2008 - The Temple News

The culture of tea: not just for grandma anymore

22 January 2008

It couldn’t be more perfect timing that January is National Hot Tea Month. Research presented last year associates tea drinking with maintaining a healthy body weight, while reducing the risk of heart disease and certain

Plan to stay on track this semester

22 January 2008

Jessica Fletcher is tired. The senior advertising major pushed herself to graduate in December. But the stress of classes midway through the fall caused her health to decline and moved her graduation date back to

During break, Temple loses chair, gains another

22 January 2008

Temple has been making progress in interfaith dialogue recently, which is something the university could benefit from itself. As reported in today’s issue of The Temple News, an offer of $1.5 million toward the creation

Black Philly hurting, can Nutter heal pain?

22 January 2008

In December, the Philadelphia branch of the National Urban League released a report titled “The State of Black Philadelphia.” It was by no means a pleasant holiday surprise. In areas of economics, education, health, civic

YouTube comes out

22 January 2008

People are watching. People are discussing. People are curious. The most popular, the most discussed and the most viewed videos on YouTube come from openly gay users who produce all of their own content. You

Nutter starts by tossing out the cookie man

22 January 2008

The new year of 2008 has offered a glimmer of hope for a city long on its knees. Michael Nutter, the 92nd mayor of our fine city, was sworn in Jan. 8, and with him

Reports of racism against Jena Six overblown

22 January 2008 Letter

First off, I would like to state that I am in no way suggesting that racism does not exist in America. That being said, I would like to address a recent article called “Racial entertainment”

Lost News

22 January 2008 Editorial Board

By most accounts, 90 years is a long life to lead. Long enough for a Milwaukee-born child of Eastern European immigrants to distinguish himself in the education world. Long enough for an old Jewish man

Comfort dominates boards in sloppy conference victory over Rhode Island

22 January 2008

On an afternoon in which both Temple and Rhode Island had trouble putting the ball in the basket, Lady Comfort was there to clean up the mess. The Temple senior collected 14 rebounds, nine on

Another win for streaking men’s basketball team

22 January 2008

The men’s basketball team gave a performance that left no fan at the Liacouras Center famished Wednesday night. The Cherry-and-White adorned fans in the student section roared after the Owls put the finishing touches on