October, 2006 - The Temple News

Late comeback falls just short in tightly-contested road game

10 October 2006 The Temple News

The women’s soccer team battled throughout its entire game against Saint Joseph’s Friday, but just couldn’t overcome the Hawks’ defense. The Hawks held off a late-game charge, defeating the Owls, 3-1, at Saint Joseph’s Finnesey

Midnight shoot-arounds will christen upcoming hoops season

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Friday will mark the beginning of a new era in Temple basketball and it will happen at the stroke of midnight as Midnight Madness makes its way to the Liacouras Center. Not to be confused

Pair of early scores snaps eight-game losing skid

10 October 2006 The Temple News

TEMPLE 2 ST. JOE 1 The men’s soccer team had been aiming to rid itself of the offensive woes that had burdened it for much of the season. Those woes include being shut out six

Losses mar late-season trip to Ohio

10 October 2006 The Temple News

XAVIER 3 TEMPLE 1 Last year the volleyball team defended its home floor, earning a split against Atlantic Ten Conference heavyweights Dayton and Xavier in the regular season. This season the team left the safety

Knocked down, not out

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Minutes before the football team’s game against Kent State Saturday, coach Al Golden temporarily abandoned his football playbook for a guide of another kind – the Bible. Golden told the Owls that Jesus once asked

Give in to the urge to splurge

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Pinching pennies can be exhausting when you are nowhere near the coupon-clipping stage in your life. So don’t be afraid to treat yourself – and your date. Perhaps it’s another birthday, an anniversary or simply

In ‘Retrospect,’ vintage is back

10 October 2006 The Temple News

When people hear the word “vintage,” they either associate it with classic, one-of-a-kind finds or with used junk. But today, the world of secondhand shopping isn’t so black and white. Philadelphia has a wide selection

Movie Review – The Departed

10 October 2006 The Temple News

RATING: 5/5 If it doesn’t feel right to laugh at a film with blood splattered on every wall, don’t see “The Departed.” But if you believe that comedy, violence and intense thrills can co-exist in

Scorsese’s new gangsters thrive

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Jack Nicholson performing a film scene while wearing a dildo doesn’t sound like a drama. It doesn’t even sound like a thriller. Well, it might thrill some people. But believe it or not, that’s the

Garth Brooks meets Jay-Z

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Lucas Carpenter does what so many young musicians find themselves doing these days: He checks up on his MySpace account. “MySpace is a Godsend,” Carpenter said in a recent telephone interview. But don’t peg him