December, 2011 - The Temple News

City goes viral

05 December 2011 Khoury Johnson

“Change by Us,” a social networking site, is intended to increase civic participation. Civic participation is no longer only face-to-face. “It’s a new age with new ideas, and the old, archaic ways of spurring change

Columnist comments on difference between gay marriage beliefs in the U.S. and abroad

05 December 2011 Brandon Baker

Columnist Brandon Baker compares the GLBT movement in Australia and U.S. through a viral video made by GetUp Australia. If only folks from the United States could be like our companions from down under. GetUp,

People you should know

05 December 2011 Priscilla Ward

Introducing Betty Long. Betty Long is committed to helping people get the care they deserve, despite the current overhaul of the healthcare system. Long founded–and is now the president of–Guardian Nurse Healthcare Advocates in 2003.

Romance serves purpose in college

05 December 2011 Dana Ricci

In her final “Tough Love,” columnist Dana Ricci reflects on the validity and possibility of college relationships, and says “goodbye” to her readers. In many relationships, there comes a time to say goodbye. There comes

Professor develops technology to alleviate drilling effects

05 December 2011 Amy Stansbury

Chemistry professor Daniel Strongin is developing a method to prevent effects of acid mine drainage. At first glance, the experiment in the laboratory does not look like anything out of the ordinary–nothing more than a

Alumna opens full-figured boutique

05 December 2011 Alexis Sachdev

BellaNOR, a Mt. Airy boutique owned and operated by 2004 MBA graduate Chanae Davis, caters to full-figured women, sizes 14 to 24. After obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in 2001 and Master’s degree in 2004 –

Guest columnist offers advice for the homeward bound

05 December 2011 Luis Rodriguez

As the semester ends, columnist reminds students that home isn’t always so sweet. Congratulations, you’ve made it through another, or your first, semester of college and now all that’s left to do is take those

Semester sign-off

05 December 2011 Matt Flocco

In his final installment of “The Freshmen Fifteen,” Matt Flocco offers some final thoughts for the end of the semester. Due to the 12 hours of sleep I’ve had during the past four days, my

GLBT panel brings issues to forefront

05 December 2011 Sean Carlin

On Dec. 1, students gathered in the Student Center to discuss current issues facing the GLBT population on Main Campus and in the nation. On Dec. 1, Queer Student Union and the College Democrats held

Musicians get down in Underground

05 December 2011 Alexis Sachdev

Each month, the Boyer College of Music and Dance hosts Jazz @ the Underground, where students, professors and musicians can gather to jam. Jazz isn’t clean. Jazz isn’t perfect. It doesn’t care what you’re wearing,