Opinion - The Temple News

Landlords and living conditions

06 December 2010 Josh Fernandez

Derek Kingcade and his family have lived in their current apartment for more than two years. The 30-year-old resident has two pet peeves with his home: the neighbors who live above him and his landlord.

Re: The Nov. 24 blood drive held in memory of Kevin Coffey

06 December 2010 The Temple News

Dear Editor, We would like to offer our sincere thanks to the Temple community in supporting “Keep the Drive Alive,” the American Red Cross blood drive held Nov. 24 in memory of our son, Kevin

Private-part talk

06 December 2010 Samantha Krotzer

Personal hygiene advertisements unfairly cater to men’s insecurities and fail to properly discuss vaginal health. My vagina is itchy. I am going to pull on my black hooded sweatshirt and comb my hair in front

Stressing gym etiquette

06 December 2010 Zachary Scott

Students using the IBC Student Recreation Center must show more consideration for their peers. There seems to be quite the epidemic spreading across the workout facilities on Main Campus. Before you panic, I’m not referring

Matching results with TSG’s intentions

06 December 2010 Angelo Fichera

Temple Student Government should focus less on in-house policies and more on issues students can relate to. For the better half of the Spring 2010 semester, I spent my Monday nights drowning in the sound

Melding Lifestyles

06 December 2010 Editorial Board

Students should mature and keep their neighbors in mind while drinking. At the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester, The Temple News made a resolution to increase coverage of the community surrounding Main Campus. We’ve

Confessions of a former school bully

29 November 2010 Josh Fernandez

Abdul Khaber was not shy to admit where he fit in the bully-victim dichotomy when he was in middle school and high school. “I didn’t get bullied too much because I was the bully,” he

Re: Getting students to react to the TSA’s new security measures

29 November 2010 Letter

Dear Editor, Recently, the Transportation Security Administration decided to implement the use of full-body scanners for airline passengers. While the use of body scanners are reportedly at random, once a scan is refused (for any

Research Snags

29 November 2010 Jillian Weir-Reeves

My high school teacher always said students in high school tend to be graded on content, but once they get to college, they’re graded with regard to content and structure. The days of using SparkNotes

Failing to explain the point

29 November 2010 Samantha Byles

Once Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana and Mississippi areas, it became a nationwide tragedy that was quickly overshadowed by a discussion about then-President George W. Bush, his passiveness toward the victims and, of all people,