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A home isn’t built in a day

03 September 2019 Abbey Helterbran

A student describes the emotions she felt when she left home for the first time.

Temple Jewish community finds strength after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

27 November 2018 Claire Wolters

Jewish students and faculty respond to last month’s shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Support Temple’s Jewish community

27 November 2018 Editorial Board

This week in The Temple News, Intersection explored what it means to be Jewish at Temple University and how the mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue has affected this community. The Oct. 27 shooting at

Policymakers: regulate guns, prevent further heartache

13 November 2018 Kerry Lyster

It’s time that policymakers listen and enact gun control laws.

Hillel and Chabad to host vigil for Pittsburgh synagogue

30 October 2018 Zari Tarazona

The 5 p.m. vigil will honor the 11 people killed in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Gymnastics team places fourth at meet in Pittsburgh

05 March 2018 Evan Easterling

The Owls finished behind Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University on Sunday in Pittsburgh to fall to 15-8 on the season.

Coaching Special Olympics reinforces gymnast’s love for sport

13 February 2018 Matt Vender

Sophomore Whitney King coached in high school and volunteered at a Special Olympics event as a freshman.

Incoming women’s basketball forward is paint presence

30 January 2018 Maura Razanauskas

Alexa Williamson has scored 40 points or more in two games for Chartiers-Houston High School.

Temple football signs 24 players during early period

20 December 2017 Evan Easterling

Two dozen players signed offers just one day before the Owls’ matchup against Florida International University in Thursday’s Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl in Florida.

Student ‘grateful’ after donations

28 November 2017 Mary Ragland

A freshman received assistance through GoFundMe to pay for her housing.