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Controversy grows around closing of Joe Frazier’s Gym

15 April 2008

A British boxer and her fiancé-manager have said pressure to sell Joe Frazier’s Gym comes from a mishandling of funds.

Ronald T. Brown: named interim dean of dentistry school

15 April 2008

Ronald. T. Brown has been named interim dean of Temple’s dentistry school, as a search for outgoing Dean Martin F. Tansy’s replacement continues.

‘Palestine Week’ marks Israel’s anniversary

15 April 2008

Sixty years ago, modern Israel was established by the United Nations, creating an ethnically Jewish state in the heart of the Arab world.Temple’s Students for Justice in Palestine marked the 60th anniversary by hosting a

Ted Turner visits Temple

15 April 2008 Chelsea Calhoun

What began as Ted Turner’s presentation on sustainability in the restaurant business quickly became a fierce criticism of the media mogul’s business practices and personal ideas last Tuesday.In 2002, the chairman of Turner Enterprises, Inc.

Temple students test-run voting machines

15 April 2008

Most people don’t consider voter machine inspection to be part of political advocacy, but a group of Temple students inspected voting machines to ensure the integrity of the machines that are going to be used

Momentum slowed by few April matches

14 April 2008

In January, the women’s tennis team opened their regular season with a pair of losses to Penn and Princeton. A week later, the Owls (12-4) picked up a 7-0 win against Binghamton. That victory initiated

Blowout marks three-loss week

14 April 2008

Although the baseball team is currently tied for third place in the Atlantic Ten Conference standings, they were on the losing end of an embarrassing defeat this weekend. The Owls (16-16, 8-4 A-10) suffered a

Norene breaks home run record

14 April 2008

With a perfectly timed stroke and the ringing of aluminum through the air, junior Courtney Norene did something no Temple softball player has ever done. On Friday, in Kingston, R.I., Norene cranked out her record-breaking

Efficient shooters aid squad’s performance

14 April 2008

She shoots and she scores. It’s a familiar phrase these days for the women’s lacrosse team, which, through Sunday, is converting 50 percent of its shots — up from 36.1 percent a season ago —

School of Law gets new dean

14 April 2008

The search for a new dean of Temple’s James E. Beasley School of Law ended with President Ann Weaver Hart’s announcement that JoAnne A. Epps, currently associate dean for academic affairs of the law school,