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New year, new focus for Class of 2010

06 November 2007

A year ago, The Temple News found four faces of the Class of 2010. The mission was to track their progression as the reach their ultimate destination – graduation. With one year down, we check

TSG encourages students to vote

06 November 2007

Students were reminded to vote in tonight’s mayoral election during the Temple Student Government general assembly meeting Monday. In addition to the city election, TSG Vice President of Student Affairs Nadine Mompremier gave a brief

Muslim Student Association hosts “Peace … not prejudice”

06 November 2007

On Oct. 30, Muslim students and others filled the department of religion lounge on the sixth floor of Anderson Hall. As students listened, keynote speaker Mauri Saalakhan, director of operations for the Peace and Justice

Study: Weight can determine children’s happiness

06 November 2007

High blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and sleeping disorders, social awkwardness and negative body image are just some of the health risks overweight and obese children are faced with every day. But according to the

Boyer receives gift from late playwright’s widow

06 November 2007

Joy Abbott, widow of the late playwright George Abbott, announced Thursday, Oct. 25, the bequest of her share of rights and future royalties from her husband’s earnings to the Boyer College of Music and Dance.

Dean speaks with college journalists

06 November 2007

Starting this week, Democrats around the country will be pounding the pavement in a grass roots campaign called the Neighbor-to-Neighbor program Gov. Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, discussed the initiative and

Graphic pictures cause stir

06 November 2007

For two consecutive days last week, the Pennsylvania non-profit Generation Life displayed the Genocide Awareness Project, an outdoor exhibit featuring explicit photographs of fetuses and corpses from various genocides, at the Bell Tower. The Temple

Emergency notification sounds off

06 November 2007

The new emergency contact system has now been installed throughout the entire university. The system is called the MiR3 and it is a two-way notification system that will alert students and faculty in the situation

Graduates struggle with rising debt

06 November 2007

The average debt for a 2006 graduate from Temple is $27,355 – up $1,862 from the previous year’s graduates, according to the Project on Student Debt that cited Temple graduates as some of the highest

Children’s Medical Center to close following $19 million loss

06 November 2007

Temple University Children’s Medical Center, after a decade of operating in the red and losing $19 million last year, will shut down and move its inpatient services to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, hospital officials