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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

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

Movers & Shakers: Diane Isser

06 February 2012 Priscilla Ward

She is the curly-haired rebel with a cause, known for organizing protests and counter-protests around Main Campus. Diane Isser, a junior political science and sociology major, takes political action unapologetically, and was the driving force

Movers & Shakers: Connor Hesketh

06 February 2012 John Corrigan

Connor Hesketh is shaking up the status quo of Philadelphia’s universities and moving campuses toward a more accepting future. A native of South Kingston, R.I., Hesketh said he chose higher education in the “City of

Movers & Shakers: Kiara Ross

06 February 2012 Alexis Sachdev

For some high school seniors, prom night is the most important social event of their teenage years, and plans are laid out weeks and months in advance. But it’s no Cinderella story, and there’s no