As I sat at home watching “team coverage” of the “Blizzard of the Millennium” on NBC 10 complete with four, count ’em, four meteorologists and the Doppler 10,000 radar system, every station reported at least
Finally the time has come for the event that brought us all to Temple: the NCAA tournament. Sixty-four schools, ranging from basketball teams fronting as universities (like Gonzaga and Butler) to universities fronting as basketball
Frank Brown’s drinking article of 03/01/2001. Dear Editor: I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to Frank Brown’s article, “Students drink now, regret later,” in the March 1-14 issue. First of all, I
A month ago, the president of University of California, Richard Atkinson, called for the elimination of the Scholastic Aptitude Test for admission into the University. This caused an uproar in higher educational institutions nationwide. Already
When the Texas Longhorns showed up on the big-screen television in the basement of the Liacouras Center last Sunday, everyone in attendance new that Temple’s name would be next. The sixth-seeded Longhorns were the 64th
Fifteen hundred and seven wasn’t her refund but her lottery number. When Olusayo Olayinka had opened her envelope from housing last spring, she was devastated. “I basically felt that I was going to be put
An evening of colorful Mardi Gras festivities became a festival of rioting crowds and criminal activity on South Street. Tuesday evening. The crescendo of violence forced police to make over a hundred arrests for theft,
Temple Police and the university have spent nearly a week trying to negotiated a contract that will work for either sides, but the previous contract expired Wednesday, February 28 at midnight with no end in
The first few steps inside Egypt nightclub on Delaware Avenue are, on most Friday nights, a little disorienting. You pay the cover at the door, then walk past a security guard. Next, you fumble around
Dorothy Dandridge, Cab Calloway and Paul Robeson were each symbols of black cinema. Each depicted stages in black filmmaking before 1959, a time when stereotypes of minorities were unchecked. “There was a serious film industry