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March down Broad Street calls attention to Pa. education funding

01 March 2012 Amelia Brust

In line with National Day of Action for Education, student activists marched to the governor’s local office today. In a multi-school effort for state higher education funding, student groups marched south on Broad Street today,

TSG recruits Ambler students in fight for higher education funding

20 February 2012 Amelia Brust

Temple Student Government is hoping to increase Ambler student participation in TALON, as Occupy Temple students plan a rally for higher education. Temple Student Government officers reminded students to register with the Temple Advocates Leadership

Budget scrutiny should go both ways

14 February 2012 Joel Faltermayer

Faltermayer argues that while reaching out to local representives is an option in response to budget cuts, students should also hold the university financially responsible for its spending habits. Given that I’m not usually prone

In proposed budget, Corbett calls for 30 percent cut to Temple’s funding

07 February 2012 Sean Carlin

Nearly a year after requesting that the state-related universities’ appropriations be cut in half, the governor proposes another major cut that could result in tuition increases. Gov. Tom Corbett proposed a fiscal year 2012-13 budget

Occupy sect hones in on colleges

07 February 2012 Mark Staver

Activists center efforts on colleges, surrounding neighborhood and the environment. A sect of Occupy Philadelphia, student activist group Occupy Temple, mirrors many other movements across the country. However, this group is now focusing more on

Activists seek to pass state version of DREAM act

30 August 2011 Victoria Hudgins

Undocumented youth and activists are propeling a Pennsylvania DREAM Act. When the federal DREAM Act failed in the Senate in late 2010, a number of states took to state legislation to offer assistance to undocumented

Unions, education professionals rally to protest budget

04 April 2011 Amelia Brust

A rally in front of the Liacouras Center on April 4 led protestors to march on Broad Street. City unions and education professionals gathered yesterday, April 4 in front of the Liacouras Center to protest

Bruce Chubb: Benefitting from gen-ed courses is a two-way street

22 March 2011 Bruce Chubb

While gen-ed courses offer a well-rounded curriculum, the extra classes’ worthwhile come down to dollars and cents. Often tedious, frustrating and sometimes seemingly pointless for many students, general education or university-wide academic requirements for a

Gov. Corbett dishes sparing helping to Cherry & White

15 March 2011

The proposed state budget could cut Temple’s state appropriations in half for next year. Temple Student Government Student Body President Natalie Ramos-Castillo spent a majority of her spring break talking to students who may not

For Temple and higher education, Gov. Corbett proposes ‘drastic cuts’

08 March 2011

A few hours after Gov. Tom Corbett released his budget proposing the state cut funding for state-related universities in half, Senior Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Ken Lawrence put things into perspective.