2008 - The Temple News

Azure spices up NoLib

29 January 2008

Catch the buzz on the Northern Liberties restaurant scene. Azure gives you plenty of spice at student-affordable prices. The restaurant is conveniently located at Second and Laurel streets, in heart of Northern Liberties next to

‘The Misanthrope’ gives Molière a techno twist

29 January 2008

Mauckingbird Theater Company, founded by Temple professor Peter Reynolds and student Lindsay Mauck, premiered its first piece, The Misanthrope, on Jan. 10. Reynolds, director of musical theater for Temple’s theater department, met Mauck, a senior

Emotion gets a jolt of electricity at local galleries

29 January 2008

From nightclub portraits to shocking gadgetry, prepare to experience the arts like never before at this month’s First Friday. The exhibits at three glamorous galleries – 222gallery, Painted Bride and Projects Gallery – promise unbeatable,

That’s hot: One day with Paris

29 January 2008

REVIEW – She’s lean, she’s clean and she’s invading the silver screen. That was Paris Hilton’s message during an intimate college press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Center City last Thursday. The 26-year-old

New roommates switch it up for a new semester

29 January 2008

Freshman public relations major Mayte Espinal roomed with one of her friends from high school last semester in White Hall. This semester, not only has she been assigned a new roommate, but a new suitemate

The Do’s and Dont’s of a first-semester transfer student

29 January 2008

Being a transfer student can be frustrating. Learning your way around a new campus, making new friends, dealing with the process of transferring credits, and registering for classes aren’t exactly the most exciting moments in

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