November, 2010 - The Temple News

Silver Tooth

15 November 2010 Editorial Board

Officials in the new dental clinic must keep an eye on funds to ensure its future. For the past few years, dental care for Temple students has existed in the form of an answering machine.

Re: Temple students and the North Philadelphia “renaissance”

15 November 2010 Letter

Dear Editor, Temple has experienced unprecedented growth in the last decade. While that growth has resulted in a stronger, academically richer university, it has also presented challenges that must be addressed. Let me explain how

Community Voice: Resolving the congested justice problem

15 November 2010 Josh Fernandez

William Carter and Wanda Jordan-Carter said they are worried about top Pennsylvania and Philadelphia court officials’ decision to drop criminal charges against approximately 19,400 defendants who skipped court years ago. Jordan-Carter, 48, said “some people

Impacting the impending funds decision

15 November 2010 Lauren Hertzler

Students must vocalize appropriation concerns to legislators to avoid a steeper tuition increase in the future. Being away at school kept me from physically casting my vote in the midterm election this year, but you

Combating society’s obsessions with body image, bigotry

15 November 2010 Colin Kirk

Whether based on hatred or ignorance, if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say it at all. Society has grown accustomed to seeing and enjoying glamorous, supermodel and celebrity eye candies fill the pages

Rejecting notions of body perfection to avoid harm

15 November 2010 Josh Fernandez

Body image issues and eating disorders affect everyone, so those who are concerned should help change society’s mentality. It may not happen as often for some as it does for others, but body image issues

Protecting Pockets

15 November 2010 Editorial Board

Students should stay informed on the status of Temple’s appropriations. It’s not looking good for students hoping not to see a tuition increase in the 2011-12 academic year. As reported in “Splitting the bill” on

TSG meeting comes with resolutions, resignation

15 November 2010 Cary Carr

Temple Student Government met on Monday, Nov. 15 for its sixth senate meeting of the semester, during which its members discussed a new program, “Cherry, White and You,” as well as bills U10-1 and U10-2.

Temple Tweets

15 November 2010 Samantha Krotzer

You’d think by the time I was a senior I would be over the fact that Temple doesn’t give us a fall break. But I should have known myself better than that. I’m still pissed

People you should know: Michael Rigmaiden

15 November 2010 Zack Shapiro

Video by Saba Aregai, Danielle McColgan, Breland Moore, Marjorie Thomas, Luis Rodriguez, and Ian Rose. Edited by Brittani Miller. You could say Michael Rigmaiden lives two separate lives, but he would deny it. On one