Seems like the Philadelphia Phillies don’t necessarily want many college students to go to the games this season. Nowhere are the College Nights listed on their events schedule. However, after some heavy searching of the Web site, the newly named “Student Discount Dates” prevail. But it could be worse…at least we do have College Nights [...]
Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, spoke at the University of Pennsylvania today. It was the opening address of a symposium on inequality, on which he spoke. See video highlights of the hour long speech below. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Abilene Christian University will begin using iPhones and iPod Touches in their education process, according to a news story from the university. The cool devices will be used for homework alerts, class surveys, checking meal balances and over 15 other already designed web applications. ACU’s student paper, the Optimist, has a blurb up on it [...]
In our second exclusive breaking news report of the day, the Philadelphia Police have announced they’ve arrested three people in connection with the alleged anti-Semitic hate crime on Temple’s Main Campus. Stephen Scott, 19, David Scott, 20, both of Willow Grove, Pa., and Michael Walsh, 20, of Florham Park, N.J., have been arrested, according to [...]
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton provided the opening address of the two-day Kerner Plus-40 Symposium at Penn’s Great Hall of the Irvine Auditorium today, The Temple News is the first to report. The event was held to recognize the 40th anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report’s release on Feb. 29, 1968. Clinton spoke for about [...]
(Post written by Todd Orodenker) Dawn Staley’s Temple Owls sure had an interesting trip to St. Louis. First, the Owls learned mid-game that Xavier lost, which meant that the squad now controls their own destiny in the A-10. Temple (18-11, 11-2 A-10) is locked in a two-way tie with George Washington for first place in [...]
The Philadelphia Zoo just had a baby– a baby sifaka. Sifaka: any of several diurnal mostly black-and-white lemurs (genus Propithecus) with a long tail and silky fur [m-w.com] The Zoo wants your help naming it. The nominees are: “Loka” (loo-ka): a Malagasy name meaning “Prize” “Kapiky” (ka-PEE-kee): a Malagasy name meaning “nut” “Eko” (eh-KO): a [...]
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that Penn and Drexel are in talks to run two small high schools within the Philadelphia School District. The two schools would be in the University City area, one focusing on international studies and the other on engineering and technology. The schools could open as early as September, 2009. The [...]
Yo, if you got the hams to shake, check out auditions to be a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. So, if you’re hot and look good in green, and wanna be adored by millions, perhaps billions, like the below video will suggest, make us proud. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this [...]
With increased awareness of global warming and pollution, SEPTA is the next to try to do something about it. At Market East station around three o’clock, officials held a press conference promoting their new “Go Green” campaign. Behind this afternoons speakers the new Go Green logo was displayed, made out of moss attached to the [...]
