Everyone has had to live with a stereotype. But after attending Temple’s Greek Leadership Conference and discussing Greek stereotypes, I started thinking about how groups almost always fail to live up to their negative labels.
The Super Bowl has come and gone. With its passing comes baseball spring training and the hope that the 2007 football season will be half as exciting as the 2006 season was. But we should
Only a few weeks into his presidential campaign, Barack Obama is getting criticism from a corner of the world he probably didn’t expect to hear from. Australian Prime Minister John Howard attacked Obama on his
Preferential treatment for celebrities is an unfair, but unfortunately common trend in our society. Using one’s fame or last name always seems to be the ticket to a second chance from a judge. Garrett and
It wasn’t a trip to Miami Beach, Cancun or the shore. It wasn’t a week at home lounging around watching “Maury” or “Jerry Springer.” My spring break was spent right here in North Philadelphia. Last
The idea probably occurred to us as we stood in a long line at Temple’s bookstore, waiting to plunk down a huge sum of money for textbooks: There has to be a better way. Every
A recent uproar in Evesham, N.J., was sparked by a video entitled “That’s A Family!”, which was shown to third graders in the town. The educational film depicts a wide spectrum of family backgrounds, including
A 3-month-old boy was found dead Feb. 6 in a Kensington house that was warmed only by space heaters. The boy, identified as Juan Ash, likely died from hypothermia. There were nine other children living
The face of politics is changing and it’s taking the shape of a female. Hillary Clinton recently announced her candidacy for the 2008 presidential election. Conservatives, hold on to your hats because there is a
Prospective Temple students are bombarded with literature that demonstrates how prestigious the school is and how aesthetically pleasing the campus is. Yet the campus we walk on everyday looks nothing like the campus we were