Commentary - The Temple News

Yorktown: the neighborhood, its history and rebirth

19 March 2008

In 1959, Yorktown, the neighborhood directly south of Main Campus, did not exist.

When that voice in your head is some foreigner

17 March 2008

It’s not unusual to speak to yourself in your head. It might be a bit stranger to do so in a foreign accent. Yet, I can remember choosing my words in my mind using the

Dad: you’re Dylan to me

17 March 2008

Dear Dad, I always thought it was strange that you never really dug Bob Dylan. Especially because a major quality of his music, for me, was how he was reminiscent of you. I thought that

Stop-and-frisk plans start, will only increase hate

17 March 2008

Tyron Franklin took his last breath in a local fast food restaurant on Jan. 7, 2007, as four bullets ripped through his flesh. Reportedly, Franklin was shot two more times for being a Patterson, N.J.

Love and cash needed at Temple Hospital

17 March 2008

A few weeks ago around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, I found myself in Temple University Hospital’s emergency room with two roommates and a sick friend. While waiting to see the doctors, a middle-aged woman wandered

Campaigning change, but for whom?

05 March 2008

Regardless of political party, every candidate in this presidential election is running under the banner of change. In a time when Americans seek recovery from the last dreadful eight years of the Bush administration, any

Hiring from the community changes fortunes

03 March 2008

Alphonso Richardson first tried to get a job with Temple University in 1980, the year he graduated high school. It was 27 years later that he finally secured employment, taking a job with maintenance and

Alumni need to fill seats

03 March 2008

Then $10,000 was gone, just like that, drained into novelty checks to be dispensed at center court of the Liacouras Center during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Charlotte last Wednesday. Lewis Katz, a

North Philly recycling will streamline our green city

03 March 2008

When it comes to eco-friendly cities, the “Filthadelphia” nickname is accurate. As any citizen who tries to start recycling in this city knows, even small, environmentally friendly tasks are complicated here. But our mayor is

City zoning board fights Society Hill growth

03 March 2008

Last week, the Society Hill Civic Association held a meeting to vote whether or not to approve a proposed 15-story, 150-room hotel to be built in a vacant crater near Front and South streets. The