January, 2008 - The Temple News

Textbook rental still a thing of the future

29 January 2008

The dawn of a new semester brings quick change and hard work for all, but for a couple new textbook rental companies with innovative missions, the work is especially stressful in these crucial first weeks

Write, but don’t send, a goodbye letter to your ex

29 January 2008

It’s amazing that as a college senior, I have a laundry list of relationships that seemed so perfect at one point, and I can calculate the exact time and place when they fell apart. Dating

Uhuru Furniture: value in cause

29 January 2008

“I just called to say I love you.” There were shelves crammed with glass bowls, tinted chalices, brass candleholders and lamps without shades. “I just called to say how much I care.” Chests stacked on

Writers’ strike due for early cancellation

29 January 2008

Awkward. That’s how I felt when I tuned in to Jay Leno’s humorless first show of 2008. Granted, Leno wasn’t funny before 2008. That’s how I felt when I watched the Golden Globe Awards. Or

Folk meets punk on legend Ani DiFranco’s newest album, the retrospective ‘Canon’

22 January 2008

Look up the word “paradox” in the dictionary, and you will see a woman who is beautiful in an entirely natural way, whose green eyes and knowing smirk reveal intelligence, wit and a healthy amount

Topstitch kitsches up Old City shopping

22 January 2008

It was a typical winter day in Philadelphia: freezing cold, raining and ugly all around. But when I climbed the stairs to the studio space that holds Old City’s Topstitch Boutique, I couldn’t possibly feel

Bridging generations with tasty desserts

22 January 2008

Nostalgic for your grandmother’s warm, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies? Take a trip to Brown Betty Dessert Boutique, at 1030 N. 2nd St., where impeccable dessert meets three generations of family-oriented businesswomen. “Our goal is

Bike messenger wannabes don’t get the message

22 January 2008

To be a bike messenger is to be professionally inconvenienced, and yet it continues to be one of the most romanticized and sought-after positions for young people in cities. Any messenger who denies the implicit

5 rules to live by for Philly rockstars

22 January 2008

Being a local rock star may be harder than you think. The Temple News interviewed members of Philly-based bands The Teeth, The A-Sides and Man Man for stories of the prudence and prestige that define

How-to detect, stop Seasonal Affective Disorder symptoms

22 January 2008

Feeling sad lately? Winter may be to blame. The short, icy days and cold, lengthy nights in the months to come are enough to make anyone desperately crave the return of the blaring summertime sun.