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With Northern Liberties, corsets and coffee for all

28 April 2008

First things first: yes, the Market-Frankford Line does go past Second Street. It stops at Spring Garden and Girard.

Vonnegut offers one last gasp of literary genius

28 April 2008

Just more than one year ago, America lost one of its finest writers – one of the world’s finest writers – of the 20th century. Kurt Vonnegut’s death on April 11, 2007 did not exactly

Inconclusive results lead to TSG run-off election

25 April 2008

Inconclusive election results cause Temple Student Government to hold run-off elections on April 30 and May 1. Although Owl V.O.I.C.E.S. won with 897 votes, they did not have enough of a majority. The new elections

Clinton wins Pennsylvania

22 April 2008

Sen. Hillary Clinton won the much-needed contest in Pennsylvania. Speaking in Philadelphia, she thanked her supporters.
Related: Obama loses PA, focuses on next contests.

Obama loses Pa., focuses on next contests

22 April 2008

Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama were outraged when MSNBC projected Sen. Hillary Clinton as the winner of the Pennsylvania primary. Obama fans filled the outdoor patio of Waterworks restaurant as they crowded around TVs, waiting

Paintball squad finishes 23rd at nationals

22 April 2008

The six-man squad competed at the National Collegiate Paintball Championship in Lakeland, Fla. last weekend.

U.S. State Department seeks graduates for ‘careers’

22 April 2008

College graduates are being recruited by the largest employer in the country: the U.S. government. Marc Wall, a representative of the U.S. State Department talked to Temple students in Anderson Hall last Thursday about various

Election day for TSG follows second debate

22 April 2008

Temple Student Government candidates emphasized their main points in the final debate at the General Assembly meeting yesterday. The three slates are Owl Opportunity, Owl V.O.I.C.E.S. and Temple Reloaded. Alex Barnett, elections commissioner, asked the

John Marzano, 45, former TU baseball star

21 April 2008

John Marzano, a former Temple baseball player who played 10 years in the Major Leagues, died on Saturday, April 19 after falling down a flight of stairs in his South Philadelphia home. He was 45.

Hart signs sustainability pact

21 April 2008

President Ann Weaver Hart signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment at a ceremony held in Mitten Hall yesterday. In signing, Temple joins 521 other colleges and universities across the country that have