November, 2009 - The Temple News

Black Friday can reduce early-morning shoppers to mindless mobs

22 November 2009

Around 3 a.m. the morning after Thanksgiving, some of you will be sound asleep with satisfying stomachaches. Others will be crouched in front of an open refrigerator door in their pajamas for a post-midnight snack.

SHOT! leaves questions unanswered, racial stigmas unresolved

22 November 2009

The story of Associate Theater Professor Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon’s play, SHOT!, captures the true accounts of local residents and takes a new approach to explain how a once magnificent community crumbled into a frightening ghetto. But

Nine Lives

21 November 2009

The football team defeated Kent State, 47-13, for its ninth straight win. Freshman running back Matt Brown replaced injured back Bernard Pierce and ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns. Friday’s game against Ohio will determine the MAC East.

Owls sweep Super Saturday

21 November 2009

Behind career-high games from Juan Fernandez and Ramone Moore, Owls rally to win home opener against Siena.

TTN Slideshow: Owls Roll Past Kent State 47-13

21 November 2009

[flickr 14423699@N04 72157622850503908] Photos by TTN Photographer Jazmyne Anderson

Lupe Fiasco, Darryl McDaniels encourage the people to speak

21 November 2009 Lauren Gill

As students gathered in the University of Pennsylvania’s Irvine Auditorium, they were encouraged to change the world by cast members of The People Speak. On November 17, Lupe Fiasco and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run

TTN Slideshow: Owls Lose 46-45 Heartbreaker to Georgetown

20 November 2009

[flickr 14423699@N04 72157622844582240] Photos by TTN Photographer John Birk

TTN Exclusive Interview: Brett Dennen

20 November 2009 Danielle Grossman

The quickly up and coming singer/songwriter seeks to provide hope for the hopeless. Brett Dennen is an artist who not only loves music but also has a passion to help people and create peace within

Fraternity brothers shake cans for prostate cancer

19 November 2009 Rosella Eleanor LaFevre

“Ask me about my prostate,” cried Jonah Hill, a member of Phi Kappa Theta, at the fraternity-sponsored Bell Tower can shake to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer held Tuesday. Although President Obama declared

Smoking does harm to more than your lungs

18 November 2009 Laura Fanciullacci

Students can reduce effects of smoking on the environment by stamping out cigarettes in designated receptacles or by kicking the habit altogether.