January, 2011 - The Temple News

AML therapy receives grant

25 January 2011

A Temple professor was recently awarded a $200,000 grant for his cancer research. Dr. George Tuszynski, a neuroscience professor, said he hopes to use a new protein-based therapy for the leukemia subtype, acute myeloid leukemia,

Letter to the Editor: Animal rights as a case for veganism

25 January 2011 Letter

Dear Editor, Two paths, A and B, will get me to point C. Both A and B have the same physical obstructions I will have to navigate past. A has one additional obstruction, however: a

Buyback program makes textbook buying less risky

25 January 2011 Rosella Eleanor LaFevre

BookByte, a new textbook program, guarantees students will get cash back. With classes starting, students are filling Temple’s bookstore, aiming to rent or buy used and new textbooks. While the green digits on the bookstore’s

Yorktown renting ordinance upheld in recent court ruling

25 January 2011 Don Hoegg

After years of complaints, Yorktown will no longer be home for student renters. A Dec. 22 court ruling could pave the way for further evictions of student renters in Yorktown, where longtime residents have been

Lauren Hertzler: Butts out

25 January 2011 Lauren Hertzler

Smokers should respect their peers’ lungs and smoke in the properly designated areas on Main Campus. Will there ever be a day when someone can walk to class and not lose a lung on the

Italian-American revisits roots abroad

25 January 2011 Matt Flocco

Columnist Matt Flocco talks about reconnecting with his heritage. Greetings, Owls! While I am dismayed to hear you got a break on the first day of school, I get full bragging rights because I am

Sport sleek Italian fashion when in Philly

25 January 2011

Columnist Alexis Sachdev gives tips on how to maintain the Italian street style she saw in Rome. The European woman is an elusive specimen who has spiked American curiosity for decades. The names are household:

Local students build shelves, self-esteem, skills

25 January 2011 Kara Savidge

Members of YouthBuild, accompanied by other volunteers worked to renovate the Penrose Community Center on Jan. 17. Hands-on learning was epitomized at the Penrose Community Center last week, as volunteers from YouthBuild and Temple Community

People You Should Know: Dr. Maxwell Stanford

25 January 2011 Angelo Williams

Assistant African-American studies professor Dr. Maxwell Stanford has a rich history. The West Philly native helped form the militant black organization, the Revolutionary Action Movement in the 1960s and worked with historical figures such as

Zachary Scott: Regulating reality

25 January 2011 Zachary Scott

If tighter gun regulation is not considered, politicians will prove no one thus far in history has learned tragic events in the past. What followed the Tucson, Ariz., shooting on Jan. 8 was a giant