to continue scheduled programming for their first episode of the Spring 2012 semester.…

Spring Break 2012

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For those of you who think that spring break consists of wild, half-naked pool parties, wet T-shirt contests, mango body shots, performances by Snoop and Wiz, DJ Pauly D on the turntables and naked debacles to remember – or not – for the ages, I regret to inform you that you’re seriously mistaken.…

Big East Discussion

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The Temple News supports the move back to the Big East Conference.
If Temple is indeed about to become an all-sports member of the Big East Conference, the athletic department’s journey from the laughingstock to a legitimate presence in the world of college sports will have come full circle.…

Adding some green to morning routine

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Columnist Marisa Steinberg offers advice to enjoy a greener cup of coffee for less.

When you’re imprisoned at the TECH Center, kicking yourself for leaving that Mosaic paper until the last minute, the remorse and self-loathing you’re feeling doesn’t sting as much when you know you picked an environmentally-friendly caffeinated companion.

Columnist advocates for cooperation not judgment

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Columnist Brandon Baker reflects on his experiences at the White House’s LGBT Conference on Health and on strides the Obama administration has made for GLBT rights.

There are many things that can be said of President Barack Obama and his administration, but a  lack of support for the GLBT community is not one of them.

Editor exposes reasons for psuedo relationships

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In her inaugural relationship column, columnist Alexis Sachdev considers the reasons behind vague relationship statuses.

It’s Friday night in a basement somewhere near North Gratz and Berks streets. Cigarette and marijuana smoke devour the oxygen, so we retreat outside for the cliché and counterintuitive cigarette and fresh air.