TTN Video: The Lunchies Issue

Visit http://www.temple-news.com/lunchies/ for more web exclusives in the lunchie issue!

Video by Justin McGoldrick, Josh Fleury and Matt Petrillo

Letter: Our tradition of quality news continues

To our readers:

At least 350 hours of manpower – totaling more than two week’s worth of work – go into producing one issue of The Temple News. And with this issue, we end our 87th year.

This year, we’ve covered it all.

Controversial contract negotiations continued between Temple and two of its unions. Students expressed concerns about graduating in a tough economy. And fans experienced another exciting year of NCAA Tournament appearances by the basketball teams.

The Temple News provided continuing coverage of all these topics and more. It has always been our responsibility to provide objective information to our readers so they can create their own opinions on these subjects.

Our work, once again, has paid off. The Temple News picked up eight statewide honors at the Keystone Press Awards, the highest distinction for collegiate journalism in Pennsylvania. Our Web site, temple-news.com, is in the running for an Editor & Publisher Award and the 2009 Online Pacemaker Award.

It has been my privilege and honor to serve as editor in chief during this exciting time in Temple’s history. My 23 co-workers on staff are some of the hardest working people on campus, and I am eternally grateful for the countless hours of work they have contributed to shape and create our award-winning product.

I think I can speak for many of the staff members of The Temple News with my analysis of the past year. Working at the paper has been the most exhausting, most stressful, most time-consuming job we could’ve found.

And we’d all do it again in a heartbeat to provide you with the information you need.

Good luck to my fellow graduating seniors. Be proud to carry the Temple name with you.

And for those continuing, enjoy your remaining time at Temple. Before you know it, you’ll be in our shoes, wishing you could do so much more but knowing you’ve accomplished everything you wanted.

- Chris Stover
Editor in Chief

TTN staffers win Keystone Press Awards

The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association honored The Temple News with eight Keystone Press Awards this week.

TTN tied with the Pitt News at the University of Pittsburgh for receiving the most awards.

Below are the categories in which The Temple News won, in addition to links to the winning articles and/or photos.

• Ongoing News Coverage: Brittany Diggs and Stephen Zook, Honorable Mention, Temple tenants violate ordinance
• Public Service: Chris Stover and Morgan Zalot, Tie-2nd, Special Report: A look at Temple’s crime
• Sports Photo: Julia Wilkinson, Honorable Mention, Another late-game blunder (article)
• News Photo: Kriston Bethel, Tie-1st, Check mate (article)
• News Photo: Rachel Playe, Tie-1st, Permanent memories (article)
• News Photo: Rachel Playe, Honorable Mention, Champions
• Photo Story: TTN Staff, World @&#%ing Champions
• Web site: TTN Staff, temple-news.com

TTN comes clean a la Facebook’s ‘25 Things’

Editor in Chief Chris Stover wrote about the “25 Random Things” phenomenon on Facebook on Feb. 17. This inspired the staff of The Temple News to divulge some random facts of their own. Enjoy this inside look at TTN staffers.

Brendan McHugh scrimmed his brim.

Julia Wilkinson had her lip pierced, took it out, and had it repierced. She also had her eyebrow pierced.

Anthony Stipa has had stitches in his head twice.

Stephen Zook was arrested for defiant trespass for skateboarding in a parking garage.

Shannon McDonald collects dice and anything that has dice on it.

Shannon McDonald doesn’t like to wear shoes.

Todd Oskin climbs rocks for fun.

Dave Isaac has had two NHL players shoot pucks at him and got in a verbal tiff with another.

Chelsea Calhoun matches her bra with her undies every day.

Ashley Nguyen has an unhealthy obsession with the Kennedy family, particularly JFK.

Morgan Zalot drinks at least two cups of coffee per day.

Morgan Zalot found the best view of the skyline of Philly, which she and some close friends now consider a best-kept secret of the city.

Maria Zankey de-friends people on Facebook once they make a Picnik album.

Maria Zankey submitted a title that was chosen to be illustrated by Sam Brown on explodingdog.com.

Kevin Cook likes to keep Jolly Ranchers and Tootsie Pops in his pockets.

Kevin Cook’s favorite band in fourth grade was Hanson.

Jen Reardon realized she was sitting five rows behind Albert Pujols at The Lion King only after she saw a hand holding a Kit Kat bar walk past her during intermission and looked up to see him standing there.

Jen Reardon constantly has nightmares about tornadoes. Must have been that flying cow in Twister.

Jen Reardon prefers to be called Jen rather than Jenny because of the nickname 1-800-Jenny Craig in elementary school.

Kriston Bethel played bass and was the lead singer in a classic rock cover band for two years.

Brittany Diggs once cursed out a homeless woman who was riding by on a bike, after the woman wrongfully accused of her being in the way.

Brittany Diggs had a habit of falling off staircase banisters as a child.

Sherri Hospedales is afraid to watch scary movies.

Sherri Hospedales wants to name her future son Julian, after the cute kid in Big Daddy.

Vanessa Rottet is addicted to marshmallows and will eat a whole bag of mini marshmallows in one
night.

Andrea Caldarise has denied her status as an abstract artist with Robert Storr, the former painting director of the Modern Museum of Art.

Kevin Brosky drinks Snapple at a rate of about two per day, although today he has already exceeded that average.

Chris Stover can cite every line from the 1985 movie Clue.

Chris Stover didn’t know he could shrink shirts in a dryer.