“I love Temple because of its diversity. It’s really opened my eyes to new people and new experiences. When you understand where a person comes from, you understand why they might do things differently. These past three years have been an eye-opening experience that I’m sure I’ll treasure.”
-Chris Mulvey, Business manager
“I love Temple because when I was a freshman I didn’t drink, but I met many good people who showed me that my sober ways were still socially harmful. I learned to not only enjoy binge drinking, but to master it.”
-Colin Lenton, Photography editor
“We’re right smack in urban North Philly, but we actually have grass, trees and some nice landscaping going on. It’s nice to have almost a choice between ‘city life’ and ‘urban campus life’. With all the renovations and new buildings, it feels more like a small town outside a big city.”
-Brianna Barry, Design editor
“These words appear on posters at university sporting events and they might sound cliché, but ‘Temple Owls are everywhere’. No matter where you travel to in this country, everyone knows someone who went to Temple. And that’s pretty remarkable.”
-Christopher A. Vito, Managing editor
“What I love most about Temple is the diversity of the student body. Here, I have made friends who hail from Tokyo to Timbuktu, and there is nothing more satisfying to me than seeing a myriad of different faces on Liacouras Walk everyday.”
-Venuri SiriwardAne, Chief copy editor
“Coming from a rural countryside
in Lancaster, I enjoy the city and all it has to offer. From sporting events to concerts, just about any team or artist performs throughout the year.”
-John Kopp, Sports editor
“I love the large enrollment of Temple. I can usually roll out of bed and make it to class in the clothes I slept in without any one I know seeing me, and if I do see someone, it’s OK because I know he or she did the same thing. That’s partially a joke. Temple is cool because it’s big enough to have the chance to meet all kinds of people, but yet not too big to find your niche.”
-Leigh Zaleski, Copy editor
“I love Temple because there are a ridiculous number of beautiful, intelligent women of all shapes and colors. I feel blessed to be able to walk through campus and be in the presence of such grace.”
-Cody Glen, Copy editor
“Temple is missing that glittering
ocean view, that rocky mountain range and that bucolic setting. It is barren of much wildlife beside pigeons, squirrels and the occasional lost hawk.
If you’re still waiting for that obligatory ‘but’, keep waiting. This is why I love Temple. Its desolation makes you hungry. You want – no, need – to prove yourself and you will strip yourself of all that distracts and glitters to see who you really are.”
-Steve Wood,
Temple Living editor
“One thing that stands out in my mind was being at one of the open house things and seeing all the girls tanning by the Bell Tower. I’m like, ‘Whoa … I didn’t see this in any brochures.'”
-Mike Korostelev,
Design editor
“I love Temple for its refreshingly
homey atmosphere inside this crazy and fast-paced city. It’s comforting
to see so many interesting and fresh faces around, to say hello to the friendly campus security and the workers in the cafeterias, and to catch a bite and find myself sitting beside my professor, or the same group of kids from my last class.Temple is an amazing community, and I love the University for being my home away from home.”
-Becky T. Bordo,
Advertising manager
“Philadelphia is a happenin’ city. A lot of major events unfold here. One of my first days here as a freshmen in September of 2004 – in the middle of the presidential election – John Kerry chose the Liacouras Center as the venue for his rally. By a stroke of coincidence, I got to go and was one of the few Temple students in attendance. Being at Temple, you’re often in the middle of national events.”
-Jesse North, Opinion editor
“Three words : Acres of Diamonds.”
-Charmie R. Snetter, Editor in chief
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