February, 2008 - The Temple News

Men’s City Six Watch

11 February 2008

Drexel Record: 10-15 overall, 3-10 Colonial Athletic Association The woeful Dragons split two conference games last week. Drexel lost its sixth straight game to visiting George Mason, 75-65, Thursday but defeated Towson, 65-51, Saturday afternoon.

Medical prof. president of Obesity Society

11 February 2008

Temple professor Gary Foster was named president of the Obesity Society at the group’s annual meeting in New Orleans. The 25-year-old society is committed to the research, advocacy, education and organizational development of obesity. Foster

Former student cons $1,000 in allocations

11 February 2008

A male was issued a $1,000 check after misrepresenting himself as the student leader of an organization affiliated with the university, according to an incident report filed Jan. 30. It was later discovered that the

Major changes in advising

11 February 2008

To compensate for the recent spike in enrollment, many college advising centers are hiring new staff members and looking for other ways to ease the advising process. Most recently, the Fox School of Business and

Ramsey unveils plan that affects campus districts

11 February 2008

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey unveiled his new crime fighting strategy on Jan. 30, and three Philadelphia Police districts surrounding Temple have become Target Enforcement Zones under his new plan. The 22nd district, located at

Adjunct to take on high profile case

11 February 2008

Temple adjunct professor and attorney Michael Coard agreed to defend alleged cop killer John Lewis almost immediately. Lewis is facing charges of murder, assault and theft in connection with the Oct. 31, 2007, fatal shooting

Progress on the horizon: Progress Plaza will house a Fresh Grocer and other retailers.

11 February 2008

To view the video supplement to this story, click here. Creating successful supermarkets in neglected inner-city neighborhoods is hard. Training workers, maintaining security or even acquiring enough land are daunting tasks for prospective grocers in

Tyler art students move to Peabody

11 February 2008

Peabody Hall will house the Tyler School of Art students who wish to live in campus housing, even before the school’s full transition to Main Campus is complete. Freshmen entering Tyler will be expected to

University feminist group too extreme to debate

11 February 2008

Note: A correction for this article has been issued. The waves of the feminist movement have long been waning. Once eagerly sought-after privileges like suffrage, comparable worth and birth control are now casual liberties. The

Questions of my future are only mine to ask

11 February 2008

By the time graduation day rolls around in May, I estimate that I will have been peppered no less than a million times with a series of questions that sounds something like: “What will you