Almost two weeks ago, the women’s gymnastics team suffered a loss greater than any meet.
They lost a mentor, a motivator, an inspiration and a friend.
Ken Anderson, the women’s gymnastics coach from 1986 to 2006, died March 20. The winningest coach in the program’s history, Anderson, 52, secured 235 wins in his 21-year tenure at Temple.
“He’s [...]

“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”      –William Faulkner
Two weeks into spring practice, that seems to be the unofficial slogan for the Owls’ defensive unit.
Last season, Temple improved three games for a 4-8 record, and the defense took a step in the right direction and [...]

Shortstop Mark Ortega didn’t know what it was like to recover from a hitting slump.

During its last match, night already falling, the fate of the men’s tennis team had already been decided as the Owls were about to lose their fifth straight contest on a chilly Friday.
However, that didn’t stop the squad from gathering around and cheering on junior Eduardo Saavedra as he won his singles match, 10-8, on [...]

As the brain trust behind Temple’s new Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Urban Teaching met Friday to review student applications, they needed to look no further than the Temple graduate assistant distributing the forms to see the ideal Governor’s School model.
It was Josephine Gasieuski, 1997 alum of the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie [...]

When the life of Dorothy Johnson-Speight’s 24-year-old son surrendered to gunfire, his death did not end with a funeral.
Instead, his memory inspired the founding of Mothers In Charge, a community advocacy and support organization for families affected by violence. Speight founded the group after her son, Khaaliq Jabbar Johnson, was gunned down in December [...]

There are more than 70,000 Philadelphia residents who have obtained college credits, but not a degree.
Within two months of opening, Graduate! Philadelphia has provided assistance to about 600 students who are preparing to return to college and get a degree, moving Philadelphia toward Mayor Michael Nutter’s goal of doubling the number of people with a [...]

Students, labor activists and artists filled a South Philadelphia art studio Friday night for “Voices of the Rebels,” as part of Student Labor Action Week.

A Temple doctoral student convicted of possessing and attempting to posses child pornography is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing later this month.
A jury found Roderick Vosburgh, who also formerly taught at La Salle University, Ursinus College and Delaware County Community College, guilty on one count of attempted possession of child pornography and one [...]

With more students living on campus, the Board of Trustees has voted to raise the rates for housing to fund the demand.