4-8-08 - The Temple News

Stephen Colbert hosts show in Philadelphia, raises money for PA public schools

07 April 2008

Politics and comedy make their way to Philadelphia this April, searching for the “truthiness” behind funding in a struggling Pennsylvania education system. Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, will be taping in Philadelphia just

Roll Out: The Roller Girls are some of Philly’s toughest, most dedicated athletes.

07 April 2008

It’s Sunday afternoon, and the Philly Roller Girls All-Female Roller Derby League is having its weekly scrimmage practice.

Good service unlimited at seafood stop

07 April 2008

“He turned a junky seafood shack into a George Perrier on 20th,” said Don Golberg, long-time patron and friend of Seafood Unlimited owner David Einhorn. Seafood Unlimited, located at 270 S. 20th St., has come

Theater department adds musicals to ‘triple threat’

07 April 2008

For high school senior Maria Konstantinidis, it’s more fun to be in the scene and break out into song. That’s why she auditioned for the theater department’s new concentration in musical theater. The theater department

Selling bagels by the hundreds

07 April 2008

Only a few days after Einstein Bros. Bagels replaced Taco Bell in the Student Center food court on March 17, the franchise became the No. 2 best-selling venue in the food court among all others

Hayes makes equations interesting and inciting

07 April 2008

Let me tell you a little something about how the book-criticism business works. I don’t pay for the books I review. Sometimes, publishers send me a copy unsolicited, but most of the time I request

The heaviest course load with ease

07 April 2008

Rasheedah Phillips found out she was pregnant when she was 14. She had always dreamed of being the first in her family to attend college, but as a single teen mother, the odds of

Campus campaigners get the vote out

07 April 2008

With the primary election coming to Pennsylvania on April 22, it’s easy for student voters to become overwhelmed.

Dems depend on first-time college voters

07 April 2008

With the Pennsylvania primary getting closer by the day, and the general election merely months away, many students are getting ready to vote for the first time. Maritza Lawson, an undeclared freshman, registered to vote

Pennsylvania’s nuclear energy should be model

07 April 2008

Better than a third of Pennsylvania’s energy is nuclear, far above the national average. Columnist Morgan Ashenfelter wants us to lead the way.