January, 2018 - The Temple News

Peer mentors Natalie Abellanosa (left) and Julia Ostrovsky participate in a scavenger hunt at a peer mentorship event in September. | CHYNNA CUMMINGS /FILE PHOTO

Peer mentorship program to continue this semester

16 January 2018 Amanda Lien

TSG will focus on reaching nontraditional students in the program’s second semester.

Sophomore Liam McGrath watches his putt on the green at the Joseph H. Patterson Cup Qualifier in August 2016. | COURTESY / CONOR MCGRATH

Brothers spent winter break training in Florida

16 January 2018 Andrew Masterson

Incoming freshman Conor McGrath and sophomore Liam McGrath practiced in Vero Beach, Florida, during winter break.

Julia Maass, a senior tourism and hospitality management major, handles an espresso machine in Speakman Hall’s student-run Saxbys, which is scheduled to open Wednesday. | SYDNEY SCHAEFER / THE TEMPLE NEWS

News Round-up: Week of Jan 16, 2018

16 January 2018 Ian Schobel

Supporting recovery

16 January 2018 Editorial Board

The Temple University Collegiate Recovery Program helps students cope with recent overdoses.

Alumnus’ film nationally honored

16 January 2018 Julie Christie

Last month, a 1975 film alumnus’ documentary was inducted into the National Film Registry.

More than 20 stormwater planters will be built in Yorktown, like the ones in South Philadelphia, as a part of the city’s Green City, Clean Waters initiative. | JAMIE COTTRELL / THE TEMPLE NEWS

Green infrastructure coming to Yorktown in spring

16 January 2018 Matt McCann

Community organizations hope to decrease the amount of river pollution from the city.

Junior defenseman Jasen Ferguson practices at the Flyers Skate Zone in Northeast Philadelphia on Jan. 10. | LUKE SMITH / THE TEMPLE NEWS

Club hockey’s oldest player serving as ‘good role model’

16 January 2018 Joe Edinger

Jasen Ferguson has played in 22 games this season.

Sports Round-up: Week of Jan 16, 2018

16 January 2018 Ian Schobel

World Cafe Live hosts nontraditional wedding expo

16 January 2018 Jamie Cottrell

World Cafe Live on Walnut Street near 30th hosted the Winter 2018 Lovesick Expo on Sunday. The show featured more than four dozen photographers, wedding planners, caterers and other vendors for engaged couples to meet

Alumnus opens cinema focused on ‘quirky’ genres

16 January 2018 PJ Guippone

A 1995 film and media arts alumnus opened a cinema on South Street last month.