Opinion - The Temple News

Gay marriage at a standstill in Pennsylvania

29 August 2011 Cary Carr

As states in the Northeast legalize gay marriage, Pennsylvania remains stagnate in the push for equality among the GLBT community. As many states in the Northeast, most recently New York, take the final step in

A Look at Leadership

22 August 2011 Kierra Bussey

This morning I woke up to my regular routine of the morning news and I was floored when the headlines read “Ackerman is out.” I thought maybe I was still half asleep and that this

Community Voice: To find beauty, take the extended route

03 May 2011

Linwood Frazier has one piece of advice for young people: Don’t listen to it. “Everybody has to find their own way,” the 67-year-old lifelong North Philadelphian said. “You need to learn from your own mistakes,

Letter to the Editor: Re: Paul Clayton’s letter, “A TU Nation victory” from the April 26 issue

03 May 2011 Letter

Dear Editor, I’m writing today in response to a letter you ran last week [“Re: TU Nation victory”]. As someone who was named in that letter as well as the newly inaugurated Temple Student Body

John Corrigan: Foreshadowing attrition

03 May 2011 John Corrigan

Taking advantage of someone’s college years is difficult to do when life has practical responsibilities. As I listen to my roommate hype up the weekend’s upcoming frat parties, I wonder whether I’ll pack an apple

Kierra Bussey: Boss on the birds and bees

03 May 2011 Kierra Bussey

Offering condoms to 11-year-olds shows that parents and educators need to take more control of their children’s sexual behavior. To say prevention is better than a cure is a valid argument, but the Philadelphia Department

Transparent Pockets

03 May 2011 Editorial Board

Students should be able to expect a detailed invoice when tuition’s due. Each full-time matriculated student at Temple pays $295 as part of the University Services Fee. Out of that lump sum, $45 dollars is

Opening Up

03 May 2011 Editorial Board

Temple needs to embrace its characteristics as a public institution. This school year, Temple has faced some setbacks, to say the least. Beyond facing sizeable financial setbacks when Gov. Tom Corbett proposed to cut slightly

Joel Faltermayer and Phillip McCausland: Consistently incorrect rhetoric

03 May 2011 Joel Faltermayer and Phil McCausland

In the final installment of “Private Matters,” Joel Faltermayer and Phillip McCausland discuss the worth of a Temple degree moving forward. There is no doubt Temple is changing. Whether you talk to a tenured professor

Community Voice: Nursing motherhood

26 April 2011

Six weeks after giving birth to her first daughter, Tiffany Sudler returned to her high school in Hunting Park to finish out her degree to become a certified nursing assistant. But it wasn’t until Sudler