April, 2011 - The Temple News

TU Nation wins TSG elections

07 April 2011 Cary Carr

On Thursday, April 7, the Temple Student Government executive ticket TU Nation was announced as the winner of the 2011 executive elections, beating opponent Owl Future and naming current Senate President Colin Saltry as student

Resident Assistant aspirations

06 April 2011 Lauren Hertzler

Being a resident assistant at any Temple residence hall does not only look good on a résumé, but it can also lead a student to establishing new outlooks and goals in life. The RA position

DREAM Act proponent from Pa. detained, vigil planned

05 April 2011 Angelo Fichera

Earlier today, CNN reports, seven undocumented people were arrested in Atlanta for blocking traffic in order to raise awareness about current immigration issues. Among them was Maria Marroquin, the 23-year-old co-founder of DreamActivist.org’s Pennsylvania chapter.

John Corrigan: Fueling oil blame

05 April 2011 John Corrigan

Debating who is to blame for high gas prices is doing little to solve the problem at the pump. Freshman secondary education major Chad Edwards said he began to carpool from Bustleton to Main Campus

Under the Radar

05 April 2011 Nichole Baldino

The Things Spring Brings April 9 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. VIX Emporium, 5009 Baltimore Ave. Free https://www.vixemporium.com/ Artist Pragya Kothari is exhibiting some of her artwork at VIX Emporium to help welcome spring. Prints

Gymnastics earns second place at ECACs

05 April 2011 Connor Showalter

The team finished behind University of Illinois at Chicago on Sunday. The men’s gymnastics team came away with a second-place finish in the final round of the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League Championships after trailing William

Post Quake

05 April 2011 Editorial Board

After experiencing disaster in Japan, the university should improve its planning process. The world today is unpredictable, but contingency plans are all the more necessary because of it. When a 9.0 magnitude quake devastated Japan

TSG rally challenges proposed budget

05 April 2011 Ashley Pawlowski

A TSG rally and march to City Hall protesting budget cuts brought a large crowd to Main Campus. On March 30, Temple Student Government organized a rally, followed by a march to City Hall, in

Sodexo responds to tweet regarding poor services

05 April 2011 Lily Fronden

In response to poor service, a student’s tweet provoked a response from Sodexo. A student’s tweet turned into a formal complaint with Sodexo when one of the company’s employees saw the tweet and responded, which

Greening the Job Market

05 April 2011 Brittany Thomas

Van Jones spoke at Temple about the future green collar economy. Despite the well-known controversy portrayed by the media during his time in the White House in 2009, Van Jones does not come off as