March, 2008 - The Temple News

Rental properties lack necessary amenities

03 March 2008

The front door of a house on the 1900 block of North Fifth Street was broken for six days. Mark Calloway, a junior mechanical engineer major and tenant of the residence, knew a timely response

Jimmy John’s says lack of visibility slows business

03 March 2008

When owners of nationally acclaimed Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches opened up shop on Temple’s campus last semester, they expected the same success the chain has seen on other campuses. But unlike their fast delivery, business

Campus gathers after attack

03 March 2008

His son’s broken nose and fractured eye socket are healing, but the father of the victim of the recent hate crime said he worries about the emotional scars the incident may leave. “My father survived

Advisers work to heal NIU

03 March 2008

“When a tragedy like this happens, it doesn’t just happen to a campus, it happens to higher education,” said Theresa Powell, vice president of Student Affairs. After the Valentine’s Day shooting at Northern Illinois University,

Some in Democratic Party doubt Obama

03 March 2008 Letter

Editor: The candidacy of Barack Obama has excited a whole new generation of previously disinterested young Americans. And though this large and swelling involvement of youth should send Democratic Party members singing “Happy Days Are

More presidential election coverage in TTN

03 March 2008 Letter

Editor: As the “the paper of record for the Temple University community,” I am disheartened by the lack of political coverage afforded by this paper, especially regarding the student vote. Youth have mobilized in record

Student reacts to Northern Illinois shooting

03 March 2008 Letter

Editor: I was almost too afraid to go to class today. Not because I hadn’t prepared for my math test or because of the latest crime statistics in Philly. It was because the door to

Hiring from the community changes fortunes

03 March 2008

Alphonso Richardson first tried to get a job with Temple University in 1980, the year he graduated high school. It was 27 years later that he finally secured employment, taking a job with maintenance and

Alumni need to fill seats

03 March 2008

Then $10,000 was gone, just like that, drained into novelty checks to be dispensed at center court of the Liacouras Center during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Charlotte last Wednesday. Lewis Katz, a

North Philly recycling will streamline our green city

03 March 2008

When it comes to eco-friendly cities, the “Filthadelphia” nickname is accurate. As any citizen who tries to start recycling in this city knows, even small, environmentally friendly tasks are complicated here. But our mayor is