November, 2007 - The Temple News

Next top cop a miss

27 November 2007

Mayor-elect Michael Nutter has chosen Charles Ramsey, former police chief of Washington, D.C., as Philadelphia’s next police commissioner. Ramsey has a long history as a police officer and chief, and helped lower crime in Washington.

Yo mom, thanks for my birthday this year

27 November 2007

My birthday is coming, but I haven’t been thinking about presents. See, I’ve been questioning when birthday celebrations, the way we are accustomed to seeing them today, with parties and gifts and cards and cake,

Pending Blue Horizon sale is only for looks

27 November 2007

If you don’t involve yourself in Philadelphia boxing, then you’ll never find a boxer you’ve heard of fighting at the 1,200-seat Blue Horizon. The money isn’t there. Instead, you’ll find two fighters respectfully trying to

Tokyo Lost

27 November 2007 Editorial Board

Bruce Stronach sat alone in the Student Center yesterday. Stronach was asked there to speak to Main Campus students interested in whether he would be a suitable replacement for the retiring dean of Temple University

Big Party

27 November 2007 Editorial Board

More students, more booze, more problems. It’s a rather simple recipe. And that distinct scent of alcohol wafting throughout campus at night is only getting stronger. The amount of alcohol violations – disciplinary actions and

Morris nets career-high, but Owls can’t top Wolfpack

27 November 2007

It was one of those gritty, hard-nosed performances that you see out of a Hollywood movie, but this time there was no happy ending for the women’s basketball team. Senior guard Ashley Morris netted a

Clark’s shot seals victory

27 November 2007

Junior guard Dionte Christmas held his head down and tugged on his shorts with eight seconds left in the men’s basketball team’s home opener against Ohio Thursday. He had just fouled the Bobcats’ Bubba Walther

A tale of two halves

27 November 2007

Halftime speeches are underrated. The women’s basketball team played a sloppy first half against Ball State Wednesday, and held a slim lead over the Cardinals at the break. In the locker room, coach Dawn Staley

After six games, Owls still searching for rhythm

27 November 2007

The men’s basketball team appeared to be headed down a dark path two weeks ago. After blowing double-digit leads in back-to-back losses to Providence and the College of Charleston at the Puerto Rico Tip Off

Cowden recognizable despite missing uniform

27 November 2007

If the volleyball team didn’t have so many freshmen, middle blocker Jacqueline Cowden would have to suspect her teammates of playing rookie jokes on her. Before the Atlantic Ten tournament, the business major was sick,