February 2012 Archives

Spring Break 2012

28 February 2012 Alexis Sachdev

For those of you who think that spring break consists of wild, half-naked pool parties, wet T-shirt contests, mango body shots, performances by Snoop and Wiz, DJ Pauly D on the turntables and naked debacles

Big East Discussion

28 February 2012 The Temple News

The Temple News supports the move back to the Big East Conference. If Temple is indeed about to become an all-sports member of the Big East Conference, the athletic department’s journey from the laughingstock to

Adding some green to morning routine

28 February 2012 Marisa Steinberg

Columnist Marisa Steinberg offers advice to enjoy a greener cup of coffee for less. When you’re imprisoned at the TECH Center, kicking yourself for leaving that Mosaic paper until the last minute, the remorse and

Columnist advocates for cooperation not judgment

28 February 2012 Brandon Baker

Columnist Brandon Baker reflects on his experiences at the White House’s LGBT Conference on Health and on strides the Obama administration has made for GLBT rights. There are many things that can be said of

Editor exposes reasons for psuedo relationships

28 February 2012 Alexis Sachdev

In her inaugural relationship column, columnist Alexis Sachdev considers the reasons behind vague relationship statuses. It’s Friday night in a basement somewhere near North Gratz and Berks streets. Cigarette and marijuana smoke devour the oxygen,

Letters to the editor

28 February 2012 The Temple News

Dear Editor, Until recently, millions of young adult women had never imagined a life without rights to their own bodies. They inherited the reproductive freedoms their predecessors fought for, rights that are at stake with

Letters to the editor

28 February 2012 The Temple News

Dear Editor, How can you live the rest of your life knowing that you were responsible for another person deciding to take his or her own life? This is a serious question to consider before making

Philadelphians want a cleaner neighborhood, but not at an additional cost

28 February 2012 Kierra Bussey

Doris Lambert would like to see certain areas of her surrounding neighborhood cleaner, but argues a fee is not the answer. There have been a lot of mixed opinions regarding the proposed North Central Neighborhood

New blog exposes volunteerism throughout Philadelphia

28 February 2012 Dominique Johnson

Founders David Kwon and Joanne Yoon created lovemyhood.com as a way to profile the many volunteer efforts in Philadelphia. Lovemyhood.com was created in October 2011 to share the volunteer experiences of friends, David Kwon and

Minority Recognition

28 February 2012 The Temple News

The Temple News highlights the importance of ethnic and minority holidays. February marks National Black History Month. There are many months during the year that are declared to celebrating ethnic and minority holidays, but The