Western Europe is the “GO” square on the Monopoly gameboard of traveling the world. There are sights and experiences that Europe has to offer which no other corner of the world can. On the same
I am a flag-waver. I carry a 4-by-6-foot American flag whenever I’m abroad, whenever I’m representing this nation. That faded flag has gone from the wall of my rowhome in Philadelphia to a migrant workers’
There’s only one thing worse than being a stranded motorist, and that’s being a stranded airline passenger. While the airlines are still apologizing to everyone who was stranded during St. Patrick’s Day weekend due to
I was waiting for an afternoon train at the SEPTA Market East regional rail station Friday, March 16, the day of the last winter storm. The icy weather motivated many people to avoid the roads
Lindsay Lohan introduced the term in the movie “Mean Girls.” Word vomit – a point in a conversation when people say something they didn’t mean to. I wear the crown as the undisputed queen of
When we first saw pictures of Temple in admissions brochures, many of us thought about the combination of big, bad city life and the thrill of college habits. What we saw in those glossy photos
If we believed everything we saw in advertisements, nobody would go bald, our clothes would have no stains and we truly could “set it and forget it.” Television advertisements by their very nature are meant
Don’t assume, or you’ll make an a– out of you and me. There it is – the famous phrase about assumption. As students, the concept of assumption is more important than it is given credit
The world is watching with horror and anticipation. A lone state with a history of violence in the Middle East boasts a stockpile of nuclear weapons, which it might use against other countries. That state’s
It happens all the time. Your teacher, standing before his or her class, throws a metaphorical football deep into the end zone. But instead of the touchdown he was hoping for, the only thing he