February, 2012 - The Temple News

News has become increasingly available

21 February 2012 Mark Staver

Immacula Jean-Felix, a resident of North Philadelphia higlights the many news sources she refers to for her daily dose of news. As technology constantly evolves, so does the way news is shared, and with Facebook

Letters to the editor

21 February 2012 The Temple News

Dear Editor, On Feb. 2, the Temple College Republicans hosted Republican candidate John Featherman for U.S. Congress. Featherman is running for the First District congressional seat currently occupied by Democratic Congressman Bob Brady, who has

Letters to the editor

21 February 2012 The Temple News

Dear Editor, Entering their much-anticipated Atlantic-Ten Conference showdown against Xavier on Feb. 11, the men’s basketball team has won seven consecutive contests and 11 of their last 13, sitting atop the leader board in the

Protesters show their support of Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike

21 February 2012 Sarah Elizabeth Guy

Philadelphians lined up along 19th Street and JFK Boulevard to bring attention to inhumane detention practices in Israel. It’s been used by occupiers, people who are anti-abortion, tea partiers and slut walkers: Their right to

Comedic nature doesn’t discredit news source

21 February 2012 Jamila Huxtable

Huxtable argues that comedy and news can be a good news source so long as you use good judgment. College students depend on various sources of news to retrieve information about the political climate. But

Program’s suspension leaves many questions unanswered

21 February 2012 Shanell Simmons

With the abrupt suspension of the South Africa program, Simmons argues there was a lack in transparancy for its suspension. If someone was asked to recount the events during the summer of 2011, a recollection

Access to birth control methods spark controversy

21 February 2012 Cary Carr

In light of the opposition against a vending maching that dispenses emergency contraceptives, Carr argues that the discussion should be more focused on effective sex education. Lately there’s been a lot of heat surrounding different

Studying away

21 February 2012 The Temple News

The Temple News encourages students to look into new exchange programs with partner universities. Temple’s study abroad exchange programs have expanded. Between new exchange programs with partner universities, Temple joining the Trans-Atlantic Science Student Exchange

Student unions

21 February 2012 The Temple News

The Temple News addresses the concern among student workers not being permitted to unionize. When students frequent the TECH Center Starbucks, they’re expected to receive the same customer service and items they would at any

Columnist puts ‘freeze’ on weather-inappropriate trend

21 February 2012 Victoria Marchiony

Columnist Victoria Marchiony discusses the ever-popular trend of womens weather-inappropriate party clothes. At this point in the flu-season, I figure everyone has popped into Student Health Services at least once, and has seen those charming