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
One of the occasions college students look forward to most – aside from Thirsty Thursdays – is the day they can hang their degrees on a wall and say, “Yes, I graduated from college.” And
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
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
The presidential race has become racial – surprise, surprise. In such a racially-focused society, it did not take long. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s brown skin inevitably prompted speculations about his true “blackness” from politicians and
Violence is commonplace, but the concept of teen violence seems to have a more jarring effect on society. In recent years, shootings and other attacks in high schools have opened adults’ eyes to the fact