In Center City, the streets are clean and safe. The parks and squares are neatly landscaped, and even the vast underground transit concourse is as urine-stench-free as any reasonable person could hope. While Central Philadelphia
Marvis Frazier has always had to live up to expectations. He was the boxing son of a boxing legend. Names carry a lot of weight. Sometimes even enough to crush a heavyweight boxer with big
I can’t recall exactly how many girls have said to me, “God, [insert superhumanly gorgeous celebrity here] is so amazing. How can I compete with that?” I’d have to say it’s been enough to fill
That was quick. After waiting 14 years to return to the playoffs, the Phillies won the National League East Division on the final day of the regular season last Sunday. The city, basking in the
There hasn’t been a murder on or around Main Campus since 2005. Considering the high crime rates in the surrounding neighborhood, one murder in the course of three years is something to be happy about.
Last month’s Liberty Medal ceremony was a rare chance for the philanthropic community to celebrate its accomplishments before a large captive audience. Undoubtedly the award’s honoree, U2’s Bono, was the big draw, attracting music fans,
Temple made citywide news last week with the announcement of their Employee Home Ownership Plan, an incentive program designed to entice employees to buy real estate in the area around the university. Modeled after a
There is a rowhouse tucked down a small street called Dakota off 11th, north of Main Campus. It is narrow, straight, brick and tall. It was long abandoned, boarded and ransacked and then boarded again.
Temple’s foreign programs are wide-ranging and popular, and you don’t even know about Chinese law reform. Temple has been running a program for almost a decade in Beijing. The Temple-Beijing Rule of Law program, housed
SEPTA has increased their fares – again. This hike in token and transfer costs comes after SEPTA increased TransPass costs and regional rail fares in July. The price of tokens and transfers will both increase