2011 - The Temple News

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

El Rey’s cheesy tortilla wonders accessible by way of home frying pan

25 January 2011 Caitlin Weigel

Columnist Caitlin Weigel gets friendly with a zucchini in her kitchen. If you have a penchant for delicious Mexican food and kitschy art, look no further than El Rey (https://elreyrestaurant.com) for your next Center City

Letter to the Editor: “TSG committee change causes controversy”

25 January 2011 Letter

Dear Editor, Last year, we in Temple Student Government had the opportunity to work with Students for Environmental Action on a project commonly known as the green fee. For nearly eight months, people in TSG

Finding what lies beneath the ghost stories

25 January 2011 Carl O'Donnell

Explore the experiences of the paranormal world before ghost hunting grew popular on TV. Ghost hunting has gone from a taboo topic to a national pop cultural frenzy. Ghost hunters have become a new class

Necessary Precautions

25 January 2011 Editorial Board

Taking extra measures is about keeping safe, not living in fear. On Sunday, Dec. 19, three students on the 2200 block of North Camac Street were the victims of another armed robbery close to Main

Community Voice: Gun concerns shift to local level

25 January 2011

Cleaning up his beard after a morning at church, Willie Lightly put his comb in his pocket while waiting for the 3 bus at Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Lightly and his friend

Celebrating Irish theater with skulls and grave digging

25 January 2011 Danielle Miess

“A Skull in Connemara” is one of two McDonagh plays featured during Irish Theatre Festival. They needed 100 skeletons to be made, only to destroy them a few weeks later. They needed graves to be

Study finds lack of scientific literacy

25 January 2011

A Michigan State study finds college students don’t perform well in science. A recent study conducted by Michigan State University researchers, which surveyed 525 college students at 13 institutions across the country, found a majority

Strumming life into music

25 January 2011 Sheila Kane

Volunteer-run webshow “191 Live” is striving to revitalize the Philly music scene by offering local bands the opportunity of a lifetime. Walking into the doorway of Rebecca “Athena” Martin’s house was like walking into another

Temple Tweets

25 January 2011 Samantha Krotzer

Through my pre-coffee morning eye crust, I managed to see something strange. An older woman looks over at me and says, “They’re like horses, huh?” as three girls, all wearing the same style of brown