March, 2012 - The Temple News

March Madness: Temple Owls in Nashville

17 March 2012 Abi Reimold

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Owls outscored in 2nd half, lose to South Florida in second round of NCAA Tourney

17 March 2012 Connor Showalter

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Owls saw their season come to an abrupt end with a 58-44 loss to South Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night at the Bridgestone Arena.

Peddy leads women’s basketball to win in first round of WNIT

16 March 2012 Jake Adams

Senior guard Shey Peddy set yet another milestone in Temple’s opening round matchup against Quinnipiac in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. The Atlantic-Ten Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year knocked

TSG prepares for executive, General Assembly elections

15 March 2012 Amelia Brust

Temple Student Government elections are right around the corner. Temple Student Government Elections Commissioner Shanee Satchell reminded students about upcoming dates for TSG elections at the General Assembly meeting Monday, March 12. TSG held an

Women leaders pave the way for others

13 March 2012 Kierra Bussey

Elaine Mackey discusses what Women’s History Month means to her. Women’s History Month is celebrated during the month of March and commemorates the achievements that women have made throughout American history. This year’s theme celebrates

Letters to the editor

13 March 2012 The Temple News

Dear Editor, On March 1, five students of the Occupy movement entered the Student Center building and in a cult-like fashion one yelled and the other four repeated: “Mic check, do you want free education?

Letters to the editor

13 March 2012 The Temple News

Dear Editor, Last week a student from University of Pennsylvania took the liberty to write in to The Temple News to express her opinions regarding contraception in the newspaper. The record needs to be

NYPD surveillance program defies American principles

13 March 2012 Emily DiCicco

DiCicco argues that the NYPD surveillance program is unconsitutional and does not serve to protect national security. Don’t mention that! Remember to edit out those words! Don’t discuss that event! Under authoritative governments, citizens are

Proposal to keep bars open is counter productive

13 March 2012 Sarah Elizabeth Guy

Guy argues that keeping Philadelphia bars open later in order to aid troubled public schools is not beneficial. What is the best way to extinguish a fire? Pour water on it or pour gasoline on

Villanova can’t hold Temple back anymore

13 March 2012 Joey Cranney

Cranney argues that after opposition, Temple and Villanova are now Big East rivals. Nothing makes a rivalry grow like a school trying to block another from getting into a power conference. The Temple and Villanova