January, 2009 - The Temple News

Letter: Finals a poor method for evaluating course

20 January 2009 Letter

Dear Editor, Amid the non-stop complaining, bickering and pleading with the professors that I’ve heard from my peers, I have come to the realization that we as students do not truly appreciate the opportunity we

Letter: Public servants needed

20 January 2009 Letter

Dear Editor, John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Those words resonate today as surely as they did almost half a

Pillow Talk: A new year for self improvement

20 January 2009

This new year, change you for you, and remember that confidence is sexiness.

Midseason makeovers underway

20 January 2009

With injuries crippling the roster, Lindsay Kimmel and Kristin McCarthy have stepped up their games to spark the offense.

Literacy rates challenge Philadelphia

20 January 2009

More than 20 percent of Philadelphia adults lack basic literacy skills. The problem encourages unemployment and homelessness.

Atheists are not alone in Philadelphia

20 January 2009

Local atheists make their case through billboard advertising.

Book Worm: ‘Tinkers’ astounds but doesn’t fulfill

20 January 2009

Paul Harding has a firm grasp on the subtleties of language, but hasn’t yet mastered storytelling.

Advertisers flood freshman Facebook groups

20 January 2009

Incoming freshmen who join Facebook “class” groups for information and questions about their prospective schools often have personal information stolen.

$40 million cut from 2009-2010 FY budget

20 January 2009

“We’ve got to plan for the worst and hope for the best,” said Anthony Wagner, Temple’s chief financial officer. For Wagner, planning for the worst means cutting $40 million, 5 percent from the 2009-2010 operating

Money Matters

20 January 2009 Editorial Board

Temple needs to stay true to its tradition of affordability for working-class students.