Hip-hop is an imperfect, but charming, language.
It is derogatory toward women, it thrives off power, sex and money, and it’s all one big bleep after all obscenities are taken out. But what great cultural movement in history didn’t have its kinks?
Hip-hop surrounds us. It blares through the headphones of the kid walking on the street, [...]

Philadelphia’s own State Sen. Vincent Fumo, among his other distinctions, sits on the board of trustees for the National Constitution Center, a museum enshrining the most sacred government document in the land. The man ought to know a thing or two about constitutional political conductSadly, the 30-year representative of Philadelphia’s 1st district has proven time [...]

In 2009, Temple will spend more than $41,000 on scholarships for four Philadelphia School District students as part of the new Temple University Philadelphia Scholars program.
Since beginning its capital drive in 2002, the university has raised more than $253 million in the school’s largest fundraising campaign in history.
The university deserves praise for creating this program, [...]

Call us old fashioned, but we think paper paychecks are a pretty easy, efficient way to receive our work payments.
Clearly, Temple doesn’t think so. According to them, paper is nothing but bad news.
That’s why by mid-2008, both full- and part-time Temple employees who are not signed up to receive payment through direct deposit will no [...]

March 17
1540 Sydenham St.
Window broken on a 2003 Audi between 1 p.m. March 9 and 7 p.m. March 17. Nothing reported missing.

March 18
1900 N. 16th St.
Window broken on a 1991 Ford and a sports bag, Palm Pilot, two flash drives and books taken between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. March 17.
Pearson Hall, Second Floor
Student reported [...]

AMBLER — Elizabeth Holtzman can relate to being a part of the minority.
On March 19, the author and politician spoke at the Ambler Campus about her experiences to more than 40 students, staff, faculty and community members about serving as a woman in politics.
Holtzman, 66, was the youngest woman elected to Congress when she captured [...]

The cost of housing will be going up for students living on campus.
Patrick J. O’Connor, the student affairs committee chairman, announced a motion to increase housing rates by 4.75 percent for the 2008-2009 school year.
The motion was unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees and will increase costs from $133 to $224 per semester, depending [...]

A bull market can be seen right here at Temple, stemming from high demand of the business school’s economics department.
The department will be transferred from the Fox School of Business and Management to the College of Liberal Arts, effective July 1, 2008.
The move came three years after a periodic program review in the fall of [...]

“I think Betty would definitely support Hillary. She is all about female empowerment,” America Ferrera said.
The Ugly Betty star spent the weekend canvassing Pennsylvania to rally supporters for Sen. Hillary Clinton.
In an interview with The Temple News, Ferrera said she decided to support Clinton after watching the debates.
“I had been watching the primaries unfold [...]

The anonymous $1 million dollar check that arrived in Temple’s mailbox a month ago will go into an endowment to support student programming in the Baptist Temple, the Board of Trustees unanimously decided at its March 11 meeting.
The $1 million was the smaller of two checks Temple received Jan. 31 in a nondescript envelope with [...]