2012 - The Temple News

Long-time coming architecture headquarters open

07 February 2012 Laura Detter

Architecture students and staff now have a building to call their own on campus. As the first completed project of Temple’s 20/20 plan, the new Architecture Building opened its doors at the beginning of Spring

Attention swings to Pa. budget

07 February 2012 Amelia Brust

TSG officials talked about the state budget at their General Assembly meeting. Anticipating a disappointing cut in state funding for the university, Temple Student Government Student Body President Colin Saltry spoke at the General Assembly

Movers & Shakers: Gabrielle Taube

06 February 2012 Amy Stansbury

Gabrielle Taube calls it an extreme nutrition lesson, the industry calls it urban farming, but the children at Penrose Community Center just call it fun. With the help of Temple Community Garden volunteers, Taube educates

Movers & Shakers: Elvis Almanzar

06 February 2012 Jessica Lopez

Elvis Almanzar came to Temple as a psychology major with dreams of one day owning his own private practice. With a semester’s worth of credits from AP classes under his belt, Almanzar said he decided

Movers & Shakers: Philly Eco Kids

06 February 2012 Amy Stansbury

The questions that they ask seem simple enough: What do you think about the environment in which you live? What solutions would you propose to improve it? However when Safya O’Rourke and Melena Murphy encourage

Love songs convey what words can’t

06 February 2012 Kevin Stairiker

Columnist Kevin Stairiker says there are some love songs worth listening to on Valentine’s Day. I have mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. To have anything more than a passing like or dislike about any sort of

Movers & Shakers: Maria DiGeorge & Bridget Quint

06 February 2012 Angelo Fichera

For Maria DiGeorge and Bridget Quint, choosing between two sweatshirts can be a do-or-die decision. Their pickiness doesn’t stem from trivial consumerism, though. It has less to do with color and logos, and more to

Movers & Shakers: Philadelphia Urban Creators

06 February 2012 Maura Filoromo

Forming a nonprofit organization is not the easiest task, and sustaining it is even harder. Alex Epstein has managed to do both while in college. Epstein, a junior sociology major, created Philadelphia Urban Creators in

Movers & Shakers: DJ Damage

06 February 2012 Maryline Dossou

DJ Damage is a radio star with a face made for television, so it comes as no surprise that after graduating in 2011 with a degree in broadcasting, telecommunications and mass media, he’s taken on

Movers & Shakers: Elliot Griffin

06 February 2012 Christine Fisher

Everyone receives the occasional call from an unknown number, and it can be tempting to ignore it or be short with the caller, but senior Elliot Griffin, vice president of Temple Student Government said she