According to coach Skip Wilson, senior shortstop Jason Connor “just plays and goes about his business.” “I’ve never been much of a talker,” Connor said. “I just lead by example. I don’t think [the team]
Most students maintain the impression that the city they live in has one of the worst homeless situations in the country. Walking down Fairmount Street and anywhere past Diamond on North Broad, it would seem
Mike Austin doesn’t quite match the stereotype of a homeless person. He doesn’t wear rags or disheveled attire. He doesn’t carry a bag full of personal items and other belongings. He doesn’t even sit on
Whether you are a native Philadelphian or your’re from the cozy suburbs, the sight of homelessness probably evokes feelings of empathy. It is a pervasive problem, something many people witness everyday. Homelessness affects between 2.5
Since a cold Sunday morning in 1878, the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission has sought to help the poor and disadvantaged of Philadelphia. The mission has since expanded far beyond its original goal of feeding people
As opening credits rolled for Diary of a Mad Black Woman, the audience was gently transported from their cranberry colored theater seats into a film that is reminiscent of a classic fairy tale. This opening
The Jacket is an all-too-conventional oddity. Too self-conscious to be truly special, the film feels like it’s always on the verge of something better than what it amounts to. It stays disappointingly grounded by self-imposed
Six days after the women’s basketball team won the Atlantic Ten Conference tournament and extended its overall win streak to 24 games, it finally learned its NCAA Tournament fate. The NCAA Selection Committee placed the
The NHL may have canceled its season, but Temple hockey fans still have plenty to cheer about. In February, the ice hockey team, a varsity club team, won its third straight Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey
The men’s basketball team extended its streak of reaching the postseason to 22 seasons Sunday when it accepted an invitation to the National Invitational Tournament. The Owls (16-13) play tonight at Virginia Tech. The big