February, 2008 - The Temple News

Let students boost economy

18 February 2008

Temple economics professor Edward Tomczyk said he’d probably save most of his extra cash from the government, but that he might spend some on dinner out. Nick Florentino, a junior business major, said he’d spend

City Hall renovation plans a Nutter victory

18 February 2008

Architect John McArthur intended Philadelphia’s City Hall to be the tallest structure in the world by the time construction began in 1871. However, in the 30 years it took to be built, it had already

Nutter’s budget proposal risky, challenged

18 February 2008

This week, Mayor Michael Nutter unveiled the 2008 City of Philadelphia budget, complete with risky new fiscal policies and some long needed funds. The biggest revelation to come out of Nutter’s financial think tank was

Temple Feminists respond to calls of extremism

18 February 2008 Letter

Editor: Knitting. Fresh baked cupcakes. A neon pink Web site. Are these things typically associated with radicalism? We certainly don’t think so, but apparently Doanh Nghiem does [“University feminist group too extreme to debate,” Doanh

Un-equal Access: The Bush administration wants to veto a college aid bill for all the wrong reasons.

18 February 2008 Editorial Board

Yesterday was Presidents Day. And in this season where we celebrate the power and accomplishments of our chief executives past, our current president has given us more reason to remember how skewed his sense of

Tragic Alert: Temple can learn from another campus tragedy

18 February 2008 Editorial Board

On Thursday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, Steve Kazmierczak opened fire on his fellow Northern Illinois University students, killing five and injuring 16 before turning his weapon on himself. On Friday, Feb. 8, Temple tested TU-Alert,

Comfort and Morris dominate in win over Duquesne

17 February 2008

Ashley Morris missed the second of two free throws with two minutes, eight seconds remaining in the second half. It was no harm as Temple’s senior guard grabbed the offensive rebound and set the offense

Not even a shadow of greatness

17 February 2008

The English mystery novel has one of the most august pedigrees of any literary genre, dating back to 19th-century greats such as Wilkie Collins and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A host of modern writers have

Dayton flies past men’s basketball team

16 February 2008

The repercussions of back-to-back overtime games must have taken their toll on the Temple men’s basketball team. After defeating Massachussetts and Rhode Island in overtime games at the Liacouras Center earlier this week, the Owls

The discomforts of Valentine’s love

14 February 2008

Today is Feb. 14th. All of you gentlemen who are fortunate enough to have someone you actually want to buy a gift for know what that means. It means you go places you never imagined