March, 2011 - The Temple News

Efficiency improves as VITA enters second year

22 March 2011 Amelia Brust

The IRS VITA tax program offers free consultations for low-income famlies. With tax season underway, the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program is serving low-income city residents. The program offers free tax preparation to families

The hands of time rewind

22 March 2011 Danielle Miess

The trends of the past such as barbershops and vintage stores are slowly making a comeback in Philly. If you’re reading this, you most likely didn’t get to experience much of the 19th or 20th

Bar Guide: More than the typical burger and beer joint

22 March 2011 Chase Grier

PYT 1050 N. Hancock Street 215-964-9009 Mon.-Fri.: 12 p.m.-2 a.m. Sat.-Sun.: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. https://pytphilly.com The Piazza at Schmidts, located on North Second Street and Gemantown Avenue, is home to the area’s latest and greatest

Hockey melts out west

22 March 2011 Joseph Cranney

The team went 0-3 in the ACHA Nationals in San Jose, Calif. In its first-ever American Collegiate Hockey Association National Tournament appearance, the ice hockey team could not win a single game. The Owls went

Rebecca Goodacre: Benefitting from gen-ed courses is a two-way street

22 March 2011 Rebecca Goodacre

General education courses help students to connect with their environment and futures. I’m an exchange student from the University of East Anglia in England, where general education classes aren’t required. “Hurrah,” you may imagine me crying,

Community Voice: Hair begone, the New Barber’s Hall pours drinks

22 March 2011

The first time Charlotte Adams got behind the bar, it was at the insistence of her uncle, who found himself in a bind when a party at the New Barber’s Hall – located at 1402

Phillip McCausland: Microbrew love affairs make for tipsy enjoyment

22 March 2011 Philip McCausland

Philadelphia’s infatuation with beer hasn’t rubbed off on students. I cannot say I have been at Temple long. I transferred here in Fall 2010, and since then, I have been catching up with the culture

Bruce Chubb: Benefitting from gen-ed courses is a two-way street

22 March 2011 Bruce Chubb

While gen-ed courses offer a well-rounded curriculum, the extra classes’ worthwhile come down to dollars and cents. Often tedious, frustrating and sometimes seemingly pointless for many students, general education or university-wide academic requirements for a

Taxing Duties

22 March 2011 Editorial Board

Students should take advantage of Temple’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. If you’re not familiar with the proverbial two certainties in life – death and taxes – now is the time to become familiar with

Rounded Concern

22 March 2011 Editorial Board

Both U.S. and international students at Temple’s Japan Campus invested in education. Early on March 17, Temple’s Japan Campus announced it would evacuate its 200 remaining United States students in response to a safety warning