March, 2009 - The Temple News

Annual beer festival lures locals to Frankford Avenue

14 March 2009 Megan Frankowski

Shamrock Shuttle, the traveling beer festival in Northeast Philadelphia, allows people to dress up like leprechauns crowd-surf through a mass of Irish party-goers.

Owls upset Xavier, advance to A-10 finals

13 March 2009

The men’s basketball team took down the tournament’s top seed, 55-53. They’ll face Duquesne tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the A-10 title game.

Temple notebook: team effort

13 March 2009

The men’s basketball team received contributions from a number of players in its upset victory over Xavier.

Owls beat St. Joe’s, head to semifinals

12 March 2009

The men’s basketball team took down the Hawks, 79-65. They’ll face Xavier in the semifinals Thursday night.

Owls’ hopes hinge on turnovers

12 March 2009

The men’s basketball team committed 13 second half turnovers but still cruised past the Hawks. They’ll need to improve that statistic tomorrow against Xavier.

TTN staffers win Keystone Press Awards

11 March 2009

The Temple News cleaned up at the Keystone Press Awards. Check out the award-winning work.

Study: Honor students more likely to cheat

10 March 2009 Caitlin Berry

A study released by the University of California, Berkeley reports that some students are risking their academic standings by cheating in order to remain competitive candidates for career prospects and admission into graduate schools.

Late Calif. politician inspires hope for Temple professor

10 March 2009 Christine Fisher

The story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected into public office, will be shown at the Reel. The film ‘Milk’ motivated Dr. Scott Gratson who is an archivist for one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ youth agencies.

Students make difference abroad

10 March 2009 Lauren Williams

Students participating in the Alternative Spring Break program are helping low-income families in Guatemala for a week.

Owls beat G.W., locked in at No. 4 seed

07 March 2009

The men’s basketball team took down the Colonials, 63-53. They are seeded fourth in next week’s A-10 Tournament in Atlantic City, N.J.